[ it feels like common courtesy but that feels harder to come across in this more modern version of gotham where most people keep to themselves with their heads down. ]
I don't think I could assimilate into anything that might be considered "normal" without a great deal of effort and the normal people would expect of me is a black hole of self-indulgence that isn't good for anyone. Has normal ever been something you wanted?
[ it's an old-school kind of charm that makes Dick smile despite himself. it's admirable that in the chaos of Bruce's life, he still finds the ability to stick with his own integrity.
and maybe that's an effort to hold on to what's normal to him. he imagines Bruce's life before the tragedy would've been filled with refinement and sophistication. he would've been raised to have good manners, to learn things like etiquette and proper social behaviour...unlike Dick, who used to steal Bruce's cars to go on joyrides and swing from the crystal chandeliers of the manor. yet for a circus kid, that was his normal. ]
The black hole part probably isn't good, but self-indulgence every once in a while is okay, isn't it? And yeah. I used to think I wanted what everyone else thought was normal. Thought I could be a 'normal' cop leading a 'normal' life before I realized it was just an unrealistic fantasy.
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[ it feels like common courtesy but that feels harder to come across in this more modern version of gotham where most people keep to themselves with their heads down. ]
I don't think I could assimilate into anything that might be considered "normal" without a great deal of effort and the normal people would expect of me is a black hole of self-indulgence that isn't good for anyone. Has normal ever been something you wanted?
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[ it's an old-school kind of charm that makes Dick smile despite himself. it's admirable that in the chaos of Bruce's life, he still finds the ability to stick with his own integrity.
and maybe that's an effort to hold on to what's normal to him. he imagines Bruce's life before the tragedy would've been filled with refinement and sophistication. he would've been raised to have good manners, to learn things like etiquette and proper social behaviour...unlike Dick, who used to steal Bruce's cars to go on joyrides and swing from the crystal chandeliers of the manor. yet for a circus kid, that was his normal. ]
The black hole part probably isn't good, but self-indulgence every once in a while is okay, isn't it? And yeah. I used to think I wanted what everyone else thought was normal. Thought I could be a 'normal' cop leading a 'normal' life before I realized it was just an unrealistic fantasy.