>>106035336>>106035405>It's your typical noir-ish femme fatale scenario.>Implying that's not a reason why it's objectively the best relationship.Batman will always been a noir/hardboiled detective at his core. That's why this push to fit him with Wonder Woman come off as so forced. You end up neutering her character in order to fit her with a guy that doesn't really belong in the same world.
The BatCat thing has a lot of bad shills, but objectively hinges on more substance between the two characters, especially if you're looking at her character from the lens of Loeb, Brubaker, Jones, and even Frank Miller (to an extent).
Batman will always be an aristocrat. A knight. His whole persona is built on the fact that he can finance a multibillion dollar one man army against crime on his own bill. Selina was also an orphan, but one who was in foster care, orphanages, and ultimately the streets. She's not a knight, but more of a Robin Hood like outlaw, one who operates outside the scope of wealth and society by stealing from those who have unjustly enriched themselves. Batman always soared above the city and its crime, while Selina's persona was forged by its gutters and alleyways. That's why she's such a moral and existential challenge to Batman. She initially sees his code as a luxury, while Batman dismisses her lawlessness as mere cynicism. Both are initally wrong about each other, which means in order for their relationship to work, they have to grow where they are weak, as each character points out the weakness in the other.
This is not unlike the relationship between Jean Valjean and Javert in Les Miserables. What are the limits of justice? How does one set its bounds? From the point of view of the sky or from the streets? Ultimately, it's both, which is why the characters fit together so well when they're actually *working* together. But it's a synthesis that Batman doesn't share with any of his other female companions.
