Facts
According to Billionaire Mailing List, there are hundreds of billionaire in the United States alone. But not a single one of them becomes Batman. Why is it so hard to be the Batman? The article you’re about to read will tell you why? And not by saying that he’s only a comic character.
He Lives In A Jail
Bruce Wayne almost lost his purpose of becoming Batman when he found that his parent’s killer has committed suicide in his apartment.
Batman lives in a jail he created himself, he will lose on purpose if the bad guys vanished. That’s why he also put all of his arch enemies into Arkham Asylum because he believes that crime is an illness that can be cured. But that also gives him the opportunities to re-capture his enemies again and again. He creates a perfect loop where he can do as much repetition as possible.
No billionaire wants a life like that. Never mind being a Batman, living like Bruce Wayne just seems to have become an impossible task.
Batman Hates Guns
He never uses guns before his first appearance in BVS, right? Wrong! He used guns on his early appearances until the publisher decided to stop Batman using any guns. That decision was made to make Batman more family friendly. And I guess that was a good decision judging by how popular Batman is until now.
Later, the story writings put special attention to show that Batman actually hates guns because his parents killed by a gun.
With today’s gun control issue, do you think any billionaire have the guts facing criminals without any guns?
Overrated Popularity?
Everybody knows Batman, even those who don’t “know”. I hear the statement that “Batman flies” occasionally. We know that’s wrong, but hey, at least that person knows Batman. And I bet he never heard of Black Lightning. Anyway, Chris Nolan did a great job showing how Bruce Wayne’s transformation seems realistic.
With so much media attention, billionaires with bruised faces will surely be easily suspected as Batman. We know Batman’s pieces of equipment are not cheap.
His Effort
Among the god-like personas, Batman stands tall. His contingency plans never fail. He’s a great negotiator and psychiatrist that makes him can talk someone until surrender his gun, without a gun.
What makes him special is that he gained all that without any mantra, exposed to something that mutated him, came from other planet or had an accident, well… unless you include the alley’s incident. But still, he didn’t overcome his ability on the next day, right?
In the real life, a billionaire efforts best is what makes him a billionaire. And that’s making money. I don’t think any billionaire can multi-task and split his focus on both martial art training and making money. Or can he?
He’s A Sick Person
Batman is indeed a sick person. He loves going out at night dresses like a bat, beating criminals to a pulp. He even pushed himself into danger he knows only has 0.01% chance of success.
I remember the one scene when he jumped right into Deadshot’s firing line. And guess what? He succeeded with fatal damage. According to my psychiatrist, that’s called sado. An urge for pain and violence.
A billionaire will surely visit his psychiatrist to make sure that he’s always mentally healthy because he has too much at stake. Just hope he’s not seeing The Scarecrow.
Foot Note:
The facts stated above make me and Batman only billions of dollars and excessive painful pieces of training apart.
