>>106439393Steph is also a holdover from the Dixon/O'Neil era, which was, like Morrison, a much more cheerful, optimistic period for the Batbooks. Which is not to say she (or comics from that era) were fluffy - it's just that there was a sense that you could meaningfully fight against evil, instead of the slow defeat.
DC definitely doesn't have faith in her - she's only flourished when she's had a writer who really loves her (Dixon, Miller, and Tynion - and even though I think Tynion really does love Steph, I think it's pretty clear he loves her least of his 90s kids, so she got the least development and "cool" moments in his otherwise extremely fun run)
Somewhat contradictorily, as a Steph fan, I love the fact that she was Robin, and even to some extent that she died, because it's a rallying point for her fans. Without it, she likely would have just slipped lower and lower on the radar. Instead, she's never going to be forgotten, because she was freaking Robin.
