That awkward moment when youâre beating up bad guys and you spot the latest and greatest thing in a store window, and you have to remember to come back later in your secret identity to buy it.Â
I mean, who doesnât want an Adam Westâs Batman snow globe??Â
Power Girl/Karen Starr/Kara Zor-L & Batman © DC Comics
Wherein I (once again) ask the big question - keep this blog going, or archive and remake?
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  He could do this. He could definitely do this. He wouldnât use any powers, or whatever to solve whatever Batman would throw at him, either. Nope, heâd do this like a true detective. Because that was what this was all about anyway, right?Â
  So, no matter what Bats wouldâŠ
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  ââŠOkay, give meââ just gimme a second. Because I know this. I feel like Iâve heard this before somewhere, maybe. But I know this. Itâs very simple, since itâsâŠÂ Itâs, uh..  Itâs obviouslyâŠÂ I mean, A city without buildings is clearly a⊠and oceans without fish isâŠâ
  Wait. Cities and no buildings, mountains with no trees⊠An anthill? No, itâs got no seaâŠÂ valleys with no breeze and no fish in any water?
  A⊠game? Board game? Thatâs too far fetchedâŠ
  Freddy gasped and his eyes grew a bit bigger as he slammed his fist in his other hand. âA Map! Is it a map!?â
âVery good,â he murmured, quietly impressed that the lad had made the connection at all, much less so soon. He had been prepared to spare him undue embarrassment - he would have turned and poured his attention back into his work, giving the boy enough time to pull out his phone (which wouldnât work in any of Batmanâs work spaces) or called on his powers to help him solve it. Ignoring the telltale thunderous clash of course.
âItâs a rather simple one in the end, isnât it? Funny enough how often the easiest answer is overlooked for being too rudimentary. Itâs much the same with fighting crime... do you follow me?â
It was another riddle, and perhaps a cheap one. But the fact remained, before he considered anyone as a protegeâ, they had to be willing to follow the rules. The core principals. And one of those included âlisten to the mentor you already have.â
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What's your favorite breakfast cereal?
âIâm not sure I can really remember the last time I had cereal...â
It would have been bran flakes two weeks before, eaten without any attention paid to it. And it wasnât really a favourite...
Favorite flavor?
â.. of anything?â
âHmm... coffee.â
A friendly reminder that Bruce Wayne bothered to get his Bat logo printed on the bottom of the sink he shaves with absolutely no reason whatsoever.
Favorite scent on a woman?
âHereâs where I turn around, smile and say âI prefer such-and-such on a woman, and nothing else!â And of course, itâs whatever latest fragrance that Wayne Cosmetics have released recently. But Iâll level with you - I have no idea what that is right now. Can you keep that secret...?â Bruce Wayne gave a saucy wink towards the rolling camera following him, barely noting what network it was from. One of the more independent ones, out of his own control.
It paid to live with a skilled actor.
Favorite scent?
â...â He has several - gunpowder, because itâs such an easy thing to discern and place at a crime scene. The burnt ozone that comes from building a new iteration of the Batmobile. Oil from certain machines.Â
âVanilla,â he finally says - not too strong. Just a subtle scent, and an enjoyable one.
Favorite meal or snack your mother used to make?
âI... I miss little things. Sandwiches. Tea. It didnât matter what it was, there was just something remarkable about the way she made it. Probably why Alfred never argued with her when she decided she wanted to own the kitchen.â
âUhhh, youâre literally looking right at me working the coffee, Batman. Whatever happened to âthe worldâs greatest detectiveâ, huh?â Joker arched a brow. âBesides, Iâm your very own personal arch nemesis! Batmanâs arch nemesis doesnât need an âoccupationâ.â He said the word as though it tasted bad, and picked up the cloth to wipe imaginary dust off of his little coffee stand set-up.
âThanks for the reminder,â he grunted, whipping out his personal awesome and in-no-way-affiliated âputer phone. If he was going to take this âarch enemyâ thing seriously, it was only fair the Bat gave as good as he got.
âLemme see here... Review: one star. Clown barista is a grade a bat-astrophe.â All fear the poison pen thumbs of The Batman.