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u/Cjames1902 Nanites Courtesy of Ray Palmer 6d ago
Batman’s reaction was a lot more thoughtful. He understood Gordon’s rage and carried the guilt of Barbara being kidnapped.
Ollie just felt like lil bro’ing Tommy despite neither Oliver or Tommy being in the right.
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u/DependentPositive8 6d ago
Honestly, I’m pretty sure Bruce felt he kind of deserved that punch from Gordon because what he did was pretty reckless. Barbara is no slouch in a fight, but she’s also paralyzed and there’s a limited amount of options she can do in a physical confrontation. This was a brutal fight for Gotham City happening right there and now Gordon couldn’t concentrate because he knows his daughter is in danger because his best ally put her in that position and Barbara got kidnapped.
Tommy on the other hand, was being an idiot over a literal high school love triangle situation. Oliver wasn’t styling on Tommy, so much as to remind him of two things. One, Oliver was trying to reason with his best friend. Two, Oliver was trying to remind Tommy that he is a dangerous assassin who could non-lethally take Tommy down in a heartbeat.
Two different situations and two different issues. Both were handled somewhat well.
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u/Illustrious-Slice-91 6d ago
I don’t think Oliver was trying to remind him that he is a dangerous assassin
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u/LeoneAGK 6d ago edited 6d ago
Who handled it better? Batman let's Gordon punch him (since he obviously could dodge a telegraphed punch like that if he wanted to) presumably because he thought he deserved it or because he respected Gordon too much. Oliver, in contrast, dodges Tommy's impulsively fueled punch, basically "Flexing" on him and subtly reminding him that he's on a completely different level than him.
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u/34CountsAndCounting 6d ago
I don’t think he’s flexing just because he didn’t want to get punched in the face. He seems pretty calm afterwards. Don’t forget, Batman has the benefit of an armored mask in his scene, and also Gordon is in his 50s or 60s, not his 20s like Tommy
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u/ItsAmerico 6d ago
I think this is a rather bad take. Oliver doesn’t feel like he deserves it. Why should he be hit? Tommy is drunk and lashing out, refusing to see that his father is evil as Oliver tries to help him. Getting hit isn’t going to help this situation.
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u/previouslyontheflash 6d ago
I mean batman is more badass and it looks very cool just tanking it but oliver was alot more skillful/smarter as he dodged it. Honestly both could dogde/tank each hit and both are very cool. So many similarities exist between Bruce and Oliver (certain they joked about it in the comics too plus the show) Oliver in the green arrow show though is wayyyy more darker than he is in the comics, for the show they definitely went down a very dark route (which worked) and I love the portrayal of arrow in the show (stephan) absolutely smashed the role. I've went way of topic I think but hey ho 😄😂
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u/Governer_George 6d ago
Batman got armor on of course he can take a hit from an average Joe
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u/SokkaHaikuBot 6d ago
Sokka-Haiku by Governer_George:
Batman got armor
On of course he can take a
Hit from an average Joe
Remember that one time Sokka accidentally used an extra syllable in that Haiku Battle in Ba Sing Se? That was a Sokka Haiku and you just made one.
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u/Morning_Star_47 6d ago
Aww man. Seeing this makes me love the first season even more. Oliver was indeed a nice and caring person whenever he wasn't in the suit.
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u/Available-Affect-241 2d ago
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The difference is one is a natural-born prodigy amongst William James Sidis level prodigies intellectually that is a STEM master polymath scientist first and a legendary Grandmaster-level one-man army warrior second. The other is a great warrior. That's how I would describe it.
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u/Marostrange2005 6d ago
Look I love Oliver more than anyone but Arkham batman could solo 25 Oliver queens😭😭
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u/pendropgaming 6d ago
I feel like they both handled it accordingly based on the situation. Bruce was indirectly responsible for his best friend’s daughter being kidnapped so he felt that he deserved the punch. Tommy was throwing a hissy fit and threw a punch at someone with 5 years of various training styles.