Originally Posted by
Arctic Cyclist
There are universes where Bruce is a monster who sexually assaults teenagers and pubescent boys (Frank Miller belongs in the same category as Piers Anthony as far as I'm concerned), and there are universes where it is utterly inconceivable to even think that he could hurt a child like that. There are universes where he was targeted as a child by serial killers and the reason he survived was because of his parents murders (Batman: Gothic, later referenced in Streets of Gotham). There are universes where his parents were killed at the order of the Ra's al Ghul and the Court of Owls (Gotham), child trafficking rings due to Martha's investigations (Batman: The Ultimate Evil, a universe where the author gave the only acceptable justification for excluding Robin, which is also a universe nodded to in Legends of the Dark Knight, and even the main universes as it developed the modern Martha Kane as well as the Kane family), universes where the Joker killed the Waynes (the Batman movie), and universes where it was a random mugging. Every single one of those universes creates a slightly different Bru
There are universes where Bruce and Talia end up together (Superman/Batman Generations and The Kingdom) and help guide the world into a golden age of peace and prosperity. There's a universe where we learn that Talia al Ghul really is the only person keeping the world clipping along with all threats in check and why her marrying Batman is a truly terrible thing (Brotherhood of the Bat). There are more universes where Talia ends up becoming her father's host body, or dying (Arkham, Injustice, Batman Beyond multiple canons).
There are universes where Bruce ends up with his childhood BFF, Zatanna. There are two really bizarre universe where Zatanna is Dick's age. There are universes where Selina is Dick's age, more where Talia is Dick's age.
One of the universal constants so far appears to be that Talia and Jason, should they meet, have a cool big sister/little brother type relationship.