" still argue like my mother and suppress stuff like my dad. still miss you but I know now it'll pass. "
coming of age
" and i couldn't erase you. like a tattoo on my waistline if it was a first kiss. how come it felt like a snakebite? ”
watch
" cause you broke my heart and my self-esteem for a girl who's a remix of me. "
body better
" i can't help thinking when you touched it, were you sorry? were you sorry like you weren't at the time? "
want you back
" till you caught a teacher's daughter with a dangerous text. ”
the band and i
" oh, it was breaking down, it was falling in love. in a gas station by the pickup trucks. ”
you’re just a boy (and i’m kinda the man)
" you were my best friend, my shoulder to lean on but you pushed me out quicker than it took me to put my jeans on. ”
lost the breakup
“ i’ll smile and you'll have to face it i’m the greatest love that you wasted. ”
wendy
" you’ll throw your rocks, and you'll scream that you hate me. ”
run
" he likes a promise if he don't have to keep it. he hates a sentence when he has to mean it. ”
two weeks ago
" i wish we kissed when we first wanted. and we didn't miss all the time we did. ”
bsc
“ if you don't love me, what was april ? you played a game but i run the table. mister ‘ I don't want a label ’ you made me little miss unstable. ”
therapy
" it built me like a promise 'til it broke me like a curse. with your shadow in the door, you were turning in your key and loving you was letting you leave. ”
there it goes
" yeah, the love we had was eating me whole. I had to send it home. ”
history of man
“ so samson blamed delilah but given half the chance i would’ve made him weaker too. ”
holy revival
“ no getting attached to men you can't have. ”
yoko
“ funny, you know, you were the whole wide world. you fell for the moment so you lied to the girl. ”
the song
“ my thing is i’m still obsessed with the idea of this one thing. with all the ways that it wasn't but it might've been. ”
guy on a horse
“ listen, boy, somebody's gotta say it. it might cut to the core. got this far but i’m joan of arc and you're just a guy on a horse. ”
truth is
“ truth is, you were the blow behind the bruises. you weren't love but i think i confused it. ”
the last one
“ they’re never gonna get it, no, they'll never understand but i believe in you, i’m your number one fan. ”
Imagine a universe were Bernard Dowd is constantly getting kidnapped because he has historically been down to provide medical care to low level non-violent criminals. He understands the police brutality that’s so normalized in Gotham and that big business robbery shouldn’t end with gunshot wounds. A universe where Tim Drake knows it happens and watches during Patrol to make sure nothing happens.
His very existence serves as a testament to the hope people hold in Gotham. As the people of Gotham cling to the belief that Batman is a god-like savior, they become increasingly reliant on him to solve their problems and combat the city's rampant crime. Their blind faith in his abilities blinds them to the complexities of reality and fosters a dangerous dependency on one man to maintain order.
This dependency creates a power dynamic were the people of Gotham grow complacent, believing that Batman alone can solve their problems and absolve them of responsibility. They neglect to address the systemic issues that fuel crime and corruption in the city, instead relying on Batman as a quick fix solution.
But the thing is , Batman inevitably fails to live up to their idealized image of him. The disillusionment of the people of Gotham leads to chaos and unrest, as their faith in their supposed savior is shattered. Without Batman to rely on, they are left feeling helpless and vulnerable, with no one to turn to in their time of need.
This plays a factor with his robins. Jason In particular. To Jason it wasn’t Batman who was a God - It was Bruce himself. Jason stopped believing in God because he stopped believing in Bruce.
