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I like to think that while the billboards at the beginning of Rebirth were just a marketing gimmick, the Nightwing statue Blüdhaven built came from a place of genuine love.
I like the idea that people come to Blüdhaven to reinvent themselves (Nightwing, the Run-Offs). The city has deep, structural problems, but the people are trying to rise above it. They just have a massively corrupt city government. I like that the current run is touching on that.
I think the way to make Blüdhaven fit Nightwing is acknowledge its history and frame it as a city that reinvents itself (much like Dick has). It's dealt with the runoff criminals of Gotham, and then refugees after Cataclysm. It was destroyed by Chemo, but it bounces back. https://t.co/vZ9uVGLo7j
Much as I have nostalgia for the 90s run of Nightwing, I don't think "Gotham, but worse" is the way to go. It feels needlessly edgy, takes away from the mythic nature of Gotham, and makes Nightwing feel like Batman-lite.
On the other hand, Rebirth's was just Vegas by the sea.
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I love that Lemire kept the aspects of Robin that make it something Dick really created and defined: using the nickname from his mom, his family's colors, and an identity separate from Batman (he's not Batboy).
@geekyhush Cause Sharp doesn't really do realistic art. Lately he's been getting a lot more surreal/stylized. Compare Brave and the Bold from a few years ago to Batman Reptilian.
@HotDogsAreLegit @graysonsparker @TheAlazul It's a recolor of panels from Titans United to make Starfire look more like the version played by Anna Diop.
I think it's important that of the original Legacy characters at DC, Dick is the only one whose name and/or costume aren't derivative of his mentor.
He's not Batboy. He doesn't wear a mini Bat suit. Dick was always his own hero.
@TalkinLadyShiva And it's not like Batmam ever fights fair. The whole idea of him being able to win with prep time is predicated on the fact that he never fights fair. If you're in a fair fight you've got some pretty bad tactics.