MiguelMexMIstery
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Please tell me this is a joke.
Why is everyone anti Bruce x Barbara? (Batman)
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Sibersk Esto
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Lightning_Roller
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One and done and all that.
Yeah it's gross. Just completely unnecessary. But hey if there's a female character in this "mature" cartoon we gotta have a sex scene.
KenzinFive
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The article says the movie is a "too faithful" adaptation...but the very first negative thing they mention is something that was 1000% NOT in the original comic.
EDIT: Plus, the original Killing Joke already has issues nowadays with its implied sexual violence against Barbara and using her only as motivation for the male characters.
It completely alters Batman's motivation; now he's also going after the Joker because Joker messed with his Sidekick with Benefits. If they're going to add a scene to make Barbara getting shot hurt more, than give us something that shows us her relationship with her dad. It makes zero sense in a movie that was supposed to be this faithful adaptation of a highly revered story. Stop trying to make Barbara and Bruce happen, it's gross and now it's spread to the Killing Joke of all things.
EDIT: Plus, the original Killing Joke already has issues nowadays with its implied sexual violence against Barbara and using her only as motivation for the male characters.
Then they turn around and give her a sex scene in the animated adaptation with her dad's friend. You know, because Bruce needs more motivation.
RecRoulette
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lmao
Unspeakable Evil
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Fukkery achieved
crimzonflame
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How many times has Batman had sex on a roof?
demosthenes
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Rename op, nostrabatmus.
SocksAndShoes
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The same article praises the animation, so I don't know what to think anymore.
crimzonflame
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After Norman x Gwen nothing phases me anymore.
Scientist Supreme!
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I just can't believe they are doubling down on the exact same problem that people have with Batgirl in this story.
Like how do think that's a good idea?
Like how do think that's a good idea?
True. Nothing reaches that level of fuckery. Not even close.
Tinfoilhatsron
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Yo bro I don't remember this in the anime...
flaxknuckles
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I'm screaming. Holy fuck DC. This isn't the kind of controversy you need at all.
TwoDurans
"Never said I wasn't a hypocrite."
The anime stopped while it was ahead and realized most likely that doing the timeskip stuff runs everything.
Alright, Grant, it was a fun fan theory, but it's time to pack it up.
TheGreatDirector
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Well there goes anyone hope people had left for that movie.
Pretty much. That and Terra/Slade is just fuckery. These middle-aged men need to stop self-inserting themselves into stories.
But this Bruce/Babs thing is still incredibly shit though considering it's 2 heroes involved and the power dynamic is extremely fucked and it's seemingly 1 guy who's trying to push this twisted relationship into the mainstream. This adaptation absolutely did not need that shit in it. I think I might skip out now.
Unspeakable Evil
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Nightwing can have Starfire as his main bae.
Ugh, this so bad then the twins had to come in.
i hate you for posting this
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Magnet_Man
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Razgriz-Specter
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Maybe thats why he likes it so much since its mostly a unique relationship to his work and not normal Bruce and Selina/Talia.
WW and Bruce wasn't as uniquely his and is a hard sell outside of Justice League settings.
OdysseusVA
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I dont see the big deal
Two consenting adults banging
Two consenting adults banging
infinitys_7th
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Sort of pertinent, but I designed a house for a couple with an odd history. He was about 60 and she was about 35 and was childhood friends with his son growing up.
He babysat her and changed her diapers occassionally.
Now, I don't think Bruce ever put a bat-diaper on baby Barbara, but...that's what Bruce-Barbara reminds me of.
He babysat her and changed her diapers occassionally.
Now, I don't think Bruce ever put a bat-diaper on baby Barbara, but...that's what Bruce-Barbara reminds me of.
Removing the fact that he's a mentor/pseudo parental figure to her so power dynamics are fucked, good friend with her father, known her since she was a kid, is a former girlfriend of your son.
Razgriz-Specter
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In real life its weird and gross but honestly it isn't a huge deal to me in the universe it was initially referenced in.(comics made it especially weird with the pregnancy thing)
Just going by Amanda Waller in Batman Beyond she is pushing that Bruce is like the best human around so its no wonder someone like Barbara could fall in love with him especially with their shared interest and spending time together like every single night.
On Bruce he is an emotionally damaged person, and Beyond showd us it lasts nearly all the way to his end with no hope in that department.
and the relationship doesn't work for the same reason that Bruce actually went with it, he is a seriously fucked up dude all the way to the end.
Honestly as much as I love BTAS I don't enjoy that aspect much anymore, he just got colder and colder and there was literally no hope for him anymore.
Though at the same time this
Is Batman at his absolute best to me.
Just going by Amanda Waller in Batman Beyond she is pushing that Bruce is like the best human around so its no wonder someone like Barbara could fall in love with him especially with their shared interest and spending time together like every single night.
On Bruce he is an emotionally damaged person, and Beyond showd us it lasts nearly all the way to his end with no hope in that department.
and the relationship doesn't work for the same reason that Bruce actually went with it, he is a seriously fucked up dude all the way to the end.
Honestly as much as I love BTAS I don't enjoy that aspect much anymore, he just got colder and colder and there was literally no hope for him anymore.
Though at the same time this
Is Batman at his absolute best to me.
Someone put Batman or Timm face on this.
I'll take anything over Dick/Babs even that sex scene.
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
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Personally you don't fuck your friends kids. Simple as that. Even if Gordan was significantly older and Barbara was Bruce's age, it still would be wrong in my view.
illmatic22
Banned
Oh fuck off with this shit
In real life its weird and gross but honestly it isn't a huge deal to me in the universe it was initially referenced in.(comics made it especially weird with the pregnancy thing)
Just going by Amanda Waller in Batman Beyond she is pushing that Bruce is like the best human around so its no wonder someone like Barbara could fall in love with him especially with their shared interest and spending time together like every single night.
On Bruce he is an emotionally damaged person, and Beyond showd us it lasts nearly all the way to his end with no hope in that department.
and the relationship doesn't work for the same reason that Bruce actually went with it, he is a seriously fucked up dude all the way to the end.
Honestly as much as I love BTAS I don't enjoy that aspect much anymore, he just got colder and colder and there was literally no hope for him anymore.
Though at the same time this
Is Batman at his absolute best to me.
Yeah later DCAU Batman feels noticeably colder and more detached than early TAS Batman. But that's a minor complaint I have with Timm's Batman, at most. The "trying to make Bruce x Barbara happen" stuff is a major issue I have.
Sibersk Esto
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Unspeakable Evil
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Hit it and quit it
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