Discworld Tries To Produce Batman ....

[jvowles]

Scene: After a night at the theater, the wealthy Wayne family makes a wrong turn. A non-sanctioned thief murders the parents, leaving young Bruce in the care of the family valet, Alfred. Bruce, a brilliant and talented student, returns after an extended absence as a playboy, but secretly he has built (with Alfred's help) a second identity as a

Comments

[tazwolf]

only problem with your premise is the assumption that Pratchett could play it straight. HE always twists things up and around.

[jvowles]

Oh, it wouldn't be played completely straight. But it needn't be completely subverted.

Look at how he has handled the most heroic, decent fellow in the Discworld -- Captain Carrot.

No, he can play it straight for the effect that it will have on others. Batman has a wonderful Rogues Gallery to mine.

Actually the more I think about it, he might abandon the "murdered parents" part of things, and just have the endlessly talented Moist himself don the Cape & Cowl, primarily out of boredom.

[daibhid_c]

Not sure about the Watch being disbanded; more likely Vimes insists they don't need someone in a daft costume getting in the way, but nonetheless finds himself firing a flare from the Pseudopolis Yard rooftop for particularly weird crimes. He may or may not switch from cigars to a pipe...