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What are Batman's biggest asshole moments?
- Thread starter PhoenixAKG
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Was it poison ice cream?
Man just wanted to have some ice cream, now he's got dirt in it
Thanks, asshole
I can't remember the details, but didn't Maxwell hijack/hack control of Brother Eye away from Batman to carry out that OMAC plan? Which I guess all feeds from the Tower of Babel story when Ra's steals the intel from Bruce on how to defeat the League, information gathered by Batman as a result of his mistrust, a consequence retroactively established as a result of the mistrust caused at a subconscious level by the mind wiping.
God, I do love that after the Denny O'Neil (RIP) editorial days they dragged Batman more and more into the batshit insanity of the rest of the DC universe, I fucking love it.
And the most asshole thing Bruce did that I remember when I was reading the monthlies is when he left Sasha Bordeaux to rot in prison without trying or caring to exonerate her and clean their names after the murder of Vesper Fairchild ( her fate too seemed a little too damn harsh ). The Batfamily were the only ones following up on the investigation which uncovered evidence only they would realize as motives for Bruce to kill Vesper. And because of what I interpreted to be a complete psychological breakdown and a consequent personality dissociation as a means to cope, Batman let it all go unresolved and unpunished for quite some time.
Missing Stephanie, Barbara, Jason, Cassandra of course, Leslie, Harold (another one that was done very fucking dirty) and Ace. I wonder what the continuity/timeline is now.
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No he doesn't
He took Dick in as a son first, Dick found it and wanted to be roped in
Batgirl also wanted it and started of solo
Jason he tried putting him in reform school and then wanted to help him with his anger
And Tim forced himself into the role
If anything, Professor X collects them
God, the art direction in this movie was so fucking weird at times.Injustice showed us who Clark really is.
What the fuck was going on that we had to have censor bars on everyone's fucking knuckles?
If Bats killed his villains he'd just be the Punisher. But yeah Justice Lords Batman would have Gotham safe.Reminds me of a conversation Maria Hill had with Tony Stark about Spider-Man and the Green Goblin.
That's cheating, if we're having a "who's the bigger asshole" contest it'll always be Charles.
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Just saw The Batman last night and this was first thing I thought of after reading thread title.
Don't forgot in Arkham Origins he broke arms and legs and left people unconscious in the snow, effectively killing them all.
He let that poor seal take a torpedo for him and Robin.
If I recall correctly, it was a porpoise. The sheer nobility of it....
He never killed The Joker.
I feel like they've drained this well so much that I REALLY want them to scale back Joker's danger. I get why Batman won't kill him, but he also doesn't really seem to do anything special to try and cure/help him. Joker can't be redeemed, but they could at least give him less of a kill count so it's less egregious that he seems to get off fine every few years when he takes over Gotham again.
Like, can Batman not have Superman lock him in the Phantom Zone or something instead?
I mean it's not like the phantom zone has a very strong record of keeping people trapped in it either.
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He should do what they planned for Batman to do the Joker in Batman Beyond originally. Lock him in the Batcave.
that time batman threw dogs down an elevator shaft?
Fuck that dog. If a dog goes straight for your throat then it goes past the bad boy pile and into the dead boy pile.
I actually had a big German Shepherd go straight for my throat when I was ten and somehow managed to fight it off long enough for the owner to get it away. The police asked me if I wanted it put down and I said no. I was a dumb kid.
I think I remember seeing batman chastise someone for taking the law into their own hands. That advice feels pretty hollow when it's coming from the masked vigilante.
I will forever take pleasure in the fact that so many people didn't get the memo that this was supposed to be a parody. It's right there in the pages since issue 1.That time when Batman made Robin paint a whole room yellow just so he could troll Green Lantern while drinking lemonade.
This is completely absurd and comedy gold in many levels:
Now that you mention it… It was either a parody or the writer had a nervous breakdown.
Every time he time let a villain live knowing that they will just escape for the umpteenth time and kill more people.
You also forgot to add that he did all of that, and couldn't be bothered to use a condom.
I don't think that can be beat in terms of assholery.
I don't count creators using Batman to act out their sexual fantasies or actions dictated by a sexist and racist editorials. (The Bruce/Babs relationship for the former, Bruce ignoring his daughter for the latter.)
Agreed.
Not just the privilege, but complete lack of imagination that men have when it comes to what relationships women can have with men. Realistic enough, but I really hope we see that this version of Bruce fucking grow up when it comes to women (and sex work).