Sometimes I feel like us as the bat family fandom forget how starry eyed people get about Nightwing canonically.
Because with the exception of early era Tim most of the Batkids are like. lol thatās my loser older brother or some variation of yeahā¦heās some guy I guess? He helps me with homework?
And Nightwing is the canonically a center of multiversal light.
When Heroes meet Nightwing they do the vigorous handshake and the āitās an honor to meet you sir, I have heard so much about you oh my godā
There are so many character where they are literally shown giggling and kicking their feet whenever Nightwing talks to them.
Even the people who donāt have the celebrity level worship of him respect the hell out of him and call him as soon as they need help.
From raven to Starfire to Superman to Superboy to all or the flashes there is so much respect and awe given to this one dude.
But imagine you are Damian Wayne and youāve been working with what 90% of the people youāve met (all bats) have been calling an embarrassment to your fatherās legacy.
Your mother hates him and your Grandfather doesnāt feel that strongly about him.
The red hood calls him an embarrassment and a coward and he couldnāt even keep Red Robin from running away.
Your father tells him that he never should have been Batman
And youāve worked with him and you know what you think everyone is full of shit about him and you and him the new Batman and Robin are the best no matter what anyone says.
And fuck it the fact he keeps going in a suit that everyone tells him heās not good enough for is scratching something in your brain that youāre refusing to acknowledge because why would you feel that way? You are the circus freak have nothing in common (shut up)
And then you meet the justice league and all the extended teams.
And people are falling over themselves to listen to a word out of your brothers, your Batmanās mouth. They wait for a nod or headshake and dictate decades worth of planning on it.
Both Drake and Toddās hero teams ask him for advice with or without their designated bats presence.
The man of steel asks for child rearing advice and wonder woman cracks a joke about a spar
Newer heroes whisper about him in the halls
Heās literally your favorite heroās favorite hero
And itās breaking Damianās Brain
Because wellā¦ he kinda gets slapped around in Gotham. Heās the butt of half the jokes the other Batkids make and Dick just smiles and takes it.
The rogues have a bounty on nightwings ass and he gets leered at by goons, rogues, civilians and anti-heroās alike and he doesnāt say anything.
He lets oracle crack jokes about a pretty face and having to do everything herself
Letās Jason run the alley despite the fact that apparently he knows how to take it back
Apparently heās had 12 people tailing Drake since Paris and despite being the man Raās Al Ghul calls detective has yet to notice. (Because you canāt tell me Dick was just magically at the right place to catch Tim falling to his death on coincidence)
And necessary to peace talks because heās the best they have at deescalation
Like imagine you are a child who was raised to believe power is this obvious, all consuming thing. That the ones who control the board are visibly larger than life figures who fought their way to the top and cling to power by even the thinnest hangnail if they had to.
People who ignore simpler morals or an overall greater goal or good
And then youāre taken in by the man who whispers the correct answers into the larger than life figures ear.
Like I feel like that would have such an impact because Dick didnāt take power from anyone to reach his goals, itās why his siblings donāt really defer to him unless in crisis.
Dick didnāt take power, no people just looked at him and decided he was the best option to give it to.
Everyone basically looked at this kid and went, yeah youāre the future of all heroism.
And if that dude canāt even get Bruce Wayneās respect what chance does Damian Wayne have
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