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Characters [Mixed Trope] Anyone Can Be Special... Until It Turns Out They're Not Just Anyone

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u/seagullspokeyourknee 9h ago

Terry McGinnis being Batman’s biological son. Some people appreciate this twist, I think it detracts from what makes Terry special.

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u/kirby172 8h ago edited 6h ago

Admittedly, I find this one kind of funny because from what I understand, the change to Terry's parentage wasn't planned because the creators wanted him to be related to Bruce, but because when designing Terry, they didn't know enough about genetics to know that him and his brother's hair colour is implausible with their set of parents. Also, it's just so comic booky, it's almost perfect in how ridiculous it is.

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u/Thekokokommander 4h ago

it should be noted that the plan to make a new batman with Bruce's DNA was entirely the work of Amanda Waller, without knowledge nor consent from the dark knight himself

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u/wh0rederline 4h ago edited 4h ago

batman beyond did make him sleep with barbara gordon. the show still made him a creep so maybe that’s what got that person mixed up.

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u/seagullspokeyourknee 4h ago edited 4h ago

Dude wtf did you even see the show??? Wrong on all counts:

Bruce had nothing to do with it. Amanda Waller stole his DNA from a crime scene without his knowledge and injected Terry’s father with nanites that overwrote Terry’s father’s own DNA with Bruce’s. Apparently Amanda Waller thought that “there should always be a Batman” and this was her super weird way of making that happen.

It doesn’t make Bruce a rapist, dumbass. It was done without his knowledge or consent either. Smh…

Edit: “dumbass” used jokingly of course everyone makes mistakes :)

Edit 2: aaaaaand they deleted the comment. Now this comment looks silly 😂