#good dad bruce is great (and shown in some media) but isn’t universal
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The number of times I've seen people argue that Bruce is a decent father and that he is not abusive absolutely blows my absolute mind.
Yes, you can hc whatever version of Bruce you want. You can even blame it all on bad writers or reject canon. You can claim comic!Bruce isn't your Bruce and main a different version of him. Those are all valid.
However, you can NOT say that he has ever been justified for hitting his kids. There is no excuse for him willingly laying his hands on his kids. It doesn't matter if the person is drunk, drowning in grief, lost in emotions, whatever. Hitting kids is not okay.
Continually, the physical abuse is a very obvious sign of Bruce being a shit dad in the comics. On top of that, there is so much emotional abuse and manipulation as well. He's shitty as fuck to his kids and there's no reason this is okay. He may love those kids, but that doesn't excuse his behaviors.
Anyways, reject canon Bruce all you want. There's certain aspects of other characters I reject, and DC stands for Disregard Canon. Feel free to have whatever version of Bruce you desire.
What is NOT okay is excusing or accepting canon Bruce's actions/behaviors as acceptable.
#dc comics#dc universe#batman#bruce wayne#I've seen people argue that bruce can hit his kids because they are all vigilantes#what kind of stupid ass logic is that?#tw child abuse#tw abuse#i don't like getting into arguments with people but some of these excuses floor me#“they're both adults” no. that's not how child-parent relationships work#even after a kid becomes an adult the parent still has some level of power over the kid and the relationship is not equal#bruce is and has been the adult for their entire relationship. he's the parent#even if they weren't parent and child people should not be resorting to violence to solve arguments#people out here arguing Bruce isn't a shitty dad at all and still deny it when shown empirical evidence#good dad bruce is great (and shown in some media) but isn’t universal#blame the writers or say you don't accept that version of bruce but don't say he isn't canonically shit#yes bruce can still love his kids and be abusive. the two aren't mutually exclusive#bruce wayne bashing
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