I guess when you're stuck in a wheelchair you'll do anything to get the feeling of moving with your own two legs again, even if it is highly morally questionable.
I guess when you're stuck in a wheelchair you'll do anything to get the feeling of moving with your own two legs again, even if it is highly morally questionable.
At least for Barbara.
It isn't "ethically questionable", it's a complete negation of the whole justification of the characters to start with. If Batman (or his closest colleagues) becomes just another criminal abusing wealth and power for their own personal gain, the whole series is just about violent criminals beating each other up where one small faction is stronger because the guy who formed the gang started life with more money than his opponents, and shared it with his gang members.
It isn't "ethically questionable", it's a complete negation of the whole justification of the characters to start with. If Batman (or his closest colleagues) becomes just another criminal abusing wealth and power for their own personal gain, the whole series is just about violent criminals beating each other up where one small faction is stronger because the guy who formed the gang started life with more money than his opponents, and shared it with his gang members.
Yeah, but I'm guessing that this storyline may eventually reveal that both Bruce and Barbara are not in their right states of mind. IIRC, there was this DC Animated Universe episode (I forget which show, but it's either Superman:TAS or Justice League) where Robin called Superman to help figure out what's wrong with Batman, and it turned out that Brainiac in nanite form had infected and been mind-controlling Bruce into building a new body for him; Bruce was completely powerless throughout his mind control, IINM.
