:) What's interesting is that most versions of Batman have him too emotionally crippled for him to even use terms of endearment (y'know, beyond calling Robin "old chum").
I never thought about it that way, and OMG, that's interesting to think about. He did before YO, but he doesn't now. Wish I could do a creepy font for this, but: In part, because of Frank Miller. /creepy font.