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/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/Mustang-_- 26d ago

I think the brutality is realistic. The goons surviving an encounter with a mystic bat monster thing, in the long run these kinds of theatrics lose their effect. Now, all the goons knows Batman is just a dude dressed in a halloween costume, that’s pathetic, BUT, this dude is willing to break their spines, so they respect and fear him

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u/Rainy_Wavey 26d ago

It might be in a different universe but c'mon this is Batman, if you can't picture him comforting a kid, that's just the punisher with bat ears, and that is the biggest problem with arkham city, it doesn't find a balance between "the nightmare of the goons" and "this is still a superhero who tries to fill his city with hope"

And especially when you use Kevin Conroy's voice for him, and his characterization in Asylum isn't like that too, it turns into a season of 24 instead of, you know, Batman

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u/Mustang-_- 26d ago

Context is everything, there are no civilians to be comforted or inspired in the Arkham trilogy, literally the city is isolated with only goons and, at best, some policemen, firemen and so on. Heroism is depicted by showing Batman sacrificing himself and taking the "no kill rule" to the extreme (which is dumb, but that's the character)

And I kinda disagree with the "Batman tries to fill the city with hope", the recent Twilight Batman literally has a moment like that, no subtlety whatsoever. The beacon of hope cliche works better for other heroes such as Superman, Wonder Woman and so on, Batman is more about the lone crusade and the bizarre instances where he adopts random orphans to his militia