#jpv joins the brucequest

[zahri-melitor]

So @tallochar and I made the post-BFTC Dick and Tim argument better/worse.

Here’s a hypothetical. What if… JPV was alive, and HE believed Tim and joined Tim on the search for Bruce.

Just think. Think how mad Dick would be. His dad is dead, and he’s stuck holding Gotham together and being Batman, with only Damian for backup, and having to look after Damian, and Barbara’s STILL annoyed at him and not talking to him much (and is busy telling Dick that Steph’s changed, when Steph clearly has not changed! Last thing he heard Steph did was get Tim blown up! And Babs is being so petty about this, she’s telling him Steph has changed but won’t let Damian near ANY of her things), and now Tim’s disappeared off the face of the earth, accompanied only by Jean-Paul Valley (and maybe Cass).

Dick’s fine. He’s so fine. He doesn’t need back-up, he can do this himself, but what has made Tim (the person he was hoping to rely upon for help, why did Tim so want Dick to be Batman anyway if Tim wasn’t even going to stick around to help out) go off with Jean-Paul Valley. Tim doesn’t even like Valley. Dick doesn’t hold grudges, and sure Valley’s reformed but he’s also at risk of losing it and listening to the voice of St Dumas at any time. I mean. He strangled Tim. And killed people. And Tim’s always been wary of him ever since, even Bruce didn’t force Tim and Jean-Paul to work together after all that.

Dick’s really just looking out for Tim here. And Tim’s clearly not thinking straight. After all. Jean-Paul Valley?

(Alternately use Michael Lane or another Azrael, but really it’s funnier if we run it as ‘JPV reappeared during Battle for the Cowl’)