Thoughts of a Mad Man

Wisdom in Caricatured (Cartoonish) Stories

I was watching a TikTok about Batman. They love his no kill rule but hate the edgelord reason--that he'd go stark raving mad.





I finally get it. It's not because he's deranged but because he is normal. He has massive intrusive thoughts telling him about all kinds of nightmare things. Which has two purposes: One, it is the way that he fights; these terrible things are his only superpower. Two, each such thought is itself a moral question. That's what normal people do when they become warriors. It is his conscience that FEARS he might go too far.





That's why Bruce Wayne won't go batshit crazy because he is always judging whether he has gone too far. If he steps out of line it will probably be for a good reason and his next decision will also for a good reason.





It's the people who never considered going Injustice League who are at risk.They are the people who "one step down the dark path, forever will it dominate their destiny" as Yoda said.





I could also talik about the fact that prep time is itself neuroticism and conscientiousness. Vigilance, being hard work and constant alertness. So he looks for every enemy, and the most important enemy any warrior has to deal with is himself.





And yes this is legitimate analysis; it is the reason our minds love stories. There is so much philosophy to be done inside them. So much wisdom to glean from even the most caricatured (cartoonish) stories.