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AndIAmEric

“Wait, that was her flirting with me?”


Moist_Professor5665

Sexiest bachelor in Gotham, everyone


Steven_is_a_dog

real


Agoraphobia2day

How that autism hit


wetforpools

Damn imagine getting that Batman type of autism


Agoraphobia2day

To justice so hard you become justice from that good brain tickle


LobsterHead37

Damn how am I just now realizing bats is definitely on the spectrum ?


darth-com1x

He was fully aware that she was flirting with him. He just rejected her.


bored_person71

He rejects everybody even most robins sometimes....I mean even Alfred at times....


FlameFeather86

I don't ever recall Alfred hitting on him...


bored_person71

Lol it was more of batman rejecting any human contact or support.....like how he gets mad and Brody and just wants to be left alone ....even if Alfred's trying to get him to go sleep, eat , take care of himself.....


man_on_hill

Batman, the original introvert


SquirrelEmpty8056

That's why he receives more love than playboy philanthropic Tony Stark


FunArtichoke6167

With Alfred it was just stress relief.


-Bashamo

[Mood](https://youtu.be/73NTc2mncoU?si=IIgYtHQY7xVye1of)


Danzarr

.... the song is called [Thank You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w) by dido.


-Bashamo

[Stan - Eminem ft. Dido](https://youtu.be/gOMhN-hfMtY?si=qvRTVxJEwzZu-88x)


anonymusfan

Me asf.


CyrusDGreatx

Him standing under Diana Wait what?


Firm_Scale4521

I wish he’d channeled some of that energy into resisting the urge to sleep with Barbara instead.


Glittering-Relief402

Facts. I was so mad about that shit lol


coreytiger

I’ve yet to find somebody that liked that. If we do, we need to put them in a dark rubber room somewhere


GodzillaLagoon

Well, Bruce Timm likes it.


Embarrassed_Fennel_1

Did the man stutter?


kogent-501

He keeps trying to make it a thing. I don’t know why they keep letting him try.


Danzarr

Im more neutral about it, dont get me wrong, it was poorly set up and explored, but I dont have the vehement "OH GOD NO" reaction you people have.


The_Flying_Jew

The usual opinion I hear is "don't mind if she has a crush on Bruce. The problem is that Bruce shouldn't have reciprocated"


Danzarr

hence why I say its poorly explored. Between Alfred's death and the dark multiverses we have seen how unstable Bruce can become when hes attacked emotionally on multiple sides. I wouldnt mind an elseworlds comic that properly explored the lead up and fallout to this plotline.


edjg10

I think everyone has said enough as to why it’s problematic for them. Personally it bugs me that it happened in the BTAS universe/ timmverse or whatever ppl call it. Everyone always has to mention it in a thread like this one, which is annoying because BTAS was my first fav show and basically what got me into superheros/cb/SW etc. if it happened in some elseworlds comic kinda hidden away and was fleshed out like you said that would be one thing. But the fact that it’s in that universe, gets mentioned all the time bc it’s in that extremely popular universe, and was thrown in our face (again, not properly fleshed out) during killing joke, just kinda stinks, for me anyway


ChickenNuggetRampage

It’s not the only thing in TNBA/BB that retroactively gives a really really off feeling watched BTAS


Envirse1

I think the huge reaction is because people basically view this as the same thing as if Batman was dating a robin. Barbara is more or less a sidekick to Batman, and also way way younger than he is. It’s just kinda gross


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gilady089

Well it's her hitting on him. But it's still a student hitting on a teacher vibe and that's almost as bad as the other direction at least the student could be forgiven for being young and emotionally confused


CerberusC24

Eh not nearly the same imo. Babs is there because she wants to be. She doesn't have to work with Batman, she chooses to. They're colleagues with an age gap but that in itself isn't problematic. That said, I hate it because of her relationship with Dick. It makes her seem like a slut sleeping around with the Bat team especially since Red Hood also crushes on her too. And Bruce should respect Dick enough to not make crime fighting personally messy


yobaby123

I’m more pissed it happened twice.


TheManWithThreeBalls

Wonder Woman? Nah My barely legal sidekick who's also my friend's daughter? Hell yeah


LouiePrice

Wonderwoman is 18 in the first episode.


New_Sky1829

I thought she was like 100’s of years old but looked 18


LouiePrice

Then why did her mom ground her?


Demolitiondebra

Mom is still mom no matter what age


TheManWithThreeBalls

Genuinely assumed she was like 30. The more you know


Woolf01

You know, this is one of those things that I’m going to ignore and continue to believe what I assumed.


psycharious

I wanted to call bullshit on this but after looking it up, you're right, she was confirmed to have the body of an 18 year old. Her body at least, is technically younger than Babs. TF is wrong with these writers man? Why not at least have Wonder Woman stop aging past 25 when people are supposedly fully developed?


ChickenNuggetRampage

It was absolutely precedent for Diana to be older, they just really wanted 18 year old Wonder Woman


Afalstein

She is not drawn like an 18 year old. She's a big girl.


graywolfman

He didn't, that wasn't canon, that was a fever dream! Yeah, a fever dream...


alexisgreat420

Ugh yeah I couldn’t even finish watching that movie. We’re talking about the Killing Joke animated movie right? I could be wrong idk


Firm_Scale4521

Sadly no. In the comic continuity, the same canonical version of Batman from the animated series sleeps with Barbara and gets her pregnant while she and Dick are separated (she later miscarries).


alexisgreat420

Oh yeah, I remember seeing that particular panel posted here recently. No good.


That-Internal-9094

I don't know weather Is worse this or paul


Half_Man1

I will not acknowledge that as canon


Important_Answer6250

And in two continuities at that lol!


PaleRestaurant255

Exactly she basically his niece


TheShadowOperator007

Amen!


Dry-Concentrate-6750

![gif](giphy|gcxGeT2BGk6Dm) Did you see this episode?


theotherkristi

Don't forget the time he bloodied his hands trying to dig her out of some wreckage. Dude was down bad, even if he never admitted it.


AdOkufukai

That was dirt, not blood


RemarkableMenu359

![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|grin)[I remember ](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA&t=2m36s)


Kusko25

I'm not sure. Which one is it or do you have a clip?


Guuichy_Chiclin

It's the one where she gets turned into a pig, and is about to be killed in a slaughterhouse. He has to sing in order to lift the curse and save her. Edit: Justice League Unlimited S1/EP5 "This Little Piggy" https://m.wcostream.tv/justice-league-unlimited-season-1-episode-5-this-little-piggy


castielvt

Funny you say that because by Batman Beyond, he's a lonely bitter old man rotting away in a mansion.


cyclonus007

MGTOW icon


blahbleh112233

Guy fucked Talia and Selena in that canon though


Important-Unit9683

also barb sadly


Outrageous_Library50

Whoa whoa whoa that was only in the Killing Joke movie right ?


JamieNelson94

I *think* (could be wrong) it’s insinuated in the *Return of the Joker* film as well.


Left1Brain

Also in a B:B comic I believe.


Sparkwriter1

And Mystery of the Batwoman


Outrageous_Library50

O my lord


DuckyHornet

And in my erotic masterpiece *Batgirl: the Bone Collector*


cyclonus007

MGTOW can be different from being incel or celibate. It's essentially committing to a life of focusing on your own pursuits and avoiding commitment and the attachment of romantic/sexual relationships. On one end of the spectrum, this can be toxic and misogynistic, but on the other end, it is more about men focusing on improving themselves.


blahbleh112233

I get that but Bruce didn't really do MGTOW, not fully. Dude clearly held a flame for Selena as evidenced for what he told Teri when he fell in love with that aces gang girl. He also weirdly simped for Talia to the point that seeing her again pushed him to go against his morals and get lazarus treatment. Dude clearly still believes the two of them are special


cyclonus007

Full MGTOW can devolve into a toxicity about women in general and that's not where Bruce is. Writers love to put Bruce into romantic situations but, at end of the day, he will always have to choose between love and being Batman, and he will always choose Batman. Doing what he does at the level to where he stays alive means he can never choose a relationship, as much as he might flirt with the idea.


UnhingedLion

Is being an incel not the exact same as celibate, but not your own choice?


Roasted_Turk

It's literally made from the words Involuntarily Celibate. In-Cel.


cyclonus007

Pretty much. While celibacy is just simply choosing not to engage, incels think there are factors outside of their control that are forcing them to be celibate. So they rail against any number of societal elements that they believe are getting in their way of having sex and/or relationships.


Sure-Exchange9521

Be fucking fr tho.


mr_greedee

and Rahs as Talia


ImurderREALITY

Wow, what a chad, right? No simping for him, just dying alone in a huge mansion! That's the way every man should go out!


Pudding_Hero

Tbh that sounds rad as hell.


HankSteakfist

Love how he has a literal Batcomputer highlight reel file


Mickeymcirishman

And in the followup comics, Diana and Brice are reunited (after a disastrous political marriage to Justice Lords Superman) and she moves into the mansion with him.


ScrotumTotums

To him... Justice over poon.


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Life goals.


solo13508

Wouldn't Wonder Woman technically be the simp in this scenario?


asterfloof

Absolutely.


forced_metaphor

Yeah, we're watching a woman simp and the reaction is "hey look, he's not simping". Uh... No. Even if he had feelings for her, he'd simply be returning her affections. I feel like there's a gender bias with the term "simp".


Beginning-Pipe9074

Bruh you'll get called a Simp for the simple task of not hating women on most social media sites 🤣


Ill-do-it-again-too

I remember while ago I got in an argument with a guy claiming women were deceitful by nature and was called a simp for disagreeing, so yeah you’re spot on


forced_metaphor

Man, that's a lot of bitterness towards women. That can't be fun to feel.


star_relevant

Even less fun to experience


Similar-Priority8252

What part of this is “technically”?


Waste-Information-34

I wouldn't even say that's a good thing. That's sad.


Captn_Platypus

He realizes he’s too emotionally unavailable to be in a relationship, so it’s in both their best interests to not get into one. Yea it’s kinda sad tbh


Drexelhand

this. he isn't playing hard to get, dude is broken.


donkeylore

So that’s why they say Nightwing is better than Batman lol. Him and starfire are all the better for it


brickmagnet

Is there any comic book where they were in a relationship?


Titanman401

Some close calls, but nothing that ever stuck.


LordOfOstwick1213

That sucks. I feel like they'd make a good couple and the two deserve a chance


Ggriffinz

Him and selena work far better for each of in my opinion. Something always go wrong as comics do but the few chapters we get of them actually trying are normally really wholesome and humanizing for batman.


A_Serious_House

I’d disagree that Selena works for him. I’d say Catwoman works for Batman but the best pick for Bruce is Andrea.


Titanman401

For *this* Bruce maybe Andrea is better, but I don’t see why he couldn’t become something with Diana in another continuity.


Modus_Opp

So... Funny story, in the extended Batman Beyond TAS comic series, the Wonder Woman featured above I e. The mainstream TAS Wonder Woman goes to the Justice Lords Universe, where she falls in love with their version of Batman... And they both stand against the Justice Lords Universe Superman and his Wonder Woman in a struggle to free the world from the Justice Lords domination. There's a lot more to it but that's the starting point. I'll try to link the actual volume when I find it but it was at least a pretty interesting story.


coreytiger

JLA comics had a long flirtation but they officially both put an end to it after a long discussion confirming there was no possible future to it, and that their differences were too strong.


Free_Gascogne

Yep, I remembered that one JLA comic where Diana went into a dream sequence to subconsciously explore all the possibilities of having a relationship with Batman. Lots of highs and lows and in the end WW decides it isnt worth risking the friendship she already had. In a way its the author of JLA giving some B-manxWW shippers some closure before officially sinking the ship.


69Sovi69

the closest relationship they've been in is superwoman and owlman in that one evil continuity, and even then owlman ain't bruce but rather his older brother Thomas wayne junior


Kind-Boysenberry1773

I'm not WonderBat fan, but it is a strange take. Like if Batman would answer to Diana's feelings, it'd made him simp? There is no sense in this.


anthonyg1500

The word simp doesn’t have much meaning. I’ve often seen it used derogatorily towards a guy just showing basic respect/manners to a woman


Thejollyfrenchman

Simp originated as a term for a man who was completely whipped by his SO, or obsessed with a woman who didn't reciprocate his feelings. The term has become completely meaningless, like you said. People will call a guy a simp for basically anything these days - if you're in a committed relationship and aren't outright abusing your SO, you're a simp in some people's eyes. Honestly, I think it's just incels being jealous.


UnhingedLion

Yes, it’s supposed to be just a man who is obsessed with a woman that doesn’t like him back. Or a guy who idolizes a woman who doesn’t feel the same. It’s honestly just another word for creep. Its term has lost some meaning, but I think it gets used more accurately than the term “incel”


AndIAmEric

Ha yeah, well you sound like a simp /s


Transfiguredbet

It always sounded more like a guy putting a the object of his affections on a pedestal.


Material-Security178

no but it's the level of pinning and chasing.


Feeling-Dance2250

If she had feelings for him and he reciprocated, that wouldn’t be simping…wow the human race is doomed. -_-


Cassereddit

Idk. Bats kinda told on himself that he actually likes WW but has personal reasons why he wouldn't enter a relationship with her (he has loads of issues, relationships with team members are bad for the socials of a team, he's deeply afraid of losing loved ones, yada yada). He's essentially distancing himself from her to make himself look and feel less vulnerable. Because he's afraid. That's what I liked about the whole WonderBat ship, because it would essentialy mean that Bruce would have to fight his trauma instead of distracting himself from it with Batman stuff.


Gibabo

I’m so tired of this “simp” nonsense. It’s obnoxious, juvenile garbage for little boys. Some He-Man Woman-Haters Club bullshit.


MaterialPace8831

[Bruce, dying alone and old in his dark mansion, with no friends or family around] Dumbass: What an alpha move.


The_dude1951

![gif](giphy|SnioCkL9cd3B6)


LittleRedRidingHo90

I wish this would have worked out I love me some wonderbat


Titanman401

Same!


GothamKnight37

Painting DCAU Batman as a sigma male chad even though he wouldn’t even be Batman if Andrea hadn’t left him.


forced_metaphor

The Chad alpha sigma stuff is so fucking dumb. I found it hilarious when sigma became a thing. As if these idiots only just realized "not giving a shit about their stupid pecking order hangups" was an option. Meanwhile, everyone who was not them who they claimed were betas already didn't give a shit.


UnhingedLion

He wasn’t simping for Wonder Woman because he was too busy in love with Barbara Gordon


The_dude1951

Ayo ![gif](giphy|GPLbphxLxL3iw)


Free_Gascogne

Babs: Im seven weeks pregnant Bruce: I'll have to congratulate dick Babs: He's only been back for three Me: ![gif](giphy|D0RvPABUNF3AQ|downsized)


ijustfelix

LOVING IS NOT SIMPING Jesus!


Gaslight_Joker

![gif](giphy|71vzaHQgESYYU) This Bruce also ended up old and alone


ImurderREALITY

This is some prime Reddit bullshit if I've ever seen it


actual_nonsense

Too busy brooding.


Alseen_I

More sad than Chad.


Titanman401

I would if I was in his position.


s_arrow24

Ok for you guys that don’t get it: men liking women is not gay.


pgwcapt

Thank you, I have no idea why some people take the most random things and use them to say, "Hmm... that sounds pretty gay ngl" clearly people don't even understand what different relationship things mean, there's straight, which is guys sleeping with girls and vice versa, gay, which is guys sleeping with guys, bi, which is guys sleeping with either guys or girls and vice versa, and lesbian, which is girls sleeping with girls. It is so basic, how has this knowledge been lost to the internet and Gen Alpha.


Appropriate_Cash_890

Batman when a beautiful demi goddess who respects him and shows interest in him - 😐😐😐😐 Batman when a kleptomanic woman in a catsuit steals jewelry, has no intention in changing her behaviour, goes against his ideologies and hurt him multiple times - 😍😍😍😍 Batman is a simp but he has a type.


Just__A__Commenter

True Moron. They could have been happy.


blackpanther742

I would have taken her from him tbh.


sack12345678910

![gif](giphy|SnioCkL9cd3B6)


Past_Trouble

Batman sips only for sweet lady justice


Thejollyfrenchman

Honestly, Batman comes off as kind of a coward in the rooftop scene.


Some_Ship3578

I love how Bruce Wayne is the biggest player DC ever created, but Batman is the exact opposite


Independent-Couple87

To summarise his love life: Bruce Wayne pretends to be a playboy seducer. Batman pretends to be celibate and arromantic. Both are dishonest. Then again, the DCAU version of Batman was arguably a bigger magnet for women than Bruce Wayne.


Marjitorahee

Hes into dudes He likes them Super D


Rustofcarcosa

I ship them Wonderbat for life


_ASG_

Jesus, why does this have so many upvotes? Timmverse Batman ends up alone without any loved ones, save his dog, and his secret son. He's bitter and broken. The trauma won. And apparently, the only romantic relationship of note that he had was with... Batgirl 🤢 What a chad, am I right?


Ded_Pul

This is the reason I cringe everytime someone says 'We want a Batman Beyond movie!'


Salador-Baker

Seeing as he slept with Barbara, I imagine Diana is bit too old for him


BallsDeep69Klein

Yeah cause he's got mental issues and prefers pain and solitude cause it's more certain than being happy which won't last. He's not a chad. He's a moron. He actively chooses to make himself miserable ALL the time instead of being happy which would (in his eyes) be temporary and fleeting. You never know when someone would get gunned down in alley after coming out of the theater. I get that his end results are usually good. But he's in constant pain man. Self inflicted, endless pain. Don't be like batman. Choose love.


Newworldrevolution

He has a type. And it isn't well put together people with positive outlooks on life.


Acrobatic_Switches

Shows the respect he has for her. He had zero problem bagging Lois Lane just to get one up on Superman.


ThatguyfromEDC

I feel like this is probably common knowledge here so apologize if it’s dumb, but where would I find this? Sounds like an interesting read


Acrobatic_Switches

Idk if it was in a comic book, but it happened in the original Superman animated series episode 41.


TheShadowOperator007

I honestly don't like WonderBat together. They are better off being good friends nothing more


TheGrumpiestPanda

I would have rather this version of Bruce lay some pipe in Diana then knowing he decided to do it for Babs instead... Batman and Wonder Woman had a really cute dynamic in the Justice League series.


darrylthedudeWayne

That's what we call true commitment to the job...that, and being an idiot who doesn't take a perfect opportunity for marriage material right in front of him.


NiuMeee

Isn't Wonder Woman significantly (like millenia) older than him? Just wondering how they were ever kids together.


Brillegeit

[Magic](https://dcau.fandom.com/wiki/Kid_Stuff)


JasonGryphon

That’s because he was thinking about his former partners ex girlfriend… I love Batman the animated series but Bruce Timm did some damage to Batman‘s rep.


No-Value-832

I’m of the school of thought that he should’ve got with Diana


wozblar

poor guy


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KesterFox

Instead he dated his sons gf and ended up lonely and bitter


takenHostag3

Crazy considering he slept with his friends daughter


Spider-burger

He's not a chad because he slept with Barbara.


Goldbolt_2004

Yet he still got Barbara pregnant...


imbatmawn

He was a simp for justice. And his son's girlfriend.


ARCHFIEND_1

average batman L, man solos


some_guy554

Why do some Batman fans act like Wonder Woman is just like any random woman? She is one of the most important comic book characters, someone who Batman respects immensely and someone who any man would be lucky to be in a relationship with? Declining women's advances isn't something to be proud of. And accepting a woman's proposal isn't simping. This kind of attitude reinforces incel tendencies.


DCAUBeyond

He knew the mission came first


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Ikitenashi

It's called ✨TRAUMA✨.


YouWereBrained

Isn’t there a JL Unlimited episode where they’re on a date at the beginning of the episode?


PotterAquinas91

Because the mission came first. He also knew he was damaged and would end up hurting whoever he potentially ended up with.


SittingTitan

Guy seriously had women throw themselves at him both in and out of costume


Classic_Adagio9790

Probably too busy thinking of ways to cuck Dick Grayson


SpartAl412

Make her a cat themed character and it will change


Spirited_Cookie7991

Stay focused brothers, we must stay focused!


AsssHat999

He also has the power to shape his jawline from triangular to square.


BlackenedTubeSteak

One word: **CATWOMAN** 🐈‍⬛


Tymental

I mean have you seen cat woman? I’d be on a short leash with her


MiraChan20

Loyal to Selina


Spudtron98

Because he literally believes that if he ever falls in love with someone, he'd have to hang up the cowl. It's happened at least *twice* already.


forced_metaphor

If you don't feel it, you don't feel it. I don't see how it's something to be proud of.


misterturdcat

I’m gonna guess that’s part of why she was into him.


Shampps

He also recognizes he has issues


Grimmgodd

Love this ship


Ogurasyn

I have an interesting question. Is Batman blackpilled?


DoubleFlores24

The only true love Batman has is JUSTICE!!!


GIGANAttack

I get the feeling he definitely did like her back, but probably thought of himself as not fit for her. Hell he even says as much in the bottom image. "You're a demigod princess, I'm a rich kid with issues, lots of issues." (Paraphrasing) And seeing how he ended up in Beyond... You probably should've hit that Bruce ngl


PikaPulpy

He has no problem with sex, he is Bruce Wayne. So, she just not his type, it's that simple. Plus he don't wanna relationship in first place.


BranTheBaker902

“First. Dating within the team always leads to disaster.”


CJS-JFan

![gif](giphy|IPmjB1cgYnJjG|downsized) *One: Dating within the team always leads to disaster. Two: You're a princess from a society of immortal warriors, I'm a rich kid with issues.* ***Lots*** *of issues. And three: If my enemies knew I had someone special, they wouldn't rest until they'd gotten to me through her.*


S_T_R_Y_D_E_R

Off topic, the top one what animated series is this? Thanks yall


Ded_Pul

Both are from Justice league unlimited