The Batman Who Laughs obviously could not seize control of the Cosmic Tuning Fork from Dumb Owl and Batman Dragon with a single dose of potion.
Many people imagined The Batman Who Laughs's plans as something incredibly profound, even exaggerating them into the misconception that "The Batman Who Laughs is a conceptual god." In reality, the core of many of his plans was merely taking advantage of an information gap.
To be honest, The Batman Who Laughs's previous record amounted to working for Barbatos first, then defecting to Perpetua.
After the Time Trapper revived, the Over-Time Stream had helped restore to his mind the memories of the entire multiverse from the time he had been absent. But since Dark Nights: Metal had not yet happened, most characters across the multiverse had little idea who The Batman Who Laughs was.
When most people saw that he was a Batman, they instinctively projected their impressions of Batman onto him. At most, they treated him like the other members of the Dark Knights.
Only a transmigrator like Chen Tao, who had read the comics in advance, would regard The Batman Who Laughs as a dire threat.
In the Time Trapper's view, The Batman Who Laughs had no reason to harm him at all. The two of them worked for Perpetua. What benefit would The Batman Who Laughs gain from killing him?
If he died and could no longer release Perpetua, how would The Batman Who Laughs answer to Pamu?
The Time Trapper had not changed his mindset, but neither was he the sort of person who would drink whatever The Batman Who Laughs gave him. He had checked it too!
Yet before losing consciousness, the Time Trapper still could not figure it out. He had clearly examined the small amount of potion The