Hi, Clair. I’d like to come in and talk with you. Would that be all right?
This is the Batman we need to see more often. The one who remembers what it was like to be a scared child, one who knows how to handle situations delicately.
One of the reason why I love batman so much. He is portrayed as a very careful and guarded man. But he is probably the most human out of anyone. It’s why he is the knight that gotham deserves.
Re: that last panel –
Batman, when he’s written correctly, is an extremely compassionate person.
I always feel the need to reblog this because it’s definitely something I feel was lost in the Nolan films.
The thing about Bruce is he believes he is not a good man, but he is.
“I’m stepping a little closer now, okay?”
That sentence means so much
I always see this post without the follow up, which is my favorite part
To quote Red from OSP – “Can you imagine your Batman comforting a scared child? If yes, congratulations, that’s a genuine Batman! If no, you haven’t written Batman, you’ve just written Punisher in a funny hat.”
I love how all of the Batman villains are like “ah he’s not at the manor, it’s defenseless! and then alfred just racks an AK-47 and is like pull up bitch
Batman’s Villains: The butler will be easy prey!
He’s just an old man…he doesn’t have any of the Batman’s gadgets or training or fighting skills!
Alfred: Oh my you’re right
There’s something else of Master Bruce’s I don’t have as well
(Cocks a shotgun) A CODE AGAINST KILLING
Batman’s Villains: Wayne isn’t here to save you old man!
Alfred:
Alfred is the original “Call an ambulance — but not for me”
I half-suspect that a big part of Batman’s enduring appeal is that nearly every possible Flanderisation of the character is funny as hell.
When most characters get boiled down to a single overriding personality trait, they just end being trite and annoying, but not Batman. I mean, we’ve got:
Compulsively Stealthy Batman
Ludicrously Overprepared Gadgeteer Batman
Standing on a Gargoyle in the Rain Monologuing About the City of Gotham Like He Kind of Wants to Have Sex With It Batman
MY PARENTS ARE DEEEAAAD Batman
The Goddamn Batman
Grumpy Dadman
Adam West
… and every last one of them is a comedy gold mine.
and lego Batman is somehow ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME
Which makes him the best batman
(unless he counts as a separate category: manchild himbo batman)
going to college/university in gotham city would be so wild???
a student who forgets to sort out their accommodation until the last minute and ends up moving into mr freeze’s hideout because everywhere else in town is full. still beats dorms i guess.
the welcome assembly is 6 hours long and most of it is what to do if you encounter the joker or batman or some other hero or villain and how the police are essentially useless.
non-gothamite students being freaked out over why the gothamite students aren’t panicking when their campus coffee shop gets held up by harley quinn and poison ivy.
city-wide catastrophes are not an excuse for getting out of finals week.
the black market is incredibly easy to access in gotham and ends up getting used by students wanting to make a quick buck by writing other people’s essays or stealing answers off tests. beware ex-psychology professors who do not take kindly to cheaters.
not being sure whether the sound you’re hearing is an explosion somewhere in town or just your neighbor’s music at 3AM.
did you just see nightwing pass by your window or are you hallucinating from lack of sleep?
riddler crashes the university’s servers, causing untold fear and panic to the students who had left their essays to the very last minute to turn in.
iceberg lounge is to be avoided, the drinks are so damn expensive and the nightlife is usually lousy unless batman’s doing a raid on the place.
any drunk student could easily be taken in as a new batman villain. one minute you’re at a fancy dress party having a good time, the next thing you know you’re waking up in a jail cell with a suspicious, batarang shaped scar and the tabloids calling you Donkey Girl.
every student thinks they can be robin within the first two weeks of moving to gotham. this usually does not end well.
seeing two-face chilling at mcdonald’s on your friend’s snapchat story and not even being surprised at this point.
no need to set an alarm for a 14 minute nap, batgirl will probably come crashing through your window anyway.
most people want to bang either someone from the batfam or the rogues gallery. some have even attempted it.
fear toxin is put in the vents one time but almost no one is affected. everybody is already terrified for exams.
most dorm rooms have an “adopt me batman” sign hanging from the windows, or variations of that (”adopt me catwoman” is a pretty popular one too)
• Getting a new professor or a class being canceled because the professor decided to put on a costume and rob a bank under a gimmicky name
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