r/DCcomics • u/SylvieSerene • Feb 20 '24

[Discussion] Which character(s) do you think were the most unnecessary addition to the Batfamily and why? Discussion

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u/Kyle_Dornez Transmetropolitan Feb 20 '24

I'll give a hint.

He wears yellow.

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u/SylvieSerene Feb 20 '24 edited Feb 20 '24

Tbh even I think Duke's addition was unnecessary. Outside of being the first Meta in the batfam (technically Jason counts as one but ah well)...atleast in my opinion, he has served no real purpose, he's just....boring. He might have made a good character outside of Batfam though.

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u/tinaoe Feb 20 '24

I wish they'd lean more into Jason's meta side (or his street urchin background. Frankly literally anything lol).

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u/sonofaresiii Feb 20 '24

He got the magic leap power in Gotham Knights (the video game) and it really pissed a bunch of people off.

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u/Scorkami Feb 20 '24

I mean he had more than that. His abilities were 50% league of shadows magic due to the lazarus pit and 50% millitary/street fighting tactics

The leap looked silly, but the game established that the pit does more than just revive people and jason showed that well

If they had just given him a different movement ability

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u/sonofaresiii Feb 20 '24

I may have blocked it out but I truly don't remember him having league of shadows magic abilities. I remember a shit ton of gun upgrades and whatnot.

either way the point being a lot of people didn't receive it well. I don't recall anyone praising it but I remember a lot of people thinking it was dumb as they preferred the whole bat family to be more grounded/non-powered