I noticed the coolest thing!!
Selina uses the pet names âhoneyâ and âbabyâ throughout the movie.
When she talks to Penguin and Gil, the DA, she calls them âhoney.â Sheâs emotionally closed off and undercover, so she doesnât put her heart into flirting, which makes sense. She uses âhoneyâ to gain info from people; she doesnât mean anything by that name. The second time she bumps into Batman (when sheâs burglarizing the mayorâs house), she even says, âlisten honey, I didnât kill nobody!â She doesnât trust Batman yet; she doesnât know if he has the same motivations as her.
But when she rides home in the taxi and phones Annika, she calls her friend âbaby.â âIâm coming home, baby.â âWe can leave the city tonight, baby.â Annika is her close friend, so it makes sense why she uses that sweet pet name. Selina deeply cares about Anni, and you can tell because baby is genuine compared to honey.Â
Later on, when Selina talks to Batman by the signal and asks who he is under the mask, she calls him âbaby,â and they share a kiss. Selina opened herself up to working with him now, and sheâs willing to call him a genuine pet name because she genuinely kinda likes him.Â
When things go south, and she asks Batman to help her kill the shady cop, and he refuses, Selina is hurt. She thought he was on her side, but he wasnât. She puts her walls up again and closes him off. âDonât worry, honey. I got 9 of âem.â
And finally, during the big fight scene in the Garden, she decides to stay and save Batmanâs life. Heâs hurt, and she consoles him by saying, âitâs ok, baby. Itâs over now.â
Basically, you can see the filmmakers/ZoĂŤ Kravitz put SO MUCH care and love into every detail of Selinaâs character. Selina is usually so closed off and elusive, but you can tell how much she cares about someone by the pet name she uses for them! Itâs a fascinating aspect of her character!Â
AND itâs helpful for fanfic writers: Selina is only genuine when she calls someone âbaby!â âHoneyâ is only uses when sheâs angry or undercover!