Originally Posted by
gregpersons
I feel like there's an opportunity for a character — a rewrite of Hush's origin, maybe — to have a parallel background to Bruce, but their parents never died, they never experienced any deep tragedy... but they became an awful and cruel spoiled rich kid who uses their power to hurt people. Like if instead of Tommy Elliott trying to murder his parents for the inheritance (an origin so nonsensical it prevents the character from larger exposure), he grows up and joins the Court of Owls. By day he seems like a great award-winning surgeon, at night he's Hush/Talon/whatever.
There are a number of "dark mirror" villains but none of them are really this. Some versions of the Penguin have sort of mirrored their upbringings (like Telltale's version, which was good)