The victim/god identity, along with the scapegoat theory of culture described in the lecture, derives from the interesting French thinker (and Stanford prof) René Girard.
vengeful, vigilante, uses fear and intimidation, but fights crime and never kills people
paranoid, schizoid, extremely brilliant
orphan billionaire philanthropist
extreme insider+outsider
http://www.jonathanlipps.com/blog/2008/07/the-dark-knight-an...