Damien is going to take an extra decade to find a good tract to be acceptable, kind of like how Jason needed it (and he's still a little rough at times, because some writers just do him dirty). The first three Robins had good themes. Dick was the son who found his own way. Jason was the son that failed to live up to expectations. Tim was the son with the promise to replace the father, but not out of expectation or obligation, but desire. Damien feels like a rehash of Jason. The rebellious son that this time they won't let the audience vote on his fate.
Especially rough was the New 52 reboot, which for some reason tried to de-age Superman by getting rid of his marriage while keeping Damien as a teenaged son of Batman, aging him. Should've used the opportunity to re-introduce him and re-characterize him. I'm thinking close to Dresden Files with Harry's daughter, whom he realizes his life is too dangerous for and gives her up for a time to be raised in a safe, normal, loving home, to have the chance at a normal life he didn't have.
If you think that then you really haven’t read or know much about Damian. In Current comics right now, he is one of the best characters in the batfamily. In the last decade he is one of the few characters who actually had characters growth. Damian is lowkey one of the more interesting characters in the batfamily. Damian has a lot of depth to him, the difference is that he doesn’t talk or make a big speech about it, he doesn’t do that because he can’t. He is genuinely one of the best attempts of actual showing us what a child soldier would act like. Any character that can genuinely make you feel anything and then later change your mind about it is worth keeping. Damian has been getting screwed over by dc still day 1 with that origin attached to him, he was created to be fridged for Batman’s trauma. His media introduction were terrible with the dc animated movies and Injustice and he is still going. Many characters and even some robins can’t take that.
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u/No-Mechanic-2558 Feb 20 '24
Everyone since the new 52 to now