Thought 642: A Note on Batman Begins

DUCARD

If you make yourself more than just a man, 

if you devote yourself to an ideal, 

and if they can't stop you, 

then you become 

something else entirely.

WAYNE 

Which is?

DUCARD 

Legend, Mr. Wayne.

***

WAYNE

People need dramatic examples to shake them 

out of apathy and I can't do that as Bruce Wayne.

As a man, I'm flesh and blood, I can be ignored,
I can be destroyed; but as a symbol... as a symbol I
can be incorruptible, I can be everlasting. 

*** 

RA'S AL GHUL

You...fought the decadence of Gotham

for years with all your strength, all your

resources, all your moral authority, and

the only victory you could achieve was a lie.

***

To become a symbol

requires renouncing

all in order to regain all;

we receive the world

as a gift when we

have renounced

the world as

our possession.

In addition, 

the human condition 

being perfect purgatory, 

justice requires its 

opposite to be fulfilled,

which is why the Dark

Knight had to be 

blamed for the

crimes of Harvey

Two-Face.

Similarly, one

could make the case 

that the true Christ needs

to be veiled as Antichrist

to enact the will of God,

just as the Egyptian god

Set needs to be demonised

in order that his twin 

brother Horus

be hallowed.

Addendum (1):

Perfect World

Martha and Thomas

Wayne are happily

married and have

a son named Bruce.

Martha raises Bruce

by overcoming him

and Thomas raises

Bruce by hardening

him.

Martha overcomes

Bruce by purifying

his soul and Thomas

hardens Bruce by

crushing his ego.

In return,

Bruce serves Thomas

by making laugh with

pride and answers to

Martha by making her

blush with delight.

Addendum (2):

Wisdom Enterprises

Wayne Enterprises is Wisdom Enterprises.

Martha Wayne is President.

Thomas Wayne is Founder.

Bruce Wayne is Director.

Poison Ivy is Co-Director.

Dick Grayson is Executor.

Heather Carmen is Priestess.

Oliver St. John is Evangelist.

Tom Romer is Lawgiver.

Sophia Rose Magdalene

is Lawreviewer.

Mark Passio is 

Enforcer.

Addendum (3):

Falcone

Falcone is the hero of 

Batman Begins.

Why?

He knows 

no fear.

Proof:

he threatens

Bruce Wayne.