Damian was always proud to be Robin-to be Bruce’s Robin even with their conplications and disagreements. Other characters even judge Damian by his relationship with Bruce and not Dick, yes, they are important to each other but nothing they did in those runs have a lasting effect on Damian’s character and you guys really have to understand that. Everything Damian was supposed to learn in those comics stepped on its own toes somewhere down the line. The way fandom remembers the Morrison run really confused me and it convinces part of me that you guys are only seeing that in out of context tumblr posts and not reading it for yourselves.

It’s especially weird to me because the way that Dick hated being Batman, do you guys not get that? Because it may or may not be his whole character. When Bruce came back and it was his time to be Nightwing again, Dick brushed Damian’s feelings off and kind of gaslighted him. Dick always seemed to make the same mistakes that Bruce did with Damian. He even mentions that he felt like Damian was just a responsibility because “If I don’t, then who will” and “You really think Bruce will be able to put up with you?” … huh?

They were actually back on talking terms before Tim entered the picture.

Batman (1940) Issue #436

Dick comes back from the Titans because Alfred calls him about Bruce and he checks up on Bruce's life and is like "I gotta go fix this guy right now."

Batman (1940) Issue #436

So he basically tracks him down and ruminates about how Bruce has completely ignored every smart detectiv-ing he taught Dick and is wilding out-

Batman (1940) Issue #437

And then together they solve this massive case about Tony Zucco and some book and by the end of it, things are not entirely normal but much, much better. Almost close to the way it used to be.

Batman (1940) Issue #439

It's also why Bruce was so comfortable calling Dick for help in the "A Lonely Place of Dying" arc because he and Dick were already on good terms

Dick is fairly newly 9 y/o when his parents die. He meets a 26 year old Bruce, who has been Batman for 1 year.

He is Robin for nearly a decade, until he’s fired at 18 y/o

Jason meets Bruce at 13, and is Robin til he’s 15. He’s 5 years younger than Dick. Note that he is 23 years younger than 36 y/o Bruce, a gap that suits their more parental relationship.

Tim is 13 y/o when he finds Dick again. He and Dick met when he was 2 y/o and the Grayson’s death is his earliest memory (to the point where he thought it was a dream for many years). They have a 7 year difference.

Tim is Robin until he’s 17 and Damian becomes Robin at 10 y/o. Dick is 24-25, and Jason is 19-20.

dick: tim, damian, jason

jason: dick, tim, damian

tim: dick, *massive gap*, damian, jason

damian: dick, *massive gap* tim. honestlyyyyyyyy, don’t think dami cares about jason that much. he’s usually more dismissive of him than he is with tim

how it appears the robins view each other in order of which brother relationship they care the most about, based off my modern comics readings, (i.e, New 52 onwards):

dick: damian, *massive gap*, tim, jason. tim + jay feel lowkey interchangeable here ngl

jason: tim, *gap*, dick, damian

tim: jason, dick, damian

damian: dick, *massive gap*, tim, jason.

how i might think the robins view each other in order of which brother relationship they care the most about, based off my non-curated fanon encounters:

dick: he is the Older Brother ™️. he has no favorites. (damian)

jason: tim, dick is a close second, damian. unless it’s jason + dami loa brothers au, in which case i assume dami comes first, but idk how dick and tim would fall there since i haven’t engaged with that au a whole lot.

tim: jason (that’s his robin!!), dick, damian

damian: dick. *massive gap*. toss-up.

His earliest memories involve people cheering and clapping for him when he did something good, smiling at him and showing their approval. His parents would say good job, Dickie! when he performed well. That's how he knew he was loved and secure.

So when his parents are killed and all of that is taken away from him and for a while his only audience is Bruce and Alfred, what do you think that would do to him? Do you think he would stop at anything to get Bruce's approval? Do you think in his child's mind he wouldn't make it into a challenge to get any kind of good job from Bruce? Hell, even when he "acts out" it's with the intention to show Bruce that hey! look! I can do it! Didn't I do a great job? Didn't I help?

a. He is a just a person who is capable of reacting/acting poorly especially under duress and it's not fair to expect him to be perfect and/or kind every second of every day just because he's older

b. Just because someone was hurt by an act(ie Damian becoming Robin) does not mean that the actual act itself was an inherently bad or cruel one

c: The literally unquantifiable amount of effort and support he's gone out of his way(because to be clear, he quite seriously did NOT have to) to pour into them

d: he has as much of a right to disagree and argue as anyone else