But Marvel's batman is "Fuck The Police"Let's see what Marvel's Batman says
Stop stealing my backstory
Shut up old man
But Marvel's batman is "Fuck The Police"Let's see what Marvel's Batman says
Stop stealing my backstory
What if Batman was a normal guy that got framed for a crime he didn't commit. In prison he vows revenge, but once released he doesn't have any resources. So he becomes a pro wrestler to fund his campaign of justice.
Shut up old man
If Bruce's parents weren't murdered he'd have become a 400 pound guy doing cyber in his bedroom.
If his parents didn't get murdered when he was a kid, he would've turned into Trump.
Only if he gets raped in prison
If his parents didn't get murdered when he was a kid, he would've turned into Trump.
That would have meant more if Daredevil's own father wasn't killed by the mob.Let's see what Marvel's Batman says
What if Batman had to kill his own parents in a time paradox solution in order to become Batman?
What if Batman's dad just got slapped around a bit and then his parents got divorced shortly afterwards and it was messy and she took the house and the car
Does Spider Man need to get bitten by a radioactive spider?
yes. The answer is yes
That would have meant more if Daredevil's own father wasn't killed by the mob.
What if a turkey crashed through the window instead of a bat?
Apparently what happens in the Bombshell universe. The Wayne's almost get killed by a thug but Batwoman saves their lives and Bruce grows up to become a detective instead(with a bat theme due to his savior). Of course all this takes place in a world where "the present" is WW2 so...Yes.
A different superhero can absolutely exist without that exact trauma.
Batman as we know him cannot. Some aspect of him would need significant re-tooling.
The drive, the skillset, the almost obsessive need to protect life, that exact combination needs something to incite it.
There's an older Batman story called "To Kill a Legend" where he gets a chance to save his parents in an alternative universe.
Spoiler: the Bruce Wayne whose parents live grows up to be Batman anyway.
Here's the relevant panel:
Not much more to the topic than that. In order for Batman to work as a character, do his parents need to be killed? Does he really need that function of his origin story, if any origin story at all? Can a Batman exist in a new universe with little/no back story as to why he's Batman and work?
I've been thinking about that recently and, well... I just feel like it's an unnecessary component at this point. BvS for example ham fisted it into the story, and look what it got us: Martha and a dumb weird scene where Batman ascends a well being picked up by bats.
Let's see what Marvel's Batman says
Yeah that part was physically impossible.
Does Superman need to be an alien from another planet?
SYMBOLISM
I wish more cape movies would take a note from Tim Burton's Batman. It was such a great way to handle that origin. Didn't need to open the film with a big retelling of the pearls getting snatched and the bodies falling down. Mid-way through the film, Bruce just visits the theater where they died. No need to waste time dedicating the first half the movie to the origin story when you can just get straight to the superheroing and touch on the origin later.
Since Batman is not real, his origin story can be whatever anyone wants. So yes, they can live.
Let's see what Marvel's Batman says
Matter of fact, let's have him be raised by a pack of turtles and rename him Turtle Man.
Honestly, I think when it comes to characters like Batman, we're past the point that we need to see the origin at all. Sure, give little visual cues when the story justifies it, but everyone in the world knows Batman's origin at this point. We don't need to see it in film for a good 25 years at this point, imo.
But Marvel's batman is "Fuck The Police"
Shut up old man
Then what drives him?
Hey I am rich white guy using the least efficient way I have at my disposal to change shit.
Let's see what Marvel's Batman says