Does it really bother anyone that Ghostmaker enrouched on Talia and Bruce's backstory? Like the entire comic is just using the al Ghuls to give Bruce some sob story because he's weak. Not because Ra's is his enemy and Batman must defeat him. It doesn't feel like Batman at all. It feels like the Zdarsky picked some parts of Batman and made it his whole personality while forgetting about his core traits. He's dark and gritty and alone. And distrusts anyone. Even Zatanna.
And this panels, agh, it feels like they reduced their entire love story to the end where they can't be together. Like they are Romeo and Juliet. They love each other yet they cannot be with each other. But the story needs to be built up. This? This is not a build up, this is just a summary. Like oh yeah let's go against Ra's, ah sorry but I don't know where you stand, are you serious Bruce? She just told you. And let me tell you I know which comic the writer had to read to write this, but he got the execution so, so wrong.
Bruce is such a hypocrite how can he give leeway to a murderer (Ghostmaker) but not realize with his own eyes the woman is trapped on a cult and isn't as bad as her Father after she patches him up, and after she tells him straight to his face he is going against Ra's and she likes it.
Like look at the difference with this next comic. That above, is a weak Bruce who doesn't see there is strength in having people around. Nor does he realize that his mission is to turn criminals into good people. This Batman below, now this is Batman. Fighting Ra's al Ghul. Getting beaten down and getting back up with all his strength. Now that's power right there. And kissing Talia at the end because he understands Talia is just a woman trapped under her Father's thump. He won't let some silly mission stop him from kissing Talia. He'll get what he wants. Defeat Ra's now and get Talia. It's more of a classic hero tale where the hero defeats the villain and gets the woman.
Like Batman here is a powerhouse. He won't wait for the mission to get what he wants. He WILL finish the goddamn mission while he gets what he wants. And what he wants is Talia.
And the comic that the writer surely referenced has a better execution of why Bruce rejected Talia for his mission. Like this is believable. This is Romeo and Juliet. They above is not:
Bruce got called a Monkey who reaches for a banana inside a hole but gets trapped because the banana doesn't fit through the whole.
He reaches for Talia but he gets trapped because she's not Good yet. Bruce could let go and be with her. But letting go means accepting that she is Ra's al Ghul's daughter. But then Bruce wouldn't be Batman anymore.
At the end he signs a letter as the Monkey. Because he is trapped as well.
Do you see the obvious difference? Here Bruce has a heart, something the one from the Ghostmaker comic lacks. And this is a much better reason why Bruce rejects Talia. It's not that he doesn't love her, it's because of Ra's. And he yearns for her here. In the other comic you cannot see that which makes what Bruce says "I want her but-" sound so cold, more telling and less showing. It's not properly built up at all. Zdarsky didn't build up their romance and yet this was made canon? Like please. Get the OC out of Ra's and Talia's first meeting story with Bruce if you're going to make it canon and build up their backstories.
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