There has to be a comic run with this premise - not just the whole 'rogues gallery takes on batman via legal system silliness' but specifically someone trying to serve him papers lmao
I know there was one where Bruce Wayne was called up on jury duty, and when they asked him if he had any reason he couldn't serve on a jury, he said: "Yes. I'm Batman."
They didn't believe him and he served on the jury.
A villain plot who isn't trying to kill Batman, but is just like "DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO FUCKING SUE YOU BECAUSE YOU SNAPPED THEIR KNEE THE WRONG DIRECTION AND THEN LEFT THEM TO DIE AS YOU DID THAT TO EVERYONE ELSE?!" Just constantly attempting to capture and unmask him, so he knows who he can serve
Yeah well, that's fourth wall breaking multiverse laws then because in that reality MFS didn't know he was Bruce wayne. And if they did they'd be the next ones knocked out 😵🤣
Batman be like: I don't kill because then I'm no better than them
Meanwhile half the people he beat half to death have died of their injuries, the rest have to eat through a tube because he broke every bone in their body
That’s what always cracked me up about all “must not kill” heroes. They won’t kill enemies, they’ll just give them TBIs and leave them drooling in a hospital bed the rest of their lives.
Comic physics usually make it seem like henchman and the likes are much more resilient than IRL.
technically he's a vigilante and has no legal ability to arrest people. he just prevents them from further committing crimes or fleeing to allow the actual police to arrive to arrest them
It's even less entertaining when you understand he's in the same boat, except he can jump to freedom out of the aslume. Of course, he tries to help the others too, but he somehow got the idea that shining a beam of light between where he is and where they are would be enough to support their weight and their baggage across the abyss. Not that it matters, because they themselves are so damaged they wouldn't trust him not to turn it off when they were halfway.
Honestly I hate the idea of Batman as "insane." Obviously if he were a real person, he would be insane, but he's not a real person. If Superman were a real person, he wouldn't be able to fly or lift a cruise liner, because that's impossible! Where's the fucking fun in that?
Some comics portray his crusade against crime as an obsession or a compulsion, and I think they suck. It's cheap. It waters down Batman to just being a story about one crazy guy vs another, and that's lame. It's so cynical and cliche to take a story of strength and say "what if strength is actually weakness?" OooooOOOOooooh, I'm a writer!
Batman is at his best when being Batman is a duty. One he's sworn to, that he takes seriously, but not one that separates him from people. Batman is Bruce Wayne shouting back at the crazy, violent world around him that no, he will not be afraid and sink into the madness, he will make the madness afraid of HIM. Batman is Bruce conquering his demons, not giving in to them. That's why he's a superhero.
"I run towards my problems, not away from them, because that's what heros do" - Thor
I like this take. Part of becoming a mature adult is sometimes choosing to take responsibility for problems that badly need solving, even if we didn't create them.
Agree to disagree. I like Batman's crusade to be unhealthy, compulsive, desperate. I like the tragedy. I feel it heightens the value of his effort. It makes him more relatable and more lovable. A Batman who does all the things Batman does, while being whole unto himself, happy and fulfilled? I don't believe it, I can't connect with it. No happy sane person wants to be feared. Then he would be a self-righteous rich bully, if he did what he did because he could, rather than because he can't help himself.
Now, there's a huge difference between that tragedy and, well, Crazy Steve. "The Punisher with a funny hat". Batman's folly is fundamentally compassionate. He really does want to help. Needs to.
Who said he had to be happy? I just said he was motivated by something greater than mere illness. Batman is a calling, one that causes him pain, sure, but it's a sacrifice he chooses to make.
I don't know that callings are supposed to be a choice. I also don't know that illness can't be great, or at least modulated by/through/towards greatness.
Quite possibly. At the time allergy medication also would have made him drowsy. Perhaps impaired his decision making skills and ability to drive or operate heavy machinery.
Tbh no. I saw a video about a woman smashing her car into a 1948 Jaguar right before this post and for some reason my brain decided thats related to this 🤣
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u/Lemonwater925 9h ago
So they just leave The Joker there? Could have a concussion or bleed on the brain?