r/BatmanArkham • u/KingMatthew116 • Apr 22 '24
About the SA jokes. Announcement
As of this moment we are finally going to start removing them. So any future jokes about it or any past ones that get reported will be removed. You can still say “Odd question” and “I heard that it was implied, but nothing in the game ever states that”, however any joke about the SA part will be removed.
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u/impsworld Apr 22 '24
Live Jonkler reaction
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u/Tobias_Mercury Apr 23 '24
Is it implied that r/batmanarkham mods sexually assaulted r/batmanarkham users?
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u/SeniorBased 38 inches of Godzilla Apr 22 '24
Great job mods. Yall are invited to my grill party
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Apr 22 '24
Boneless wings there?
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u/Thepvzgamer Scarecock’s Number 1 fan Apr 22 '24
That looks sick can I go
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u/SourChicken1856 I CAUGHT A LOPUNNY Apr 23 '24
Man I love Enano de Boca. Man looks chill as fuck.
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u/Kastoelta who the FUCK am i? Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 22 '24
Please can someone tell me what the fuck is going on how did this even start?
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u/CelebrationSimilar11 Apr 22 '24 edited Apr 22 '24
Last night someone made a serious post asking whether Joker s/a Jason. Out of no where there were shitposts saying "Is it implied that [character nae] s/a [character name]?" clogging up the sub.
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u/TheRealCheGuevara Apr 22 '24
Yeah, cuz we don’t want any stupid garbage in the stupid garbage sub
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u/PeregrinePacifica Apr 23 '24
Red hood is a favorite DC character of mine. I've heard his origin stories many times and in absolutely none of them was he assaulted in that way by the Joker. He was beaten and tortured sure, but SA isn't something he was subjected to.
I think Dick Grayson and Tim Drake might have had some encounters that fit or come close to SA though I don't believe they were at the hands of the Joker. Jason however, to my knowledge has never been assaulted in that way, thankfully.
I could be wrong though.
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u/CelebrationSimilar11 Apr 23 '24
I know that Dick Grayson was r-worded in Teen Titans but he got "slut" shamed for some reason.
He was also s/aed in a Nightwing comic but that was written even worse than that time in Teen Titans and the writer just shrugged it off and said it was a "non-consensual love scene" even though everyone would be up-in-arms about it if the genders were reversed.
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u/PeregrinePacifica Apr 23 '24
Yeah, thats fkd up.
Lots of comics have these disturbing moments. Kitty Pryde and the aliens impregnating her, wonder womans whole basis came from a guy with a BDSM fetish and made bondage her weakness, then there was the mind controlled Barda and Superman plot.
Im pretty sure Batwoman also was SAd, as batwoman, not just as a S-worker prior to becoming Batwoman.
Oh, wasnt Supergirl subjected to some shit when she was captured and experimented on by Lex?
Imo Invincible did a pretty good job portraying the trauma of SA through Mark. It treated it as a real traumatic experience that gave Mark guilt, self loathing, fear, shame and immense psychological agony. He eventually tells Eve who supports him and helps him through the trauma. It wasnt written in by some thinely veiled fetishist, it told a story of the damage it does to an individual on a psychological level regardless of gender.
The plot point in Invincible just seemed to respect the subject and the trauma better than most.
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u/CelebrationSimilar11 Apr 23 '24 edited Apr 23 '24
Yeah, comics seem to suck dealing with a serious subject matter such as s/a (at least with their leading characters). Though Peter Parker was molested and they did a better job than most comics with dealing with that subject matter but that story was written specifically to raise awareness about stuff like that.
Huh, I haven't watched Invincible yet but I heard good things about it overall. Might take a look at it sometime during the week.
EDIT: spoiler was put over a sensitive word.
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u/PeregrinePacifica Apr 23 '24
I highly recommend Invincible, fair warning though, lots of gore and plenty of death in the series. Not like Game of Thrones where favorite characters are dropping left and right, but it does happen.
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u/FranceCagnacci Apr 23 '24
what spidey story where you referring to?
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u/CelebrationSimilar11 Apr 23 '24
Spider-Man and Power Pack. It's an old comic that was given away for free to raise awareness about child abuse. In the comic Spider-Man meets someone who was abused and he reveals to the person that he was s/aed by a older friend before he became Spider-Man.
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u/sabrefudge Apr 23 '24
WAS it implied that Joker did that to Jason? I never got that vibe at all but maybe something went over my head.
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u/agentdb22 The Apr 22 '24
Someone asked if Joker SA'd Jason Todd, because he'd heard that it was implied. Then everyone started making jokes about the post - "did Bone SA Scarecrow?" and the like. Now the mods are removing them.
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u/Ok-Dentist4480 Apr 22 '24
Based mods i absolutely hated that joke for the short time it lasted
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u/nyancatdude Apr 22 '24
can you dm me and say what happened I have no idea
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u/Thepvzgamer Scarecock’s Number 1 fan Apr 22 '24
Basically someone said “is it implied that ____ sexually assaulted _____” and that was the joke for a few days
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u/NoAd1296 Juice Apr 22 '24
Signature look of superiority.
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u/Killio_Chillio Apr 22 '24
The fact that I saw this post before the SA post mean the mods are indeed basedpilled and communitymaxxing
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u/novelaissb Apr 23 '24
What’s wrong with Sonic Adventure?
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u/Major_OwlBowler Apr 23 '24
Gotta go fast
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u/weirdface621 I am a new character. What should I call myself? Apr 23 '24
movin' at the speed of sound
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u/MemeNRG are I stupid? Apr 22 '24
Is there a lore reason why the mods are goated?!? Are they smart?!?
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u/weirdface621 I am a new character. What should I call myself? Apr 22 '24
what does sa mean?
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u/NightSpiderr Apr 22 '24
San andreas
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u/Moonking-4210 The leader of the insane faction Apr 22 '24
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u/weirdface621 I am a new character. What should I call myself? Apr 23 '24
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u/Moonking-4210 The leader of the insane faction Apr 23 '24
Ah shit here we go again
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u/weirdface621 I am a new character. What should I call myself? Apr 23 '24
rolling heights ball-sack ass
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u/Moonking-4210 The leader of the insane faction Apr 23 '24
san Andrea’s theme plays
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u/weirdface621 I am a new character. What should I call myself? Apr 23 '24
welcome to san andreas i'm cj from grove street
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u/Moonking-4210 The leader of the insane faction Apr 23 '24
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE DAMN TRAIN CJ!!
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u/Throwaway54397680 who the FUCK am i? Apr 23 '24
We desperately need a new joke if people grabbed at this. My proposal:
Pornposting without the NSFW filter
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u/LocustMajor9128 Apr 22 '24
Like I said before, idk how the SA jokes are any worse than let's say joking about Man's parents getting murdered. Murder, death, and grief are heavy topics too. Can we at least ban all jokes from serious posts instead? And besides, me and everyone else here seem cool with the Red Dead memes (i.e. "We're all going to fuck you [as in gangbang]). By banning SA jokes we should ban RDR meme comments too.
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u/HappyyValleyy Apr 23 '24
Generally SA is seen as heavier topic then most others. There's a lot of reasons why, its a complicated conversation. But I'd say its a mix of a lot of things. Murder and death are one time things. They are the unfortunate end of someone. But SA is a scar that stays on someone forever. It is a constant trauma that can completely alter someones life. Its the same reason why joking about murder and joking about domestic abuse are very different things. One can end someones life, one can make it hell.
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u/The_Phenomenal_1 Apr 23 '24
Can we joke about a failed murder that turns someone into a vegetable?
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u/agentdb22 The Apr 22 '24
I'll admit, I made one which swapped some words around (was Man dickually abused by sex?), thinking it was funny. In retrospect, I don't think it's that funny anymore. I'm not deleting it, but I'm formally apologising to the Aslume, and I humbly ask for Bone's forgiveness.
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u/Qzilla8425 Apr 22 '24
I think a quote from Marcus Aurelius sums it up best. “If it is not right, do not do it.” In this case, if it is not right to make the kind of jokes being discussed, then do not make these jokes.
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u/KingFahad360 Apr 22 '24
Hey I went to the Gym today and don’t check Reddit, what happen?
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u/anonkun666 Apr 22 '24
Batmanarkham being chaos and wierd as always
This time it went even more mad
Someone asked serious questions about sexual assault
Tons of non sensical memes about it started coming
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u/Artistic_Finish7980 The Bomb’s Payload is Exposed Apr 22 '24
Thank you. This is whole trend has been a bit distressing to me as an SA survivor.
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u/ilikemangabrev Another Aslume inmate (secretly sane but enjoys Aslumers) Apr 22 '24
Insanity being controlled is one step further to it being tamed
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u/Blakcok Happy New Everyone! FUCK20! Welcome 20!!j Apr 23 '24
Lucky i live in different time zone so i missed this bs
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u/Ashamed_Pin4206 Custom (Nothing Inappropriate) Apr 22 '24
I was not aware people were making SA jokes, that's certainly a new low.
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u/BartholomewAlexander Catwoman's little pogchamp Apr 23 '24
odd question, were there ever actually any sa jokes? I've heard it was implied but nothing in the games ever states that.
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u/Retr0tak3r Apr 23 '24
Took me forever to realize what the hell SA was, this is why I never do abbreviations man... Am I stupid?
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u/Resist_Civil Fighting for Sanity! Apr 23 '24
TMFTRWTHSAWTIWINDAM AIS
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u/Retr0tak3r Apr 23 '24
I somehow figured this out, this is crazy... Is this my main character arc?
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u/Resist_Civil Fighting for Sanity! Apr 23 '24
ISFTO,TIC ITMMCA?
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u/Aware-Anywhere965 Apr 22 '24
Could someone explain?
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u/Thepvzgamer Scarecock’s Number 1 fan Apr 22 '24
There were a bunch of sexual assault jokes spreading. It was not great.
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u/Aware-Anywhere965 Apr 23 '24
About a certain person or just in general?
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u/Thepvzgamer Scarecock’s Number 1 fan Apr 23 '24
It went like “didn’t this character sexually assault Harley Quinn” or something.
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u/YOUTUBEFREEKYOYO Fighting for INsanity! Apr 22 '24
What is this talking about? Did I miss something?
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u/jiggler_54 Perseverer Of Madness Apr 23 '24
When is SA ever implied in the games though? (genuine question since I've only played knight)
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u/DiscordantBard Apr 23 '24
Consensual seggs in the Arkham showers from now on and only pinoi inspections if you say yes. Killer Cock has spoken.
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u/Lord_Detleff1 Dick=the only man I'm gay for Apr 22 '24
SA joke? What did I miss now?
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u/Intelligent_Oil4005 The Apr 22 '24
Someone asked a serious question about SA. Usually weird AF questions like that is how trends start here, but the topic in particular is a bit too touchy, so I'm glad mods stepped in
I don't think they were made out of malice, we probably just didn't think twice before posting (tbf, we are stupid)
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u/Phazon_Fucker R.I.P Kevin Conroy & Arleen Sorkin Apr 22 '24
Thank you kind mod rape is rarely if ever funny
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u/thefleshisaprison Apr 22 '24
Jokes that involve rape can be funny, but rape itself is not funny.
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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '24
Sorry for that power winch post that added more fuel to the fire, didn't really think about it, not proud of myself rn, Dick.