Oh Noes, Batman Will Die? Does anyone care?!?
Scroll down past the flame-baiting and begin reading with post #41 and dodge that fridge.
Let's pretend the theory is correct. Okay, so Bruce falls in love and quits being Batman, because that's just like when a female character gets pregnant: Both life decisions magically change who you are (except they don't - that's a big fat romantic lie). So he quits his life-long motivations, drives, ambitions, etc via the healing power of Twu Luv and say.... Did Morrison get drunk and have a pity party with Pfeifer? So then his proteges and side-kicks can all take turns being him, even though Bruce faked Batman's death, until their sheer incompetence forces him to abandon Twu Luv, for it is incompatible with a full time career of wacky hijinks. Maybe he'll get mind-wiped amnesia and his temporary girlfriend dies so he can angst about it, too.
The real question is: Will Bruce grow out his hair to symbolize his new soft and gentle side? Or will that only happen if he gets pregnant by his random Twu Luv? (I have no doubt that Morrison would write mpreg and foist in on legions of clueless, non-fic-reading fans as a Cunning Twist).
Truly, I would be slain by such badfic innovation. Slain by laughter, that is.
But it would be better with pirates and time travel, just sayin'.
Let's pretend the theory is correct. Okay, so Bruce falls in love and quits being Batman, because that's just like when a female character gets pregnant: Both life decisions magically change who you are (except they don't - that's a big fat romantic lie). So he quits his life-long motivations, drives, ambitions, etc via the healing power of Twu Luv and say.... Did Morrison get drunk and have a pity party with Pfeifer? So then his proteges and side-kicks can all take turns being him, even though Bruce faked Batman's death, until their sheer incompetence forces him to abandon Twu Luv, for it is incompatible with a full time career of wacky hijinks. Maybe he'll get mind-wiped amnesia and his temporary girlfriend dies so he can angst about it, too.
The real question is: Will Bruce grow out his hair to symbolize his new soft and gentle side? Or will that only happen if he gets pregnant by his random Twu Luv? (I have no doubt that Morrison would write mpreg and foist in on legions of clueless, non-fic-reading fans as a Cunning Twist).
Truly, I would be slain by such badfic innovation. Slain by laughter, that is.
But it would be better with pirates and time travel, just sayin'.