[John Valentine]

The implication in making the hero 'dark' is to associate him with evil, a 'dark side'.

Here again, I don't think I was painting Batman himself as "dark," although others have, i.e. "Dark Knight", but rather I was referring to the mood of the Batman/Gotham world. That's why I referred to the comics, and not Batman per se when I used that term.

[fortheDeclaration]

Ok, then we are discussing two different things.

You are talking about the background he is operating in.

I was discussing his character.