We as a society should get more ātreating Willis like the human he isā instead of āWillis is a neglectful vermin of a man that shouldāve died because heās a criminal and also Bruce Wayne is a 100% a better parentā type of vibe yk. Iāve been reading some pre-Bruce Jason and Iāve just like,, fallen in love with Willisās premise his character like sure heās barely there but when heās there? God it does something to me.
Thereās something so insidious (like so extra insidious outside of the dc fandom norm of āso incredibly classist we could go toe to toe with a French elite before the revolutionā) and so dehumanising about taking a story of a manās desperation to give his son a better life then turning it into a story of a man whoās abusive and evil because of the crimes he committed in that desperation. God. And then ontop of that comparing it to Jason under Bruceās care as if as if thereās any stable footing for any kind of meaningful comparison āJason had a better life under Bruceā yeah and Bruce has about at least 7 more zeros in his bank account your point?? Like if we assumed both wanted a better life for Jason, like no fucking shit the one with near infinite amount of resources would provide a better life than a man who has essentially nothing- then taking the fact that he has nothing then equating that to heās abusive and a bad father is just like. Wow. Are we reciting the classist manifesto???
And yeah in some in my eyes extremely classist iterations of the story (because I havenāt delved into classism of dc editorial themselves yet) Willis is an objectively bad father, but hereās the difference Bruce is consistently a bad father- no no no we arenāt gonna start with that whole āheās trying his best!ā He is an objectively selfish father. Doesnāt matter what his genuine intent is if he really loved them or not, his actions especially with Jason is unequivocally selfish. At least it reads as incredibly selfish to me, covering up your own sonās murder to continue your vigilante hobby- letting the man who murdered your son go off Scott fucking free basically again inaction is endorsement- to go off and kill and ruin more families for your own moral code- and donāt start with the āoh of course the Jason fan doesnāt understand the moral codeā I DO and thatās why I said selfish- I said selfish not amoral not immoral selfish. Because thatās what Bruce Wayne is. He is a deeply flawed man, a deeply flawed father and pretending he isnāt in comparison to Willis is classist. I highly doubt most iterations of Willis would purposely cover up and hide the death of his own son for his own personal vendettas I highly doubt of Willis was in the position he would let a man whoās done so much evil go because of his own aversion to death.
A lot of yall claim Bruce Wayne isnāt affected by his wealth but like,,,, yall do know having a moral code is a luxury? Like he has the resources to throw at problems till they go away to make himself more comfortable, Willis doesnāt have that- Willis will never have that. Bruce Wayne is a billionaire like any other and hoarding his wealth to āimproveā the health of Gotham (caused by that same hoarding of wealth) doesnāt make him an acceptable billionaire.
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