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Taking in Dick in the first place seems pretty empathetically driven.
I think we'll continue to differ. Not only do I think there are other interpretations you can put on that, the charge-empathy is not a notable characteristic of his interactions I've read since then.
A psychologist comic-freak friend of mine told me that insasmuch as you could diagnose a comic book character, Bats is psychotic. But I suppose forcing the meta through is more dependent on the person doing it than anything else.
Taking in Dick in the first place seems pretty empathetically driven. He knows how Dick feels after losing his parents.
You could argue that he took in Dick to... fulfill certain needs.
(I only wrote the above because it sounds super-porny.)
Taking in Dick in the first place seems pretty empathetically driven. He knows how Dick feels after losing his parents.
A lack of demonstrated empathy for the feelings of the various members of the Batfamily once they're established has been a leitmotiv in the books for a dog's age. For whatever that's worth.
Also, The Third Man should have been higher on that list.
once they're established
Which makes it sound like a choice rather than an incapacity. But I'm not invested in the notion of Batman's empathy. I think he's capable of it - perhaps even driven by it in such a broad manner that it's shut down his ability to relate to individuals. Or it could be completely narcissistic. All kinds of possibilities. My take on sociopaths though is that they're a different kind of fucked up than Batman.
My take on sociopaths though is that they're a different kind of fucked up than Batman.
Well, true.
(However, he has had episodes dating back to early childhood that could be interpreted as psychotic. See: a couple of the Batman Black & Whites, Batman: Ego, blah blah blah.)
In Batgirl: Year One, Alfred, in conversation with Bruce, refers to Bruce's psychoses. (I have it next to me and just checked. The line is: "Oh, I see. We can now add voyeurism to the roster of personal psychoses you refuse to address.")
I love GWTW, for all its excesses.
In Batgirl: Year One, Alfred, in conversation with Bruce, refers to Bruce's psychoses. (I have it next to me and just checked. The line is: "Oh, I see. We can now add voyeurism to the roster of personal psychoses you refuse to address.")
Alfred's just being cheeky.
Alfred's pretty durn perceptive. After all, he was an....actor! t /Jon Lovitz "Master Thespian" flourish
When I was a teenager I loved GWTW so much. I still do, but not as blindly. It is an *excessive* film, especially to people who watch Tarentino. But I think Leigh/Gable is pretty amazing.
I wasn't under the impression that BB is set mid-century.
Nor was I, until I watched the trailer and it looks kinds Forties.
Re: Psychotic vs. Psychopath...my bad for slanging the term around. I should have said "bad-ass-whackjob-nutball."
I mean, I don't want to take anything away from the erotic appeal of either Batman or Christian Bale, but I do want to clearly define my terms as "going for humorous hyperbole" rather than "accurate analysis of psychological makeup."