I would love to see a version of Batman who is just blatantly fucking insane. Like he never sleeps, prays to his parents’ graves every night, talks to a bust of his father like Hamlet, etc. Really show what a psychopath who beats the shit out of homeless people would be like.
this is basically what rorschach is. problem is, rorschach is poor (of course)
There's two Batman analogues in Watchman - Rorschach, who is driven to depravity by desperation and self-delusion, and Owlman, who just sort of fucks around from a position of privilege and squanders his enormous wealth chasing clout and pussy.
True, but I think Batman has a more skewed sense of duty, ala his no kill rule. I also think the fact he studied for like a decade across the world could introduce interesting concepts of mysticism (whether Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, etc.) Also, Batman has countless storylines to adapt, where Rorschach has 1.
this is basically what rorschach is. problem is, rorschach is poor (of course)
Poor people are insane. Rich people are eccentric.
There's two Batman analogues in Watchman - Rorschach, who is driven to depravity by desperation and self-delusion, and Owlman, who just sort of fucks around from a position of privilege and squanders his enormous wealth chasing clout and pussy.
True, but I think Batman has a more skewed sense of duty, ala his no kill rule. I also think the fact he studied for like a decade across the world could introduce interesting concepts of mysticism (whether Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, etc.) Also, Batman has countless storylines to adapt, where Rorschach has 1.