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“This is an alternate universe where Bruce Wayne died instead of his parents. Causing His father Thomas Wayne to become Batman and his mother Martha to go insane and become the Joker. “

hold the phone.

yes

wow

I’m sorry but this is the best idea for an AU I have ever seen in the history of my life

fucking yes!!

I can just go ahead and put this at the top of the list of things I didn’t know I even wanted.

It’s not an idea for an AU, it is an AU. This comic actually exists~~~

I will forever reblog this ❤

okay this is cool and everything but something doesn’t sit right with me

so their son dies and the mother, a woman, can’t handle her emotions, goes insane, and becomes a homicidal maniac while the father, a man, becomes Batman, a symbol of justice and strength, emotional and otherwise

Am I getting that right? I am right?

So am I the only one who thinks that that’s just a teensy bit sexist? To make the woman, a person whose gender is constantly criticized for being “crazy” and “emotional,” into a homicidal maniac while the man gets to be a power fantasy?

Am I being too sensitive here, or can everyone see the problem with this?

Nope, it bugged me too. One of the many (MANY, MANY) reasons I refused to touch anything to do with Flashpoint.

BUT…it has been said again and again that the Joker and Batman are two sides of the same coin. They are both insane. They just express it differently. Thomas Wayne is no less crazy than Martha. So by that logic, I would expect the stereotyping to render the mother acting out on her maternal instinct and making sure no parents lose a child again (or something along those lines) while the father goes all dark, broody, and evil. 

It can be both. Stereotyping also has women acting “hysterical” over trauma, and it usually causes them to go insane. Plus, one of them, while still messed up, is acting as a hero and symbol of justice, while the other is a mass murderer. So, it’s still problematic. That doesn’t mean it’s entirely bad, just that it has problematic aspects. You can like problematic things, as long as you recognize that it can be seen as problematic. Like I said, the idea is an interesting one, and one I might’ve picked up if  it weren’t for the fact it was part of Flashpoint. Flashpoint had enough major problems to ensure I wouldn’t pick it up, this was just another quibble.