Quote Originally Posted by Reddish Mage View Post
The point was it isn’t far and away inconsistent with the original character to portray Sherlock Holmes as autistic. I was initially arguing against the position that Batman (and Sherlock Holmes) are so inconsistently portrayed it doesn’t make sense to speak of a singular “character.”




Batman vs. Black Panther. The question before this came up was whether Batman could be a “street level” hero (whatever that means) and also fight global threats. I think plenty of cosmic-level heroes do “street level” stuff (Superman acts as a supplement to Metropolis’ 911 service) and that Batman’s rogues can’t be characterized as on the level of a run of the mill bank robber and are acting on a scale above.

I suppose this plays into whether there is one Batman and whether he has the skills to take on Black Panther.

Lost is the important discussion of whether Scrooge McDuck is richer than Black Panther. Yes, yes he is. He has all the gold and loads of magical artifacts in a vault the size of a skyscraper.

Street level means he fights people who cant destroy cities with casual ease. His bad guys tend to be low or no powered individuals. They might be able to develop say, a giant ice gun that can freeze gotham, but its not an intrinsic ability they have. Take his physically strongest foe, Bane. Hopped on on strength enhancing drugs he is basically at the car tossing stage. Superhuman sure, but the dude isnt going to be pulling a juggernaut and toppling the world trade center. Spiderman is another street level hero, though his enemies are stronger than the ones batman generally faces i think. But again, the sinister six arent going around blowing up neighborhoods, or shattering buildings as they get punched through them without getting bruised.

Yes, pretty much all heroes do street level stuff, but their rogues galleries tend to be on a higher level. Superman isnt fighting The Bank Robber! Able to empty teller drawers with a single gesture (from his loaded gun) on a monthly basis. He is fighting beings that can and have decimated large swathes of metropolis as a side effect of their fights. Thats his primary focus. Batman on the other hand, is generally more focused on The Bank Robber level stuff while sometimes being called in to fight darkseid or whoever.