Originally Posted by
lemonpeace
well, yes and no. I can't speak for everyone, though I'm sure it's likely a similar situation, but for Duke the evolution of this sorta wide-eyed gullible characterization has been pretty prominent in the Slice of Life/Tumblr-sphere of the DC fandom for a few years now. it's basically something that snowballed out of that one burger scene in I Am Bane due to many batfans not really having a good idea of who Duke is; which in part probably came from him being the only member that was created in their lifetime and not having as much material to base off of. around this time there we also alot of "metalhead" Duke content and takes due a scene involving a vulgar batman joke, which came out if All-Star Batman but let's not get bogged down into that. i feel it's more of a fundamental misunderstanding of the character more than something that's just made up.