Whoa that is legit impressive. I’ve never seen that many DVDs in one set before haha.

it’s indicated that he does design a LOT of the equipment

Yeah I think that was the crux of my disillusionment with the character as a young adult lol: just the constant handwavy “rest of the fucking owl” implication that Bruce has been designing something somewhere between the pages, or well before the story began, when I come to learn that thing is a difficult problem in an active research space, or has been built already but required years and hundreds of engineers and scientists to implement, and the writers apparently didn’t check because Bruce’s technical ability was just a magic hat for the plot

the World’s Greatest Detective

Totally with you. That was something I was happy to see them revive in the Arkhamverse. And they really nailed that aspect of the character in that franchise.

Exactly. We see plenty of Bruce’s physical training. But how often is he depicted designing, implementing, debugging, or maintaining any of the software that is guaranteed to be necessary for the majority of the seemingly endless well-beyond-cutting-edge technology underpinning most of his practical abilities and every one of the impressive number of deus ex machinas in the franchise?

OK, so the only logical conclusion is that he (or Fox as proxy) outsourced most or all of it, requiring obscene wealth. Batman fans may not like it, but money is unequivocally the key super power of the troubled Wayne heir, not his genius or inventiveness. Without the money, Bruce becomes a washed-up chess boxing enthusiast at best, or a cop at worst, but definitely not Batman.

And yet you already gave up the emo hair, finger guns, and edgester euphoria. You’ve got this!

Ahh now it makes sense! Was living elsewhere when the first seasons aired in the states but have heard a lot about it since, even if I don’t recognize the characters. Need to watch it sometime. (OK just checked the wiki and apparently it’s up to 22 seasons lol, so maybe I’ll find an abridged version or try speed reading the manga or something.)

Thank you for the explanation!

Wait. I’m trying to follow. Is this image the original and the one above are fans replicating it IRL?