Every DC fan has had a moment were they went “should I hold this character accountable for the bad thing they did or should I blame it on bad writing from the writers?”
This is a particularly tough one for us Jason Todd stans.
(*froths at the mouth* Battle for the Cowl was DELIBERATELY written as total character assassination because the writer was mad that fans liked the Red Hood.)
I still think it’s hilarious that the reason nobody ever figures out Superman’s secret identity or where he lives or what he does when he’s not saving the planet, is because he already told them all the Kryptonian stuff that can’t be tied to any of his human friends or family. I guarantee you the in-universe wikipedia article on Superman lists his name as Kal-El and the “personal life” section says that he lives full-time at his private fortress of solitude at the north pole. Nobody in the world looks at Clark Kent and thinks “oh my god, maybe he’s superman!” for the same reason nobody ever starts to suspect that their coworker who looks KINDA like Barack Obama is actually secretly Barack Obama – They know who Barack Obama is and know what he does and they know their coworker Greg is Greg and not Barack Obama. They have no reason to assume Barack Obama secretly moonlights as Greg The IT Guy at their workplace even though they’ve never seen Greg and Obama in the same place. At best, “Greg is secretly Obama” would be a running joke at the office, and the same is true at the Daily Planet. “Kal-El of Krypton, who lives in a CRYSTAL PALACE at the NORTH POLE and whose dayjob is SUPERMAN, sometimes puts on a suit and pretends to be a clumsy reporter and lives in a one-bedroom walkup in Metropolis” is a ridiculous concept to anyone who doesn’t already know it’s true
Give me Superman with an awful southern accent. Give me Clark Kent sounding like he grew up on a farm (oh wait). Give me Superman the Journalist using y’all and all y’all and ain’t. Basically just give me Superman from Kansas
And DEFENDING IT.
“No, Lois, it’s not bad English. It’s a descriptive grammar theory and it serves a linguistic function.”
“C’mon, Smallville, are you really defending your use of ain’t?”
“Some of us actually went to class in college. If y’all are gonna give me a hard time about it, I’m gonna fight back.”
Clark making that “oop” noise when he bumps into inanimate objects.
But can you imagine Clark being so conditioned to this he bumps into an unmoving Bruce in the Watchtower once, and Bruce just slowly turns to stare at Clark and now it’s Clark’s turn to freeze because he just ‘oop’ed freaking Batman.
Or using ‘ain’t’ once around Bruce and Bruce just slowly goes rigid and stares at him.
“Did you just say ‘ain’t’?”
“Umm… yes?”
“You’re a writer!”
“Yeah, Bruce, and I’m also a farm boy from Kansas. It’s a legitimate word. Just because I don’t write with it doesn’t mean I don’t say it!”
And Bruce can’t even believe the indignity.
I want to see him defending it as a legitimate contraction for am not.
Clark: But Bruce, amn’t just sounds ridiculous. Ain’t just sort of rolls off the tongue, though…
Bruce: *stares*
Clark: I’ll accept that you shouldn’t use it with he or she or they, but it should be acceptable to use with I…
Bruce: *stares more*
Clark: it is a word, it’s just non-standard English…
Bruce: *turns away, flipping his cape dramatically as he goes, managing to hold in his laughter until he is somewhere even Clark can’t hear him*
Clark pronouncing wash like it has an r in the middle of it when he’s tired and forgets that people will treat him like the worst sort of hayseed over it.
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