So I signed up for Twitter today and, as a consequence, am
now following a motley assortment of Tweeters: Friends, celebrities, friends of
celebrities, and … Batman.
It was a natural choice, really. Since I’ve written a book
on the guy, I thought it’d make sense to follow him—see what he’s thinking as
he careens through the Gotham City night, chasing all manner of bad guys. His
latest tweet: “Who harm yet claim virtue, oppress yet claim to be oppressed,
decry defenders as aggressors yet claim your aggression as defense: I see you.”
Brooding, honorable, very Batman-esque. Made me feel rather
shallow in comparison. My first tweet was about the dandelions in my back yard.
But the more I thought about it, the more I wondered, is Batman really the sort
of guy to be on Twitter?
Oh, I’m sure he’d have a smartphone stashed in his utility
belt. And perhaps if he followed Joker or Riddler, he might have the
opportunity to get some insight into Gotham’s next big crime spree. (“Van Gogh
exhibit @GothamArt. Anyone up for a visit?”) You know they’d have Twitter
accounts. Joker’s the type of (ahem) clown who’d hold a packed subway train for
ransom just to get a few more followers.
But Batman? I kinda doubt it. For better or worse, it seems
as though he’d keep his thoughts to himself, not telegraph them across the
world in 140-character blasts. That’s part of his mystique, is it not? That his
actions speak louder than tweets?
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