#viki vale

[freebeeftea]

[cerealboxlore]

Whiz Kid Billy Batson and Lois Lane + the others

How come I haven't seen anything about Billy Batson interacting with the other journalists and reporters in the DC universe when it's the perfect opportunity to have the truth seekers in one room combining their skills/forces together?? I mean seriously, let the Whiz Kid Billy Batson HC meet with the others during some big journalist/reporter convention being held in Fawcett City, he has his own little radio show, let the boy speak his mind! Billy and Lois would have a blast together solving a cold case, interviewing superheroes together, and investigating the mystery behind who invited all these famous journalists and reporters to Fawcett city.

Make it be like a Knives Out scenario where someone extremely important and big suddenly bites the dust during the convention, and not only are the famous reporters and journalists there meant to solve the case, but they are also the suspects! The superheroes are away and can't help in this event, it's up to the non super powered allies to get to the bottom of this and save themselves!

Billy obviously can't transform into Captain Marvel due to the circumstances, but he's more than ready for a challenge to prove that Billy Batson is just as much a hero as his alter ego is.

Billy Batson, Lois Lane, Iris West, Jimmy Olsen, Viki Vale, Cat Grant (I'm going off the DC wiki for journalists and reporters). Put all these people in a room and all of your secrets will be in extreme danger.

Bonus points if Benoit Blanc is canon to the DC universe and was invited as a plus one to a guest of honor/VIP at the convention. I like this fruity southern detective man a lot. Him existing in the DC universe would just be hilarious and actually fit. Man solved a lot of famous cases, who's to say he's never solved a supervillain crime case or answered a few Riddles by the Riddle before (even though he thinks they're stupid). Let this man meet batman for crying out loud! (And let him play Among us with the other journalists/reporters-)

I got the idea based on the snippets of the fic being made by @wolfsbanesparks that involves Billy going through a mentorship program under Lois Lane.

[nerds-yearbook]

In Batman 457# (cover date December, 1990), Tim Drake saved Batman and Viki Vale from a trap they were caught in set by the Scarecrow. This deed caused Batman to allow him to become the new Robin. He even creates a new suit, just for him. The issue also introduced his battle staff. ("Master of Fear", Batman 457#, Comic, Event)

[the-astromeners-bakery]

Interview log: Carol Grelitia

>Start log<

Viki: Hello loyal listeners! I’m Viki Vale here with Gothams too news! If you remember last time, I went all out about how the RPG game ‘New hero’s of tomorrow’ is sweeping over Gotham and becoming a huge success. Well, today I’m here with the games sole creator, Carol Grelitia! How are you today Carol?

Carol: Well, I’m honored to be here Viki. I honestly never thought a game I created just as a fun hobby would gain so much traction.

Viki: Well, it has and you’re here right now. So tell us Carol, what inspired you to make this game?

Carol: It’s not really a big or complicated story. We have a lot of vigilantes all across the globes, especially here in the US, and they inspire a lot of people. I know many people want to be like them, but don’t have the ability to be. I’m not talking about powers either, I mean our very own Batman ain’t got no powers. I’m taking about the training it requires to be a hero.

Viki: So, you made this game so people could experience what it’s like to be a hero without the risk?

Carol: Practically.

Viki: Now, do you kind if we get into some more personal questions submitted by the fans?

Carol: Oh, of course not Viki.

Viki: Alright! First question, submitted by user ‘Nightwings thighs’- am I reading this right? … Anyways, Mr. Nightwings thighs asks ‘What is your nationality?’ And gives the follow up question of ‘What languages can you speak?’

Carol: Well, it’s a simple. I’m Swedish/French on my pops side and Russian/Australian in my mums. As for what languages I can speak, I can speak fluent Russian, French, Swedish, and Spanish, and am currently attempting to learn Gaelic.

Viki: Ladies and gentlemen we seem to have a quad-lingual with us today! Moving on, the next question comes from user ‘The_Mitochondria_Is_Ur_Mom’- *Viki does a double take*… Ehm, Ms. Mitochondria asked ‘What’s your sexuality and are you in a relationship?’

Carol: Well, I haven’t really used labels before, but I would call myself pansexual as I really don’t care what gender my lover is. I also identify as Demi-romantic. I need to know someone well before i develop feelings for them. I am also polyamorous and- *blushes*- Currently taken by my two loving partners, who I won’t name for the sake of their privacy.

Viki: Well, it sure seems like you are very lucky. Carols lovers, if you’re listening, feel free to leave a question reveling yourself, if you want to that is, for our next interview!

Carol: N-next interview?

Viki: Of course, there still so many questions, but sadly we only have enough time for one more question.

Carol: Alright. Im ok with that.

Viki: Good! Now, for our last question, submitted by the user ‘BatBurger enjoyer’ asks us ‘What is Carols opinion on the new Batfam BatBurger meal toys?’

*Carol laughs to herself*

Carol: Oh, I think their just swell. I’m actually on a quest to collect all of them. So far I’ve gotten two Red Robin’s, six Batman’s, four Signals, and 2 Azerals.

Viki: That makes two of us. Sadly, we’re now out of time, but we look foreword to seeing you next week! To all listeners, make sure to head to our Website at WWW.Gotham Daily.Com/Inbox to send in questions for our next interview with Ms. Carol here! Speaking of Carol, got any ending thoughts?

Carol: Well, I just wanna say that I’m happy to anyone that’s listening, and I hope you all have great nights! I’ll see you next time.

Viki: You heard the lady! We’ll see you all next week. This is Viki Vale, signing off!

>End log<

( @arkhampsychologist @gotham-its-seven-in-the-morning @gothamstudent @gotham-bitch @christelgothamite @scarecrowspawn @hannahhook7744 )

[oifaaa]

Please rant about Alfred to me

I'm sorry but I can't I've already been too negative about him I need a cool off period so people don't think I'm just a grumpy bastard which I am but others don't need to know that besides now I'm turning over this street kid Bruce au (not ft. Alfred) and its driving me insane with all the possibilities

[viky-somebody]

for some reason i always had in my mind that wtnv is super long, like about 1000 episodes or something. found out thats not true, its actually a much more manageable amount, and i listened to first 3 episodes today. pretty nice

[keistance]

we know tim faked a leg break and the physical therapy thereafter for over a year to throw viki vale off the scent of his secret identity. is that. something he just does? but maybe in smaller scale so his insane brain thinks this is a reasonable escalation. “oh im sorry darla but yeah i cant go to the school trip with you. why? dont laugh but a bookcase fell on top of me yeah that ancient one and ive bruised my side. yeah i gotta take it easy the next couple of days” and he has the bruises (waterproof 24/7 make-up) to prove it, along with a gauze thats totally unnecessary that he diligently changes for almost a week straight. “oh? my fingers? yeah i smashed them awful with a gargoyle last night. there's big ones in drake manor and i knocked one over myself. alfred stayed the whole night with me to take th worst of the swelling down but they should be back to normal tomorrow" and he smashes his hand with the car door to fake a little swelling that he later in patrol will just have to muscle through

[us-the-voices-and-more-voices-2]

Bruce x viki vale over bruce x barbara ANY FUCKING DAY.

if only Vicki could could know wtf is going in with Bruce, he ends up loving and telling HIS BODYGUARD (in Bruce Wayne murderer?) BUT NOT FREAKING VIKI???

make it make sense Dc, make it make sense.

they are currently my OTP, I do prefer Selina x Bruce but they keep fucking it up so I give up, so I’m gonna hold onto Vicki x Bruce for a while.

That’s Vicki in the corner look how utterly happy Bruce is, I believe in this relationship even if it literally will never happen RIP.

[screechingsandwichhologram]

okay cool this is a good perspective. i've now finished what we had to read.

i think the writer is a "he" because he's just making a self insert cause he is the writer. he does backtrack and say "the man (or woman)" but i believe he is just writing about his experience while writing. this could also be because he believes that the writer taking his advice is smart and stuff and therefore a "he". that's probably less of it idk.

for the woman journalist i still am unsure of. he's very very supportive of journalism and regards it very highly. however, it could still be a result of misogyny idk.

i feel like he wouldn't think that far ahead into making the pronoun change for distinction, especially because i don't believe it's needed. he kinda sucks at writing tbh

reading something from this professor book about nonfiction or some shit and he uses "he" when talking about a writer and "she" when talking about a journalist. someone with brain cells and time please analyze that for me

[aflamboyanceofflamingos]

A WIP that i will probably not work on

All of a sudden the door to Steph’s room swung open, and an out of breath Tim Drake appeared.

“Hi? You good?”

After looking at her as though he could hear her, but was unable to process what had been asked, he proceeded to flop face first onto the bed and let out a scream that was only slightly muffled by the blanket.

“Okay- Um- Do you wanna talk about it?”

He lifted his head slightly, only his forehead and eyes showing, and mumbled something indistinguible.

“What?”

Pushing up to a sitting position, he repeated himself. “Tim Drake is dating Red Robin who may be cheating on him with Alvin Draper.”

“I hate to break it to you, but you are all those people.”

“Trust me, I’m aware.”

“The Waynes get in a scandal almost everyday. You really think people are going to sit on this one for longer than a day?”

“It’s been 2 hours since Viki’s article was published and there are now 13 additional fics to the Red Robin/Tim Drake Ao3 page with the tags “Cheating” and “Alvin Draper”.” 

“Nevermind then. What are you gonna do about it?”

“Currently I only have 3 options. The first is to make a statement that denies the relationship between my civilian and vigilante persona, except that would probably make people think that the cheating was definitely happening and that is the reason said personas are not dating, which may lead to a hatred of Red Robin, and the public woobifying me even more. The alternative to that is by releasing a statement that says I am  in a relationship with Red Robin, but once again the rumors about Alvin will still be there and end in the same result as the first.”

“And the third?”

He lifted a hand to rub at his temples as he sighed. “I released a statement that says I am in a poly relationship with both Red Robin and Alvin Draper.”

“I beg you to do that, I can already see the tropes forming; The enemies, Alvin “The Bad-Boy-Art-Thief” Draper and Red “Gotham's-Mysterious-Vigilante” Robin, brought together for a competition of who gets to win Timothy “Handsome-Teenage-CEO” Drake’s heart, But there’s a twist! During this race to love, they end up falling for each other as well.”

“I hate the fact that you were able to think of that so quickly. Hold up- Do you write fanfiction about us?”

“Nah, but Bernard does, and I’m his beta reader. Oh yeah, how are you gonna factor in your huge crush on him with this polycule situation?”

As Steph had intended, Tim’s cheeks began to flame red. “I DO NOT HAVE A CRUS- Did you say he writes fanfiction about us?”

“Yep. It’s mostly Red Robin x Reader, but there are a few SuperBird and Tim Drake x Reader mixed in.”

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“How’d you fuck up enough for Vale to get the idea in the first place?”

“A photo of Red Robin jumping from WE, and one with Alvin Draper in the background with his bag open just enough that you could see a piece of red cloth.”

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

I don't love the MAWS Livewire because, basically, she's not 'saying' anything about society.

I really liked how they reinvented Parasite (though I would've preferred if he was still called Rudy Jones than Prof. Ivo) because his character says rather succinctly–billionaires are parasites. Boom. Perfect. No notes. Great social commentary.

Livewire's old job was supposed to be a criticism on right-wing sensationalist news pundits (which would've be extremely relevant right now) and how they're all just narcissistic attention whores who don't care how what they do/say hurt people (they did do something like that with Vicki Vale, which is admittedly nice).

MAWS's Livewire says. . . nothing. She's just a generic mercenary/thief with superpowers. They could've made her Atomic Skull, Volcana, Anomaly, or even a genderbent Coldcast, and nothing would be different.

Yes, Livewire has been changed before in shows like Young Justice and Supergirl, but that shouldn't excuse MAWS from missing an opportunity to say something meaningful.

Just say you hate the fact that this incarnation is a person of color and save us all the trouble.

This show gave its unique take on all the villains, yet you don't see anybody getting worked up over the fact that Silver Banshee doesn't speak with an Irish accent now do you?

The MAWS incarnation of Intergang are a group of petty crooks with no connections to Darkseid, yet nobody is making a huge fuss about that.

Not every villain has to be some thinly veiled metaphor for a real world issue. Some villains are just evil for the sake of being evil.

And don't sit there and act like this show was scared of tackling real world issues, the writers had Lex Luthor spout out a bunch of right wing xenophobic talking points when Viki Vale interviewed him.

Livewire doesn't need to be an Alex Jones expy to be compelling.

Don't like this version of the character? Cool, go watch the 90's animated series or Supergirl.

[criologoexisto]

—— WEAK HERO 💥💪

fiquei mais inspirada do que nunca quando revi essa série depois de 2 anos. Weak Hero é uma verdadeira obra de arte que vale a pena assistir cada segundo!

— onde assistir/where to watch: viki ou telegram — serie: weak hero — direção/direction: Yoo Soo-min & Park Dan-hee

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[ozzybrainrot]

Okay, opinion on the rest of the telltale batman characters? Any other favorites? Least favorites?

Personally my favorites are

Riddler, Oswald, John, Burce, Alfred, and Harvey

Least favorites

Harley, Selina, Viki-vale/lady arkham, Thomas Wayne, mayor Hill

you basically said it all for me lmao, we have the exact same taste in characters! I also love jim gordon, he had to deal with a lot of bs

[edward-lygma-ballz]

The Batman Movie teir list

*to preface these are the movies I've seen which is most of the live action ones and a couple of the animated ones. This list will be in chronological order to the best of my abilities please don't blow a gasket if I fuck something up I'm doing this for shits and giggles*

Alright here we go

1943- Batman: Started it but never got to finish it so need to do that. From what I can remember I liked it, the summary honestly sounds like a blast I'm going to give it B tier for now since I barely remember the little bit of it I have seen.

1966- Batman The Movie: I'm just going to flat out say it, I'm a sucker for the 60s batman and little me had a huge crush on Robin in the series. The movie is ridiculous at times but thats what great about it. Honestly nothing negative to say about the movie it's self. In my humble opinion catwoman in this movie feels like Zoë Kravitz's girl boss catwoman just placed in the 60s and I will stand by this, overall the plot of The Joker, The Riddler, The Penguin, and Catwoman all teaming up was carried out very well and I loved it. It worked in such a stupid way. I'm giving this movie A tier for the bat shark repellent, my old crush on Robin, and the ridiculous dialog.

1989- Batman: OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY I FUCKING LOVE THIS MOVIE TO THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. This was the first Batman Movie I was ever exposed to at the very mature age of 4. This movie gave me my love of Prince, Michael Keton, Jack Nicholson, and the joker. It was like a gateway drug that got me into the rest of Batman, comics and everything. I owe most of my personality to this movie and Batman Forever if I'm being honest. And if I'm going to get real with yall, Jack Nicholson's joker is to date the best live action joker, no diss to Heath Ledger's because by God do I fucking love his joker but Jack's is just better. Viki Vale is honestly the only female love interest I've been able to stand besides Zoe Kravitz's catwomen (but she's catwoman so it's different). Maybe it's cause she doesn't play the damsel in distrest way up the way Dr. Meridian does idk but Viki Vale is cool. Plot is great little me loved watching Jack Napier fall into the vat of acid after getting shot in the face. Love the museum scene literally the best scene in the movie, parade scene and dancing on the church rooftop are for sure head to head for second place. So many iconic lines like "You wanna get nuts?! COME ON LETS GET NUTS!!"(later referenced to in the Lego Batman Movie) "We're like beauty and the beast, of course if anyone else calls you beast... I'll rip thier lungs out" and, "And where is.. the batman?? Huh? HES AT HOME!! WASHING HIS TIGHTS!!" this movie is S tier.

1991- Batman Returns: AND SO DOES MICHAEL KETON! Secon Batman Movie ever exposed to so this one holds a special place in my heart as well. Batman and Batman returns were like the only two Batman movies I watched from ages 4-6. Love Danny Devto as the Penguin, LOVE LOVE LOVE Michelle Pfeiffer as catwoman but I heard somewhere they had to like shrink wrap her into the costume which sounds like absolutely horrible. I call this movie a Christmas movie around my family as an excuse to not watch Elf for the 500th time around the holidays so that's a plus. Nothing much else to say, A tier.

1995- Batman Forever: OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY I FUCKING LOVE THIS MOVIE TO THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART Pt2. Love Jim Carrey's riddler idfc what you guys say he is a gay icon who also has many iconic lines like "Joygasam!!" "Ya like the new sweater?? It keeps me safe.. when im... JOGGING at night." And "You were supposed to understand🥺.... I'll make you understand😡". But I HAted Val Kilmer as batman, he gives me the ick, never heard of him out side of this movie and he seems like a decent actor but he just couldn't do this. I will agree with yall on the fact that the writing is absolutely horrid but like with 66 batman is works sometimes but Val just doesn't make it work. Coming back to Chase Meridian, do not like her character, pointless besides love interest, points out the very obvious about two face and his coin. Not cool. For more info on two face in Batman Forever and a little glimpse at my feeling for Harvy Two-face in the dark night reffer to this meme.

He is an alpha male bicon that's all, overall, A tier movie.

1997- Batman and Robin: 😐 D tier. Make it less sexual, idc if poison ivy's thing is manipulating people with love/plants other adaptations can do it I'm begging for it to be the norm. Batnips aren't cool, robin ain't it in this movie or batman forever. I also forget that bane is in this movie cause he ain't it either

PART 2 HERE

[the-astromeners-bakery]

New video game gaining popularity across Gotham?

I’m Viki Vale, reporting to you about the newest video game sensation that’s taking over Gotham.

The game, which is titled ‘New hero’s of tomorrow’, brings a whole new meaning to gaming with its emotional cinematic story mode combined with game mechanics that are easy to learn, but always have new surprises to keep you on your toes.

In this game, you play as a fully customizable character (the cositumizability is insanely detailed) that is a young teen in Gotham city who after a near death experience unlocks powers and mutations. Throughout the game you must battle and defeat super villains and criminals by putting together your own super hero team (think like the titans or the outlaws).

The game is honestly amazing and we here at Gotham Gazette hope you find the time to invest into it. For the low price of 30$, it’s all yours! I have been lucky to get an interview with the creator of the game, Ms. Carol Grelitia, in a few days, so stick around for that my loyal viewers!! This is Viki Vale, signing out.

[arobinwithoutbatman]

((Lol whoops it's been 4 weeks since I did this. Onto The Search!))

Oh we're finally back in Santa Prisca and seeing wtf Bruce and Alfred have been up to!

So Bruce's wheelchair is all tricked out and thank fuck for that! Because God damn, not even a minute and he's getting attacked

Oooooo local hero! Nice!

Damn, Bruce pulled some strings and got himself 2 Justice League heroes to keep him safe though I don't like the name of one of them. Why are we still using that slur as a name?

Lol, Green Arrow is hanging out there too

...Tim is like 14 at most, why does this art style make him look 40

So miss subterfuge specialist ~~I refuse to use her actual hero name and I will die on this hill~~ just casually turns invisible, love that

And they're attacking the drugdealer hotel Bruce is staying at. I'm betting he's already left

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Called it! Bruce is fine and already playing 5D chess to keep his identity a secret

Jack isn't doing too good though and these kidnappers are fucking awful

Oh cool! Angry rabid dogs! Love that!

Oh hey Ollie! Finally revealing yourself to the others... you've really just got your whole face out like that? Shadows from your hood don't do shit, you should know better!

Setting a fire and smoking them all out, nice!

And of course Shondra ran after Jack, she's his doctor and she's a damn good doctor

Oh and Bruce has a yacht waiting anyway

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...I'm sorry, is there random vampire oneshots in this? Why? Does it have *anything* ot do with the current plot?

I don't think it did? But hte plot continued after a few pages anyway sooooo -shrug-

I'm sorry, is there some kind of hunting going on?! Jack is just there to get Shondra to agree with whatever this sicko is planning?!

Waaaiiiiitttttt the beginning was actually necessary... I got he gist tho. Bruce met up with Hood as Batman even though he's still not fully walking yet and now Hood (named after Robin Hood, Jason hasn't even come back to life yet) is helping out while Bruce and Alfred are in London

...Shondra has a power? And it's healing based? Makes sense

Oh dang, Bruce really loves Catwoman... okay Talia and Viki Vale I knew about but he actually had a bit of a fling with *Poison Ivy?!*

*O H* Shondra heals and this Asp asshole amplifies. Oooohhhhh I don't like this. She knew him as a girl? Something is *very* wrong here

I'll give comic writers this; they got the London accent and general slang right. Though I wonder how much it hurt Alfred to drop his RP dialect

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Okay but those disguises tho

Oooooooo comics entering the discussion on fox hunting~

Huh, figured out who Hood is, nice! But I'm pretty sure he's clocked Bruce and Alfed too

So Asp is looking to store Shondra's ability to eradicate disease? ...he's storing it alright but I doubt that's his end goal. Nah, if he's got files with MI5 that say he didn't exist before the age of 25, something's wrong. He's working with outside forces

CALLED IT. He's not looking to heal, he's looking to kill

And Bruce is having an identity crisis

Ah and this is when Tim calls in while Azreal's going nuts

Eeeeyyy found her! And also, Asp is awful, he just wiped out most of the surrounding village! Now was that sign language Shondra made or pure coincidence?

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Holy fuck, *he caught a mum and baby in that wave* I hate him. I utterly despise him

Shondra's gone but Jack's here and just barely alive!

Mmmmm not quite right, Bruce, she's protecting herself, she's getting threatened and smacked around, she'll say anything to keep herself and her power safe because I get the feeling she's not really been using it all that much

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Bruce is gonna be stuck in this misunderstanding, isn't he? Better to focus on that rather than focus on teh fact that he's probably stuck with chronic pain for the rest of his life

Mind control drugs now? Well damn, that's not gonna be good

Tim, wtf is going on with your hair

Shondra/Sandra is still fighting like damn... oh you bastard! He's planting false memories! Wait... those aren't false memories?! Oh fuck. Poor woman's been through hell

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Back in Gotham and apprently, a fkae name and appearance are enough to dodge this new power. Good thing too!

Oof, you know Alfred's serious when he threatens to resign

Holy shit, he actually resigned!

And gone to Jean-Paul so that Bruce at least has a body guard... but is Jean-Paul going to care?

...Bruce are you going mad or are you trying to draw out Asp fucker?

Not going mad but might be a touch suicidal

Jean-Paul proving he's not Batman cause he almost let a wheelchair bound disguised Bruce fall... or a decoy... but at least he tried?

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So Bruce is now in the Carribean with the killer asshat and Shondra and even without a name, he's tried to redirect that anger from her upgringing to the voice she's hearing and *she's* the one thinking of both Bruce and Batman

But because she settled on Batman, Bruce is just knocked out, thank fuck

And now, Tim's chatting to Commissioner Gordon

Oh damn, getting Tim to listen in to try and help and find him. Or at the very least, bust this whole operation

He's trying for an escape! With a paralysed arm

Oh shit, she guessed! And now she's regressing and talking like a child so she's just blabbing and neither of them have realised there's a transmitter in the room oh shit!

...or he could be killed. That works for me, tbh! Bruce, you didn't kill him and tehcnically, Shondra, neither did you. It was definitely self defence. But also, with you age regressing all over hte place and somewhat in love with your patient, you both will kind of have to change things

Huh... she made sure to keep touching him and that healed a good portion of the damage while they weathered out the monsoon and it just skips to them all being back in Gotham

Shondra's got her own estate now and medical staff because she's stuck in child headspace, poor woman :(

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...Tim did you fall asleep *in your Robin uniform?!*

Awww picking up his dad from the airport... and does that porter in the background have a sign that says C Kent? Is that an Easter Egg?

Jack really wants to try... and it seems like he's definitely going to try once he's healed

And they've broken into the Batcave and holy shit WaynManor is a mess and *Alfred is still very much gone*

Oooooo car race!

That didn't end well... yeah sorry Tim, you need to leave this for the adults

And Bruce is going back to get some crash course training from... I feel like it's either gonna be Talia or Cass' mother who's name currently escapes me