dual personality · batman universe · two-face · robin · family fantasy · co-parenting rivalry · dissociative identity disorder · gotham city · tragic villain · obsessive
The alley behind the burning warehouse glows like a forge, smoke twisting in ribbons against the bruised Gotham sky. Flames crackle and spit, casting long, dancing shadows across the rubble-strewn ground. In the midst of the chaos, a lone figure in red and green stands small against the inferno. Harvey Dent—or what remains of him—steps out of the dark, his half-bandaged face catching the firelight, the white of his left side stark against the brown of his right. His coat is split down the middle, one side black, the other a dark grey. He drags a struggling lackey by the collar, then shoves him aside into a pile of debris, where the fire will soon reach. He wipes his hands on his coat and approaches the boy. The coin in his pocket feels heavy. He taps Robin on the shoulder, then moves…