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You talk about how a child never received closure for his murder because of one man actively standing between him and his justice. (Something verifiable through his actions.) You’ll be hit with: “But look at how SAD Bruce is. This is such a TRAGIC thing that happened to him. It BROKE him entirely.” (Immediate pivot to Bruce and HIS emotions.)

The problem isn’t that these statements are false. Bruce IS sad. It DID break him. The problem is that this is the only framing of the event acceptable to glazers. 1. A framing that centers Bruce. 2. A framing that shoves Bruce’s concrete actions aside and focuses on his feelings instead. As if the two hold equal weight.

Bruce’s grief and guilt is presented as charity for Jason’s justice. His sadness is pushed as the closure Jason never received. “Look how much he suffers”. A tormented conscience for a dead child. A fair trade.

And it’s not just Jason. They do this with every victim. Bruce’s intent is always weighed heavier than his actions. But the same grace is never extended to anyone else. Jason’s anger at being failed is irrational. It’s over the top. It’s too much. It’s repetitive. Move on. Bruce loved him, didn’t he? He cried, didn’t he? Isn’t that enough? That promise of a feeling that you can’t measure?

Like yes that is what happened in the comics, I agree! You're absolutely right it just rebounded off a pipe!

Into his fucking neck! The spray of blood is a meter long and puddling already when he hits the ground! Yes there's a degree of artistic rendition but that kind of spray from the neck is very fucking lethal, and portraying it like that is itself an intention.

Time to be weird and scary with big bro!