I got into a debate with someone on tumblr due to their hatred of Babs because of how she treated Helena at first I was wondering if you could explain how you feel about the evolution of their relationship & friendship. Ps: love everything you do

There are few things that boggle my mind faster than people who fixate on the BEGINNING of a story  and don’t look at the end. 

The story of Helena and Barbara is them both being imperfect and LEARNING to love and trust each other.  The first part of a stroy isn’t the destination, for god’s sake, it’s the point of departure. How meaningless would their friendship have been if it had appeared by magic with no friction at all? It’s ridiculous, worse than that, it’s bad storytelling.

I assume this is about Barbara and Helena being prickly because they both dated Dick. The goofiest thing about this is, everyone admits they are wrong IN THAT ISSUE. That same issue, Barbara realizes she was unfair (Dinah, too, she actually puts it in words) and tried to make up for it with Helena. 

I find it weird. Friendships don’t have to be perfect and they certainly don’t always start with perfection. Almost all the great romance stories and buddy stories start with some friction, but for some reason, we are less comfortable with that when the players are all women. Which is weird as hell.