Re: Bruce/Tim
I don't want you to be Bruce. That's where you're getting this wrong. You're not my Bruce, and I wouldn't want you to try, because you're not, and I can't just swap out people like they're the same thing. Bruce wasn't my father the way he was for the others, our relationship was different. I had an amazing father. I wasn't looking for that with him, and I'm not looking for that with you either.
I was willing to start over with you, but you barely spoke to me for months, and then you left at the worst possible time. Everyone has broke down. I've been doing my part here, I reached out, I've been working. You haven't even made the effort when it came to me, so don't be surprised that I'm not exactly eager to get into line whenever you feel like coming back and ordering us around. We didn't build a bridge between us that you could burn down, Bruce. You never gave a damn about me, and you don't now either, so you really don't have to pretend or put the effort in here.
I don't expect anything out of you. If you want to come back some time and be Batman again, that's great, Gotham could use the help. I'll work beside you on the streets any day, because you're good at it. It's this ridiculous back and forth that's bothering me, because every time you do that, all of them get excited that you're coming back. And then you're gone again, and it hurts them, they won't say it, but it does. I care about them, so it sucks to watch. The responsibility I had I accomplished. I got here, I tried to connect with people, I worked the streets, I cleaned up after everyone else. How can there be a team if no one but me is showing up?