#no stop

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Wait I complimented you. Why are you-? Wait. WAIT NO- DONT DRAW CHAD CARMINE NO-- NO MORE PLEASE---

in my eyes, dick grayson being forced to stay as batman, long term, stuck in gotham while one of his siblings just stays in bludhaven? doesn't have the oppressing shadow that dick just keeps getting dragged back to honestly feels disrespectful to who dick wanted to be. i'm sure dick would love for his siblings to be nightwing if he dies but making every position dick has ever had be a mantle to be passed on is just-

no.

dick grayson's meant to be nightwing, the free spirit that comes with him having his own city, because gotham isn't meant to be the end of dick grayson's story, and his siblings just taking his position in bludhaven like they'd be able to fill that role easily is laughable.

if they're free to be nightwing they should be able to be batman and for some reason they aren't, and dick grayson has to keep returning to the cowl he doesn't want.

i can't describe how i feel when i read fics like this, just some terrible sadness for dick, especially when people write it like dick is just fine with being batman and his siblings treating nightwing like a mantle, like something they can just take, like bludhaven wasn't his city, like he didn't do everything for it, and treating nightwing like something they can just take. like something they can easily fit into.

i dont think any of the batsiblings can be nightwing, and writing it like people dont notice the difference is honestly laughable.

i read a fic where jason todd is nightwing, and honestly, if bro has to go to bludhaven he can easily choose a different name. IT IS NOT THAT HARD GUYS? it is NOT that complicated to choose a new identity name like babes... nightwing is NOT A MANTLE, and i dont think it every will be.

dick grayson is nightwing. full stop. only him.

Like maybe he decided to take Selina and Helena to go see a movie that they've been wanting to see, but Helena was starting to get tired so they decided to head home early.

Idk if they go through crime alley - I just couldn't see Bruce wanting to even step foot there with his wife and daughter with him.

So they're walking home, when a man jumps out, gun in hand. Bruce freezes - just for a moment - but it's too late.

The gun fires. Bruce and Selina Wayne lay dead. Their 8 year old daughter left to repeat the cycle.

I...

why would you-