NS: New York Times Article Spoils Batman #50

[history79]

"The answers to the questions are found in letters the couple have written to each other before their wedding day. Mr. Wayne’s correspondence reveals an acceptance of Ms. Kyle, who in her time has been a jewel thief, a villain, an antihero and a mob boss. “You’re not someone who can be figured out. Or solved. And never will be,” he declares. He also writes that he can be “more than a boy whose parents are dead,” that he can be “the man who loves you. Who will always try to love you better.”

Ms. Kyle’s letter lays out the truth as she sees it: “You’re still a child, Bruce. A hurt child.” Their happiness, she speculates, would kill Batman, who rescues everyone and turns pain into hope. “How can I do that,” she writes. “To save the world, heroes make sacrifices.”

In order to keep countless innocents safe, she concludes that she cannot marry Mr. Wayne. “My sacrifice is my life. It’s you.”

In the final moments of their story, the bride and groom end up at different locations in the early morning hours. In a silent page, Ms. Kyle sits on a rooftop, contemplating. She discards her veil and leaps toward the street. At the Finger Tower skyscraper, after an hour of waiting for his bride, Mr. Wayne realizes she is not coming. He throws off his tie and takes a similar leap, but in the opposite direction. Theirs is a story that is forever to be continued."

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/01/fashion/weddings/it-just-wasnt-meant-to-be-batman.html

Comments

[alicemacher]

"Shock ending," huh? Let's consider the possibilities:

1 ) As Bruce broods in the Batcave after his rejection at the altar, he receives news that the Joker has just blown up a building Selina was last seen in. Because he's blahaha eeeeevil. Sadly, I could see DC pulling something very much like this.

2 ) After hearing of the wedding's cancellation, one or more of the following shows up out of the blue to try and rekindle things: Talia, Vicki, Silver, Shondra, Zatanna. (Yes, I know; this is an incomplete list.)

3 ) Dr. Manhattan and/or Promethea turns up with some Earth-shattering news. For no other reason than because DC can.

4 ) Superboy Prime is once more trotted out as a metaphor for "ungrateful, entitled" fans "whining" about this outcome.

5 ) Selina appears in the last panel to tell Bruce she's changed her mind (again) and will marry him after all. The NYT article was just a big fake-out. (Sadly, this almost certainly won't happen.)

[thezmage]

6 ) The Selina that broke off the wedding is shown to be an imposter/brainwashed

[arilou_skiff]

What is the skrull/doombots/rogue LMD equivalent in the DC universe?

[icon_uk]

I did wonder about the possibility that this is a massive double bluff and the wedding WILL go ahead, but it seems to be being very badly mishandled if that IS the case.

[locuatico]

That only makes it MORE likely

[beeyo]

7) Catwoman won't marry Batman, but Selina will marry Bruce. They made a point of mentioning that Batman and Catwoman would be the ones getting married but not the other way around for *reasons*, right?