- "You got your book. You can trade it for your freedom but I'm out. I'm done being event scout for Magpie."
- —Reagan to Margot[src]
Reagan is a bartender in Gotham City. She is the daughter of an unnamed woman, the sister/former associate of Margot and the ex-girlfriend of Kate Kane.
Biography
Original multiverse
Early life
Reagan was born in Gotham City to an English teacher and raised in great poverty alongside a sister, Margot.[1] In her childhood, she lived in a quiet neighborhood in a small, yet the welcoming building of ten apartments. However, when a group of real estate moguls began buying these buildings to turn them into luxury penthouses, Reagan, her family, and all their neighbors were forcibly evicted.[2]
At a young age, Reagan openly came out as lesbian. As an adult, she started to work as a bartender.[3] After Margot began her criminal activities, Reagan started to help her sister, acting as a "scout" on Margot's behalf for places and events she wanted to rob.[1]
Relationship with Kate
In late 2018, Reagan worked at Elliot Tower to the open bar of the party held by Tommy Elliot himself in order of self-celebrate that he has officially became richer than Bruce Wayne. However, she had a very strong dislike for Tommy and his manners.
Reagan meets Kate.
During the party she met Kate Kane and briefly introduced herself, they had a quick back and forth flirting session and, afterwards she revealed to have eavesdropped on Kate's conversation with Tyler, in which she correctly deduced that he married Kate's ex and doesn't know about it. Which prompted Kate to compliment her ability to "read people".
Reagan asks Kate out to dinner.
Later that night, after Tommy's terrorist attack and subsequent arrest, Reagan found Kate in the hall of Elliot Tower and asked her out to dinner, which the latter gladly accepted.[3]
Reagan and Kate share a moment of passion.
After that, Reagan and Kate became a couple and started a relationship. A few days later, after spending the night together, they listen to Vesper Fairchild's radio talk show that commented over Batwoman absence on the site of Magpie last robbery. While they were cuddling each other, Reagan stated that she liked Batwoman despite asking herself if she was "doing" Batman, to which Kate asked her if Killer Croc was the one that told her about that. Then, Luke called Kate at the phone and she was forced to leave, promising however that she would be forgiven and affectionately kissing Reagan several times.
Reagan and Kate on a date in the city.
Later that day, Kate made plans for having lunch with Reagan, who told her about her childhood and correctly guessed that she had returned to Gotham due to her ex. The bartender intended to took Kate to the Indian vegan restaurant of an acquaintance of her mother, however before they managed to reach the place, Kate was called again and invented an excuse to depart begging for Reagan's forgiveness and asking her to be her date at the party in honour of the Museum of Antiquities's new exhibit. Reagan accepted and went to the gala at 21:30, there she was reached by Kate, discovering that Sophie was also there and having a brief encounter with her. She however dismissed the situation and joked about how much embarrassing it was to meet Kate's ex, seekingly trying to save the evening.
Reagan and Kate break up.
After Magpie stormed into the museum to stole the items, Kate fought her as Batwoman, while Reagan was forced to evacuate alongside all of the other visitors. Following the villainess' defeated, Reagan, having realized all of Kate's lies, asked her if there was something wrong, to which Kate admitted that she was not in the right place for an honest relationship. Understanding, Reagan blessed her for the better before the two women amicably broke up.[2]
Anti-Monitor Crisis
During the Anti-Monitor Crisis, Reagan as well as everyone in the multiverse except for the seven Paragons, was killed in an antimatter wave by the Anti-Monitor on December 10, 2019,[4] only to be restored a month later, after the Paragons and the Spectre created a new universe.[5]
New multiverse
Reunited with Kate and betrayal
Reagan is reunited with Kate.
Over the following year, Reagan began to go at The Hold Up in a few occasions, hoping to meet Kate, and also following her real estate's activities. One night, in early 2020, while she was working at the Lookout, Reagan spotted Kate among the customers and they were reunited. Kate told her she was there in order to keep an eye on the competition and Reagan offered her a drink invented by her, openly confessing that she missed her, still had feelings for her and hoping that Kate would have fought harder for the two of them, to which Kate replied she missed her too.
Reagan gives vodka to Mary Hamilton.
Due to being there in mission, Kate then feigned a headache and went looking for Johnny Sabatino's office, taking advantage of a blackout caused by Luke, but was caught, prompting Mary Hamilton to go to the Lookout too in order to rescue her, passing by Reagan's counter and asking her a vodka in order to gain fortitude.
Kate and Reagan reconcile.
Later that night, after Sabatino and the mobsters at his auction were all arrested, Reagan saw Kate outside the nightclub and noted how it was strange that every time Kate showed up, Batwoman was there as well. Kate explained that Batwoman had helped her steal a journal that belonged to Wayne Enterprises and was important to her.
Kate and Reagan have sex again.
Reagan jokingly asked if she would have been able to get her Batwoman's autograph; she replied she could accompany her home instead. Reagan however stated that she would rather have a drink at her place. The two went to Kate's penthouse and had sex.
Reagan talks with Margot.
Reagan then betrayed Kate by stealing the journal and fled before the morning. She then met up with her sister Margot in a square and handed the journal over, but not before stating that she was abandoning their partnership and walking off, enraged at Margot for having costed her Kate's trust.[1]
Sometime after this, Reagan was approached in a parking lot by a British blonde who put a knife at her throat and threatened her for the location of the journal. However, the girl told her aggressor that she didn't know anything. The following night, the door of the motel room in which Reagan was hiding was kicked open by an enraged Kate demanding the book. Reagan tried to be apologetic about her betrayal, but Kate was not in the mood to listen so she explained that she stole the item for her sister Margot - whom Kate knew as Magpie - since she needed it to buy her freedom from Arkham, thus fully disclosing her family origin and previous job to her former girlfriend, stating she was honest regarding her feelings towards her, and that she didn't know for whom Magpie worked due to never asking her about it. She also explained that she already explained everything to "Kate's British blonde friend", to which Kate reacted shocked since she didn't know about it.[6]
Personality
Reagan is a very outspoken girl, extremely direct while flirting and honest regarding her feelings.[1] She is also quite inquisitive and has the tendencies to study the people to whom she is speaking, always managing to "read" them and understand the truth behind their actions. Also, much like her sister she greatly despises the disparity between rich and poor, once stating that those like Tommy Elliot just helps fund the laws that are separating Gotham.[3] She is very sweet, kind, patient and supportive, as demostrated when she amicably broke up with Kate Kane after the latter admitted that she was not in the right place for an honest relationship.[2]
Despite Reagan often being at odds with her sister, Margot; due to being much more sentimental than her, she loves her sister deeply, is very loyal and willing to do anything for her.[1]
Abilities
- High-level intellect/Skilled tactician/Profiler: Reagan is an extremely intelligent individual and a very skilled tactician.[1] She is also very inquisitive and insightful; due to working as a bartender she has developed an ability to "read individuals".[3]
- Skilled deceiver/manipulator: Reagan is skilled in the art of deception; as she managed to successfully trick Kate Kane and stole Lucius Fox's journal from her.[1]
- Skilled thief: As Magpie's accomplice, Reagan is a capable thief in her own right.[1]
- Mixology: Being a bartender, Reagan is a capable mixologist.
Appearances
Batwoman
Season 1
- "Down Down Down"
- "Who Are You?"
- "If You Believe In Me, I'll Believe In You"
- "A Secret Kept From All the Rest"
Trivia
- Reagan's family's story was the reason that inspired Kate to create Gotham Pride Real Estate.[2]
- Reagan's favourite drink is vodka.[1]
Behind the scenes
- Reagan is a character created exclusively for the TV Show Batwoman as in the DC comics, Magpie is an only child in all her incarnations.
- Reagan's character became popular and well-received among the LGBTQ community of viewers due to the realistic sex scene she had with Kate Kane in "Who Are You?".[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "If You Believe In Me, I'll Believe In You"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Who Are You?"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Down Down Down"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three"
- ↑ "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four"
- ↑ "A Secret Kept From All the Rest"
- ↑ BATTING FOR THE SAME TEAM Batwoman’s Ruby Rose sets pulses racing with steamy lesbian sex scene