what is it about Batman that has such a strong grip on men? My brother, my cousins, guy friends.My brother has had the same Batman wallpaper on his phone since very long even on his laptop. One of my cousins has a ceiling yes, an actual ceiling of bat sign. One of my friends even has a Batman figure on display at his place.They treat Batman like he’s not just a fictional character, but a personal mentor, a life coach. I personally love Batman and his movies
But why guys want themselves to be called Batman?
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Fictional characters serve the role of mentors, a hero is someone to look up to. Protecting the powerless, fighting crime, having a strong ethical code to live by. Stories people have been saying to their children for millennia wasn’t just for fun. They were supposed to tech the kids something or to inspire them.
He’s the most famous “superhero” with no super powers, which makes him more relatable. His aesthetic is dark, mysterious and brooding, which is a vibe some men aim to project. Much of the Batman content has a darker, noir-ish energy, which is deemed more acceptable to be liked by adults than the more “kiddie” heroes like Hulk or Spider-Man. He also reinforces male stereotypes about unprocessed trauma and not discussing his feelings.
Men are simple creatures, that’s why.
39m here. So, I used to be a huge Batman fan and the primary reason was that I don’t like superheroes with powers. I liked that he was just a guy with tools. That being said, a billionaire vigilante beating up poor people ain’t it for me. I’m sort of over all superhero content at this point.
Because I’m Batman!
He’s cool as hell
I think he also stands out as a superhero. Doesn’t make quips or jokes while fighting. And his superhero identity has all but eclipsed his identity as Bruce Wayne. I’ve seen a lot of character studies on how complex he is, it’s interesting.
My favorite example is in Justice League Unlimited. There’s this young girl named Ace who has powers, and it’s revealed she’ll die soon to a brain aneurysm which will supposedly kill a bunch of people, so they plan to kill her first. Batman volunteers, and instead sits and talks with her until she dies peacefully.
There’s literally so many reasons.
He’s America’s number 1 superhero. Spiderman is the rest of the world’s. Spiderman is the superhero you get sold as a kid, spiderman is what you get sold on your first trip to America, usually to NYC. Spiderman has the most fun superpowers.
Batman is real life. No superpowers, and the longer you keep looking, the harder it is to tell the good guys from the bad guys.
He’s literally the the only superhero for real men.
He’s dark, cool, smart, always prepared. He’s the guy who walks into a room full of gods and still leads. That hits deep for a lot of men.
When I was a kid there was a really good Batman TV show on.
Because he is totally unrealistic but they can pretend he is realistic and imagine being him.
Lego did an experiment to see the difference with how Boys and Girls play with toys.
what they discovered was that Boys tend to respect the toys history, like Batman’s, and either play with that or want to be like that.
they discovered that girls tend to not care for the toys history and manipulate it to fit what they like. such as putting batman in tea parties or making Barbie dream house stories that fit what they want it to be.
with that knowledge you can now understand why most men think Batman is cool, they respect him.
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Batman as a hero represent the perserverance and will power of a human being. He often falls into situations that would normally break a person in pieces (physically & mentally) and yet he would stand up every time to defend his city with only his own mortal strength and mind.
As a man, i think that’s why Batman appeal to so many other men. It’s the idea that even in our darkest hours, we can rise above the impossible to become something more. When you break it down its basic like that, it’s pretty simple why men are so inspired by just a dude in a bat costume.
Well i’m a girl and I fucking love Batman. I had a huge DC phase when I was a teenager and it stuck to me. Batman is one of the rare superheroes to be human with no superpowers, his story is interesting, he got the best villains, the whole batfamily is interesting. When I was deep into my DC phase, I literally wanted to be like Batman lol. Plus, he really adds something more mature to the superhero universe in my opinion. He is a serious character with a dark past and he is not flashy like most superheroes
He’s an adolescent male power fantasy. He’s super smart, super rich, with cool cars and a butler to look after him, oh and he’s a ninja, too. The brooding dark badass aesthetic helps too.
I like Batman. There are lots of interesting stories about him. But you don’t have to dig too deeply to see why he appeals to a lot of men and boys.
Batman never gives up no matter who is the threat infront of him he faces it he takes his time and exploit his weakness i can understand some people will find it childish because it’s a fictional character but it won’t hurt to find out till what extent it is fiction so i can push my limits
Your family is weird
“Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.” – Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash
leave them be.
Same reason there are so many Disney adults.
Batman *is* like a personal mentor to many men. You hear how people talk about how Western men need a new model for masculinity, or how girls are leaving boys in the dust in education, or about how the patriarchy has heretofore taught men to be toxic?
Batman is a character who many men use as an ideal to live up to.
– He is intelligent, well-educated, successful, and physically fit.
– He is a person who is unwavering, but also just and peaceful. He does heroic stuff and defeats bad guys, but he also doesn’t kill.
– He is someone who has a charismatic personality in most depictions. He is stern and kind of scary, but without being totally unfun.
– He is just edgy enough for men to be drawn to him as youths learning about how dark the world can be, but not SO edgy that those men grow up to think he’s cringy once they grow up and learn to deal with the darkness of the world.