The sad part is, even with his bad canon reputation, Bruce already was Gotham's favorite son. Wayne Enterprises, Wayne Industries, and the philathropic arm of the Wayme Foundation are to Gotham what Lexcorp/Luthorcorp is to Metropolis. make his name properly respected and Bruce'd have the kind of clout where he's not embarassing Luthor with No Man's Land, he could potentially BURY him.
Akamatsuverse I'm the Goddamn Batman, husband to Aoyama Tsuruko
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Just a thought on how Diana might see things here...
"Bruce is getting what?" Diana of Themyscira, better known to the public as Wonder Woman, demanded as she stared at one of her few truly close friends in Patriach's World.
"Married, apparently," Clark Kent, also known as Superman replied with a shrug.
"But...Bruce? Really? How... no who. Who is this Tsuruko Aoyama, Kal?" Diana sputtered still in shock as she looked at her invitation as if it were about to attack her.
Clark smiled reassuringly as he responded, "She's an old friend of Bruce's from when he was still learning all he needed to learn to become Batman. They trained together extensively for a time before Bruce moved on to the next leg of his journey. He met up with her again while on business in Japan and things just... clicked."
"Things do not just "click" for the Batman, Kal. There must be some kind of ulterior motive here for one or the other," Diana insisted. Granted, Bruce held a place of esteem in her heart much like Kal-El himself did and she did not begrudge him any happiness, but it was nigh unto impossible to picture him settling down like this with someone.
"Well you have to admit that she's a step up from the likes of Catwoman or the Demon's Daughter," Clark responded with a chuckle.
Diana's face grew pensive as she conceded, "True enough. You are certain she is not a villain in disguise or trying to merely latch on to his wealth and power within Gotham?"
Clark put a reassuring hand on Diana's shoulder as he replied, "He acts like himself with her, Diana. Not the Fop or the Bat. Just Bruce. Trust me, it's real."
"Speaking of that, is she aware of Bruce's... night job?" Diana asked with a sidelong glance.
Clark smiled wryly as he replied, "They were still arguing over whether or not it was a good idea for her to join him and Dick on patrols the last I heard. So far the only reason she hasn't, I think, is a lack of a costume persona and the fact that a new hero showing up as the media is watching 'Bruce Wayne's mysterious fiancee' might raise a few red flags in the wrong circles."
"So he is really sharing everything with her, then. He trusts her," Diana mused. "Then this is truly a joyous thing to hear. I will have to visit Gotham to congratulate him personally," she concluded with a relieved smile.
Clark returned her grin with another of his own as he respodned, "I think you'll get along well with her."
"Bruce is getting what?" Diana of Themyscira, better known to the public as Wonder Woman, demanded as she stared at one of her few truly close friends in Patriach's World.
"Married, apparently," Clark Kent, also known as Superman replied with a shrug.
"But...Bruce? Really? How... no who. Who is this Tsuruko Aoyama, Kal?" Diana sputtered still in shock as she looked at her invitation as if it were about to attack her.
Clark smiled reassuringly as he responded, "She's an old friend of Bruce's from when he was still learning all he needed to learn to become Batman. They trained together extensively for a time before Bruce moved on to the next leg of his journey. He met up with her again while on business in Japan and things just... clicked."
"Things do not just "click" for the Batman, Kal. There must be some kind of ulterior motive here for one or the other," Diana insisted. Granted, Bruce held a place of esteem in her heart much like Kal-El himself did and she did not begrudge him any happiness, but it was nigh unto impossible to picture him settling down like this with someone.
"Well you have to admit that she's a step up from the likes of Catwoman or the Demon's Daughter," Clark responded with a chuckle.
Diana's face grew pensive as she conceded, "True enough. You are certain she is not a villain in disguise or trying to merely latch on to his wealth and power within Gotham?"
Clark put a reassuring hand on Diana's shoulder as he replied, "He acts like himself with her, Diana. Not the Fop or the Bat. Just Bruce. Trust me, it's real."
"Speaking of that, is she aware of Bruce's... night job?" Diana asked with a sidelong glance.
Clark smiled wryly as he replied, "They were still arguing over whether or not it was a good idea for her to join him and Dick on patrols the last I heard. So far the only reason she hasn't, I think, is a lack of a costume persona and the fact that a new hero showing up as the media is watching 'Bruce Wayne's mysterious fiancee' might raise a few red flags in the wrong circles."
"So he is really sharing everything with her, then. He trusts her," Diana mused. "Then this is truly a joyous thing to hear. I will have to visit Gotham to congratulate him personally," she concluded with a relieved smile.
Clark returned her grin with another of his own as he respodned, "I think you'll get along well with her."
I don't think she should, if she knew about the Bat, she would probably respect him. And if she respects him, what point is there for her to go running of to Hinata?
And if I can throw my 2 cents in about when they should get together. How about soon after Jason dies? Heck, Tsuruko could be the one to bring him back out of his shell instead of Tim.
And if I can throw my 2 cents in about when they should get together. How about soon after Jason dies? Heck, Tsuruko could be the one to bring him back out of his shell instead of Tim.
Motoko is mostly going to avoid Bruce, give him the cold shoulder and hostile glares. I don't think she'd be dumb enough to attack him (not because he's a good fighter in her eyes, but because she knows what her sister would do in retaliation). Keitaro is likely to pick up on the tension and speak with Bruce about Motoko.
Somehow I pictured Selina and Tsuruko working together to take out Talia before tearing into each other. The part with Ra's was a nice touch. Although I will point out that Ra's is from a time and part of the world where harems were perfectly acceptable. He might have a hard time grasping why a man of Bruce's stature does not simple marry all three ( as long as Talia got to be the "head wife.")
I'm not ashamed to admit it. And quite simply, if Tsuruko can indeed use ki attacks in this continuity, Selina and Talia are outmatched. Probably even if they team up. Honestly, the outcome is pretty much already decided. Despite years of heists using her athletic abilities to avoid the police, it won't be enough for Selina to keep up with a swordsman who has been training for her entire life. The one thing that keeps the fight from being completely one-sided is Tsuruko unable to use her signature techniques, as they would obviously reveal her secret identity. And while that might not be a problem to Talia al Guhl, Selina is another story.
Batman, however, will have no such problems. Even after marrying a member of a famous swordsmanship school in Japan, he is still viewed as somewhat incompetent, if not a playboy anymore.
Batman, however, will have no such problems. Even after marrying a member of a famous swordsmanship school in Japan, he is still viewed as somewhat incompetent, if not a playboy anymore.
You know, with the somewhat flexible timeline we've set here we could have short pants era Dick meeting Motoko and calling her Auntie the same way Keitaro does with Haruka. He was nine I believe when Bruce took him in. Assume he's been Robin for two years when Bruce and Tsuruko reconnect, a year for dating before the wedding, and a year or so that Motoko has been at Hinata-Sou before Keitaro arrives. That puts him at between thirteen and fourteen when he could show up on a business trip with his family and visit Motoko.
"So this gaijin boy is your nephew, Motoko?" Naru asked with a scowl as she watched Dick Grayson entertain Shinobu and Su while doing a rather pointless handstand.
"Not by blood, obviously. My brother-in-law, for all that he is useless in many ways is still a... compassionate man. He took in Richard-kun when he was nine after Richard-kun's parents were killed; two years before he wed my sister. My sister and her husband adopted the boy formally after they were wed," Motoko explained as she kept a careful watch over the boy. Dick was an energetic and upbeat boy as a rule, but from what Aneue had mentioned in her letters he was growing into an incorrigible flirt as well. Particularly where the local Police Commissioner's daughter Barbara was concerned.
Dick didn't bother to look up from the acrobatic tricks he was showing Auntie Motoko's friends as he called back in flawless Japanese, "I told you before to call me Dick, Auntie. Everybody does."
Motoko glared at her nephew as she spat back, "And I will not refer to a member of my family with such a vile nickname."
"Isn't he a little old to be adopted by your sister?" Naru pressed although her scowl did lessen in sympathy over hearing a bit about Dick's past.
"Bruce-san's own parents were killed in front of him when he was eight and he was raised by the family retainer, who was a close friend of the family as well. He saw too much of his own past in Richard's plight and took him in without a second thought, from what I understand," Motoko explained uncomfortably. Even after a couple of years it was still hard to say anything complimentary about Bruce Wayne. Granted, Aneue had driven home that much of his media image was little more than fabrications meant to sell newspapers to slobbering reprobates and that Bruce-san was nothing like the man he was portrayed as once you got to know him.
The fact the man could spar on even ground with her sister, and defeated her easily when she challenged to drive him off before the wedding rankled as well. It was like Bruce was two different people sometimes. In public he was a vapid jetsetter, although the playboy talk evaporated after the first year married to Tsuruko. In private he was a skilled fighter, compassionate father, and savvy businessman that ran his company fully beside Lucius Fox and Tsuruko. the fact she was not to discuss these idiosyncrasies, as they could make running Wayne Industries more difficult, irritated her as well.
Why couldn't he just be himself in public rather than catering to the expectations of a bunch of media vultures and business rivals? After all, look at Keitaro. He never bothered to put on heirs or present a false image to anyone. With Keitaro what you saw was what you got, for good or ill.
Motoko never considered the irony of the fact she had to be the only person ever to want Bruce Wayne to be more like Keitaro Urashima. Or what it said about her real opinions about her dorm manager.
"So this gaijin boy is your nephew, Motoko?" Naru asked with a scowl as she watched Dick Grayson entertain Shinobu and Su while doing a rather pointless handstand.
"Not by blood, obviously. My brother-in-law, for all that he is useless in many ways is still a... compassionate man. He took in Richard-kun when he was nine after Richard-kun's parents were killed; two years before he wed my sister. My sister and her husband adopted the boy formally after they were wed," Motoko explained as she kept a careful watch over the boy. Dick was an energetic and upbeat boy as a rule, but from what Aneue had mentioned in her letters he was growing into an incorrigible flirt as well. Particularly where the local Police Commissioner's daughter Barbara was concerned.
Dick didn't bother to look up from the acrobatic tricks he was showing Auntie Motoko's friends as he called back in flawless Japanese, "I told you before to call me Dick, Auntie. Everybody does."
Motoko glared at her nephew as she spat back, "And I will not refer to a member of my family with such a vile nickname."
"Isn't he a little old to be adopted by your sister?" Naru pressed although her scowl did lessen in sympathy over hearing a bit about Dick's past.
"Bruce-san's own parents were killed in front of him when he was eight and he was raised by the family retainer, who was a close friend of the family as well. He saw too much of his own past in Richard's plight and took him in without a second thought, from what I understand," Motoko explained uncomfortably. Even after a couple of years it was still hard to say anything complimentary about Bruce Wayne. Granted, Aneue had driven home that much of his media image was little more than fabrications meant to sell newspapers to slobbering reprobates and that Bruce-san was nothing like the man he was portrayed as once you got to know him.
The fact the man could spar on even ground with her sister, and defeated her easily when she challenged to drive him off before the wedding rankled as well. It was like Bruce was two different people sometimes. In public he was a vapid jetsetter, although the playboy talk evaporated after the first year married to Tsuruko. In private he was a skilled fighter, compassionate father, and savvy businessman that ran his company fully beside Lucius Fox and Tsuruko. the fact she was not to discuss these idiosyncrasies, as they could make running Wayne Industries more difficult, irritated her as well.
Why couldn't he just be himself in public rather than catering to the expectations of a bunch of media vultures and business rivals? After all, look at Keitaro. He never bothered to put on heirs or present a false image to anyone. With Keitaro what you saw was what you got, for good or ill.
Motoko never considered the irony of the fact she had to be the only person ever to want Bruce Wayne to be more like Keitaro Urashima. Or what it said about her real opinions about her dorm manager.
The real problem is that Batman has a much longer story time than Love Hina. By the time of No Man's Land, Batman has been active for a decade or so. Love Hina takes place over the course of maybe a year and a half. If the story is Batman centric then a sizable portion of it will take place after the LH cast get into Todai and possibly after they graduate.
The snippet itself is very well done and sets up a good point for LH/DC to interact. However, this story (to me) has grown beyond a simply LH/DC crossover and moved into a DC alternate universe story. Bruce getting married so early changes a lot of things, and though I would be happy to see more of how this affects motoko and her interactions with Keitaro, I also admit that I want to see how this change alters the rest of the DCU.
Tsuruko seemed to like him well enough to try to force Keitaro to marry Motoko in canon. I don't see her doing that if she thought he was scum. Bruce would know everything about him even before Keitaro came to the Inn since he would have researched all of Granny Hina's family as a precaution. If anything, they both might think that Keitaro could smooth out some of Motoko's rough edges.