Find your tribe in a Sea of Creativity
I had an AU idea in the middle of class a few days ago:
Batman, aka. Bruce Wayne, who can use magic.
It originally started with Martha Wayne. She was a magician. A strong one. It only makes sense she would pass the knowledge down to her child too.
Even Thomas Wayne knew a thing or two about magic. Especially because the Wayne family had made a pact with Lady Gotham years ago. So yes, he has some knowledge on magic, runes and pacts.
When they died, young Bruce studied more of it.
And in the future, he teaches his children as well.
When he is Batman, he almost never uses magic. You can't keep depending on it. It's too risky. A risk he cannot afford to take.
But who's gonna fault him if he used a bit of magic to heal his and his family's injuries? Who's gonna fault him if he uses a bit of magic to blend himself into the shadows so he could scare off criminals? Who's gonna fault him if uses a bit of magic to make himself look more cryptid-like? Who's gonna blame them if they used a bit of magic to mess with villains and crappy co-workers? They're just using what they learned after all.