Batman Begins Theory Reveals Bruce Wayne Found The League Of Shadows First
A fan theory posits that Bruce Wayne actually found the League of Shadows first in Batman Begins, and was trying to catch their eye in order to train with them. Christopher Nolan's massively successful Dark Knight trilogy got its start in 2005 with Batman Begins, a film that explored the origins of the character in a fresh and grounded take on the source material. It introduced Christian Bale's Batman and Nolan's take on Gotham City, a city tearing itself apart from the inside due to crime, corruption, and poverty.
Bruce Wayne begins the film on a crusade to learn the necessary skills to combat the issues that plague Gotham, and Batman Begins eventually sees him foiling a plan to use Scarecrow's fear toxin to destroy the city. However, Scarecrow isn't the film's primary antagonist — that distinction goes to Liam Neeson's Ra's al Ghul, the leader of the League of Shadows, a shadowy organization that attempts to recruit Bruce into their ranks. Ra's al Ghul first approaches Bruce Wayne while the billionaire is incarcerated in a Bhutanese prison under the guise of Ducard, an envoy who invites Wayne to join the League of Shadows.
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However, one fan theory posted to Reddit suggests that Bruce had been waiting to be approached by the League of Shadows. The theory posits that Bruce had learned all he could through conventional means, and heard of the League of Shadows while working in the criminal underworld. Though it may seem a relatively minor idea, there's interesting evidence to support the theory established within the film itself.
In Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, precious little context is offered for how Bruce found himself in the prison, other than he was
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