Batman V Superman: 15 Theories That Were Utter Bull

5. Bruce Gets Romantic With Mercy Graves

Warner Bros.
Warner Bros.

The Rumour: There were a ton of rumours regarding Wonder Woman love triangles in the movie, though the most peculiar and specific romantic rumour was that Bruce Wayne would end up in a relationship with Lex Luthor's genius assistant Mercy Graves. Perhaps this would allow Bruce to become corrupted by his carnal weaknesses...or something.

How Much We Believed It: Not really at all. Mercy only ever had a tiny part in trailers and it seemed like the movie would reflect that. Not impossible by any means, but the whole playboy dating-around thing has already been done so effectively in the Nolan Batman films that it would seem kinda trite here. 2/10

The Truth: Graves isn't in the film for much more than an extended cameo: her face flashes on screen every so often to remind comic book fans that she's in the movie, but she gets unceremoniously killed in Lex Luthor's carefully-orchestrated congress explosion before she can make much of an impact, which was a crying waste of an awesome character.

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