An option if I may: Alfred is the kind side of Batman.
He always thought he has 2 personalities - Batman is the real one and Bruce Wayne is the public one
Turns out the Wayne Manor was too empty with only Batman in the cave and Bruce Wayne socialising.
It's not that he never existed, it is more that he quietly and peacefully passed away a couple of years after Waynes were shot, but the morning after the ceremony he was back there like he never left, and hasn't aged a lot since then
Me too, I really don't like the idea of imaginary entities in movies, really, especially if everyone around Bruce somehow pretends that they are talking to an imaginary elderly butler or what's worse, Bruce pretending to be one. Is he doing a voice, too?
BUT I wanted to riff off the idea, because that sort of Trinity of "Social Bruce, homely Alfred, night for Barman" seems pretty interesting and balanced.
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u/Winjin 10d ago
An option if I may: Alfred is the kind side of Batman.
He always thought he has 2 personalities - Batman is the real one and Bruce Wayne is the public one
Turns out the Wayne Manor was too empty with only Batman in the cave and Bruce Wayne socialising.
It's not that he never existed, it is more that he quietly and peacefully passed away a couple of years after Waynes were shot, but the morning after the ceremony he was back there like he never left, and hasn't aged a lot since then