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Action Comics #270 published in Nov. 1960

Reminder that Bruce liked Kara so much from the get go that he made her a batgirl costume that matched his.

This was published before any batgirl, Bette or Babs. Kara was offered Batgirl before anyone else could grab it. Bette Kane debuted as Bat-Girl in July 1961 and Barbara Gordon debuted in January 1967.

In so many fics,he gets injured or overwhelmed and Daddy Bats & other team members have to save him.

Are we forgetting that this dude literally survived the STREETS OF GOTHAM while CATATONIC like his mental faculties were lost as hell yet he persevered.

Isn't that good? Doesn't that show that he is an extremely empathetic person who has deep compassion and love for each and every victim? Isn't that a show of extreme bravery and courage the fact that he has personally experienced these in injustice practices yet he continues to serve the people yet he continues to fight for them as Robin? (though I have much to say about how him becoming Robin was not a really a choice) and later on when he was betrayed by every parental figure of his (4 of them mind you)yes stuff happened (I firmly believe in Willis and Catherine were doomed by the narrative agenda and that they did not really have any control)

But still isn't that a huge fucking burden for a legit kid to carry and grow up with and he is called brash,rageful and shit when he comes BACK FROM THE DEAD after experiencing such horrors and becomes more mentally unstable than he already was.

Like yeah-the guy that grew up in poverty,was homeless,fought criminals every night during his early teens,was tortured to death after being betrayed by his MOTHER,dig himself up from his coffin,was again homeless and catatonic for a while,trained with assassins when he should have been passing high school is ANGRY??? WHAT A FREAKING SURPRISE!!.

Oh wait

(This is an actual thing btw just search it up)

i really really loved how the supergirl 2026 movie subverted the 'if you kill them ur no better then them' trope, i loved that the conflict was not that he doesnt deserve to die but rather that ruthye deserves to not have to kill him, that she is just a child and should not have to carry that burden along with everything she had already been through. i really loved how kara killing him recontextulizes her actions leading up to that moment, how it becomes clear that it was never her intention to let him live, but to keep ruthye safely away from the fight.