without order nothing exists, without chaos nothing evolves

[caballero]

Who: Batman & Wolverine.
What: Good old fashioned vigilantism.
Where: Various places across the city.
When: Over the past few weeks.
Notes: Catching up on some mysterious events.
Warnings: Violence and language.

When he goes out at night, it tends to be to where he's actually needed. The gaps left by the police state are ravines; familiar ones. But sometimes, he has to go find that point he's proving and shove his fingers in the wound to remind them I'm still here - and sometimes, he has company.

The Militia needs to be reminded that they aren't strictly needed because the Militia's chokehold over the city exists by the leave of one word: necessity. The idea and belief that only this organization, this way, can keep Baedal safe, because it's all anyone's ever known. It's wrong - wrong in a factual sense; it's wrong when people go to gangs, or go to Hellsing, to sort out their problems out of fear of the Militia, it's wrong when criminals climb the socioeconomic ladders because they know that the police don't police the rich.

It's wrong in a moral sense, too. Tonight, like many other nights, it's just about facts. The Militia isn't strictly necessary, because two men get here first and do a more effective job at it - he knows (another fact) that the people they save on nights like these more often than not come away terrified. But that's fine. They're there to protect them from harm, not from fear - and civilians aren't who Bruce is illustrating anything to when he (they) do this.

Vigilantism, according to most people, is about extremism, about showboating. Vigilantism tonight is about fast, brutal, efficient work. They leave criminals destroyed and victims shell-shocked but safe, always several steps ahead of the Militia even in their own territory. They don't leave any calling cards, they give no names, and they're in and out as fast as they can, contributing no image, no symbols. They don't need any. Those that are corrupt get the message easily enough. (We're still watching you.)