Just call me Vrow.

Thinking again about how Duke's backstory was a deliberate mirror to Bruce's, and was designed to play out the same way if Bruce had not intervened. In light of Bruce's heavy idolisation of Duke, I think Duke might represent the ultimate positive end goal of Batman - one less orphan in Gotham. I think part of why Bruce loves Duke is that for someone who came so close to losing his parents in the same way, Duke ends up so unlike him, a symbol of light & truth & community. It's not that Bruce thinks if his parents lived he could've been like Duke (because Bruce knows a lot of who Duke is is just who Duke is). BUT Bruce saves Duke's parents from death, preventing the Wayne tragedy from reoccurring, and then meets Duke again further down the line. And the Duke he sees is strong, good, stubborn, a hero. Someone shaped by his past but not controlled by it; someone who does not need a Batman. Duke is a symbol of Gotham's future - in many ways the best version, the ending Bruce has always dreamed of. And that's why Duke is SO important to Bruce forever & always!!

let’s get tumbled by mama

Everyone talks about Bruce wants to put a tracking chip in his kids, but why doesn’t anyone talk about how much his kids would want to put a tracking chip in Bruce.

Squeaky!

Aaw, good boy, Vice!