The grand problem is the idea of Bruce as a loner conflicts with Bruce being a father figure to another. That's the problem. They think having the family is a hinderence to challenging Bruce. https://twitter.com/deadletterpoets/status/1309197563535515653
When you have these two different ideologies you have Batdick and you have Batdad. Batdick is all, "Paranoid, aggressive on his war on crime, damn everyone around him for not being better at it than he."
Then you have Batdad where he's actively trying to help these troubled kids and give them a focus and laser point them in a direction where they don't become the next Prometheus, Wraith, or Hush.
To that extent, why people enjoy Babs/Dick/Jason/Tim/Damian more because given the Batdick's attitude they can be fodder or showcase these "flaws". Which at this point have been dug up way too much.
And Batdick conflicts with characters like Cass/Steph (note one is killed, or both are stuffed into limbo) when Bruce is at his most dickishly loner. Because Cass has called Bruce out on this twice.
It's also why Lego Batman is so glorious because the movie goes out to point this grand flaw in Bruce and lays the seeds for Batdad and the Bat-Family. Like really we need a damn sequel to this movie.
Also why I highly enjoy Young Justice Batman because (while flawed) he opens himself up to Babs, Tim, Dick, and been there for Conner. Again, why I'd love to have a Batman Inc spinoff so more of this side of Bruce can be explored.
The best case of seeing these two idealogies butt heads is in well-- Batgirl Vol. 1. Because you have these writers wanting to push Bruce away, and here come's Cass head-butting her way with her idealogy because it's so close to Bruce and in #50 Bruce himself even realizes it.
Because unlike probably all (save maybe Damian but eventually Terry), Cass is the only other person who fully understands the fire in Bruce. And that idea probably terrifies some creators. Because it goes against their idea of Bruce aka Batdick.
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