Batman: The
Batman will never die, Robin–I thought I’d already made that clear. Jean
Paul Valley didn’t work out, and Dick Grayson wasn’t quite right either…but
if and when the time comes, someone will be right–and someone will
pick up the mantle of the Bat. Preferably you.
Robin: Whoa.
Batman: You say something?
Robin: Uh, no…
I mean yeah. I just said…“go.”
–Tim Drake
with Bruce Wayne (Batman #555 – Trapped Like Rats)
I’m so bad at making decisions that playing Batman Telltale, I’m stressed that blue was not the best decision.
Now all I can do is wonder how it would look if I picked a red bat tech color….
I…I think I love him even more. I didn’t think that was possible.
I’m crazy enough to fuck with the Joker. I could possibly out crazy him if I really wanted to and laugh doing it. Prank fighting, flip his nose hard enough to break it. Eye poke and pop one out. That sort of thing.
I absolutely would not fuck with Alfred.
In case you didn’t catch it….
ALFRED IS BRITISH S.A.S. basically British Green Beret Special Forces.
and just to top it off. Some of his great quotes.
Damn Alfred don’t fuck around.
Well he was a retired soldier who works for both MI5 and am MI7.
Abilities
Acting: He can work undercover on cases for Batman.
Hi, Clair. I’d like to come in and talk with you. Would that be all right?
This is the Batman we need to see more often. The one who remembers what it was like to be a scared child, one who knows how to handle situations delicately.
One of the reason why I love batman so much. He is portrayed as a very careful and guarded man. But he is probably the most human out of anyone. It’s why he is the knight that gotham deserves.
Re: that last panel –
Batman, when he’s written correctly, is an extremely compassionate person.
I always feel the need to reblog this because it’s definitely something I feel was lost in the Nolan films.
I mean batman being the dramatic type is nice, but honestly i think gotham is just Like That™
He’ll be standing on a gargoyle because it just happens to be the best vantage point of everything, minding his own buisness and as soon as a somber thought creeps up in his mind there’s a fucking thundercrack and it starts pouring out of nowhere and everytime it happens bruce is just like “fuck yes, i love this city”
The best cover for Bruce Wayne would be dumb carefree playboy who is also Instagram Optimistic, everyday he’s posting a selfie of his smiling at his breakfast with a caption like “it’s a waffle day! #goodvibesingotham #grateful” or a picture of a sunrise with a caption that’s just “wow #blessed”
Bruce Wayne ending up as Gotham’s favoured son because he may be an idiot, but he’s a cheerful idiot, and he donates tons to charity and genuinely loves Gotham and actually, truthfully does put a lot back into the city. And his instagram is a bright ray of sunshine, and honestly there are a lot of people in the city who get surprisingly defensive of their Dumb Carefree Playboy because, okay, sure, every month or so Bruce Wayne falls off a yacht or sleeps with a reporter or whatever. The man clearly never met a healthy coping skill even once in his life.
But as far as news regarding Gotham’s prominent citizens go, Bruce’s ‘scandals’ are so normal that it’s downright refreshing. When a headline has ‘Bruce Wayne’ in the title, you know you’re either going to read some Celebrity Gossip level non-drama, or else something to do with a charity. Maybe he’s been kidnapped again, but that’s only happened a few times. Bruce Wayne news is like the Gotham equivalent to special reports about dogs who rescue their owners from drowning, or raccoons who’ve figured out how to get past the new self-locking garbage can lids.
And there’s something weirdly reassuring about following his twitter. Like, if Bruce Wayne is tweeting about a really neat old tree he just saw, things must at least be sort of alright.
(Meanwhile, Bruce’s social media persona is 100% him flanderizing Clark.)
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