general media Kevin Conroy(Voice for Batman in various media, most notably in Batman TAS) has passed away

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4 hours ago, Sir Hugsalot said:

I never watched Batman much as his stories tended to fall into the darker spectrum of superhero genre, but one cannot deny the importance of that character. 

Batman had to cope with the dirtiest kind of villains. What to most superheroes was a challenge and, so to say - interruption from relatively peaceful life - to Batman was a daily struggle. He lived in, to make Star Wars reference, a hive of scum and villainy and dedicated his life to at least try to make that place a little better. 

He has a literal fortune that could easily let him just isolate himself from that mess. Instead he faces danger head-on, choosing to risk his life for others. He could take easy path and be a villain himself, due to his skills becoming uncatchable. Instead he makes villains's lives difficult. He gives up his own comforts so that others can at least feel hope upon his symbol being lit on the sky. No matter how bad things get - he is always ready to take up the burden, standing between innocents and evil that seeks to harm them. And he has no superpowers to back him up other than his wits and genius. 

He may not be my favourite superhero as his stories are definitely the darkest... but both Batman and Kevin Conroy were important parts of superhero genre and deserve recognition for it. 

RIP, Kevin, You shall be missed by many...

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