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Bat Girl Haunts My Dreams

I was finally able to explain this Bat Girl obsession (mine, in any case) in a manner that did not further frighten my listener.

There is no doubt that Barbara Gordon, Bat Girl, is hot. Even when she's wheelchair bound in Birds of Prey, she's still hot. Like when she put on those robo-legs at the end of that one television season and, in stiletto boots, kicked ass and saved the day? Yeah, hot.

But this Everyone Is Drawing Bat Girl this is not really about Bat Girl. Not for me. It's about the quick spread of the meme.

As of right now, there are over nine hundred people who have jumped onto the Bat Girl bandwagon. They have drawn her young, old, sexy, masculine, kicking ass, eating popcorn. And all of this exploded in under a week.

Maybe that it's a meme for the artistically inclined is why it gets to me. But still, what prompted nine hundred people to draw Bat Girl (besides sisterly peer pressure (which totally didn't work on Damon, even after I told him that John was doing one for me (even though it was, at that point in time, technically a lie (and here I thought little sisters could get away with anything))))? Why did they feel the need to become part of the cool kids' clique?

Are they handing out free cookies and juice and "I Drew Bat Girl" stickers?