giving the people (me) what they want (studying thru comics)
this is literally only going to be fun for me. so screaming into the void but anyway its going to be great. here we go
assigning the bats their point groups :)
alfred - D infinityh i feel like alfred would be highly symmetric because hes so prim and proper. i think you cant catch him off guard.. you cannot do anything to him that makes him different.... you can barrel roll him and hes the same. invert him and hes the same.
babs - C5V she's a little more interesting. i think shed have a principal rotational axis for sure, but i think something fun like C5 rather than a more boring C2/C3. no horizontal plane of symmetry but yes vertical i think she could not be chiral she's too consistent for that. she looks in the mirror yes thats her. we will get into interesting characterization when we get into chirality
bruce - Ih he's the type your prof tells you not to worry about for symmetry elements. he is hella complicated but also so simple at the same time. 0 chirality for bruce. dont even try to list all his mirror planes.
cass - Td i think cass, similar to bruce, would have hella symmetry elements. she is also so consistent w a strict moral code and i think that translates very well to highly symmetric. you cannot change her in a way that matters... but also Td instead of Oh because i think Td is like. i think u couldnt invert her and have her be the same .. i think she works to be different to how an inversion of herself would be. does that make sense. idc
damian - Ci damian would be annoying to assign bc i think he is still building an unchanging nature like bro is a child. i think he would NOT have a principal Cn axis of rotation. i think he would NOT have a mirror plane. if u put him in a mirror he looks back and is slightly different always. however i think he WOULD be able to be inverted namely i think hes struggling with versions of himself and i think bc hes in flux hes kind of going back and forth in that way.
dick - D3h this just feels right. highly symmetric but a little complex. no inversion, many mirror planes, plenty of rotation. but only three... i think definitely odd number he would NOT be squareish. i think yes. a pleasure to assign. he knows who he is but theres still room for change..
duke - C4h duke would be fun to assign in a way bc i think hed look simple but then you get into it and suddenly you're drawing so many lines and mirror planes and you've lost track of everything. but also he wouldnt be able to be inverted and he wouldnt be chiral bc hes also confident in who he is etc. i think he would have a principal rotational axis of C4 because i think hes grounded in himself/a little more like. feet on the ground if that makes sense. im just yapping away here folks
jason - S4 now... now we get into crazytown. jason would be a BITCH to assign he would be the rare little type that does not get mentioned in the textbook. yup we are going to crazyville with S4. hes been through it and his primary symmetry element (or like the one w highest n) is somehow S4 improper symmetry operation. like yeah he is the same if you invert and rotate him etc. he doesnt know how either. your professor doesnt know either.
steph - D3d steph would not be chiral. she looks into the mirror and she sees herself.. she would have inversion center. like even inverted she is still the same. and she has fought for that! also she's fun to assign and a little unpredictable but like also so predictable at the same time. do u understand what im saying
tim - D3 tim WOULD be chiral he looks into the mirror and he sees someone else. specifically i am referring to tim as in red robin post-loa. he doesnt recognize himself but he also did what he had to do... while at the same time he can be rotated and the same. propellor king. but liek yeah i think he could be rotated C3 because i think hes mostly consistent in that way but when it comes to his idea of self i think hes all sorts of fucked like he knows who he is but he doubts thats who someone else will see... guilt from loa... etc. ohhhh crazytown up in here.
