I just had to get this off my chest. Tonight I decided to take some time to finally catch up on some of the animated DC films, mostly The Dark Knight Returns.
It was a pretty good movie, but there was a scene in the first part where a 2 year old boy was kidnapped by thugs, still in his sleeping clothes, crying as they tossed him around. They implied that they were going to kill him once they got the money they were after, setting up Batman coming in to save the day. Which he did thank god.
This scene before Batman showed up utterly destroyed me. I am serious. I was on the floor nearly weeping in terror and rage. Over a fake animated movie.
Just over a year ago I could watch shows that involve death or destruction without a care, disturbs but not broken up when it involves kids. Hell, I laughed at the brother getting killed in IT, I could be sick like that.
Back then I only worried about myself and my wife, and I knew she could take care of herself just as well. Now that I am a father, even the implication of these events cause me to go into near panic attacks.
Is this something a new parent experiences, or am I just being overly emotional? I just want to protect him, and all these implications of child abuse and death make me keep imagining what would happen if he was caught in these situations. He is not even 8 months old.
Don't even get me started on the two back to back baby killing scenes in Game of Thrones. I still have not forgiven my wife entirely. I just can't handle it anymore.
It was a pretty good movie, but there was a scene in the first part where a 2 year old boy was kidnapped by thugs, still in his sleeping clothes, crying as they tossed him around. They implied that they were going to kill him once they got the money they were after, setting up Batman coming in to save the day. Which he did thank god.
This scene before Batman showed up utterly destroyed me. I am serious. I was on the floor nearly weeping in terror and rage. Over a fake animated movie.
Just over a year ago I could watch shows that involve death or destruction without a care, disturbs but not broken up when it involves kids. Hell, I laughed at the brother getting killed in IT, I could be sick like that.
Back then I only worried about myself and my wife, and I knew she could take care of herself just as well. Now that I am a father, even the implication of these events cause me to go into near panic attacks.
Is this something a new parent experiences, or am I just being overly emotional? I just want to protect him, and all these implications of child abuse and death make me keep imagining what would happen if he was caught in these situations. He is not even 8 months old.
Don't even get me started on the two back to back baby killing scenes in Game of Thrones. I still have not forgiven my wife entirely. I just can't handle it anymore.
