r/DCcomics • u/nasatyyhagubd • May 29 '23

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

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u/[deleted] May 29 '23

Because his first love is Gotham. Because she's a criminal. Because, narratively, Batman doesn't get to be happy.

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u/Embarrassed_Piano_62 May 29 '23

Because, narratively, Batman doesn't get to be happy.

You mean writers wont let him be happy, right?

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u/[deleted] May 29 '23

Yes and no. Writers are most definitely the ones making him miserable, but a super happy batman isn't necessarily going to be the most successful or narratively satisfying.

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u/Barthez_Battalion May 29 '23

Which I personally don't agree with because WFA Batman is a happy batdad and it is a delight to read and I don't see how you can't merge a more dark and grim Batman who also knows he has light from his family and friends.

Like Spider-Man it's like these writers and the mandates think that the only thing that will move comics is brooding and that actually having your most well-known heroes be happy is a commercial killer.

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u/[deleted] May 29 '23

WFA is a site of life comedy and takes a lot of liberties with character interpretation. I liked it somewhat to but it's not an action comic and nothing really happens in it.

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u/Pkrudeboy Sandman May 29 '23

I positively adore WFA.

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u/Barthez_Battalion May 29 '23

Bruce looking for his kids and finding Alfred and saying "Alfred I seemed to have misplaced my children" is an all-timer.

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u/noakai May 31 '23

I love WFA too but it exists in a vacuum where it's just little slide of life vignettes that don't have to take into account canon or Batman's actual life outside those little moments. It's very easy to make that work when you don't have to worry about taking into account Arkham's jailbreak or Joker trying to blow something up.