Right but other than protection this doesn't give him the range of abilities that a Green Lantern would have. Moreover there's a big difference between putting on armour with a few gadgets and company perks ('the car' etc) and wearing a ring whose power can manifest one's will into reality. A huge difference actually.
But because of that armour Batman is able to stand up to these gods of the DC world. That elevates him to a position of more than a man.
Yet physically he is, hence why he has to adopt the armour you mentioned. He's certainly the one's who's most likely to be reminded of his mortality.
Green Lantern is also physically a man, which is why he needs the ring and lantern.
I would question anyone with 'fear denial'.
It's not denial, it's acceptance which is why Hal was considered the greatest Lantern, he denied the Guardians (and Sinestro's) tenet that fear cannot be overcome, it must be eradicated.
Uhhh...yes he does. The very nature of his work is dangerous and welcomes death, fraught with peril and anything can go wrong for him. His grapple line could fail or his cape could get torn or ripped, not great if you need to jump off a building - for instance.
And Hal could encounter a Manhunter which drains the rings power and turns him into a regular man in the same way if you take away Batman's advantages he's a regular man.
You can't project fear onto other unless you've mastered your own and understand what it is.
I disagree, I'm scared of being shot or stabbed, but I'm fairly sure most people would also be scared of me if I pulled a gun/knife on them.
Batman uses it because as a naked force, it's the most powerful thing he understands and has felt viscerally since losing his parents in such a violent manner. Rather than run away from it he's learnt to deal with it. Again, as said in TDKR, it can give you that extra edge. To fight a bit harder, to jump a bit higher or run a bit harder. It has a function rather be dismissed as something 'evil'.
Fear isn't just evil, it's overcoming it, conquering your own that gives great Lantern's their power.
It's a cyclical thing. If you can harness something of great power then by its very nature it's empowering. Possibly to the extent of removing the fear of dying. I'm not questioning a Green Lantern's strength of will but rather their relationship of fear and their understanding of it.
Green Arrow had to overcome his fear of being out of his depth to use the ring, and the results were as described. The GLC has been undergoing this change for several years. Though it is still called "willpower" it is now more akin to valiance, or courage. Their bravery in the face of fear.
But it's the ring that creates whatever construct they have in mind, where as Batman has to make the things himself (to what degree varies in each incarnation of course).
But the fact he can create these exemplifies he is not ordinary. To quote Superman (roughly):
"Sometimes I admit I think of Bruce of an ordinary man. Then he pulls a gadget out of his belt and reminds me of what an extraordinarily inventive mind he has and how luck I am to call upon him."
In short, he is extraordinary.
The point of Batman having defeated far more powerful adversaries merely exemplifies his guile, cunning and intellect. His "supposed" vulnerability stems from how easily he can lose his life. He can't deflect bullets like Superman or Green Lantern.
Every hero faces villains more powerful than them. But they survive anyway. Bruce can just take the bar lower.
Righto, not something unique to them. Bruce Wayne travelled the world for 7-10 years remember. Time spent in which Bruce Wayne didn't have Batman. Batman didn't appear overnight, it was a hard fought end for him. Besides he can take care of himself without the suit, it's not simply there to give him body armour.
Never said he doesn't every hero always keeps going without their powers as explored in countless stories. Being Green Lantern isn't just a ring, it's a characteristic, or attitude.
Yes he is. Yes Batman's a symbol but it's also a mask.
WWJSS? Even John Stewart said behind it all, he's just a man (although a very gifted and able one).
Exactly, you take away the mystique of Batman and he loses all power. Bruce Wayne is just another face that could be ground under Darkseid's heel, but with his suit, he was the man who faced down evil itself and smiled as he did it.
Nice try, "you don't agree with me so you're not listening". I simply don't put stock in what you say despite your best efforts and I don't need anything underlined, put in bold or italics to get the meaning of it. I get it (sorry), I really do. I don't view the Green Lanterns nor Batman the same way you do, that's all.
Fundamentally for me, I see the Green Lanterns fighting fear (i.e the Sinestro Corps as you said before) as an elemental force, an external enemy. Rather than with Batman who understands fear at a very visceral level and who's always struggled with it but also embraced it.
Fair enough
. I wasn't trying to seem condescending or anything. It's just you kept labelling the Lantern's as denying fear, which it isn't, for an allegory, when Bruce was in the Pit after being defeated by Bane in TDKR, he wasn't ignoring his physical injuries, he was overcoming them.
And I didn't mean to make it seem as if Bruce didn't understand fear on a visceral level, he does, hence his ability to inflict fear on others and his induction to the Sinestro Corps. But it is equally personal to both of them, Bruce wears the totem of his fear on his chest and draped around him, Green Lantern burns it into his mind whenever he faces an enemy and Hal does it as a job.