oh boy, is this an argument not worth jumping into but alas it has annoyed me enough to pull up *actual* evidence instead of vaguely referring to some comics that exist out there.
these arguments over who's the favorite child or the best robin tend to always boil down to people just propping up their personal favorite, or bringing down characters they don't particularly like out of sheer malice, and that's exactly what you're doing lol.
while bruce has never definitively stated who his favorite child is, there are so many panels out there that point to dick being the one he regards in the most special light. here are just a few examples:
Tales of the Teen Titans (1984) #50
DC Universe: Last Will and Testament
Robin: 80th Anniversary Special
bruce literally loves him and admires him so much that he didn't feel like he had the right to pull him away from the life he'd made for himself even though he needed him:
you say people who claim this have only read dick's comics, but it's kinda clear that you haven't read enough of his comics either to properly argue against this statement.
the reason jason was adopted before dick is a matter of historical context (i am not *too* familiar with these laws, but bruce could legally not take in dick as anything other than his ward when this was originally written), and later on, a matter of respect for dick's parents. before the crisis, bruce explains that he was just too young and never gave it much thought, and in post-crisis, dick was the one who didn't want bruce to replace his father so bruce decided to not adopt him to respect his wishes. i also just once again don't view this argument as something indicative of favoritism, as it is all just a matter of circumstance. and it kind of feels like we're teetering on the edge of "your parents love you more if you are legally their child and no other form of parental relationship is as valid".
using the amount of hugs a certain character has as proof that they are the favorite is just deeply unserious lol. and just because characters haven't fallen out with bruce as much as dick has is also a weak argument, since 1) conflicts don't have to be inherently negative and are often grown out of love between two characters, and 2) it's literally just up to the writer and how much conflict they want in their story (which in rebirth, is not a lot). and it's also not really fair to compare the relationships and conflicts bruce has had with characters who have only existed for a fraction of dick's existence. like of course he will have argued more with dick (created in 1940) than with duke (created in 2013). not to mention how the different eras and writers also impact the nature of these relationships, since both bruce and dick have been characterized in several different, often contradictory ways.
you say bruce being shown to care about dick doesn't mean anything, yet you cling onto the flimsiest evidence to support your own claim that he isn't the favorite.
and, know that once you seriously bring up all star batman and robin into a conversation like this one, you lose any credibility lol. that comic is not only an elseworlds, but also such an insane misrepresentation of their dynamic that many people have genuinely accepted it as satire 😭.
i'd encourage you to listen to your own advice and stop projecting yourself. unless you have actual panels to bring into such a discussion, you cannot expect people to take you seriously when making such definitive claims, especially when it seems you've only read barely a few comics about the character you're discussing.
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