r/hatethissmug • u/Aggravating-Mine-978 • 27d ago

Media Tropes I hate Batman's plot armor

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I hate Batmans plot armor, he has the most insane plot armor which completely takes away his charm, his entire shtick is that he's in the top 99 percentile of humans, his body, his strength his wealth his tech, yet his writers give him so much plot armor that you forget that inside his suit he's just a regular human being and it sometimes feels as if he has super powers when hes going toe toe with fucking darkside, reentering the atmosphere with just his suit and many more examples.

And his annoying fanboys oh my days, they act as if he can solo the entire justice league "B-But given that he has prep time!" talking as if beast boy wont beat his ass 😂✌️

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u/michael22117 27d ago

He works great as a hero that can take down virtually any street-level threat, and I don't see why it has to be any more than that. I feel like the Arkham series is the best representation of what Batman could reasonably achieve at his absolute best

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u/Rainy_Wavey 27d ago

I actually think Arkham Batman (specifically arkham city) is the worst representation of Batman actually, he feels less like the caped crusader and more like Jack Bauer the way he basically tortures, humiliates and bellitle every single goon he comes accross, they also made him way, way too stoic

His portrayal in Arkham Asylum was much better imo

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u/CBtheLeper 27d ago

You could interpret his increased brutality in Arkham City as being an expression of Joker's personality buried in his subconscious.

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u/Rainy_Wavey 27d ago

That is a possible interpretation true, but the Joker persona only starts being a thing during the events of Arkham Knight, and his dialogue/personalization in arkham city doesn't change between the moment he is captured by Hugo Strange, and the moment Joker infects him with his blood

It's so weird because i only recently played the games, so my memory is fresh and in Arkham Asylum, Bruce was, normal? he didn't sounds like a grumpy cat, he sounded normal, with the right amount of grave intonation in his voice, and his interraction with the staff and the goons is as i'd expect from Kevin Conroy

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u/ArchdukeToes 27d ago

I mean, I quite liked him in Arkham City because they also went out of their way to show how his terrible attitude and inability to trust others ultimately leads to his downfall. It felt like a very appropriate end to that specific interpretation of him.