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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5490012" data-attributes="member: 19675">His wits are about par for the course for a chess grandmaster or Nobel Laureate- rare, but not unique and definitely not superhuman.&nbsp; In DC Universe, he is touted as being &quot;one of the best&quot; in many fields- detective work, martial arts, certain fields of science, but not the best at any of them.&nbsp; He has been criticized by his mentors, allies and opponents in certain fields- like martial arts- as being unwilling to put in the time to reach the pinnacles of true mastery...probably because he's got a lot on his plate and his day is 24 hrs long, just like everyone else's.He's a polymath (and a disturbed one) not a superhuman.Look at storylines covering his early years, and you'll see that despite this &quot;superiority&quot;, he has nearly gotten himself killed with his carelessness and cockyness.&nbsp; Even as an experienced crimefighter who has first hand knowledge of alien life, he has often been depicted as being unaccepting of the supernatural...a blind spot that has- again- nearly killed him more than once.In the RW? Probably not.Within the context of the reality in which he exists, he is an unusual specimen, but most certainly not unique.Who is his greatest foe?&nbsp; The Joker, an utterly insane former chemical engineer.&nbsp; Not an über genius.&nbsp; Not one of his martial arts mentors.&nbsp; A chemical engineer turned psychopath.No, I can't agree with you there.&nbsp; Batman never does anything remotely supernatural.&nbsp; He uses wits &amp; science, but never violates the rules of physics in the way you're describing.Bruce's parents were both human.&nbsp; Hercules is a demigod, literally half-divine in origin.&nbsp; He could do things as a child that Bruce could not do as an adult no matter how much he trained.Bruce Wayne is, in a sense one of the characters in DC's stable who could be considered a paragon of humanity.&nbsp; He- and those like him- are characters you can aspire to be.Hercules isn't even fully human.&nbsp; You literally can never be like him in any meaningful sense at the most fundamental levels.If you can't see the enormous gulf between the two, you have an odd conception of literature indeed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 5490012, member: 19675"] His wits are about par for the course for a chess grandmaster or Nobel Laureate- rare, but not unique and definitely not superhuman. In [I]DC Universe[/I], he is touted as being "one of the best" in many fields- detective work, martial arts, certain fields of science, but not [I]the[/I] best at any of them. He has been criticized by his mentors, allies and opponents in certain fields- like martial arts- as being unwilling to put in the time to reach the pinnacles of true mastery...probably because he's got a lot on his plate and his day is 24 hrs long, just like everyone else's. He's a polymath (and a disturbed one) not a superhuman. Look at storylines covering his early years, and you'll see that despite this "superiority", he has nearly gotten himself killed with his carelessness and cockyness. Even as an experienced crimefighter who has first hand knowledge of alien life, he has often been depicted as being unaccepting of the supernatural...a blind spot that has- again- nearly killed him more than once. In the RW? Probably not. Within the context of the reality in which he exists, he is an unusual specimen, but most certainly not unique. Who is his greatest foe? The Joker, an utterly insane former chemical engineer. Not an über genius. Not one of his martial arts mentors. A chemical engineer turned psychopath. No, I can't agree with you there. Batman never does anything [I]remotely[/I] supernatural. He uses wits & science, but never violates the rules of physics in the way you're describing. Bruce's parents were both human. Hercules is a demigod, literally half-divine in origin. He could do things as a child that Bruce could not do as an adult no matter how much he trained. Bruce Wayne is, in a sense one of the characters in DC's stable who could be considered a paragon of humanity. He- and those like him- are characters you can aspire to be. Hercules isn't even fully human. You literally can never be like him in any meaningful sense at the most fundamental levels. If you can't see the enormous gulf between the two, you have an odd conception of literature indeed. [/QUOTE]

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