This is a really interesting post. Definitely making me think a lot about the language commonly used surrounding how games do/don't function and what it's really getting at! I think the comics comparison is apt, though [as someone who is too comics-pilled lol] a lot of contemporary DC writers actually feel like they've swung towards appealing to Batfam/cozy AU enjoyers when it comes to characterization - esp. in the non-mainline stuff like Wayne Family Adventures but you do see it pop up in some of the more recent Batman and Nightwing runs. It's a fascinating case of an expanding audience base/differing fan interests over time actually effecting how characters are presented and writers creating new storylines to shape those interpretations!
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This is very useful context- I've seen some of the Wayne Family Adventures stuff, but I had no idea it was official! I haven't been caught up with mainline Batman since the New 52, Rebirth, up to the wedding- although i keep meaning to read the recent Nightwing stuff!! i hear really good things.
But a great example for sure of how creative works are in a cooperative feedback loop with their audience, for sure!