>>91295316Actually Batman's typically tolerant if not forgiving. He's ruthless when he's on the case, but as it wraps up he usually just gives everyone the benefit of the doubt.
On the one hand it's rational, he's not in charge of the law after all, what with being a vigilante and not some kind of super cop, so he can't really do much anyway but since he often leaves the entire aftermath to the tenuous legal and ethical decisions of Gotham, the people behind the problems in the first place, villains pop back up worse than ever.
Off the top of my head from showing forgiveness to tolerating it usually goes:
People whose circumstance is tragic and their methods are extreme in response, but they're (usually) not perpetuating crime for the sake of it. It's to save themselves or someone else
Like Fries and Langstrom. Bruce can forgive the and help them, if it gets them back to doing some good.
Then there's people in between the above and below like the Clayfaces, Poison Ivy and Killer Croc. Their past and present situation is unfortunate, but not entirely accidental. Bruce will usually just turn the other cheek once they or someone else starts harping on about how everyone deserves to be treated humanely even if they look and act like monsters, and Ivy or Clayface is usually on the brink of death so let them live the last days in peace and bla bla. He'll try to save them from themselves, but it's less forgiveness and more a pity.
After that comes the head cases like Tetch, Nigma, Cobblepot, Wesker, Dent. A personal trauma or internal flaw drives them more than any outward ailment. They feel the need to carve out and squeeze the respect and standard of living they feel they deserve or are due. The scale of their crime usually ends there, even if the scope is lifelong.
They're obsessive, even insane, but not entirely psychotic or unintelligent. They can be reasoned with and understand causing too much trouble is more trouble than it's worth.
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