Babs and Alfred: Tea and Sympathy. And Crime-Solving

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

Reading Gotham Knights #12 and came across this nice moment between Alfred and Babs. I really liked this story. There's kind of--quite a bit of her processing her shooting, and I think it's well done here.

(From Gotham Knights #12 by Jen Van Meter, Coy Turnbull and John Lowe. 2001.)


Cover by Darwyn Cooke

Context: Babs is having a hard time, trying to solve a case involving wheelchair victims. She's tried all of her usual coping mechanisms: exercise, work, etc. and nothing's helped. So she makes a fairly complicated trip...





I love that Alfred found her a BW handkerchief.




Check out the photos changing...

She figures out the guy's motive, so she sets him up to go after her. She sues her father and Bruce Wayne. For her shooting.



It works and the guy comes after her.


She solves the case and takes down the criminal.

Comments

[the_lassiter.insanejournal.com]

It was the first thing that came to my mind.

Gingerly :Gently; in a delicate or cautious manner.

(-:

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

Yeah, but more precisely a HESITANT manner, to my way of thinking. That's why writing a story gingerly is an off mental image. 'OK... easy does it, now... oh, dear - have I bitten off more than I can chew? Should I go on? What to do? If these stories get riled up, they can turn on you! Bite your head off, they can!'

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

...'odd'. 'ODD mental image'.