Originally Posted by
Tzigone
I get that. It's just they managed fine without a butler in the very early days (I think Wayne manor has grown to the point where two people couldn't keep in clean, though, and they'd need to hire more help than Alfred to at least come in occasionally), and Alfred was not a "discrete advisor" until the 1960s, at least ('70s is more likely). A friend, yes. An advisor, no. And it was the 1970s where Lucius was introduced, but of course back then Bruce ran the company himself (it also didn't really, properly exist until the 1970s, but it's part of lore now and that's fine). I do agree that Bruce needs a private life. A non-Brucie, non-Batman-justice-oriented (the "alpha Bruce" indicated for next run is no fun for me, either) private life. Actual friends outside the hero community existing even if we rarely see them, etc. I miss the days when he was better-balanced.
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