[personal profile] jlbarnett 2020-09-04 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
see, I feel the same way. A lot of his darkness is set in the past, or accidentally. It's there in a shit happens sort of way.

I mean Superman exists because an entire planet blew up, Batman because of his parents murder. People don't think that their premises are inherently dark.

The people I think who darken the tone are the ones who do things that setup the idea the world is shit and there's nothing anyone can do about it