*points my legoifying beam at jaybin*

Batman: Officer Down is the funniest run/era amongst iconic '90's comics because Jim Gordon almost dies on the job+spends a while in a coma and is normal about it by deciding to retire, but Bruce "Daddy Issues" Wayne reacts so horribly to the entire situation that he and Alfred have beef about it, so Alfred goes to live at boarding school with Tim (which is allowed i guess) and Bruce is so incapable of acting like a functioning adult that when he loses track of Tim for like 5 minutes, he reveals Tim's identity to Stephanie (thing Bruce has expressly forbidden Tim from doing with any of his peers for the past 2 years despite it causing problems) so she can go find him and Bruce doesn't have to risk running into Alfred (because they still have beef) (because bruce was weird about Jim almost dying) (because of the daddy issues).

THEN Bruce Wayne gets framed for MURDER and decides to handle it in the most Impossibly Absurd And Frustrating Way (completely abandoning his civilian life and family to be Batman 24/7) (also letting his bodyguard rot in prison for Accessory to Murder (even though she is unfailingly loyal to him) where she is presumably killed and them abducted by a secret government agency to become spec ops but i digress). and alfred says. Okay Time To Go Home. and when tim is like noooooo help my personal life is in shambles and my roommate is a teenage alcoholic alfred says. Don't Care, Didn't Ask, Plus This Take Priority. and alfred absolutely scalps 16 yr old Stephanie Brown for bonus points.

and in the end David Cain gets caught out for executing the Most Immaculate and Convincing Murder Frame Up (to like?? test that bruce is a good enough detective to raise Cass??) and he just. fesses up and goes to jail for it. because they figured it out. despite having no sufficient evidence to prove it was a frame up. truly no writers were doing it like them.

Superman: It's okay, you can trust me, I'm your dad's friend!

Robin: That's a lie! My dad doesn't have friends!

Batman: Noël | A Lonely Place of Dying | Batman #408 | Batman: Under the Red Hood #13