I'm not a writer, not really. But here are my two cents.
Freeze in BTAS is a superior story. No argument from me. However, because his motivation is so narrow, he is difficult to port into the ongoing world of comics.
How would you bring him in again and again? All he cares about is Nora. Money is not motivation, Power is of no use to him, revenge? Maybe, but not against Batman. Nothing matters to Freeze unless it involves Nora.
Joker's motivation? Chaos. Scarecrow's, fear. Two face, justice/fairness. They are broad, malleable motivations that can be wrapped around many different stories and iterations over time. Freeze's motivation is so focused in BTAS that he works extraordinarily well, for only ONE story.
BTAS did Freeze so well that he ended up not being usable thereafter unless changed.
Freeze should have been redeemed after Nora is cured but not paired with her.
I'm not a writer, not really. But here are my two cents.
Freeze in BTAS is a superior story. No argument from me. However, because his motivation is so narrow, he is difficult to port into the ongoing world of comics.
How would you bring him in again and again? All he cares about is Nora. Money is not motivation, Power is of no use to him, revenge? Maybe, but not against Batman. Nothing matters to Freeze unless it involves Nora.
Joker's motivation? Chaos. Scarecrow's, fear. Two face, justice/fairness. They are broad, malleable motivations that can be wrapped around many different stories and iterations over time. Freeze's motivation is so focused in BTAS that he works extraordinarily well, for only ONE story.
BTAS did Freeze so well that he ended up not being usable thereafter unless changed.
Thank you for analyzing this particular cultural palimpsest in an interesting manner.