Originally Posted by
lemonpeace
I think people grossly underestimate the intelligence of "general audiences" and overstate what would "confuse" them. I mean, it's not like Superman & Lois or Doom Patrol "confused" audiences. I think they can handle a timeskip. setting him in the same Gotham as Batwoman just makes one of the shows redundant. there would need to be a point of difference, so it would be smarter to just give Jace the take on Gotham that he was made for and leave Ryan to close out her run in classic Gotham. put it on HBO Max, so it'll be competently made, then just use the timeskip as an excuse to treat it like spin off earth like they did Doom Patrol and tried to do with Green Arrow and the Canaries.
also, I see no reason why the presence of Luke means we can't have the reason the Fox family, Luke is just an easier entry point since he's already established on screen.