Found family loveless marriage . Found family child abuse

actually people should address this in fanfic more because “i know we could half-ass it, but i would never fake mistreat my fake husband, how dare you” is absolutely delightful

[Image ID: Tumblr tags reading: #i think this is honestly the backbone of the appeal of the fake dating trope (i am a fake dating enjoyer) #the reason why the characters put so much unnecessary effort into the fake relationship tells you so much about them #does the idea of being someone who doesn’t really care about their lover disturb them? do they secretly care a a lot about their fake partner #are they a person who needs to do everything well and with care even when it’s stupid? do they just commit Really hard to the bit? etc etc #Additionally another main appeal of fake dating is the characters going ‘wow this is really easy and working really well for us’ #‘our fake relationship looks (and functionally is??) better than uncle carl’s 15yr marriage’ #‘which probably means nothing. i will not think about this in depth for at least another three chapters’ #you get it. you understand. i am sorry for this in-the-tags fake dating manifesto /End ID]

No offence the good father qualities that people use to prove that bruce shouldn’t be depicted as a bad father and is instead a good one are ALWAYS the bare minimum, because if a mom in comics acted that way people would still describe her as a bad mom.