Whether Selina Kyle will answer yes or no to Bruce Wayne’s proposal of marriage?
Objection 1: It would seem that Selina Kyle will answer yes because she and Bruce Wayne are, in current canon, romantically involved and have professed their love for each other, and marriage is the natural end of romantic love. Barring any impediment to their marriage, it would thus be natural for Selina to answer yes.
Objection 2: Further, it is fitting for comic book writers to provide stories that interest and satisfy their readers. Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are a longtime popular couple among comic book fans, thus their marriage would be interesting and satisfying to the fanbase. It is therefore more fitting for Tom King to write Selina answering yes than it would be to write her answering no.
Objection 3: Further, it would seem that DC has built up too much suspense around this question for the answer to be the less satisfying no. Bruce proposed to Selina in Batman Vol 3 #24, published in June of 2017, and Selina will give her answer in Batman Vol 3 #32, to be published in October of 2017. The long delay in giving her answer, combined with Tom King’s periodic teasing of the question on Twitter, indicate that the answer must be one worth waiting for. Selina will therefore answer yes, as this is the only answer that justifies such a wait.
On the contrary, DC has not ever, not once, stopped themselves from screwing something up somehow when it comes to marriages of their most popular characters.
I answer that, in as much as it is the nature of comic books to perpetually disappoint, or at least to fail to fully realize their potential, Selina Kyle will answer no to Bruce Wayne’s proposal of marriage. Or, if she answers yes in Batman Vol 3 #32, some other bullshit will inevitably intervene in a later issue to either change her answer or otherwise forestall the marriage. A straightforward, satisfying answer of yes which was not in any way impeded would be entirely in opposition to the nature of comic books.
Reply to Objection 1: While it is true that marriage is the natural end of romantic love, the current “War of Jokes and Riddles” storyline is premised on Bruce Wayne confessing to Selina Kyle a potential impediment to their marriage. Whether this impediment is valid or not, it can not be ruled out that DC will use it as an excuse, however lame, for Selina to answer no.
Reply to Objection 2: While it is fitting for comic book writers to provide interesting and satisfying stories, it is not within the nature of comic book writers to actually do what is fitting, due to both their own artistic shortcomings and those restrictions imposed on them by the corporations by which they are employed. Tom King may therefore write the less fitting ending to this storyline that has Selina answer no.
Reply to Objection 3: That DC has built up suspense around the question of Selina’s answer is no indication that she will answer yes, because hype and suspense buildup by a comic book publisher do not necessarily presage a storyline or issue worthy of said hype, but in fact the opposite is more frequently the case. That a four-month wait would culminate in an unsatisfactory resolution is thus to be expected.