In This World of Batman

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In this world of Gotham City…

(Changed) Justice is served
- (Unchanged) Batman has a moral code
- (Unchanged) Bruce Wayne is a billionaire
(Changed) Harvey Dent has brought an end to corruption in Gotham
(Detail) Having saved Gotham, Dent is getting into politics
(Detail) GCPD officers now wear the classic Batman costume as a uniform
(Detail) Super villains still wreck havok on Gotham
(Detail) Cops don’t carry guns but use non-lethal Bat gadgets instead
(Detail) Harvey never became Two-Face

In this world of Batman…

(Changed) Batman has no moral code
- (Unchanged) but he is still a billionaire
- (Unchanged) Gotham is still rife with corruption and terrorised by the Batman’s nightly sprees
(Detail) Gotham has no costumed villains, Batman summarily executed them as they appeared
(Detail) Batman doesn’t hunt alone, he still adopts orphans and uses them as sidekicks as long as they are loyal
(Detail) Batman creates his own villains
(Detail) Batman’s proteges are secretly conspiring to overthrow him and liberate Gotham
(Detail) Wayne Tech weapons enable America to dominate the world with no rivals
(Detail) Other billionaires profit from and enable Batman’s rampages, several are Bruce Wayne’s friends by day

In this world of Batman…

(Changed) Bruce Wayne was a penniless orphan on the streets of Gotham after his ruined parents killed themselves
- (Unchanged) Justice is denied. No-one cared for the orphan Bruce, Alfred drunk himself to death with grief
- (Unchanged) Everyone is traumatised: “What makes you so special Bruce?”
(Detail) Bruce is a clinical psychologist at Arkham
(Changed) The correctional system works, people get better with Bruce’s help
(Unchanged) Gotham is still corrupt, sometimes hiding your identity is a wise thing to do
(Detail) Bruce became Batman to do random acts of kindness to those who need it. He wears a mask in imitation of his childhood hero Zorro which reminds him of better times watching movies with his parents
(Detail) Wayne’s reformed patients have started a wave of costumed philanthropy
(Detail) The point of the costume is that anyone can help, it’s not about one individual
(Detail) Charity shops all have costume sections

In this world of Batman…

(Changed) The people of Gotham are in good mental health and capable of tackling their problems rationally
- (Unchanged) Batman has a moral code
- (Unchanged) The correctional system doesn’t work
(Detail) The billionaire class, including Bruce Wayne, have invested in Gotham to create a utopia
(Unchanged) Justice is denied because class statuses are still enforced
(Changed) Bruce Wayne is a tyrant and Batman is his enforcer
(Detail) Those who can’t adapt to the system are exiled from Gotham to Arkham Asylum
(Detail) Catwoman remains at large and fights against the system. Selina Kyle is in a relationship with Bruce Wayne.
(Detail) People consigned to Arkham Asylum are subjected to increasing radical procedures that is resulting in their personalities becoming increasing erratic and deranged.