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Bats in mesoamerican cultures are usually themed around evil man-eating cave demons.
>Unironically, this will probably be the best or second best researched piece of media I know of that focuses on Mesoamerica directly made by a major commercial studio (so excluding indies/publisher picked up indies) alongside Onyx Equinox. That perhaps speaks more to how most projects butcher the setting then anything else, but they still did a good job here (at least for Mesoamerican stuff, IDK about Spanish aesthetics): Compare to pic related
Doesn't really change the fact its weird to have Batman in a civilization that sacrifices human beings at least once a month. And aztecs were the most bloodthirsty ones who took the sacrifices to violent extremes. Having an Aztec themed fantasy show would be cool where the twisted culture of blood sacrifice is just normal everyday stuff for the heroes and the villagers fighting jungle demons and gods of hell. Like heroes regularly opening their own veins to sacrifice some of their own blood when asking for favors from gods. It would be like a fantasy story from a savage and bloody lense with its own heroes and villains. But that kind of approach would still warrant a R-18 rating where Batman doesn't really fit well.