Exploring Cassandra Cain - Batman's Daughter 

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An interesting difference between Cassandra and other similar "trained from birth to be assassin" characters like Damian, is that Cassandra wasn't even really trained to be an assassin, she was trained to be a weapon FOR an assassin. Damian was trained to be an assassin, which included not only combat training but also training in disguises, languages, strategy, tracking, etc. A lot of harsh and abusive training absolutely, but intended to make him a fully functional and proficient soldier and assassin on his own, and eventual heir to take over The League. Cassandra wasn't taught anything except solely to kill. Even if she did enjoy killing and always stayed with her father, she'd never be a functional assassin on her own, just an extremely proficient killer that David Cain could aim at his targets. It's a distinction I don't see mentioned often, sets her apart a little from Damian and the several other characters with similar backgrounds in superhero comics.

Love how Cassandra parallels Bruce: her traumatic past and here determination to protect life. Unlike Damien, it's much easier to empathize with her because of her earnest desire to help people. Glad she's found a real father with Bruce and a home with the bat-family.

Really sucks that she was so lame and helpless in the Birds of Prey film. I love her Black Bat costume-it’s like Batman’s, but her costume’s lack of a mouth is symbolic of how she was mute.

I think of Cassandra Cain as the antithesis of Harley Quinn. How, you may ask? Harley Quinn is proof of the Joker's thesis, that most people are just one bad day away from becoming him. Of course, Harley also dilutes that premise by becoming a nobler, if morally gray version of the Clown Prince, but even in this way she represents a threat to Batman's ideology. Even after breaking from the Joker, Harley continues to live in a world of madness by choice, the difference now is that she owns it. In direct contrast, Cassandra Cain is proof of Batman's thesis, that everyone deserves a chance at redemption, the very reason he doesn't kill his enemies. As a born and raised assassin who turned away from the life after her one and only kill, Cain not only proves that thesis, she's since made it her lifelong mission.

Cassandra Cain is the only one who’s understood what the bat symbol means.

Cass is legit one of the most underrated DC characters out there. The reason she isn't more popular is because DC editorial had it out for her since she became Batgirl. Man I wish she would've stayed as the main batgirl for longer than she did.

"Fear, then nothing," Cassandra, explaining what she saw the man she killed feeling. What she innately, deeply understood him feeling on a level few others can really understand.

I've always had a strong feeling that Cass has some strong reversive parallels to Jason. Where Jay is a "no-kill rule gone full murder spree" case, Cassie is a "took a life to learn it's fragility and value" case. I would love to see those two interact based on each other's work ethics and views. Edited: grammar.

They should've made her a mentor to Damian to reign is his homicidal tendencies. They really should've done something with that characteristic that they both share.

I've said it before, I've always thought Cassandra should be Bruce's heir not Luke Fox or any of the former robins. All the robins have a level of trauma regarding the mantle that honestly makes it better for none of them to slip into the role

One detail you didn't mention that really sells her origin in my opinion: When she commits her first kill, she truly dousn't understand what she's done until she sees his face. Sees his fear and his pain, sees him struggling to breath. The very training that was supposed to turn her into a heartless killer was the thing that allowed her to see the gravity of taking a life.

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I first came across Cassandra Cain as Orphan when she made her on-screen debut in Young Justice Outsiders. I never actually knew there was a reason why she never said a word. I dug deep and discovered those interesting tidbits of her story, daughter of David Cain and Lady Shiva, Black Bat, Batgirl, Orphan, and her Batman alignment. The scene where she sees ballet for the first time hit me in the heart, as I view art in the same way Cassandra does. Bruce and Cassandra are amazingly similar, their ideals, their obsessions, and they both had one bad day that changed their lives, at the very same age. Thanks Sage for all that knowledge and more.

Thank you. It’s like people forget she exists.

Cassandra Cain is my favorite Batgirl. I was so upset with how they undid most of this story with the New 52 and started from scratch with her. During the Rebirth era, we saw her slowly returning to who she was pre-New 52 and I was loving it. Her being a fighter who feels compassion even for her enemies, her friendship with Stephanie and Clawface, and her love for dance and theater (which also made her connection to Clawface all the more genuine because he too loves theater and dance). I hope we get to the point we’re DC doesn’t hate its legacy characters. Cassandra Cain is a great character and seeing her be treated so badly by DC in recent years is disheartening.

Cassandra Cain is one of my favorites. She always felt more like Batman than any of the Robins. She is a hardcore character and her back story is both tragic and interesting. I always liked her as Bat Girl because she mirrored Bruce's darkness.

I've thought for a while now that Cass deserves her own animated feature. She FINALLY got acknowledged on Young Justice for a few episodes but it wasn't enough. Maybe she needs a new solo run in the comics.

"guilt that isn't even her fault" that sums it up perfectly. She's cool

As epic as that ballet scene is, the truly powerful moment is when this little girl with absolutely no social or cultural background takes a life without a moment's hesitation, and then IMMEDIATLY recognizes it as a horrible thing and turns away from it.

Cassandra is an icon. Trained to be a weapon for an assassin, became her own individual using her skills to help a vigilante. I fully believe she should be the one becoming Batman if a new Batman was needed for a long period of time. She's obsessive, clever, skilled, compassionate and fully believes in seconds chances and in the importance of life. She truly embraces and dedicates herself to the Bat symbol, much more than any other character outside of Bruce.

Sage's Rain is kicking bats and takin names. Who's next: Terry McGinnis?

I think a big difference between Damian and Cassandra is she never lost her innocence. She was raised to be a weapon a pawn that doesn’t think. She never lost her childlike foundation. Damian was indoctrinated and raised up to maybe be the next leader of the shadow of assassins or go shake up life with his dad. He was fed villainous thoughts and mindsets to prepare him for said life. So his innocence was pushed to the side.

she is a legacy character done right. the bat family is one of the more interesting family's in comic book history.

So true. Cassandra is the best batgirl. Her suffering, and trying to atone for her sins make her a great character. As a comic book reader you can’t help, but cheer her on and also cry for her. No character has a great emotional story line in my opinion.

Really appreciate you showing Cass some love, she’s always been one of my favourites.

She’s such an interesting character to hold up next to other members of the bat family. I really love Cassandra’s character.

I also have always enjoyed the aspects of disability in Cassandra Cain's story, especially in the 2000 series. It isn't handled perfectly, but better than most examples and still really nice to see. I do think it's a shame most newer versions tend to gloss over it and/or rush along her rehabilitation to where it doesn't come up much. But it's at least usually there a little, except in her awful Birds of Prey rendition.

I literally decided against seeing that Harley Quinn movie the moment I found out that little teen who needs to be rescued, was supposed to Cassandra Caine. I was like, NOPE. HARD PASS. Still haven't seen it. Never will.

Birds of Prey did her character beyond dirty bruh🤦🏾‍♂️! If you wanted a kid companion in the movie they could’ve just used Stephanie Brown and have her become Spoiler at the end of the movie. We could’ve had an emotional & action pack Batman movie with Cassandra Cain😫; praying the Flashpoint movie reboots a lot of the DCEU🙏🏾.

when nobody wanted to take on the mantle because the dedication was too great here comes Cassandra who shows everyone whats it truly means to be a super hero and so many of them fall short. You cannot be a man cassandra but your dedication to what is right has made me understand what it means to be true and real and honest. That is why i like her more than any other "super hero" besides Batman.

She's raw af... They fleshed her out fast... She's a compelling character...

Moments of Batman hugging his kids are so rare and so precious!!!!

She does not only deserve; she has EARNED the Batman title. I truly believe she has to be the one who needs to take the title after Bruce

Honestly the Batfamily doesn't get enough adaptations. One of two robins and a batgirl but man if they gave the rest of it a chance who knows

and this is why Cassandra should be the new batman. no one else truly understands what being batman like she does.

My first introduction to Cassandra Cain was in Young Justice and I instantly thought “oh, you poor child. You need to be protected at all cost.”

One of my favourite moments in the comics is when she rips the bat symbol off of Batwoman because Batwoman killed Clayface.

OMG She sounds like an amazing character. and fitting of the bat symbol more than anyone.

Bruce: I dont have a favorite child Also Bruce: ...

Cassandra Cain is one of the best and most interesting characters in DC.

She's my favorite Batgirl by far and I love her relationship with Bruce and Tim

I love Cass so much. Her solo series was so underrated.

So, what I'm hearing is, when Bruce dies, Cassandra should become Batman.

I only learned about Cassandra within the Young Justice appearance alongside that (enjoyable) Batfamily webcomic. Gimme a lego figure of Cassandra now plz.

I was just looking at fan art that kept erasing Cassandra. I’m so happy this exists for my favorite superhero!

Dick Grayson, may be Batmans greatest success, and he be my favourite DC character, but anyone is worthy of becoming *THE* Bat after Batman dying its Cass. Or at least thats what I think

She’s one of my favourite bat family members She deserves more appreciation for her greatness 😩

Glad someone else recognized the unique awesomeness of Cassandra Cain. Tied with Dick Grayson for my favorite DC character. Wish we could've seen more of her in the young justice 3rd season(although, to be fair, that 3rd season was kinda bungled anyway.) Love this character.

Cassandra took the chance to change but although she knows that many can’t change it doesn’t hurt to try and give those who are willing to change the chance to atone. She bravely handles the bat symbol while spreading the mantra of second chances, because that is what she was given

Loved the comics where Cassandra Cain and Tim Drake teamed up!

I started loving Cass after reading Tynion's Detective Comics run. Volume 3 where she confronted her mother nearly brought me to tears.

I love her character she is really my 3rd favorite of the family she if you ask Me has one of the best arcs

I have nothing but love for Cassie and this channel

You know what’s not cool? Making me cry, that was an amazing video.

The Batgirl that doesn't get enough respect

Thanks for making this video. I love Cassandra, about on the same level as Stephanie, Damian, Duke and Jason. They all have something similar, between the five of them. I would love to watch your videos on the rest of them - there's so much content on Tim and Dick, but the rest of Batfam?

Now I really want to see the possible future where Cassandra is the future Batman

Cassandra and Tim Drake are my two favorite comic characters of all time.

She's my favorite member of the batfamily

thank you for making this video, cassandra cain is honestly so underrated compared to the other batfamily characters

I haven't seen much, if at all, of Cassandra and I think that just from this video alone and the few times I've heard of what she's all about before is all I need to love this character, I think she may now be one of my favorite comic book characters.

Cassandra is even stricter than Bruce when it comes to not killing so the storyline where she led the League of Assassins was out of character.

Batman's daughters are finally getting their time in the lime light thanks to Young Justice.

My favorite member of the bat fam. Cass & Shiva are literally the only 2 reasons I’ve read so much Batman related comics. I have EVERY, SINGLE, ISSUE, that Cass is in her batgirl suit in on my shelves. Also have her mom in The Question by Denny O’Neil (RIP legend). But yeah, Cass’s batgirl run was the first comic run I ever read, glad she’s back & kicking again 🦇

I think, if I were to write Cassandra Cain, I'd lean a bit harder into her non-verbal upbringing. The way I would write her, Cassandra Cain would learn sign languages very easily, she'd be fluent in almost every form of sign language in the world but would struggle to read, write or speak English and wouldn't understand any other spoken language. She would struggle, I'd make it clear that her upbringing has done real harm to her and impedes her ability to function in daily life, but also have her knowledge of many sign languages come in very useful and have her become great friends with a deaf person, to show her finding her own strengths despite that upbringing and finding her own ways to live

Wow! I’m not an avid comic reader so I never heard of her, learning about her story is so compelling. My favorite bat member will always be Jason Todd. But shes definitely in my top favorites now!

I recently learned of Cassandra, thank you for sharing this video. She and Duke Thomas are two characters I do not see discussed enough by fans. I hope you can do a video on Duke (The Signal) in the future, he deserves more attention

Cass is my favorite Bargirl, and one of my favorite characters overall. Though, I will disagree with the "essential nature" of Batman & Robin Eternal. True, that bit at the ballet was nice, conceptually. But for me, it was marred by the entire series was more about Harper Row, with everything and everyone else being an afterthought. I frankly consider "Orphan" to be little more than a poorer clone of Cassandra; similarities notwithstanding, she's essentially a different character.

Cassie is my 2nd favorite person in the bat family. Her and Tim are amazing characters!❤️

Love Cassandra.If Damian didn’t exist she’d probably be my favorite

*She is the best Batgirl!* I wish she gets more attention

I am LOVING THIS BAT FAMILY VIDEOS keep them coming

Cassandra is my favorite Batgirl and Tim Drake is my favorite Robin. More of these characters please. I love they used Cassandra on Young Justice as Orphan.

Cassandra Cain has one of the most beautiful arcs of any character in the bay family. This is one of the reasons why I did not like the birds of prey movie. They butchered Cassandra Cain’s character.

You always seem to show a new character I have never heard of and make it one of my favourites, or show a deeper understanding that I would never have seen. Always enjoy watching ur vids

I really hope that she will be in the new DCU or even in The Batman universe. (Nope not talking about that disaster in The Birds of Prey movie)

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for this video on my Favorite Batgirl and one of my Favorite DC characters😭🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Cassandra and Damian had similar childhoods in terms of abuse (Damian prob killed more tho) I find them both really cool

another masterpiece the Sage has blessed us with

She's my probably my favorite Batgirl and I really wish she was acknowledged more as the Daughter of Batman just as much as any of the Robins.

I definitely have to agree with you when it comes to the Eternal comic with Cassandra it really gives good moments to our character and deep moments with one of my favorites being her relationship with Sandman and what happens to Sandman by the end of the run and how Cassandra reacts to it and ultimately hates the person that inflicted pain on Sandman

Keep making these!

How best to explain David Cain's whole deal... So y'all remember Bean Dad, right?

Her outfit is my favorite out of everyone in the batfamily, everyone else's uniform is too colorful for me, now don't get me wrong, this doesn't mean that I'd want their outfits to change, I think everyone has a uniform that matches who they are perfectly. Nightwing's is sleek, fits his acrobatic style and the blue bird in the chest is iconic, Barbara's blue and yellow go super well together and kinda has a "cop" vibe to it, to resemble how Gordon is her father, it also feels lighthearted in a way, and I don't even have to say anything about the Robin outfits, the red and green are simply a classic design, the most iconic of 'em all, but as people who work and trained with Batman, who learned his tactics and are supposed to form a team with him, all that color clashes with how much emphasis Batman has with the shadows, how the darkness is suposed to be where he is invisible, their outfits stand out and aren't 100% suited for stealth. But Cassandra's? She and Batman could blend in the darkness no problem, It's full black and is super intimidating, since she idolizes Batman and wants to be just like him this style of uniform is perfect for her, no flashy colors, only functionality, perfect for stealth, and it still has her own distinct style with the sewn mouth, which both works as a way to look terrifying and a nod to how she didn't learn to speak as a kid, it's perfect character design. Out of all of 'em, she embodies the tactics of Batman the best. Nightwing's outfit is a close second, the blue is not big enough to call out that much attention.

My favorite member of the Bat family. You did her justice with this video. Everything from the tone to the music was great and flowed so well. Well done!

Yes I’m so glad you made another one of this the bat family vids are my favourite. Love your work

That was beautiful. Thank you

I prefer Puckett and Scott's work by far. They also made David Cain into much more of a complex character. He didn't look it at first but he truly cared about Cassandra and it destroyed him when she joined Batman. He thought she would be by his side but he accidentally pushed her away, as much as he deserved to lose her.

Some of my favourite work on her character has been in James tynion’s detective comics run.

Another Awesome Character study. Well done Sage Rain.

Thank you for this video. It was greatly appreciated🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I absolutely love these videos dawg

Another absolutely AMAZING video, I’m a Cassandra fan and can’t tell you how much I appreciate this

This was so beautifully put together. This video actually helped start me down my path of becoming a huge Cassandra fan

I love you man, your content is what I aspire my content to be

I hate how she was portrayed in Birds of Prey. It sucks that people who don't read comics think that she's just some thief on the streets when she's one of the deadliest fighters in the DC universe

Gotta get these on the Spotify podcast, love listening to these when I'm winding down to fall asleep

Great video. Love this character

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