>>714467463>where the copium argument is that he's supposed to be satireThe peak copium is more that it's just straight up fun how awful it is. They kept going further and further with it, far beyond anyone would've liked it, and then pushed things even farther beyond that. They were self-destructive with their own brand doing this ridiculous shit, and then they did it again but even worse. It went long past any idea of rage engagement or an industry plant edgelord bait character, they were just being absolutely fucking retarded.
And in this kind of context, it was actually kind of refreshing. Batkek wasn't like, OMD or Zeb Wells kind of "retarded and destructive to the brand," it was the fun "All-Star Batman & Robin" kind of destructive to the brand, where it just gets so genuinely stupid for the sake of being stupid or trying way too hard to be cool that it honestly wraps back around again, because at least it's somewhat honest with itself.