#anyway yeah happy father's day to this insanely codependent british butler. i love him so much

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Happy Father’s Day to Alfred Pennyworth, but especially Crimson Mist Alfred Pennyworth, who a) refused to kill his vampire son or recognize him as already dead, even though Bruce begged him to, b) could not fathom the idea of Bruce being “bad” even when Bruce became a literal and self-professed bloodsucking monster, c) waited years for the absolute barest justification to un-stake Bruce and bring him back to life, d) tried to get Bruce to drink his OWN BLOOD to get his strength back.

#alfred pennyworth #bruce wayne #jim gordon #vampire batman #crimson rain #it's all a million times worse because of the reveal that vampires are still conscious when staked #they just can't move and start decaying like a normal corpse #so alfred's unwillingess to kill bruce left him helpless and immobilized while feeling himself ROT. for YEARS #which is at least half of why he's so crazy for the rest of the story #ugh i love crimson rain #anyway yeah happy father's day to this insanely codependent british butler. i love him so much #his inability to accept bruce's death or do anything with his life but care for bruce is a very endearing parallel #to bruce's obsessive need to dedicate his life to avenging the death of his parents #and it gets even more fascinating when you look at how alfred has an actual biological daughter who he is a total deadbeat to #like in joker endgame when bruce dies and julia is sitting at the foot of his bed trying to convince him to get a prosthetic for his hand #and alfred refuses and tells her 'i don't need a hand. there's no one to use it to care for anymore' #YOUR DAUGHTER IS RIGHT THERE! BRUCE'S CHILDREN ARE ALL STILL ALIVE AND THERE! #but bruce isn't there and that's literally all that matters to him #alfred pennyworth THE character of all time. i could think about him forever