Hear, hear for both the story and the author's note at the end. War Games and War Crimes ruined two good characters. One of them was a character who had a lot of potential and the other one was an integral character in the Batverse for decades until she was destroyed for mere shock value. Ah well, I guess that's what A/U fanfiction is for. Good stuff!

She coulda been a contenda.

Haha, I completely share your view. Cass is my favorite (next to CW/Selena) and it would've been a great sotryline if they hadn't done away with Steph. Steph was exactly what the BatFamily needed.

Great fic. Sometimes I don't think I could forgive Leslie for letting Steph go...but that's another fic for another time!

Yeah, I agree, they shouldn't have gotten rid of Stephanie (at least by killing her). There were oodles of other ways to get her 'out of the picture'. It was good to have someone positive in the Batcave.