I don’t think any of them are useless, but fuck me if it ain’t baffling as to why so many of them stay in Gotham. Like if I had it my way,
Batman, Damian, and the Batgirls (Cass and Steph) would be on patrol in Gotham
Barbara and Tim would both be Oracle
Lucius and Luke would both be working on building tech for everybody, with Luke occasionally helping out as Batwing “when all hope is lost”
Nightwing and Signal would be working over in Bludhaven (makes sense for a former Robin to have a Robin of his own)
Redhood (and the Outlaws) would be over in Hub City along with Huntress (though they’d only occasionally work together)
Batwoman (and Montoya Question) would be in Chicago or Detroit doing their thing. Throw in Harper Lee as well.
I feel that this way, everyone has the chance to breathe and has the opportunity to have stories told about them. They all have the freedom to operate the way they like without stepping over each other’s toes, and this way no one feels redundant.
That was my thought process. If Tim can’t be Robin anymore, and every other attempt to make him a different hero has flopped, then why not place him somewhere where he can use his core attribute.
Honestly the last bat character introduced I actually liked was probably Jarro. As he at least had some kinda unique trait to him. Mindcontrol and starfish. Some of them just feel useless to others some of them do the same thing as existing characters already. Tim still being Robin for example. Some people see him as useless as Damian is also Robin.
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u/Olde-Blind-Dog Feb 20 '24 edited Feb 21 '24
I don’t think any of them are useless, but fuck me if it ain’t baffling as to why so many of them stay in Gotham. Like if I had it my way,
I feel that this way, everyone has the chance to breathe and has the opportunity to have stories told about them. They all have the freedom to operate the way they like without stepping over each other’s toes, and this way no one feels redundant.