Obsessed with butler Bruce and doing mental gymnastics to come up with a reason why he'd reach the conclusion that's what he wanted to do, and how he got multiple generations proud career butler to let him. Maybe Alf tried to do both and Bruce wanted to take something off his plate? Ultimately won the argument with a critical hit of "you're also my dad"?
no but anon it works PERFECTLY think about it (they're talking about this btw)
Alfred, retired veteran, fresh off the death of his best friends, decides not on my fucking watch. Eight year old Bruce, pissed and angry at the world and all the criminals in it, is pacified by the knowledge that Alfred is fixing it. Alfred will help. So instead, Bruce follows his dear old dad's footsteps and become a doctor (he got plenty of practise patching up his dad). Alfred refuses to quit his night job even as he ages, which only means Bruce has to patch him up more, and deal with his bad knees and back pains. And if that means cooking for Alfred because jeez don't get UP you have a bullet wound and cleaning up the cave because you're gonna pull something old man.
And then when a tiny child with plans for vengeance follows Alfred home, Alfred's gotta agree to help him kill his parent's murderer because, well, pot meets kettle.
Well now Bruce needs to take care of him too. Alfred's out on patrol who's gonna read the kid bed time stories??? Who's gonna shop for tiny robin hood pyjamas? Who's gonna sit and teach them algebra? Bruce of course.
And then another shows up. And then another. And then another. And then another.
Alfred starts the Justice League with Ma and Pa Kent who need a better world for their little baby alien boy to grow up in. Clark and Bruce bond over their vigilante parents and Clark grows up to be a great reporter.
