Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993) dir. Eric Radomski & Bruce Timm

This was Kevin Conroy’s favorite scene he ever did as Bruce.

Bruce saying “I didn’t count on being happy”

Just

NO MY HEART ;-;

cinematic parallels: The Batman (2021) // Twilight (2008)

Matt Reeves watching Twilight

Dear mansplaining morons who think "Batman could totally win a fight with Wonder Woman"

Are y'all high?

Bruce 

- an average human dude - has no superpowers to speak of - trained fighting for like, 10, 20 years tops - uses fancy but breakable human-made gadgets

Diana

- literally a deity - “only a god can kill another god” - trained fighting for 500 to 2,000 years (depending on who you ask) under either Antiope, the greatest general in the history of a legendary warrior race, or War itself (depending on which ‘verse you’re going with) - can fly - can literally level a building with a single punch - can control lightning - able to take punches by someone capable of crumbling a gun with their bare hands - can toss a tank with her bare hands like it’s nbd - has magical weapons originally made for & owned by literal gods

Being a man doesn’t give you the ability to defeat a deity who’s trained for centuries under the best of the best, has magic powers, and magic weapons, you twats.

Being a man doesn’t make you better than a deity.

2020 mood

Batman Returns (1992) dir. Tim Burton

Batman is me whenever someone forces me to go to a party