This constant relying on stories, love interests and side characters that debuted like 20-30 years ago has got to end. It’s literally turning the fandom into something so toxic that even I considered leaving Nightwing. Pandering to nostalgia gets you nowhere. Let Hollywood show you how well pandering is looking for them! The MCU was successful because of NEW content!

Both Marvel and DC have a history of their best content being content that is new and novel. Batman didn’t get popular until he underwent multiple major changes. The Batman today isn’t the same Batman as he was 20-30 years ago. So why is it that Nightwing is the character where he has to repeat his greatest hits instead of growing past it.

We say we want Nightwing to be Alist and that we want Nightiwng to be up there with Superman or Spider-Man, but then at the same time we don’t allow him to have any other friends, stories or love interests outside the titans or Batfam. And now it’s become a war between both franchises. Dick can’t even get stable elseworld content. He was with both Kory and Babs in Future state, main continuity and in DCAU all so they can appease the fandoms. It’s ridiculous.

Young justice was a breath of fresh air before that got overtaken by fandom demands. You know for all the problems the Batman Arkham Games had, it probably for me had one of the better representations of Dick because he simply got to be Dick Grayson. No ties to anyone but Batman and Robin. That’s what I want. I want more of Dick Grayson being free from restraints and making his own content away from titans and batfam. I don’t want Titansfam or Batfam. I want Nightwingfam.

written for the @batmanbingo2020 square “Found Family”

Relationship: Dick Grayson & Koriand'r & Garfield Logan & Raven & Victor Stone & Donna Troy & Joseph Wilson, Dick Grayson/Koriand'r Characters: Dick Grayson, Donna Troy, Garfield Logan, Raven (DCU), Victor Stone, Joseph Wilson, Roy Harper, Wally West, Garth (DCU), Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Team as Family, POV Dick Grayson, Isolated Batfamily (DCU), Developing Friendships, Friendship, Alternate Universe, Timeline What Timeline, Found Family, Teen Titans as Family, bruce is not a bad dad but he's also definitely not a good one

Summary:

You should join the Justice League, Dick says when he’s ten years old and hopeful. No, Bruce says. You should join the Justice League, Dick says when he’s fourteen and realistic. No, Bruce says. I’m going to join the Justice League, Dick says when he’s seventeen and furious. No, Bruce says. No, you are not.

Nightwing, that fight scene was beautiful, chefs kiss** (I did think taking down deathstroke was going to be a lot longer but..)

Jericho and Rose are going to coexist...

The parallel of Rachel bringing back Gar like the way Gar brought her back has my heart weak**

Donna, Rachel and Dick helping Conner find the light...poetic cinema**

They really did make the whole Donna thing really obvious but did that stop me from tearing up...no

Rachel and Dicks goodbyes 🤧🤧(but could the writers really not have her say goodbye to Kory and Gar who are also going through a lot at the moment) S3 fix this ASAP, let the core four have a conversation together for once.

Jason showing up to pay his respects 😭

Dick and Gars conversation had me bawling I’m not going to lie. This is a good start and I’m glad they had Dick take responsibility, now let these type of conversations continue into S3.

So Kory’s completely ‘lost’ her powers and now Blackfire is back....

Actual footage of me after this finale/postcredit scene with Blackfire-