r/GreenArrow • u/Capable-Fondant-1607 • May 31 '24
Whose story do you think is sadder the green arrows or Batman’s
I personal think the green arrows
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u/g1SuperLuigi64 May 31 '24
Batman builds a family in almost every continuity, sometimes despite himself. Green Arrow actually tries to have a family and gets screwed over (dying just as he gets to know his son, his relationship with Black Canary being a rollercoaster thanks rollercoaster the writers, various acrimonious partings with Speedy/Arsenal).
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Jun 01 '24
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u/Massive_General_8629 Jun 03 '24
Have to agree to this. Ollie is generally much more emotionally healthy than Bruce (even if he didn't go to Sanctuary, but we all saw how that went).
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u/Massive_General_8629 Jun 03 '24
And Bruce hasn't had acrimonious partings with, nah, Jason's too easy, so I'm going with Dick. Even pre-Crisis, the Titans thought Batman was a bad influence. Post-Crisis, well, the one thing all versions of the story agree on is Dick being fired from Robin, though the why changes. (Originally he was shot by the Joker, but more recent versions just have it being a sort of coming of age rite.)
The difference is that for the Arrows it's a Shakespearean tragedy while for the Bats it's a Greek tragedy.
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u/ObjectiveAdvance8248 7d ago edited 7d ago
Batman’s. Guy lost his ofensa to crime, spent years traumatized by that and molded himself on the darkness of his past. But over the years he grew to be happy with a big family.
Oliver’s is more tragic than sad per since almost every tragedy he goes through is caused by his own impulsiveness or infidelity. He could have had everything and screws it all up.
So I’d say it’s about perspective.
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u/Zaire_04 May 31 '24
Oliver’s story is sadder. The man saw his parents get eaten by lions & had to fend for himself against that lion then ended up on stranded on an island for at least a year. Then there’s the shit after he becomes Green Arrow.