History Fridge / Batwoman2019

** Plus, August clearly got his entitlement, ControlFreak tendencies, and manipulative parenting from somewhere...

* Mabel Cartwright's domineering attitude and abuse of Alice due to her vanity cast a darker light on August being a MadDoctor specializing in skin graft masks. His experiments were likely not just to help his son, but his mother, meaning that Mabel's selfishness [[TheChainOfHarm screwed up the next two generations of her family]]. After all, August clearly got his entitlement and manipulative parenting from somewhere...

** This also puts his enabling Mabel's treatment of Alice in a new light. Perhaps as long as someone ''else'' is his mother's punching bag, then ''he'' doesn't have to be.

* Similarly, while Catherine Hamilton's death is genuinely horrific, one does have to wonder why her company was developing a neurotoxin deliberately designed to kill slowly and painfully, especially when the use of chemical and biological agents of this kind is considered a war crime in any armed conflict, raising the question of who, exactly, Hamilton Dynamics was intending to sell it to.
* Mabel Cartwright's domineering attitude and abuse of Alice due to her vanity cast a darker light on August being a MadDoctor specializing in skin graft masks. His experiments were not just to help his son, but his mother, meaning Mabel's selfishness likely screwed up ''two'' generations of Cartwrights. After all, August clearly got his entitlement and manipulative parenting from somewhere...

* Mabel Cartwright's domineering attitude and abuse of Alice due to her vanity cast a darker light on August being a MadDoctor specializing in skin graft masks. His experiments were not just to help his son, but his mother, meaning Mabel's selfishness possibly screwed up ''two'' generations of Cartwrights. After all, August clearly got his entitlement and manipulative parenting from somewhere...

** Crossed over with FridgeHorror; the same episode also proves [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath Ledger's Joker]] correct. "When the chips are down, these...civilized people? They'll eat each other." He wasn't a monster; he's just ahead of the curve.

* When Ryan first learns that Alice loves Ocean during their team-up, she relents on her a little and is more willing to help her save him along with Angelique... only to change her mind and handcuff her to a fence once Alice taunts her about how her relationship with Angelique won't last due to the latter's criminal tendencies. It isn't just a case of Alice pissing her off -- Ryan realizes that Alice is right! Hence the part where she lets Angelique go when the latter asks Ryan to leave Gotham behind with her, choosing to help change Gotham instead. Not only that, Ryan probably realizes that Alice, the woman who indirectly caused the death of the mother, has more of a chance at a relationship with Ocean than she does with Angelique and finds that really unfair. This is why she tells Alice that she will save Ocean from her; why should Alice, a mass murderer, get love when Ryan is struggling? [[spoiler: It may also put her reaction to Ocean's death and Alice's apology in a new context.]]
* Alice suffers delusions in season 3 reflecting her secret desires, fears, and guilt. Alice eventually deduces it's because she's no longer in control of her life and Mary claims it's the cumulation of all the suffering she inflicted. This makes more sense when one recalls that in the previous season, Enigma made Alice and Ocean regain their memories of their time together in Coryana, so Alice's emerging conscience was also restored.

** The same episode also proves [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath Ledger's Joker]] correct. "When the chips are down, these...civilized people? They'll eat each other." He wasn't a monster; he's just ahead of the curve.

* When Ryan first learns that Alice loves Ocean during their team-up, she relents on her a little and is more willing to help her save him along with Angelique...only to change her mind and handcuff her to a fence once Alice taunts her about how her relationship with Angelique won't last due to the latter's criminal tendencies. It isn't just a case of Alice pissing her off -Ryan realizes that Alice is Right! Hence the part where she lets Angelique go when she asks her to leave Gotham behind with her, choosing to help change Gotham instead. Not only that, she probably realizes that Alice, the woman who indirectly caused the death of the mother, has more of a chance at a relationship with Ocean than she does with Angelique and finds that really unfair. This is why she tells Alice that she will save Ocean from her; why should Alice, a mass murderer, get love when Ryan is struggling? [[spoiler: It may also put her reaction to Ocean's death and Alice's apology in a new context.]]

* Throughout the first season, and especially in the last two episodes of season one "A Secret Kept From All The Rest" and "O, Mouse!" we see The Crows, and Jacob in particular, act as an antagonistic InspectorJavert towards Batwoman due to distrusting vigilantes. This is a trope seen time and time again in fiction, and is most likely quite reminiscent of Quentin Lance's distrust of The Hood/The Arrow in the first few seasons of ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Except, when you really think about it, there's [[NotSoSimilar a key difference]]: The Crows aren't the police, even if they constantly act like they are. They are a ''private'' security firm, and as stated in "O, Mouse!", Batwoman's work is done for free. Thus, there's a good chance that Jacob's ''real'' reason for disliking Batwoman is because she helps people for free, thus effectively muscling in on their PunchClockHero business system, and acting as a rival to them. While public officials like Quentin Lance and other typical examples of the InspectorJavert archetype have valid reasons for hating vigilantes that align with their personal moral code, Jacob may well just be motivated by profit.
* Similarly, while Catherine Hamilton's death is genuinely horrific...one does have to wonder why her company was developing a neurotoxin deliberately designed to kill slowly and painfully, especially when the use of chemical and biological agents of this kind is considered a war crime in any armed conflict, raising the question of who, exactly, Hamilton Dynamics was intending to sell it to.
* The revelation that Enigma is indeed Riddler's daughter spells trouble for poor Ocean if the Prince of Puzzles ever finds out his own flesh and blood was killed by his hands, especially if he decides to follow in his ''Arkham'' counterpart's footsteps. Fortunately for Ocean, his death means Riddler can't get his hands on him. Alice, on the other hand...better hope Riddler's in a different cell block in Arkham.

* When Ryan leaves Alice to die, she does so knowing that Ocean was hoping to reunite with her. Heck, notice how awkward she gets when Angelique mentions "his girl" to him as they are escaping. [[{{Hypocrite}} Regardless of whether Alice deserves to die, Ryan is perfectly willing to do Ocean what was done to her: having a loved one die because of the actions of a dangerous and crazy person.]] Worse, Ocean would have gone for days without knowing what really happened to her.

* The bad batch of Snakebite causing people to become cannibals isn't unsurprising. The entirety of the substance is made, in part, with Scarecrow's fear toxin, which is supposed to show people their worst fears. Now, fear happens to be a byproduct of our natural instinct to survive, making us scared to do anything that could possibly put our life in danger. One of those natural instincts is to eat, out of fear of starvation (and thus dying). Take the fear toxin and mess up the Snakebite in the worst possible way, and it brings out the person's most basic instinct UpToEleven.

* When Ryan leaves Alice to die, she does so knowing that Ocean was hoping to reunite with her. Heck, notice how awkward she gets when Angelique mentions "his girl" to him as they are escaping. [[{{Hypocrite}}Regardless of whether Alice deserves to die, Ryan is perfectly willing to do Ocean what was done to her: having a loved one die because of the actions of a dangerous and crazy person.]] Worse, Ocean would have gone for days without knowing what really happened to her.

* The revelation that Enigma is indeed Riddler's daughter spells trouble for poor Ocean if the Prince of Puzzles ever finds out his own flesh and blood was killed by his hands, especially if he decides to follow in his ''Arkham'' counterpart's footsteps.

** Also, he was responsible for the crux of the pre-series plot of Beth's disappearance and kidnapping on the Kane sisters' 13 birthday, meaning he's ConnectedAllAlong to the respective disappearance of a Kane woman.

** Also he was responsible for the crux of the pre-series plot of Beth disappearance and kidnapping on the Kane's sisters 13 birthday meaning he's ConnectedAllAlong to the respective disappearance of a Kane woman.

** The same episode also proves [[Film/TheDarkKnight Heath Ledger's Joker]] correct. When the chips are down, these...civilized people? They'll eat each other. He wasn't a monster; he's just ahead of the curve.

* Gotham going FromBadToWorse ever since Batman left isn't entirely a coincidence. Remember, ComicBook/ThePenguin was mayor for a time, and WordOfGod has confirmed that Commissioner Gordon is retired in this continuity. With a notorious super-criminal who executed people via ''firing squads'' was left in charge of the most crime-ridden city on Earth, it's no wonder everyone's having such a hard time keeping things together.

This is the Fridge page for ''Series/Batwoman2019''.

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Throughout the first season, and especially in the last two episodes of season one "A Secret Kept From All The Rest" and "O, Mouse!" we see The Crows, and Jacob in particular, act as an antagonistic InspectorJavert towards Batwoman due to distrusting vigilantes. This is a trope seen time and time again in fiction, and is most likely quite reminiscent of Quentin Lance's distrust of The Hood/The Arrow in the first few seasons of ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Except, when you really think about it, there's [[NotSoSimilar a key difference]]: The Crows aren't the police, even if they constantly act like they are. They are a ''private'' security firm, and as stated in "O, Mouse!", Batwoman's work is done for free. Thus, there's a good chance that Jacob's ''real'' reason for disliking Batwoman is because she helps people for free, thus effectively muscling in on their PunchClockHero business system, and acting as a rival to them. While public officials like Quentin Lance and other typical examples of the InspectorJavert archetype have valid reasons for hating vigilantes that align with their personal moral code, Jacob may well just be motivated by profit.

Throughout the first season, and especially in the last two episodes of season one "A Secret Kept From All The Rest" and "O, Mouse!" we see The Crows, and Jacob in particular, act as an antagonistic InspectorJavert towards Batwoman due to distrusting vigilantes. This is a trope seen time and time again in fiction, and is most likely quite reminiscent of Quentin Lance's distrust of The Hood/The Arrow in the first few seasons of ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Except, when you really think about it, there's [[NotSoSimilar a key difference]]: The Crows aren't the police, even if they constantly act like they are. They are a ''private'' security firm, and as stated in "O, Mouse!", Batwoman's work is done for free. Thus, there's a good chance that Jacob's ''real'' reason for disliking Batwoman is because she helps people for free, thus effectively muscling in on their PunchClockHero business system, and acting as a rival to them. While Quentin Lance and other typical examples of the InspectorJavert archetype have valid reasons for hating vigilantes that align with their personal moral code, Jacob may well just be motivated by profit.

Throughout the first season, and especially in the last two episodes of season one "A Secret Kept From All The Rest" and "O, Mouse!" we see The Crows, and Jacob in particular, act as an antagonistic InspectorJavert towards Batwoman due to distrusting vigilantes. This is a trope seen time and time again in fiction, and is most likely quite reminiscent of Quentin Lance's distrust of The Hood/The Arrow in the first few seasons of ''Series/{{Arrow}}''. Except, when you really think about it, there's [[NotSoSimilar a key difference]]: The Crows aren't the police, even if they constantly act like they are. They are a ''private'' security firm, and as stated in "O, Mouse!", Batwoman's work is done for free. Thus, there's a good chance that Jacob's ''real'' reason for disliking Batwoman is because she helps people for free, thus effectively muscling in on their PunchClockHero business system, and acting as a rival to them. The more you think about it, Jacob really, ''really'' isn't a good person.