#i think the most positive bruce interaction kon has had was that one brief one during stephrobin era
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bruce characterization is so hard because he really has been written all over the place. generally i try to think of him as a man who really does mean well, but whose drive for justice and unprocessed traumas can blind him to his shortcomings and lead to him inadvertently hurting his children. i also think that comics are a medium that doesn't usually lend itself well to character growth, because they to maintain a certain status quo to keep telling stories from, and so the bruce in my mind would honestly develop and learn from his mistakes a lot better than canon bruce actually does, because for someone who espouses the values he does, it makes no sense for him to completely stagnate, right. he's a puzzle you can put together in a lot of different ways and it's fascinating but also can be such a pain because of all the different books writing him in so many different ways, but characterizing him solely as an asshole is just boring and reductive imo...
...but all of that said i still think if martha kent ever found out how he talked to kon in sb94 #85 or in those issues of batgirl '00, she should be allowed to beat his ass with a pitchfork. yknow?
#rimi talks#i think the most positive bruce interaction kon has had was that one brief one during stephrobin era#and that was more neutral than positive imo#like....... i don't think bruce has any REAL reason to dislike kon. i think thats stupid.#thats being weird abt a time bruce was written as fantasy racist (AND IN THE WRONG. EXPLICITLY.) to give kon a reason to refute him#or being weird abt a time bruce was being insanely possessive of cass for misogynistic 2000s writing reasons#but it DOES mean that canon bruce has never actually been great with kon.#therefore i'm starting a kickstarter to have him put down. benefits of this would be: kon would get insulted way less--#no but fr i just think ma would actually hate his ass#he's been an ass to clark sometimes (he's also been a good friend to clark sometimes) so that relationship is complex and she respects that#she respects that clark cares for him even if she and lois privately agree they'd tear bruce a new one if he ever gives them the opportunit#(frankly lois probably has ripped him a new one before.)#but youre an ass to kon?? to martha's little baby boy??? look at his little face. he's just a baby and you do this???#you will NEVER get a slice of peach cobbler. die mad about it#bruce#ma kent#kon
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