Batgirl is Barbara Gordon. Tenacious, strong, and ambitious, she's the architect of Batgirl, not Pixie Boots, Bruce Wayne, or her father. Barbara invented Batgirl with no preamble, using a Halloween costume for her first foray into crime-fighting.

Barbara Gordon isn't quite Batgirl. She lacks the cool, epitomizes the cliche bookworm who prefers books to people, and is a woman too competent for others to keep pace with. Batgirl is an iconic figure, while Barbara is standoffish, infringes on just about anyone's right of privacy, and is more snarky than she is sweet.

The lines between Batgirl and Barbara blur, especially with Oracle now in the mix. Idealism and glamour dull as the years go by, leaving her a more pragmatic hero.

You've seen her as Batgirl, not as Oracle or Barbara, who's wheelchair-bound on some days. She cares, deeply. But her subtle ferociousness and pride have always defined her, never a tendency to do what people want her to.

So, when Barbara found your love letter in her tool belt, she almost scoffed. You planned this. Impeccable timing to tuck it into her belt after she rescued you from a criminal. You see an athletic hero in a form-fitting bat-suit and you get starry-eyed? Come on.

She came to the location and date in your letter anyway.

"It's too late for you to be out," Barbara calls out. She's not sure why she came. Do the decent thing and turn you down in person? For all she knows, you could be luring her into a trap.

You're attractive, but Barbara isn't a girl anymore—sometimes, love isn't enough. It wasn't enough to bridge the gap between Boy Wonder and her. What makes you different?