“He has to fund the Justice League. They often have a space program.”
“But couldn’t he do more good if he just invested-”
“The Earth is routinely invaded by aliens, gods, and the forces of an extraterrestrial god of tyranny.”
He has, like, three charitable organizations he funds, named after his father, his mother, and Alfred.
Between both Bruce and Batman’s contributions, Gotham should be a better city than it is, and the only reason it isn’t is DC Editorial Mandate that basically says Gotham has to get worse and worse and worse or there’s no Batman stories they can tell (and, obviously, they have no other characters besides Batman).
There’s a reason Batman thinks the city is literally cursed.
I want to see Bruce Wayne go off
“Oh, oh, just charity my way out of dealing with the Penguin, a living, breathing 19th century Marxist’s cartoon of the bourgeoisie? Just fund anti-Clayface measures? Crack down on corporations who put out shapeshifting cosmetics? What socio-economic pressures turn botonists into actual fucking dryads?! What inspires anti-animal terrorism? THAT’S NOT EVEN A REAL KIND OF ECO-FASCISM!”
For the record, Gotham is canonically curse, because it sits on some sort of evil swamp. I think.
There are like, half a dozen curses. The Lazarus Pits are leaching into the water, Slaughter Swamp is an unconnected body of water a few miles outside of the city that also ressurects people (see Solomon Grundy), the Bat-demon Barbatos and his followers (the Court of Owls) have been fucking up the city psychically and financially, the malevolent influence of the warlock Doctor Gotham’s tomb in the center of the city, the madness hypersigil of Amadeus Arkham (in Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth), there were several outposts of subterraneans and aliens beneath the city during the Silver Age, constant chemical warfare that makes it the equivalent of a WWI trench managed by MK-ULTRA, it’s in New Jersey, and I think God just hates it
batman needs to use his money to hire a wizard to beat all the curses with a broom
I thought I could figure out the referent, but no. I can’t. Which murdered British boys? Someone go back and ask that elderly neighbor or I’ll never be able to sleep again.
King Edward V of England and Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York! They were murdered by their uncle!
Virgin nerd: Kubrick stated that hal was programmed to be a straight computer, therefore it is Canon
Chad critic: authorial intent doesn’t mean shit. Hal is gay
universe brain: Hal is homicidal because he was programmed to be straight when he’s very obviously in love with David as much as any machine could be and the conflict in his programming caused an error that resulted in an attempted murder or two
ATTEMPTED murder?????? He SUCCESSFULLY murdered literally everyone but dave
ok to be fair when writing my post I was like “wow huh I guess Hal wasn’t even that homicidal, he only killed like one dude” and completely forgot about the other 6 people he murdered in their sleep. my bad
Next time on: Is it 2003 Space Oddessy or Homestuck
2003
*plays in asbestos like snow and then goes home to drink a warm mug of chromyl chloride*
Don’t like that trope where women are forced into arranged marriages against their will for their family’s political advantage, it just reinforces the frankly sexist idea of women as overemotional and obsessed with romance to the point of stupidity, and neglects the reality of all the women throughout history who would gladly marry for power, riches and political advantage as long as the spouse in question wasn’t entirely awful, because ambition is not an inherently gendered trait, you gotta have a roof over your head, and that earl title suits your brother
Something about ambition being a virtue in men and a flaw in women, and how that kind of thinking also influences people’s perception of women in politics and business today
Maybe I’m just very ace, but I feel like if you’re going to sleep with someone, you might as well get an aristocratic title and a few estates out of it
If you’re a woman living in a society and belonging to a social class where getting married is the closest you’ll ever get to having a job, why wouldn’t you marry for social, political and financial advantage? Sure, your husband has a weak chin and the annoying habit of mainly talking about his hunting dogs, but the estates are gorgeous, the horses are fine, the servants are numerous, you’re dining with the Prime Minister and his wife, and you just used your connections to secure a viscount for your younger sister
this is a terrible understanding of the institution of arranged marriage which exists for preservation of material property and status within a certain group whether it be european nobility, upper castes, whites, etc. arranged marriage literally exists to preserve the status quo and make sure property doesn’t escape a certain class group via inheritance if a member marries “out”.
if you’re talking about a european feudal society (historical or fantasy), arranged marriages happen between two people of similar status. that’s the entire point. if you’re marrying a rich man, your circumstances do not improve, because you’re from a rich family yourself, but now you’re away from your family with a man most likely a lot older than you and who treats you like shit.
what you’re talking about, a woman marrying a wealthier man to improve her material circumstances, is firstly 1.) not arranged marriage because it’s literally not arranged by anyone and the woman is choosing her husband 2.) EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY RARE in societies where arranged marriage is dominant, and always results in scandal if not violence. which is why the trope of “gold digger” is vilified even today. 3.) is actually rare even now, even in countries where arranged marriages don’t really exist, and even amongst queer people, people still overwhelmingly marry within their economic and social class
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