#like when will corporate story tellers realize that fighting their fans is only gonna scream them in the end?

[ijustthinkhesneat]

I genuinely like to believe that Bruce’s natural state is Brucie. His resting persona. I think Bruce is smart don’t get me wrong, but you can be smart and ditzy. My citation is Legally Blonde.

I think the Batman persona for him is ultimately a flexing of the mental muscles. Like he read one article on how to be a serious adult and was like I’m gonna do that at 9000%.

I believe that after Jason died is when Batman stopped being the mask, at least for a while. And yeah trauma, dead kid. But it’s also because Bruce was in the reverse position to when his parents were murdered. He was the parent who outlived his child. So he couldn’t afford to not be on edge, the vulnerability it takes to be silly and mess wasn’t going to keep his other son safe. It wouldn’t keep Dick or Tim or Damian safe.

I think if they steered back to Bruce learning to be vulnerable around his friends and especially around his family the comics could be so much better and set the base for many more stories that weren’t a repeat of the same cycle of abuse. It feels like the comics have been hell bent on breaking these characters for so long. Chipping them down to the worst, darkest parts of themselves. And that’s fine. But the writers don’t know when to stop. They can’t see that there is nothing left to break anymore.

#DC Comics #batsalt #batman #batfam #bruce wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #damian wayne #dc batman #tim drake #nightwing #red hood #Woo that got way more philosophical than I wanted it to #I feel like this isn’t just a DC comics thing #So many businesses seem to not know when their stories have reached a narrative dead end #and instead of rewinding to find where they went wrong they just keep digging the hole #like when will corporate story tellers realize that fighting their fans is only gonna scream them in the end?