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Just finished Caped Crusader (spoilers) and WOW it was so good! 🤩 I especially loved this portrayal of Batman because of how clearly morally ambiguous he was! He made a lot of really questionable choices that he didn’t even attempt to explain or justify, just accepted as a means to an end for the “greater good.” I’m used to seeing much more conflicted, guilty, and/or -deep in the cognitive dissonance- portrayals so it really stood out! That’s the Batman I wish we could see more of because that’s where his strengths as a vigilante lie imo.
Getting to see his relationship with Alfred from the place it started—as a spoiled rich kid treating him so clearly like the “help”—to the last scene with him was SO impactful because it felt real. It’s so typical to see the friend/family dynamic they have once they’re well established in their journey, but it most likely didn’t start there. And this felt like a glimpse of that telltale moral ambiguity but from his life as Bruce Wayne. It makes sense that their relationship would also experience growing pains and it also makes sense that Alfred has seen the good in him the whole time and stuck around to see it on the outside too.
I’m obsessed with the fact that it takes place in the 1940s. It’s so cool to see a modern retelling of what Batman would have looked like in the era he was created/before he could go all out with his tech and gadgets. I also really liked the way they handled the diversity throughout. Because they didn’t go the “it wasn’t historically accurate to have XYZ” route—they had a Black police commissioner (when the first one IRL was in the 1980s), a wlw relationship that existed in public, and several women in clear positions of power. BUT they also didn’t go the route of “there’s no racism/misogyny/homophobia in this world” either. It’s a fine line and they pulled it off well. Even going as far as to make character choices that added diversity AND dimension that would knowingly piss off the crybabies in the fandom—such as making Penguin a woman and making Harley AAPI.
They added such a unique twist to each villain that also embodied so much of the original characters still and it was so cool to see which villains they decided to go with because I didn’t spoil it for myself beforehand. I haven’t looked up to see if a second season is confirmed but based on the final scene I’m assuming it is and I’m SO EXCITED!