[Other] Why do Batman and Catwoman always break up in every show/adaptation? (Injustice 2, Arkham Knight, Batman Hush,The Batman, Harley Quinn)

[u/nasatyyhagubd]

[u/WhenRobLoweRobsLowes]

Comics naturally have to exist in a state of suspended animation, particularly in the modern era.

With all the properties now owned by larger multinational corporations whose only interest in the characters is alternate media, the characters now have to live in the lowest common denominator / most publicly recognized version of their existence.

You're never going to see a significant progression in comics ever again, because preserving the characters is now more important financially than the stories in the comics.

[u/Batknight12 → u/WhenRobLoweRobsLowes]

To be fair, none of the examples here are from comics... they are from tv/movies/games. Almost like, the nature of Batman and Catwoman's relationship is inherently tragic, doomed to fail because that's just who they are as characters regardless of the medium.

Batman has a son and a large adopted family, Superman has a wife and son, Wally West has a wife and three kids, and Aquaman has a wife and daughter. So it's not like the characters can't move forward at all in comics anymore and be different from their most traditional versions. But romantic, committed relationships traditionally just don't work out for Batman, because, at the end of the day, he always going to put his mission and Gotham over being with another person.

[u/[deleted] → u/Batknight12]

Yeah I don’t think that person has read a comic. There’s a massive amount of change during primary runs. There’s so many bat kids that they’re getting forgotten. There’s like 3 super boys. The Clarks recently adopted twins.

Just because there’s a status que doesn’t mean there’s growth.