He doesn’t use guns because he specifically doesn’t like them. If it were just about killing, he’d use nonlethal bullets. The no killing rule is a separate but related phenomenon.
As for explosives, he generally only uses flash bangs, but when he’s fighting someone who can clearly take it (like Superman or Darkseid) or a robot that it’s okay to kill, then he uses more lethal bombs.
MiltownClowns@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Bruce Wayne is just another billionaire who likes to get dressed up in leather and beat the underprivileged of gotham. The problem is guns are too quick. He needs to teach these people the lesson that it’s wrong to be poor. And he needs to teach that lesson through pain and permanent physical disfigurement. All whilst bruce’s erection slowly wears its way through his cod piece, beating after beating, suit spunk after suit spunk.
deweydecibel@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Do people genuinely think this about Bruce Wayne or just fucking around? I honestly can’t tell anymore.
Alan Moore’s brand of nihilist contrarianism has really done a number on the discussion.
Moneo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I think people are questioning the ethics of Batman more these days given how discussions around poverty and crime has changed. Given how crime is more often than not a result of poverty and a lack of social safety net than greed or lack of morals, the ethics of Batman bypassing the justice system^1^ and beating the shit out of henchman comes into question.
My exposure to this line of thinking was FD Signifier’s video on edge lords, but I haven’t seen other people talk about it until now.
1. the justice system also fails these people but we’ll ignore that for the sake of argument
criticon@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
He also probably holds a large stake in Arkham. Every criminal he sends is money the city puts into his deep pockets
Dadifer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wasn’t his mother from the Arkham family?