#bathacks

Absolutely. While he certainly has more of a soft spot for theater and Greek myths, classic literature is something he used to read a ton before having to take to living in his hideout, though he has managed to snag copies of his old favorites. 

Unsurprisingly, George Orwell’s Animal Farm was a favorite and his old copy was so worn. A little faded, pages torn here and there, cover falling apart, etc. He was also particularly fond of Lord of the Flies and much older classic literature. Ask him about the title of Dante’s Divine Comedy because he thinks it’s weirdly funny. 

Also, he has absolutely gotten a new Animal Farm copy somehow and has read Oscar Wilde at least once before, probably.

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Not exactly? His motives and drives are very personal and he does truly believe his actions are for the greater good. Though he has had moments where he’s wondered how the people who’s deaths spurred him forward would feel if they could see him now. He knows they didn’t have the same moral code as him and would be disgusted if they could see what he’s done.

This has brought him pause before, on days where things are particularly bad for him it’s a constant though,  but he’s able to work past it as he knows they can’t see what he’s doing and it’s not his fault ‘people can’t understand why he does such things’ as he’d put it.

On another personal note, the thought of what his mother would think is something that makes him question himself, but that’s a whole other mess for another time. 

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Lazlo does not consider himself a criminal, the crimes he’s committed are murder, impersonating an officer, theft, black market involvement, and not paying taxes. Outside of those, Lazlo has done nothing else, any other crime would be considered his limits. Again, he truly believes himself to be a good person and only did what was necessary, he wouldn’t commit any other crimes.

Oh, boy, this is gonna be a long one! And speaking of ‘long’…

In The Long Halloween, Harvey mentions wanting to “take some time off” after Maroni testifies against Falcone. Had everything gone according to plan, I think Harvey would have taken a vacation with Gilda and worked on their relationship, which was becoming increasingly strained from Harvey’s workload and the danger he attracted by taking on the mob; it’s implied in several stories — and outright stated in Two-Face Strikes Twice — that they were having trouble conceiving due to the amount of stress Harvey was under as D.A.

And if there’s one thing DC’s been consistent about when it comes to Gilda, it’s how badly she wants to have little Dents running around the house, so. Yeah.

Once the ‘Roman Empire’ was dismantled and Falcone’s power stripped away, I think Harvey would have set his sights on crime bosses like Penguin and Black Mask. While it’s canon that he helped put half of Batman’s rogues gallery in Arkham and Blackgate, I think Cobblepot was too slippery for him to pin charges on and Sionis was just way too vicious for him to touch. In my story for Harvey, this is what prompts him to realize he can only do so much as the city’s district attorney, so he decides to run for mayor ( much like his Telltale counterpart ).

I also believe that Harvey would have become the first official member of the Bat Family after Alfred. Bruce laments that he was “nearly ready” to tell Harvey his secret, so after the trial I imagine he would have been like, “Hey, guess what? I’m Batman.”

Now that’s all well and good, but there’s still Big Bad Harv lurking beneath the surface. Even before he became Two-Face, there were several instances where Harvey acted inappropriately because he couldn’t control his anger: in Batman: The Animated Series, he violently lashes out at the police, Rupert Thorne, and even Bruce; in Eye of the Beholder, he fantasizes about killing a criminal as he’s prosecuting him, and he even beats up a mobster with his own weapon ( in his defense, Harvey was attacked first ); in Two-Face: Year One, he punches fellow attorney Mort Weinstein in the face for insulting Bruce, and again when he finds out Weinstein’s trying to blackmail him.

The list goes on and on. Harvey Dent is a man who’s struggling with his inner demons; the acid attack just happened to be what pushed him over the edge. In fact, in Gotham Adventures, an alternate reality where Harvey was never scarred is explored and his mental illness is shown to be slowly deteriorating and Big Bad Harv is taking control, albeit more subtly. So it’s very likely that Harvey would eventually succumb to his other personality without proper treatment and support ( comic canon Batman is honestly a terrible friend to Harvey in this regard and that deserves its own post ), which would probably lead to a scenario similar to Telltale wherein he abuses his authority as mayor under the delusion that he’s doing what’s “best” for Gotham.

this is bullying.

          `   yeah, so, i’m kinda new to this whole thing and obviously i don’t know how all of this works just yet, but, like...is this normal?  because part of me wants to say it isn’t, but at this point, i don’t even know anymore.   ` 

i’m calling the police

from a meme I lost.

“ No ma’am, it really shouldn’t. ”

His jaw tightened as much as the metal pushing against the inside of it would allow, a ragged sound leaving him as he hauled himself to his feet. 

“ You have astounding observational skills. ”