Kevin Day isn't actually a coward, Neil and Andrew just have very different ideas of what it means to be brave. Kevin is a survivor. He spent most of his formative years walking a middle ground of being useful but not so much that he showed riko up. He had every reason to be afraid of riko. He was the only one that truly understood what riko was capable of aside from Jean. Neil and Andrew are fighters, they are all or nothing types, they don't understand how someone could walk a middle ground just for something that resembles safety when they fought so hard to not give in to threats until it threatened someone they care about and almost killed themselves in the process. Kevin didn't even know he was ALLOWED to fight back because that was never an option. Leaving the only life he's ever known was so much braver than anyone gives him credit for. It isn't until he has something to fight for and is given permission (not just by the moriyama's and Neil but by himself) to be his own person for the first time that he is able to defy his abusers.
It's not cowardly to do what you can to stay safe. Not everyone has Andrew and Neil's blatant disregard for their own personal safety. Being afraid of pain and death is perfectly reasonable.
it's immensely funny to me how andrew lloyd webber read this passage from the book and was like yeah the journey down to the phantom's lair is this really breathtaking magical gondola ride where christine is just captivated by the strange and fantastical beauty of it all (see below)
when in the novel they're both like in a rowboat in the dark with christine scared out of her mind and confused as hell while erik is paddling like he's out for an extreme day of fishing and just staring christine down for the entire duration of the journey without blinking once . like mind you his eyes quite literally GLOW in the DARK and he's just fucking staring into her soul and silently rowing and probably not even breathing like
Batman has a contingency for everyone on the Justice League. There is a failsafe for everyone. In the new Suicide Squad video game, he says there is no anti-Batman but then they send in Red Hood.
I think if you want to take that angle, you would have to say that Bruce's children collectively are the anti-Batman contingency and he trained them deliberately to fill that role in the worst case scenario.
If Bruce can trust only himself to stop Superman etc., he will only trust his children together to be able to stop him, should the worst happen.
I'm going to convert my basement into an exact replica of your bedroom, so when I kidnap you, you'll wake and realise nothing until you see me in the corner. You'll scream and try to run and when you open that door and the fear will set in when you realise that you're not safe, this isn't your house. I'll come up behind you and laugh softly "something wrong doll ? Wasn't what you were expecting huh?"🔪🌹