Earlier this evening I was thinking about Batman (via a route that I won't go in to, but I was chatting with someone and telling them about an on-line comic that I saw where Wonder Woman had basically broken Bruce Wayne and he was having to go in to hiding because he couldn't stop her super-powered amorous advances and I guess I just went in to it, oh well) and thought about Batman being very much about the whole "MY PARENTS ARE DEEEAAAD" thing.
I couldn't help but think that Superman's entire species is wiped out and you don't catch him being all emo about it. He seems positively chipper. Then again, being what is in essence a God probably cheers him up a bit.
"MY ENTIRE SPECIES (if we forget about my cousin for a bit but I try not to think about her, y'know) IS DEEEAAA... wait, I can fire heat rays out of my eyes? Whoah, AWESOME!"
"MY ENTIRE SPECIES IS DEEEAAA... wait, I can fly? Whee! Holy crap this is so cool! WHEEEEEE!"
I suppose that this could be another reason why Batman's so grumpy all the time. Superman's all leaping-tall-buildings-with-a-single-bound, y'know, for the times when he doesn't just fly over them, while Batman takes his car. A very cool car but a car none the less.
"Hey Bruce, Bruce! Even Hawkman doesn't use a car. HAWKMAN! And you know how the Green Lantern gets around? Jewellery. Damn, get it together, Bruce."
Sadly Batman's insistence that he's cooler than Aquaman doesn't make him feel any less of a loser.
Yeah, I think that this is why Batman's so grumpy all the time.
This makes a lot of sense. I'd probably be emo too in batman's shoes.
ReplyDeleteThem probably not fitting you would also play a part in that I would guess.
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