I'm an idiot
I've been reading quite a few Batman fanfics recently (uh, yeah, they are mostly Batman/Joker) and I've come across a problem.
When reading most words, I only read far enough into the word that I can guess what it is in context of the sentence, and sometimes this means it only takes one letter. Such as with the word Batman. I see the capital B and know what it means.
The problem comes when you realize that Bruce also starts with a capital B. And I also identify it the same way. This isn't so bad from scene to scene where 'Batman' and 'Bruce' are mostly seperated- I can catch on pretty quickly to which forms he's in, and there is little to no confusion.
But then there come a lot of scenes in fanfiction where the Joker reveals that he knows Bruce Wayne is the Batman, usually by calling the Batman 'Bruce' to his face.
And this always flies over my head. I completely miss when it happens, because the way I identify words doesn't let me recognize the difference between 'Bruce' and 'Batman'.
So when Batman freaks out on the Joker for knowing who he is, I am completely lost as to what's going on, and it generally takes me a few paragraphs before I catch on to what's happening.
It's not too horrible, but it does tend to remove me from feeling the drama of the scene.
And okay I don't know why I made an entry about this. Huh.
When reading most words, I only read far enough into the word that I can guess what it is in context of the sentence, and sometimes this means it only takes one letter. Such as with the word Batman. I see the capital B and know what it means.
The problem comes when you realize that Bruce also starts with a capital B. And I also identify it the same way. This isn't so bad from scene to scene where 'Batman' and 'Bruce' are mostly seperated- I can catch on pretty quickly to which forms he's in, and there is little to no confusion.
But then there come a lot of scenes in fanfiction where the Joker reveals that he knows Bruce Wayne is the Batman, usually by calling the Batman 'Bruce' to his face.
And this always flies over my head. I completely miss when it happens, because the way I identify words doesn't let me recognize the difference between 'Bruce' and 'Batman'.
So when Batman freaks out on the Joker for knowing who he is, I am completely lost as to what's going on, and it generally takes me a few paragraphs before I catch on to what's happening.
It's not too horrible, but it does tend to remove me from feeling the drama of the scene.
And okay I don't know why I made an entry about this. Huh.