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WTF??? The attractive adult man is in a loving consensual relationship with the attractive adult woman??

This is disgusting!!!
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>>153134636
Shut up, Bruce Timm. You're a creep.
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you don't go and fuck your best friends daughter man
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>>153134636
in the timmverse, bruce met barbara when she was still a minor and he has a mentor relationship with her later on

even if it isnt illegal, its still sketchy at best
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>>153134636
Bruce doesn't seem like the type to groom.
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>>153134643
Among fundamentalist mormons it’s considered honorable for you to take a friend and brother’s wife after his passing, since you’re saving her from spinsterhood
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>>153134640
Explain why it's wrong without using a fallacy.

>>153134643
Why? On the contray, Gordon should be happy to know that his daughter is with someone he knows and can trust to care for her.

Also Gordon is more of a father figure to Bruce than a friend.

>>153134651
Wrong. Bruce is not Barbara's mentor. She is self-trained.

She was Bargirl before even joining Batman's team.

>>153134661
If Bruce and Barbara love each other who are you to say they can't?
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>>153134673
>Among fundamentalist mormons
why would you use a cult as the basis for what is and isnt right?
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>>153134677
>Bruce is not Barbara's mentor. She is self-trained.
she is in the timmverse

>She was Bargirl before even joining Batman's team.
and then joined batmans team and batman took her under his wing
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>>153134681
What's your denomination?
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>>153134636
This cost him the invitation to Gordon Thanksgiving.
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>>153134683
>took her under his wing

Batman didn't adopt Barbara, stop making stuff up
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>>153134636
cucking your adopted son is fucked up dude
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>>153134636
Its abijt the pre established father daughter relationship between them, the age gap didnt help
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>>153134703
Dick and Barbara broke up. Find another argument
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>>153134709
>pre established father daughter relationship between them

You are literally making stuff up, they never had a father daughter relationship. Barbara already has a father

>the age gap

She is 22 and he is 35, it's not that much of an age gap.
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>>153134636
It's not just that, it's that it was his adopted sons GF (ex gf?), his friends daughter, and also a protege of sorts. It was gross and came out of left field. Bruce dating younger women, even significantly younger women (whatever that means) we could deal with. It's him dating batgirl specifically that weirded us all out.
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>>153134719
Not literally her dad, its the vibe as her mentor

If they were older sure the age gap wouldnt be significant but by the time Bruce was 30 she'd be 17
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>>153134636
I'm completely fine with the age gap, what I find disgusting is him going after "his son's" girlfriend.
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>>153134727
>It's not just that, it's that it was his adopted sons GF (ex gf?)

They broke up

>his friends daughter

Gordon should be happy to know that his daughter is with someone he knows and can trust to care for her.

Also Gordon is more of a father figure to Bruce than a friend.

>and also a protege of sorts.

Yes, men are supposed to protect their girlfriends. What's your point?

> It was gross

Explain why without using a fallacy.

>and came out of left field.

WTF? An attractive man and an attractive woman are...attracted to each other????

>Bruce dating younger women, even significantly younger women (whatever that means) we could deal with. It's him dating batgirl specifically that weirded us all out.

Explain why without using a fallacy.
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>>153134739
>Not literally her dad, its the vibe as her mentor

He didn't mentor her, she was already Batgirl before joining his team.

>If they were older sure the age gap wouldnt be significant but by the time Bruce was 30 she'd be 17

And?

>>153134740
Barbara and Dick broke up
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>>153134739
When Bruce was 25, Selina was 17. When Bruce was 22, Zee was 14.
When Bruce was 20, Talia was 12.
I guess Bruce should just never date.
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>>153134748
>Barbara and Dick broke up

So what? if you go after the ex of a friend/family you are worse than scum.
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>>153134785
So women do not have agency over who they want to date?
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>>153134790
dating your sons ex is bad, regardless if you are man or woman
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>>153134719
>You are literally making stuff up
No he's just not expounding on it. They had a mentor-mentee relationship like he had with most of the bat family in some way at some time. This is also his friends daughter. And his charges and first students former romantic interest. All of these are social relationships that demand pursuing a romantic relationship with Barbs be done very carefully. Taken all together it makes it weird.

>>153134742
>They broke up
Doesn't matter at all to anyone.

>Also Gordon is more of a father figure to Bruce than a friend.
splitting hairs

>What's your point?
It's the student-teacher, father daughter, mentor-mentee, Manager - employee dynamic. The power imbalance going in is massively skewed one way. So its easy for the person that has a larger amount of power (the mentor) to seduce the younger inexperienced person (mentee). It reeks of abuse due to ease with which the less powerful individual can be used, manipulated and exploited and why it's seen as socially vulgar.

>Explain why
See above

>WTF? I have an agenda and i don't care who knows it?!?!

It's a narrative dudebroette, the story was being told and usually there's buildup, hints, foreshadowing, flirting, we were just kinda hit with this in BB and no one was expecting it, kinda self explanatory.

>Explain why

You're kinda retarded.
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>>153134677
>If Bruce and Barbara love each other who are you to say they can't
Considering they split, it wasn't even love and more of a brief fling.
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>>153134799
>All of these are social relationships that d

social *dynamics
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>>153134790
I forgot to say that Barbara is a whore.
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>>153134790
Of course not.
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>>153134748
>she was already Batgirl before joining his team.
That doesn't....That doesn't mean he can't mentor her. Wtf even is this anon??
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>>153134755
see:
>>153134727
>Bruce dating younger women, even significantly younger women (whatever that means) we could deal with. It's him dating batgirl specifically that weirded us all out.
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>>153134807
Irrelevant

>>153134796
Explain why without using a fallacy.

>>153134799
>They had a mentor-mentee relationship like he had with most of the bat family in some way at some time

No, he adopted and trained the Robins while Barbara was already self-trained.

>his is also his friends daughter.

Gordon should be happy to know that his daughter is with someone he knows and can trust to care for her.

Also Gordon is more of a father figure to Bruce than a friend.

>And his charges and first students former romantic interest.

So? They broke up, she is free to date who she wants and he is free to date whom he wants.

> All of these are social relationships that demand pursuing a romantic relationship with Barbs be done very carefully. Taken all together it makes it weird.

Explain why without using a fallacy.

>Doesn't matter at all to anyone.

It does, because she is free to date who she wants and he is free to date whom he wants.

>splitting hairs

You have no argument

>It's the student-teacher, father daughter, mentor-mentee, Manager - employee dynamic. The power imbalance going in is massively skewed one way. So its easy for the person that has a larger amount of power (the mentor) to seduce the younger inexperienced person (mentee). It reeks of abuse due to ease with which the less powerful individual can be used, manipulated and exploited and why it's seen as socially vulgar.

Women always date people who are above them, it's how nature works. Women are never seen dating people who are on their level or beneath them.

>See above

I debunked your aguments.

>It's a narrative dudebroette, the story was being told and usually there's buildup, hints, foreshadowing, flirting, we were just kinda hit with this in BB and no one was expecting it, kinda self explanatory.

The BB is not canon, next.

>You're kinda retarded.

You have no argument
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>>153134677
>Explain why it's wrong without using a fallacy.
Why can't I use a fallacy? And why do you think social norms are governed by what is or isn't a logical fallacy?
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>>153134827
Then Barbara and Bruce are free to date each other, thank you

>>153134842
You are beyond reatarded

>>153134849
Explain why without using a fallacy
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>>153134860
>Explain why without using a fallacy.
Why can't I use a logical fallacy? And why do you think social norms are governed by what is or isn't a logical fallacy?
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>>153134866
I accept your concession
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>>153134860
>while Barbara was already self-trained
and then he Mentored her further. Not sure what art of this you don't get.

>Gordon should be happy
Why are you assuming the feelings of fictitious characters?

>Also Gordon is more of a father figure to Bruce than a friend.
Not mutually exclusive

>So?
It's seen as socially unacceptable and a breech of trust and abuse of power.

>Explain why without using a fallacy.

These are social norms and social dynamics, they exist both in spite of and with no regard to what is or is not a fallacy.

>It does
It doesn't. The relationship is already tainted by this and there's nothing you can do about it.

>You have no argument
That you can understand.

>Women always date people who are above them
Absolutes are never true.

>I debunked your aguments.
You reiterated your opinions

>The BB is not canon
Literally everything is canon

>You have no argument

that you can understand
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>>153134868
Irrelevant
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>>153134877
>don't make me explain my autism

lol
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>>153134923
>and then he Mentored her further. Not sure what art of this you don't get

He didn't mentor her

>Why are you assuming the feelings of fictitious characters?

I'm using logic, something you are incapable of using or understanding

>Not mutually exclusive

Yes it is. Are you friends with your father?

>It's seen as socially unacceptable and a breech of trust and abuse of power

If Barbara has feelings for Bruce, who are you to disagree?

>These are social norms and social dynamics, they exist both in spite of and with no regard to what is or is not a fallacy

The social norm is that attractive women and attractive men are attracted to each other

>That you can understand.

You have no argument

>Absolutes are never true

Absolutes are based in nature

>You reiterated your opinions

Because you keep saying things that are false

>Literally everything is canon

Everyone can see how retarded you are
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>>153134636
>attractive adult man
Gsy
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>>153134956
>He didn't mentor her
now you are being deliberately obtuse
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I don't like the ship cuz of Dick cucking.

Hot otherwise.
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Its a shitty ship and batgirl is a shitty character, bruce can score way better pussy than his best friend's daughter that he groomed
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I think realistically Gordon would be more okay with it than Dick Grayson.

I don't think there's anything morally wrong with it.
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Babs is for Dinah.
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>>153134636
People are casuals and don't realize Barbara was originally Bruce's love interest
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>>153134651
She was easily 16-18 it's fine
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>>153134727
Dick is more like a little brother, especially in the DCAU
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>>153134727
I wouldn't call him and Gordon friends exactly. It's not like they hangout and watch the football game
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>>153134755
If we're talking about below media and continuity they flip flop on Talia being old like Ra's or not a lot. It was ambiguous in the DCAU since she still looks exactly the same in Beyond
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>>153134842
She wasn't even officially "on" their team until the New Batman Adventures and by that point she was well versed in crime fighting. Just being an older male doesn't defacto make him a mentor. They never showed Bruce training Barbara
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>>153134866
A fallacy is a flaw in reasoning that renders an argument invalid, misleading, or deceptive.
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>>153135601
This depends on the writer.
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Why do cape writers love cuckoldry?
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>>153134636
>loving
Yeah, that was totally a love story TM and not a fling that ended badly for Babs and destroyed Bruce's relationship with his only family. Saying this as someone who like it because it's the only universe where Babs justified her existence as a character.
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>>153134636
Just weird when mentors and students start relationships. No way something like this would work out positively irl. Still prefer this over Dick and Barb getting together. Starfire and Dick forever.
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>>153135620
They also never showed them acting as equal. She effectively acts as a replacement robin (with benefits) in between Dick and Jason.
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>>153134643
Superman doesn't have children.
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>>153135812
In TNBA, Babs and Dick swap places and Batgirl unironically becomes the Nightwing of the group. The nice, fun-loving one "second-in-command" that keeps the family together, while Dick is busy brooding in the background. Over the Edge and Batman Beyond even show that the "family" falls apart when she's gone.
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>>153135846
>the Nightwing of the group
Nightwing in TNBA is not the second-in-command or fun-loving. That's Robin.
>in the background.
Not even that since he is not in Gotham for TNBA.
> Over the edge
is a dream sequence.
>once she's gone
She goes away because things are already turning sour, not the opposite. Babs overall take a backseat in TNBA the minute a new Robin is introduced and come back when Robin is kidnapped. The "family" fall apart because Bruce lose a Robin in this universe too, is a jerk, and his relationship with Babs is not the love story she expects.
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>>153135916
>Nightwing in TNBA is not the second-in-command or fun-loving. That's Robin.
Yes, but my point is that Babs in TNBA (probably by sheer accident) ends up fulfilling the role that in the comics is usually fulfilled by Dick nowadays.
Mostly because when TNBA debuted, Nightwing was still a novum in the comics and Timm didn't have an idea what to do with him, just like with Bane.
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>>153135377
It's his best friend's daughter and ex of his adopted son.
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>>153134643
Barbara is Alfred's daughter?
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>>153135962
Your point is dubious and on copium. Nightwing was not fun-loving at the time in comics either, hence why he is brooding in TNBA. Also being a second-in-command is by default something that happen when two people are not on equal and Nightwing is just a grow-up Robin, more so around Batman. You could also just check Timm's interviews as to why TNBA was how it was. Timm was amongst the many to be reluctant to use Robin and one of the few at DC who liked Babs. He had more power in TNBA. One could ask if he didn't see Nightwing as a mean to get rid of Dick. Ultimately, the marketting team pulled his leash and told him their better be a Robin in their Batman & Robin show, doesn't matter which one. Thus Jason-Tim was introduced.
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>>153136069
*there'd better be
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>>153134739
>If they were older sure the age gap wouldnt be significant but by the time Bruce was 30 she'd be 17
But she's not when it happened. As they grow older this would be even less relevant.
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>>153135623
And we're talking about human interactions here. Feelings using circular logic or being completely contrary to it is perfectly normal and doesn't require explanation....unless you're autistic.
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>>153134651
Okay but she loves him
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>>153134636
Comments only women make
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>>153134727

Using "we" when people mean "I" should be a banable offense.
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>>153134640
>>153134651
Bruce Timm is a Batman/Wonder Woman shipper
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>>153135646
Cuckoldry aside, this is terrible comic booking.
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One of these days something like this will canonically happen to Dick Grayson
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I dislike the ship on every level, but women are upset by it which is enough to support it begrudgingly.
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>>153136037
She is. It's how she's introduced in Batman and Robin movie.
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>>153134636
It’s meant to be a bad thing, which is why Nightwing never forgives him and they don’t even stay together. Timm said as much, but I guess defending things from shows you didn’t watch is all of /co/ now.
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>>153134643
spbp
>>153134685
>creep can't answer a simple question
ok
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>>153135812
You have revealed yourself to be an absolute cretin. Men and women can never be equal, especially when the man in question is Batman
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Do you blame Bruce?
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>>153141937
yes
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>>153141937
Yes. He had Selina and Wonderwoman.

No surprise Ra’s could so easily get Bruce to fuck him by being in some young hot ass like his own daughter.
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>>153135646
Cape shit is just Soaps for Teenage boys. That’s it.
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noooo they didn't meet as randoms on a social media app aiiiyeeee I'm going insane ahhhhh
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Babs is for Bruce. Starfire is for Dick. Simple as.
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>>153137956
Only in the Justice League Unlimited series.
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Timm meant this as a bad thing and forbidden love. But he's wrong because this is a based ship that only hags mald about.
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>>153142034
>He had Selina

She's a criminal

>and Wonderwoman

He's not interested in her
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>>153142552
>She’s a criminal
And?
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>>153134636
>>153134677
>"You should support Bruce cucking his son!"
No, I don't think I will. Beyond that, Barbara is never shown to be emotionally on his level in BTAS or TNBA.
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>>153135646
Same reason animefags are obsessed with it: power fantasy. It's not enough to be the strongest guy. You also have to be the most desirable guy.
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>call it the “bat family”
>also insist on having Batman fuck one of his “family” members
Pick one
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>>153142034
Wonder Woman left him for Justice Lord Batman. The real reason is that Beyond came out before Justice League, but that’s the best explanation for why she wasn’t in his girlfriend gallery
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>>153142707
batfamily really only applies to the mainline comics. DCAU specifically is a case where Bruce never really reconnects with Dick, never grows his inner circle, and doesn't learn any relationship lessons
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>moids would rape underage girls if it were legal
Move to MENA and India already, you fucking pedophile rapists.
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>>153142008
This should be the canon, not her and Ivy.
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Have you ever dated a woman, OP? Can you imagine how you'd feel if you broke up and then she started dating your dad? Would you actually say "My dad is financially stable, and that's the important thing" or would you be more than a little bit upset?

Barbara calls her relationship with Dick puppy love, but her attraction to Bruce was pretty shallow and short-sighted as well. Their big connection was crime-fighting. Beating the shit out of thugs with a guy 10+ years older than you isn't the foundation for a lasting romantic relationship (and what do you know? It didn't last!) She's young enough that the stupidity is understandable, but why the fuck would Bruce go along with it? Was he trying to sabotage one of the few stable relationships he had left, or was he dumb enough to actually think that shit would last?
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>>153137914

I meant "we" there was no widespread community outrage or disdain directed at any other confirmed or perceived possible pairing of Bruce + younger looking female. It's literally just Babs+Bruce that any significant portion of the community has a problem with.
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>>153143609
>or was he dumb enough
We know he is neither stupid nor socially retarded so he knew better.
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>>153135620
>They never showed Bruce training Barbara
Don't remember what episode but he did advise her about crime fighting and that she needed to learn patience.
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>>153143704
If you've ever mansplained to a woman you can't fuck her.
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>>153134956
>He didn't mentor her
see:
>>153135316

Although that isn't a recent occurrence

>I'm using logic
In determining the feelings of people you don't know and don't exist?? Doesn't seem very logical.

> something you are incapable of using or understanding
Ironing

>Yes it is. Are you friends with your father?

Very telling that this seems to be impossible to you

>who are you to disagree?
Where's that logic anon? Where'd it go? No one is "disagreeing" with anyone's feelings we're explaining to you why it can be percieved as socially unacceptable and why someone can disapprove of the pairing.

>The social norm is that attractive women and attractive men are attracted to each other
More to it than that. Hell, physical attractiveness isn't even a prerequisite.

>Absolutes are based in nature
Only in your imagination.

>Because you keep saying things I dun liek

ftfy

>Everyone can see how retarded you are
so adhom much logic.
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>>153143717
Fake news, Bitches love that shit.
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>>153142584
She belongs to the electric chair
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>>153143609
>[headcanon]

didn't ask
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>>153143704
Damn, that means nobody can give advice to their girlfriends/wife ever
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>>153141887
> illiterate and mysoginistic batfag prove he can't read
Colour me surprised.
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>>153144771
it just means saying there was a mentoring relationship isn't unreasonable
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>>153144895
You have no argument, you lost
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>>153144921
Damn, that means nobody can give advice to their girlfriends/wife ever
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>>153143609
Well people have fucked for stupider reasons throughout human history.
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>reddit spacing
who keeps sending these reddit immigrants here?
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>>153135646
Some of the writers of comics are small twisted men.

>>153134636
Because socially its see as wrong on every level.
Its legally okay, but socially its a death sentence.
Hes seen as a scumbag who went after hus adopted sons girlfriend and best friends daughter.
Shes seen as a shank who went after and probably hooked up with dick to get to Bruce.

Its legally fine. But socially its wrong and never going to be accepted in any format.
Sorry Timm. Its not happening.
Should have just made catwoman a hot college girl for your age difference thing.
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>>153147798
Unironically using the marketing meme "reddit spaxing"
The website is a shithole that would be abandoned tomorrow if tumbler allowed porn again.
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>>153147991
>can't into greentext
>"reddit spaxing"
Holy Retard
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Doesn't Bruce have enough girlfriends?
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>>153146002
how does that follow?
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>>153134711
>Dick and Barbara broke up. Find another argument

Lmao, waste of time to argue with sociopaths. I hope your Dad does the same to you, that's the only way you'd understand.



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