I mean, that's pretty much my problem with mainstream comics in a nutshell.
EDIT: To whine about this further...
1) DC spends a whole ton of time trying to build up a big character-changing event, only to wuss out and ensure that nothing changes at all. The story has no stakes, which leaves me wondering if it was worth telling.
2) Bruce Wayne isn't a child. While he's a bit messed up, he's shown the ability to think and reason on an adult level, both emotionally and intellectually. The idea that a childhood trauma keeps somebody a child is not a good rabbit hole to go down.
3) Again the BS that heroes aren't really heroic if they don't make sacrifices. This gets trotted all over superhero comics, and it really sucks. Sorry everybody who's ever done something heroic without seeing their parents get shot by a mugger - you're not real heroes.
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EDIT: To whine about this further...
1) DC spends a whole ton of time trying to build up a big character-changing event, only to wuss out and ensure that nothing changes at all. The story has no stakes, which leaves me wondering if it was worth telling.
2) Bruce Wayne isn't a child. While he's a bit messed up, he's shown the ability to think and reason on an adult level, both emotionally and intellectually. The idea that a childhood trauma keeps somebody a child is not a good rabbit hole to go down.
3) Again the BS that heroes aren't really heroic if they don't make sacrifices. This gets trotted all over superhero comics, and it really sucks. Sorry everybody who's ever done something heroic without seeing their parents get shot by a mugger - you're not real heroes.