More Alfred Awesomeness

[sailorlibra.insanejournal.com]

A two-punch of everyone's favorite butler for Alfred Week. First, a scene of him being awesome from Booster Gold, followed by a sad woobie scene of him after Bruce's death.

That's right: I'm setting you up, then I'm knocking you down.

From Booster Gold #12:





That was the one that got me into Booster Gold (the title, not the character) in the first place.

From Batman and the Outsiders Special:






I will never not love that scene.

Recommended tags: char: batman/bruce wayne, char: alfred pennyworth, char: booster gold/michael jon carter, title: booster gold

Comments

[taggerung301.insanejournal.com]

this made me laugh, and then this almost made me cry
your post is making me feel quite bipolar

[ametatsu.insanejournal.com]

Oh, Alfred, I love you way too much.

[(Anonymous)]

Alfred does seem a little trigger happy in those first scans. But, I love the second set besides his inexplicably full head of hair.

[jedd_the_jedi.insanejournal.com]

Yeah...somehow prim and proper Alfred, despite his awesomeness, doesn't strike me as the type to go crazy with a shotgun. Also, I was a little confused by seeing Alfred with his full head of hair...

[ar_feiniel_.insanejournal.com]

I read it as Alfred just acting at being so overzealous to scare them out of the cave. I doubt he was even aiming to hit them with the shots.

[bluejaybirdie.insanejournal.com]

"for he was my son too"..."goodbye, dad."

*sniff* Please excuse me while I go cry in a corner for a minute or two...

[endis_ni.insanejournal.com]

Can I join you in the crying corner? *waves tissues*

[mullon.insanejournal.com]

If I could reach through the screen and hug Alfred, I would.

[(Anonymous)]

Great choice of scans. Thanks for posting!

What was the secret mission that Bruce wanted to send Alfred on, by the way?

[ar_feiniel_.insanejournal.com]

"You're not LIKE a father -- you ARE my father"

Made.Of.So.Much.Win.

[sistermagpie.insanejournal.com]

I love the thought that Bruce was making that not knowing when Alfred would see it, but thinking about what he would say to him if he died. ::sniff::

Also I love that first story. Even if I don't really believe Alfred would have killed him.

[beoweasel.insanejournal.com]

*Wibbles* Not going to cry at the second one. ;~;

[jedd_the_jedi.insanejournal.com]

Before I am reduced to a quivering mess by the second set of scans, may I ask what is the context for the Booster-in-the-Batcave bit?

[faile_neume.insanejournal.com]

Time nonsense. He needed to stop Mothman for some reason (even though it was actually Booster dressed as Mothman because at first they thoguht Mothman needed to succeed) but he couldn't mess with history so he dressed as Batman (and 'Shel may have been Batgirl, I'm not 100% sure)

That.. probably doesn't help. Time travel is very confusing.

[mysteryfan.insanejournal.com]

The first story's fun, but oh, that second one.

So much love for Bruce calling Alfred father. It's a perfect understanding of how the Bat family works. In Bruce's special secret tape that Alfred will only see after Bruce dies. Which is a perfect understanding of how Bruce often tends to work.

And that "I was lucky enough to have two amazing fathers in my life..."

Nice.

[shadowpsykie.insanejournal.com]

..... *sniff*.... *ahem* .... *whimper*

*starts to cry*

oh this, this is excellent stuff.

[kingrockwell]

Yeah, everyone went wild when Winick tried the same thing after BftC, but I could only think of how much better it was here in the Outsiders Special.
Tomasi knows how to bring it.


...sniff.

[jelly_ace.insanejournal.com]

Well, I cried then, too, so I'll say it was effective.

[icon_uk.insanejournal.com]

Not overly keen on Alfred blasting away with the shotgun bit, but I love the second scans.

Anongst the other lovely moments, in particular I like that Bruce gives him five minutes to make up his mind about taking on a new mission, and Alfred doesn't even wait until he's finished the sentence explaining that he has five minutes.

[sun_soraya.insanejournal.com]

I guess the second scene will always make me cry, at least on the inside.
As for the first part... I was thinking of buying Booster Gold trades, and this is definitely a plus.

YAY! for Alfred week, btw. :D

[psychop_rex.insanejournal.com]

Aww, Alfred.
I hope when Bruce inevitably DOES come back, he'll record another message. Come to think of it, it'd be very like Bruce to do that - he'd be constantly planning ahead in the case of his possible death, and recording a message for Alfred so he won't leave any unfinished business. It's probably a standard part of the procedure when he's getting ready for a big case - and I'll bet he ends every message with that 'goodbye, Dad'. *sniff* The only reason I'm not tearing up myself right now is because I know that Bruce ISN'T dead - still, this is sad stuff.