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Spoilers ahead for Birds of Prey (2023-) #5 - Along with general spoilers for the series as a whole
So Birds of Prey (2023-) #5 released; and so I am writing this post both as a follow-up to my pre-release speculation but also to discuss a specific theory on Meridian. While I may be focusing on this one specific character a bit much; I think its worth considering how she's kinda been a major driving force of the plot despite her limited appearance and revealed motivation. So there is plenty of potential for some discussion here.
Namely; what is Meridian's true nature and motives?
So far we have not seen a direct detailed explanation from Meridian regarding her motives or why she has specifically excluded who she excluded. We do however get a bit of a hint at some stuff, which in turn also supports the idea that she is indeed from the future as she claims...
"Where the final battle always is" - Meridian.
Quite the intriguing word choice, which Cass also picked up on as being concerning. This does imply that this is not the first time Meridian has gone through this; and that in turn implies the Birds of Prey have failed in previous timelines. This could be used to explain why she did things the way she did; perhaps telling the Diana or Barbara has backfired in some manner before.
I still would like some specific reasoning for her information security choices and why she didn't provide more information apparently, but it'd still be a decent handwave at least on the part of the writers. Assuming Meridian is on the up and up of course, because...
Meridian might be evil (possibly)
I have seen it pointed out on Reddit that Meridian's speech bubbles...
Have the same reversed (black background & white text vs the typical white background & black text) colouring as Megaera...
Granted; the reversed text for Meridian appears to be a sign of her voice getting distorted by the mask (her speech is coloured normally both when her helmet is off and occasionally even when it's still on), and her speech bubbles' edges are not drawn the same as Megaera... but it's still an interesting coincidence.
And that comparison got me noticing another strange similarity in their colouring.
Both appear to have a sort of black/green/yellowish colour scheme, especially in the cover art. Those controlled by Megaera are also depicted with green eyes...
So overall it is a strange series of coincidences I think.
These panels do have Meridian helping out Cass and Zealot by fighting the mind controlled Wonder Woman, which could go against the idea she herself is under control.. but on the other hand, she's also doing it to get Cass and Zealot to go where she's telling them to; so if she does have ulterior motives this may be orchestrated to push them in the direction she wants?
Hard to say; especially since the mind controlled Wonder Woman is also shown with the reversed colouring in her text bubble as Meriden (albeit still with rougher edges) and Megaera. Her little comments like "Crap. That felt less scary in my head" also do provide support to her being genuine ("Crap" was also something of a signature expletive for Maps in Gotham Academy for that matter).
Still, I can't deny the odd coincidences. Especially since they chose to design Meridian's costume and 'aura' in a way which is oddly similar to the main villain despite the fact that I don't think think Maps has been associated with such a theme before. And if Meridian is evil or being controlled, then it could better explain why she excluded Diana and Barbara and also why things have gotten so out of control despite her foreknowledge and implied previous attempts.
All very interesting stuff.
Or maybe I'm overanalysing all this stuff and Meridian's just time travelling hero and Future Maps.
(Imagine though if this ended up being a sorta 'backdoor pilot' kinda thing for Robin!Maps; introducing her a villain the form of an evil future her? Maybe not but still).
In conclusion
I got some mixed feelings about Meridian. On one hand, scattered comments by her do admittedly point to her seeming genuine and not being controlled. And the fact her bubbles are drawn without the rough edges of Megaera and those controlled by her, and also are coloured normally when her helmet is off, could point towards it just being a coincidence; they might've just used the same technique to depict 'distorted' speech for both.
But still... this is quite the number of coincidences; between the colouring of both her costume and speech bubbles, as well as the oddly sparse information we've gotten from her and her limited appearances. The possibility of some kind of twist regarding her is something worth considering I think.
Still do hope for Present!Maps getting involved in the Birds of Prey though, that would be cool. And hopefully more Cass and Maps interactions, those are cute.
In cannon he has actually said that Tim is smarter than both him and Alfred.
If you want to have a character that in the actual comics, Bruce seems to think they are either incompetent, annoying, or not worth his effort I hate to say it, but it's either Stephanie or Jason.
Sometimes he seems to have some not great opinions even about Damian.
Bruce doesn't even attempt to hide the fact that Dick and Tim are his number 1 and 2.
Cass tends to be treated as I'm gonna call it like his weapon or someone he can pay attention to for five minutes and then he's out. She's never really causing him an issue so I feel like he kinda runs by the logic of you're alive that's cool, bye.
Not to say that this is a good thing because it's not that's bullshit and insane.
Just I always see panels pulled up and it seems to be being used to justify that Bruce's favorites are Jason, Damian, or oh my God he wants to adopt Stephanie so badly. 
I think Bruce's ideal at this point family is Cass comes once a week. Dick and Tim never leave. Damian is there. Jason and Stephanie literally just don't show up. Duke's parents wake up and then he goes home. 
The accusation for the fandom is always everyone is on purpose forgetting Stephanie, she's Bruce's baby.
I literally think Bruce's wet dream is if she had actually died.
Again, super not ok.
It is though kind of hilarious we always bring up that, Slade Wilson is beefing with children constantly, or another like rouge.
While Batman is in the background doing the equivalent of that meme that is like, why don't you go home and stop bothering us.
Another layer two is I would love a fanfiction that is Stephanie just like living her life and is hanging out with like Tim or Cass or whatever the fuck. While Bruce is in the background just absolutely pissed that she's there.
Super horrible super not ok but like comedic as fuck. 
