Not This Day

for any work of fiction interesting enough to be worth talking about, there will be multiple equally plausible and valid interpretations that are possible - and by interpretations here i don't just mean headcanons about minor details, i mean how you read the core themes and character arcs. and very often some of those equally valid interpretations will directly contradict each other and that's ok

Alfred: "Master Dick--apologies, Master Timothy."

Tim, flattered: "Oh! It's no problem!"

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Alfred: "Thank you, Master Timothy."

Dick, who hasn't slept for 3 days: [seriously questions who he is for a few seconds]

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Alfred: "Master Damian, stop hitting!"

Cassandra: [looks up from where she has Steph in a headlock]

Alfred: "Sorry, force of habit."

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Alfred: "Miss Stephanie--I mean Master Duke--"

Duke: "Wow good job on not seeing race, Alfred."

Stephanie: "Or gender."

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Alfred: "Master Bruce!"

Jason: "No!"

Alfred: "Well, you did come in here covered in blood."

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Alfred, in bed and delirious with fever: "I don't need you mothering me, Thomas, I'm perfectly fine."