Bruce Wayne ending up as Gothamâs favoured son because he may be an idiot, but heâs a cheerful idiot, and he donates tons to charity and genuinely loves Gotham and actually, truthfully does put a lot back into the city. And his instagram is a bright ray of sunshine, and honestly there are a lot of people in the city who get surprisingly defensive of their Dumb Carefree Playboy because, okay, sure, every month or so Bruce Wayne falls off a yacht or sleeps with a reporter or whatever. The man clearly never met a healthy coping skill even once in his life.
But as far as news regarding Gothamâs prominent citizens go, Bruceâs âscandalsâ are so normal that itâs downright refreshing. When a headline has âBruce Wayneâ in the title, you know youâre either going to read some Celebrity Gossip level non-drama, or else something to do with a charity. Maybe heâs been kidnapped again, but thatâs only happened a few times. Bruce Wayne news is like the Gotham equivalent to special reports about dogs who rescue their owners from drowning, or raccoons whoâve figured out how to get past the new self-locking garbage can lids.
And thereâs something weirdly reassuring about following his twitter. Like, if Bruce Wayne is tweeting about a really neat old tree he just saw, things must at least be sort of alright.
(Meanwhile, Bruceâs social media persona is 100% him flanderizing Clark.)