Rache der Fledermaus

[winter]

I just saw Batman Begins again, in IMAX no less. Mmm, Liam with crystal-clear surround sound <3


- my research on Bhutan shows me that it's quite possible that people can speak English in a Bhutanese prison camp, or in a remote village; apparently English is the official language in school, since otherwise there are two languages: Nepali and Dzongkha. It also means that it's not a Chinese prison camp, even if we discard the fact that an American would not be imprisoned in a Tibetan lao gai camp, but transported to China proper.

- I need to find out what language Bruce is speaking in the arrest flashback. For the purposes of Snow and Steel, I'm assuming he can speak Dzongkha, which is a vernacular Tibetan dialect and national language of Bhutan. He'd certainly make an attempt to learn in the prison, he's that kind of guy. My bet's on Ducard also speaking it, and certainly Mandarin as well.

- OMG Liam squee!!!!!!!!! <- right, that's taken care of. Moving on.

- After taking the blue flower from Bruce, Ducard puts it in his buttonhole. Squee.

- Ducard's vicious, ambitious, driven, and convinced that he can impose his will on the world. There's a word for that attitude, and it's Sith.

- The phrase is "Always mind your surroundings". Right.

- Somewhere between Bruce entering the fortress and the birthday party, Ducard changes from calling him "Mr Wayne" to "Bruce". Fic fodder.

- What I didn't catch the first time around was that the flashbacks are stories Bruce tells to Ducard. Also fic fodder.

- Ducard is way too gleeful about being bested by Bruce. *shakes head*

- If they had been near the fortress, they wouldn't have spent the night outside by a fire, leaving Bruce to catch a chill. Therefore I was right about the hiking trips.

- Alfred: apart from the Michael Caine love, there are shades and layers to his character. This needs thinking about.

- I want to write about the kid from the Narrows turning into Anarky a few years down the road :S

- Come to think of it... Oooh, series idea. Or rather an idea for a loosely connected series of drabbles, which is what I do best, and what doesn't make me stress. Go me.


EDIT:

- Bruce starts off the party encounter with "I saved your life". There goes my theory of Ducard not being told who dragged his carcass down the mountain.

- Batman drowning in the crowd, before he hooks the railcar with his grapple: wonderfully iconic. They all fear, but he's a guardian demon for them, and so they flock under his wings.

- I think I've already identified a fanon point: more than one fic I've read referred to all of Ducard's pupils being Asian. To the contrary, each time we're shown a selection it's 100% politically correct - 1 white, 1 black and 1 Asian.

- Everyone in this movie is way too fond of throwing people's words in their faces.


Also, jewelry, but I don't have a camera right now :/

Comments

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Ducard's vicious, ambitious, driven, and convinced that he can impose his will on the world. There's a word for that attitude, and it's Sith.

Teehee! :D I bet that's why he was cast. Everyone wants to see Darth Qui-Gon! Muahaha!

Also, yay for Michael Caine. I adored him, especially the fact he's always helping Bruce and chastising at the same time. Plus their relationsip is just frikking cute :D

[neotoma.livejournal.com]

After taking the blue flower from Bruce, Ducard puts it in his buttonhole.

The fact he's an assasin doesn't mean he can't be elegant about it.

There's a word for that attitude, and it's Sith.

Oh yeah. Ra's al Ghul would have given Palpatine a run for his money, that's for sure. He'd already discovered a method of immortality.

Ducard is way too gleeful about being bested by Bruce.

Oh, he was almost incandescent with joy. He'd finally found a *worthy* successor.

Alfred: apart from the Michael Caine love, there are shades and layers to his character. This needs thinking about.

I'll be very interested to see what you come up with for Alfred.

I want to write about the kid from the Narrows turning into Anarky a few years down the road

My friends and I were wondering if he was a Robin-in-waiting.

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

The phrase is "Always mind your surroundings". Right.

When I first heard that, I had a flashback right to the beginning of TPM where Qui-Gon says in the exact same tone to his own pupil about "paying attention to the Living force."

Oh dear, that Qui/Ducard bunny is growing fangs^^

[kiraboshi.livejournal.com]

Hi. Found your journal through your fic. These notes are wonderful!

About what Bruce speaks in the arrest flashback....in the novelization of the film, it says he speaks Mandarian. If you look at the comic history, it's pretty evident he can speak French as well....I'm pretty sure you can be loose with what languages he speaks since he's supposed to be very smart.

I hope that helps a little!