Batman: Arkham Knight - 10 Big Story Moments Fans Will Debate For Years

6. Superfluous Romance Harmed The Story

This was perhaps the oddest of modifications to Batman's lore in recent memory, but the strangest thing about it is that it served no purpose whatsoever. Many fans didn't seem to have a problem with this element as it didn't go out of its way to encroach on the overall story, but for hardcore Bat-fans the times that it did proved to be irritable beyond words. Tim Drake and Barbara Gordon have had no romantic connection - be that in the comics or in the Arkham saga prior to Knight. It's highly likely that the only reason these two were together for the duration of the story was to force melodrama between Bruce and Tim, as Batman shields Barbara's kidnap and 'demise' from the third Robin. It's silly because it changes nothing whilst at the same time deviating from the established comics canon. If Rocksteady were going to pair Barbara up with anyone, the least they could have done would be to make Dick a love interest.