#duke doesn't do good because he's under the batman mantle

[himejoshiangels]

duke isn't gothams daytime protector bcs Bruce asked him to be, he's gotham daytime protector because as he was training with Bruce he realized that he works better during the day, his skills or better suited to work with the people of gotham to keep them safe [INSANE RAMBLINGS BELOW]

#its like #no one shares bruces exact vision for gotham <<sometimes he expects them to which is..a whole other bag of worms #but like #this mission hes like a planet pulling them all in w his gravity or whatever and its inadvertently destroying them all #but duke never pretends to like share Bruce's exact goals from the get go hes like i have my own wants and stuff from this whole situation #and despite that usually being an issue in the past bruce is just like aight #<one thing i rlly like abt their dynamic #the cursed wheel arc is abt him learning what kind of vigilante he wants to be and that his people skills #empathy #and willingness to inspire others make him the perfect daytime symbol #duke doesn't do good because he's under the batman mantle #he uses the shadow of the bat as a tool for him to do good #seeing as he was #going to do it himself anyway no matter what