Oh, I don't mean manpain in the sense that he's a man. And I completely agree that it's due to the nature of the comic books a whole lot.
What I mean by manpain (women can also suffer from manpain) is a form of dark, brooding angst that a character not only doesn't get over but never takes any steps towards TRYING to get over it -- no therapy, isolates themselves, etc. And, most importantly, this "pain" is used as an excuse for why they're an asshole.
Batman frustrates me because he's not only one of the most Mary Sueish characters I've ever seen, but because his story plays up his trauma as an excuse to do unkind (or even horrible) things all the while he never even TRIES to move past it.
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What I mean by manpain (women can also suffer from manpain) is a form of dark, brooding angst that a character not only doesn't get over but never takes any steps towards TRYING to get over it -- no therapy, isolates themselves, etc. And, most importantly, this "pain" is used as an excuse for why they're an asshole.
Batman frustrates me because he's not only one of the most Mary Sueish characters I've ever seen, but because his story plays up his trauma as an excuse to do unkind (or even horrible) things all the while he never even TRIES to move past it.