They then changed the problematic line in Barbara Gordon’s biography: “With extensive training and rehabilitation, she recovered from her wounds, and returned to active duty as Batgirl.”Ĭreative director Patrick Redding also clarified that they are changing the details of her injury from the comics. They worked with people at AbleGamers (an NGO that works to improve accessibility for disabled gamers) and learned about spinal injuries and how people recover from said injuries.
The Gotham Knights devs saw this and promptly took action. マヴ (Artist In Training Era) May 10, 2022 How do you train your spine to walk again?īruh how tf do you train to overcome a bullet wound that destroyed your damn spine? In the comics though, she gets shot in the spine, and many people on Twitter pointed out the harmful trope here – that one can recover from being shot at the spine through pure unfiltered will, determination, and training. The biography does not specifically say that Barbara had a spinal injury but rather that she had a “face-off” that put her in a wheelchair.
Still not over the backstory they gave to barbara in gotham knights, just terrible /E5E3YQpt4D They had since changed the biography to adjust to said concerns.Īccording to Eurogamer, in a Q&A, the Gotham Knights devs were faced with criticism after they initially published a biography for Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, implying that she could recover from severe spinal injuries after training. WB Montreal faced much criticism from their previous biography of Batgirl for the upcoming video game Gotham Knights after it inaccurately portrayed disabled people and their road to recovery.
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