like ultimately comic characters are vehicles. that is their primary function. the writers who understand that write the most interesting stories and the writers who don’t understand that get stuck in the weeds. do i think bruce / batman the living breathing entity is an abuser. no because he’s not a living breathing entity to begin with. he doesn’t exist and he doesn’t have choices. instead he’s dictated by the choices that writers want to make for him as they use him to explore their ideas about society. and sometimes you have to live with that















