Can you imagine Bruce Wayne having the private residences of his various rogues tapped? Like he could log on to one and hear a live audio stream of their actions. Imagine:
Ivy quietly making soft ‘cooing’ noise to the various plants which she keeps in her home to nurture and for her protection. Sometimes Harley can also be picked up but she soon disappears after a few weeks or so.
Joker seemingly being aware that Batman has his home tapped and is happy to hold long provocative conversations in the hope that the Bat is listening at any given moment. Bruce hates it since Joker seems to have a sixth sense about when he is tuned in and uses it to his advantage to get under his skin.
Catwoman being the only other rogue who seems to be aware that Batman is listening to her but she is rarely home (and is intelligent enough to not discuss her business) so she uses it as an opportunity to flirt and give hints as to which expensive gifts she would not mind receiving.
Scarecrow’s line is pretty much silent most of the time since he tends to conduct experiments elsewhere but the occasional hummed lullaby can be heard along with mad cackling and it unsettles Bruce more than he is willing to let on.
Edward Nygma being, by far, the loudest of them all. Between the cacophony of creaking and grinding that his various electronic projects make as he constructs them and his incessant need to hear his own voice and practise riddles it can be very grating. Plus he sings. A lot.
The Mad Hatter seeming to have a habit of holding daily tea parties which are almost unintelligible as Tetch fully descends into the madness which has a great hold of him. Bruce can only hear the story of the Walrus and the Carpenter so many times.
Bruce having to force himself to check the feed assigned to Harvey Dent as there is always a chance that instead of picking up Two-Face barking instructions to his henchmen over the telephone, he may pick up pure silence only broken by the occasional sob of the man whom he was once best friends with.
I was playing the Arkham games recently and when I got to Arkham Knight and heard Jervis call Batman Alice, I got really confused at first. I wonder if it is to show Jervis' mental state has gotten worst, or if it means he can't find an Alice since every civilian left Gotham so he has to find himself an Alice and Batman was just the first one to bump his way that actually caught his attention or something.
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But I really like this theory! I honestly didn't think about it past 'o fucc Jervis is gay for bats' but mentioning it like that...yeah it makes a LOT of sense. It's always been a general Hc of mine that most jervi need someone to latch onto and have as 'his' Alice, or at the very least, someone who can take on board a persona of an AIW character. It helps him mentally to do this, and without it he'd be a lot more than unhinged and dysfunctional, so Batman seemed to make a 'worthy' candidate for him to project this onto
And then, of course, he tries to show him his 'true' self to make him, well, like him, which I find really interesting and honestly? It's probably to engrain tje fact this is his Alice and they're actually pretty alike and close. Obviously this isn't true, but Jervis sure tries his hardest to make it true
Never thought I'd psychoanalyse Arkham Jervis but I'm living for it. Thanks for this ask n sorry again it took so long to reply!!
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"Ah, how very fascinating."
Even if she had her weapons at the moment, it'd probably do no good against him. With how often she'd been mind controlled by Tetch he'd likely only need to sing a single note.
"Count yourself lucky that your natural talent didn't also give you skin like Killer Croc."
Noticing the change in her new companion Madeline decided it'd be better to add more humor to the topic.
"Or perhaps giving you feathers."
Tetch really should fill her in more about his more 'special' friends.
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“Jervis? Are you here?” Music Meister poked his head through the doorway, looking around before stepping into the Hatter’s latest hideout. Between composing and organising his next ‘performance’, the maestro had grown bored and decided to visit his acquaintance. However he didn’t seem to be around at present.
‘Who cares for you?’ said Alice (she had grown to her full size by this time). ‘You’re nothing but a pack of cards!’
"I'm glad you like it."
Honestly why did she even worry, rogues always wear their favorite colors.
Oh well at least she knows now not to fret next time.
"Excuse my forwardness, but why are you here to see Tetch? Partnership, a debt anything?"
He's been nice so far so whatever needs can't be too urgent, however he's still a rogue and even if Tetch spoke good of him in the past, ot doesn't mean that's haven't changed.
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“Jervis? Are you here?” Music Meister poked his head through the doorway, looking around before stepping into the Hatter’s latest hideout. Between composing and organising his next ‘performance’, the maestro had grown bored and decided to visit his acquaintance. However he didn’t seem to be around at present.
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