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Am I the only one who thinks that a certain level of paranoia in Batman is not necessarily exclusive to him being not-necessarily-a-loner ?

When you're a "normal human" (yes yes I know that from a metatextual perspective none of the Bats are anymore human that Captain America is, if not markedly less so but thats the line given so let's run with it), amongst people who can literally singlehandedly lift buildings, it makes sense to have plans to take down team mates who have gone rogue especially when someone gets mind controlled/possessed/brainwashed roughly once a month. Comparatively speaking if Batman gets mind controlled/possessed none of his team mates need a plan to take him down, the condition itself disables his strengths, so taking him down is trivial for his teammates, no plan needed. He's just putting himself in the same position of being able to defend himself and (and this is an important point) his friends/comrades/allies. Now the Brother Eye thing was going to far but its not like he didn't have a reason to distrust metahumans at that point, he had his mind which is his greatest strength violated (and for a reason that was basically, "Hey its more convenient for us if we mess up your head!").

The issue of Superman/Batman where Superman basically gave Batman a piece of kryptonite basically makes the point that Superman at least understands the reason why Bruce keeps these plans around and why its a good idea.