o what suffering the editors hath wrought

[3goodtimes]

Filling roxrox 's request for Tim finding out about Steph's death. Later, I'll make another post dealing with Tim's grief (or noticeable lack thereof) as it relates to our lovely Ms. Brown.




In Batman #634, Bruce speaks about the aftermath of War Games with Dick and Alfred.

The story begins, as they so often do, with Bruce royally fucking up his family relationships.


You can almost forgive him for chickening out. He doesn't want to see someone he loves in pain. It's similar to the situation with Jason and his mother. Bruce can't crush the hopes of his Robins. In this case though, he only makes the situation harder for poor Tim who's robbed of a chance to say goodbye. Alfred's scolding look is well-placed.

Somewhat selfish of you Bruce, but poignant statement nonetheless.


Oh Tim. You're breaking my heart here.





And then Dick has to steal the spotlight for his angst of course. Typical. :P

Comments

[mystery]

How are we having trouble communicating? I'm saying that just speculating that Clark cried one time in a comic (and so did Hal) does not make Bruce a child for not crying at some other point where somebody kind of thought Bruce ought to cry but didn't.

And heh::) I do appreciate the thoughtfulness--even though I was like, wha? but no/yeah. I'm American.

[jaybee3]

Just to clarify here, the point I was making was less about crying than about using that as a (perhaps) clumsy way of showing that Bruce is less likely to show his emotions (except perhaps anger) than even the most macho of the DC heroes. He holds everything in (there was a good example of this in Booster Gold in the Blackest Night tie-in where Booster's present at Ted's memorial service and though everyone is upset/sad/sympathetic, Booster notices Batman doesn't say anything or express any emotion and yet Booster - he really disliked Bruce at the time for not helping Beetle - knows its really because Batman hold everything, especially his guilt and anguish, inside himself). That was the point I was clumsily trying to make.

[mystery]

I think I get your point. Especially it's something to do with greater than usual emotion and trying to channel it.

[lamashtar]

Don't make make a list of the times Hal Jordan cried...I WILL DO IT.

[3goodtimes]

I would totally read that.

I hope one of them isn't the bat rape in your icon.