AU discussion

So I'm currently hashing out a dickdami story idea that's pretty AR and there are few details that I might have to alter to make it work that I'm not comfortable altering. It's made me realize how, even in alternate realities, there are always universal truths you expect of certain characters.

Ex: Batman and Superman will always be two sides of the same coin (as their series run has taught us).

In my case, I want Slade Wilson in my story.

My problem? Dick is a character of questionable alignment. My issue is that Slade isn't the one who trained Dick and made him that way.

I didn't even realize that, in my head, it's a solid canon that if Dick isn't good, it will always be because of Slade. And now I'm breaking that and that is outside of my comfort zone.

I also have to find a way to make Tim and Damian friends and I'm seeing that as a complete challenge, too.

I might as well just say this story is an AU rather than AR 😅

Anyways, I just wanted to share that interesting thought about universal truths.