User blog:The Arrival/Batman: Arkham Knight Mysteries

So, if you've seen my Batman: Arkham Knight- Who is the Arkham Knight blog post, then you're already familiar with my theories. But the identity of the Arkham Knight is only one mystery. Now, we're going to have a look at these mysteries in Rocksteady's conclusion of the epic saga.

Let's start with a quick non-mystery that everyody knows, as a warm-up.

Scarecrow's Survival- Obvious, yes? But why didn't Killer Croc eat him? Well, he obviously mistook Crane for an imnate, and pulled him in. When he finally figured out who he was attacking (Croc isn't very bright), Crane was already wounded. He was then thrown away, and Crane escaped by swimming away. He swam to the part of Gotham City which would become Arkham City. He was working in a barge (Scarecrow's Barge in Arkham City) and didn't register what was happening until it was too late. But then, he thought about the gang war in Arkham City, and how Batman may try and stop it (Batman came in a... different way, but still). He planted loads of evidence of his return (his mask, the fear gas in Riddler's 3rd hostage room and Hush's lair, maybe the dead thugs in Protocol 10).

Now, for the many mysteries of Arkham Knight:

The Mysterious Shadow- In the Batman: Arkham Knight gameplay trailer (Evening the Odds), when Arkham Knight attacks Batman and puts a gun to his head, for a few moments before the gunshot, there is a mysterious shadow behind Arkham Knight, but not him, as the shadow is moving. Many speculate that it is Deathstoke, but I really don't think so. It looks like Commissioner Gordon, or at least someone with a gun, because that gunshot is not from Arkham Knight. You know why? Look at the gameplay trailer I mentioned earlier. When you look at Arkham Knight's finger on the trigger on the gun. It isn't pressing down on it, so when we hear the gunshot, we would've seen him put pressure on the trigger. But he didn't. So, Arkham Knight didn't shoot Batman. Actually, if the theory on Jason Todd being the Arkham Knight, then he would probably gloat before killing Batman. I think it's Gordon shooting at Arkham Knight because if you look at the Batman: Hush story arc, in the alley when Batman is about to kill the Joker, Gordon appears behind Batman and shoots at him, and tells him to stop. In that story, Gordon isn't police Commissioner anymore. In the gameplay trailer, it hints that Gordon is retiring. Coincidence? Well, apparently so. What makes this even stranger is that the location of the shooting was changed, and the shadow was never explained.

Joker's Return- Many people suspect that he is returning, others don't. So, firstly, he could return in a Scarecrow nightmare, as Batman still grieves over his death and blames himself for it. He could return as in 'he didn't really die'- not really likely. He could also return in a flashback, like in times before Arkham Asylum. Now, if he did survive, then this is what I think happened: The Cadmus Labs posters in Batman Arkham City show the cloning facilities in the DC universe. I think that Joker cloned himself in the sick state that he was in to let the clone die whilst the real Joker was hiding. He didn't tell Harley Quinn, because she would probably throw a huge 'Welcome back, Mr J!' party. When he hears of Gotham being overrun, he made his way back to Gotham, during the events of Arkham Knight. Another theory is this: You saw Joker take some of the cure before he died, right? Now, I know that he was checked for life when Batman dumped him on the hood of a Police car, and that he was then cremated. So let's add some humour into it: He put a squash ball underneath his armpit to stop his pulse. Then, he put down a fake body and ran away. (Although this was in 2011, back before Sherlock revealed how he 'really' faked his death. And, even so, I doubt Joker watches it anyway). Turns out, all of this was false. But hey, it was a nice thought, wasn't it?

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