Post by Timothy on May 17, 2008 21:33:47 GMT -5
Split from: Batman%27s+Career%2C+According+to+Morrison...
Thinking about it this way, the grim Batman of the last decade or so makes a whole lot of sense - the guy went from cool, assured crimefighter to shattered ***-up, barely clinging on with his fingernails. His mission, his life and his sanity had all gone off the rails. His confidence was shot. After a few years of relentless pain, bad luck and betrayal like Batman's had, any normal man would be canceling the papers, pulling the blinds, then pulling the trigger...
Following the Wayne murders, Dr. Leslie Thompkins took young Bruce Wayne under her proverbial wing and provided him with support when he needed it the most. However, Dr. Thompkins was, at the end of the day, a clinical pharmacist, or a doctor with the ability to proscribe medication for helping treat drug addiction. Ergo, while her intentions were noble, she was not the right type of help to aid Bruce after such an extreme trauma. From eight years old and onward, Bruce has never had any form of therapy for dealing with such a loss and its subsequent emotional/mental results.
My question is this; what could have happened had Bruce undergone therapy? Would he be at peace with his inner demons? Would Batman still have emerged as a separate persona for dealing with his fears and anger? Would Gotham City be a better or worse place? "So many questions..."
Thinking about it this way, the grim Batman of the last decade or so makes a whole lot of sense - the guy went from cool, assured crimefighter to shattered ***-up, barely clinging on with his fingernails. His mission, his life and his sanity had all gone off the rails. His confidence was shot. After a few years of relentless pain, bad luck and betrayal like Batman's had, any normal man would be canceling the papers, pulling the blinds, then pulling the trigger...
Following the Wayne murders, Dr. Leslie Thompkins took young Bruce Wayne under her proverbial wing and provided him with support when he needed it the most. However, Dr. Thompkins was, at the end of the day, a clinical pharmacist, or a doctor with the ability to proscribe medication for helping treat drug addiction. Ergo, while her intentions were noble, she was not the right type of help to aid Bruce after such an extreme trauma. From eight years old and onward, Bruce has never had any form of therapy for dealing with such a loss and its subsequent emotional/mental results.
My question is this; what could have happened had Bruce undergone therapy? Would he be at peace with his inner demons? Would Batman still have emerged as a separate persona for dealing with his fears and anger? Would Gotham City be a better or worse place? "So many questions..."
That would be the only logical way to explain his nonchalant attitude towards his parents being shot in the face
The world may never know...