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

[perletwo.insanejournal.com]

Alfred always makes everything better, while maintaining the illusion the Bats did it all by themselves. I so love him. <3

[bluefall.insanejournal.com]

I think it's really deftly done here especially. It's still Babs who figures it out, so it's not a knock on her ability to solve the case. But she never could have gotten past her emotional investment to think clearly if not for Alfred's awesome incarnate nature, so he becomes essential to the resolution. It's a perfect balance.

Also, he sends her pie. Me, I'd have had her washing dishes or something that she'd never see a return on, and that is why I will never be as badass as Alfred.