Batman VS Captain America: CORRUPTION

Who would be corrupted easier, Batman or Captain America?

Batman

Cap, Batman's willpower is far greater than Cap. Case in point he was able to keep Darkseid from possessing him.

Originally posted by maxivitopowe
Batman

Bruce would break mentally first, as far as willingly doing wrong goes it's a toss up.

Another good example of Batman's willpower is when he was able to reject a Sinestro Corps ring that chose him because of his ability to instill fear.

Batman's willpower and mental fortitude is far above Cap's, hell I'd even argue that Dick Grayson's mental fortitude is superior.

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Batman deals with some crazy ass psychopaths and always remains stable. Stalemate.

Originally posted by Werewolf582
Batman deals with some crazy ass psychopaths and always remains stable. Stalemate.

Hell the fact that Batman doesn't kill the Joker is proof enough that his mental fortitude is head and shoulders above Cap's

How exactly does not killing the Joker prove that Batman's mental fortitude is above Cap's?

Because he's resisting the urge to kill someone who

Killed one of his side kicks/adopted son

Crippled Barbara Gordon

Murdered thousands of people

But I'd love to hear some of Cap's feats, because so far no one's showed a single feat showing Cap having comparable will power or mental fortitude.

So your argument is that Batman not killing the Joker takes god-like mental fortitude?

Above Cap's mental fortitude, but feel free to post some feats.

Originally posted by Reshiram
Above Cap's mental fortitude, but feel free to post some feats.

You're aware that normal people resist the urge to kill murderers everyday, right? I mean you seem to be suggesting that Cap has less mental fortitude than the average person on the street.

Originally posted by Silent Master
You're aware that normal people resist the urge to kill murders everyday, right? I mean you seem to be suggesting that Cap has less mental fortitude than the average person on the street.

Most people resist the urge to murder because laws are set into place to prevent people from killing each other. You murder someone, chances are you go to prison for a long time, hence why people resist. If Batman wanted to kill the Joker, or his entire rogue gallery, or every inmate in Arkham for that matter, he could of done 100x over scott free

Second, most people don't feel responsible for murders other people commit. Batman feels responsible since he continuously captures the Joker, he gets loose and goes on another killing spree.

I'm fairly sure that it's against the law to kill people in the DCverse, so those reasons also apply to Batman.

I think their willpower is close enough that it'll come down to personal opinion on which feat is better, so there is no point in getting into a pages long debate that is just going to end in agreeing to disagree.....I just think you picked a bad example to use as a willpower feat.

Pretty sure there's a law in DC Universe against vigilantism too, hasn't stopped Batman from doing it for years though.

There will power isn't close enough and Cap doesn't have a single feat to show other wise. Dick Grayson probably has a higher will power than Cap does. I didn't pick a bad example, you just tried to straw man it.

So now you're arguing that normal people have better willpower than Batman as they have the willpower to resist the urge to break the law?

I'm getting confused as to what point you're even trying to make now.

Originally posted by Silent Master
So now you're arguing that normal people have better willpower than Batman as they have the willpower to resist the urge to break the law?

I'm getting confused as to what point you're even trying to make now.

But chances are you're straw manning since you can't actually find a respectable willpower based feat for Cap.

On another note: i have always thought that Batmans "methods" have a lot to do as to why Gotham is full of crime and psychopaths.

If you had a guy like Punisher move into Gotham, I can see Crime going down considerably. I would feel safer in a city with Punisher around than with batman TBO.