Harsh! Hated Female Characters #5: Spoiler

Robin #4
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Spoiler is a character that never resonated with me. When she first came around and started flirting with Robin, I thought it was kind of cute, but then her character was so all over the board that I gave up and lost interest.

Depending on who was writing Spoiler at the time, she was a pregnant teen who gave up her baby for adoption, an innocent flirt, Robin's devoted gal pal, or a lost child of a notorious super villain. Sometimes she was all of the above. It just depended on who was telling the story, or what niche needed filling. Once the new Batgirl came around, writers really lost a feel for the character that never rebounded.

Spoiler never really found her groove. To me, becoming Robin was going to be her redemption, but alas, she was set up to be killed instead. Now, unless she comes back from the dead, we will never know where she could have gone, but that isn't neccesarily a bad thing.

As Stephanie Brown, the daughter of the Cluemaster, Spoiler had a chance, but then she lost her way. RIP Spoiler, you're in a better place now.