User blog comment:Mr. Xemnas/2 seperate marevl cinematic universe's?????/@comment-1895174-20130201050316/@comment-1895174-20130207055357

My proof that he's not that? He was going to die in all this. Would a man who plans the military takeover of an American city, full with a nuclear device roaming throughout the city not give himself an exit strategy (particularly when he gives one to Talia)? NO! Because it wasn't his plan! He was going to blindly stay behind in Gotham City for no other reason than because Talia told him to. Even if he was intelligent, it doesn't matter because his love for and loyalty to Talia blinds him.

I'd like to ask why you think he's so intelligent? We assumed he was planning everything because we thought he was the League of Shadows' leader. But the Talia reveal deprives him of that. So we have to go by what we see him do - and all that is are a few eloquent speeches (charisma =/= intelligence) and some brutal displays of force.