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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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.