Many may assume that the bodily facet of being Robin is the toughest half, however Dick Grayson factors out that the emotional facets are tough too.
Warning! Spoilers for DC Delight: Tim Drake Particular #1 forward!
Out of all of the superheroes, Batman could be the hardest to be the sidekick for, and as Nightwing factors out, the toughest a part of being Robin is extra emotional than bodily.
It is no secret that Batman has gone via numerous sidekicks over time. It has been established that Batman ought to have a Robin to stability out his internal darkness, however the position of Robin takes such a toll on younger people who many have had the identification. Dick Grayson ultimately graduated into his personal hero, Nightwing, and his successor, Jason Todd, met a bloody finish. Even Tim Drake, as he ages out of being a sidekick, struggles to seek out his personal place amongst DC’s different heroes.
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However the struggles of being Robin lengthen previous the costume and crime combating. In essence, being a Robin means having Bruce Wayne as a father determine. And as Nightwing factors out in DC Delight: Tim Drake Particular #1 by Megan Fitz Martin, Belen Ortega, and Alberto Jimenez Albuquerque, being an adopted son to Bruce Wayne is not any picnic. Dick consistently sought to make Bruce glad, however Bruce’s personal darkness was so robust that Dick felt himself sacrificing his personal future as a way to make this father determine of his glad. And as Dick tells Tim, he ultimately concluded that there’s nothing that Robin can do to make Batman glad.
The psychological scars and trauma of your complete relationship is troubling. As a toddler, Bruce misplaced his father at a really younger age, similar to Dick Grayson. Maybe Bruce by no means absolutely realized that by adopting Dick, he was basically changing Dick’s personal father as somebody to look as much as. However Bruce was so caught in his personal trauma that he could not see via the previous and be glad. The tragedy of this entire scenario is that being a Robin means perpetually searching for and failing to deliver happiness to a brooding mentor.
This reality goes for all Robins, not simply Dick, however all of them expertise it in numerous methods. Jason Todd was tormented by darkness and maybe having a father determine fail to embrace that position meant his darkness solely grew. With Damian Wayne, the father-son relationship was literal. Having skilled an abusive childhood, Damian might have benefited from seeing a father expertise happiness. As an alternative, the 2 targeted on combating crime reasonably than constructing a relationship. Having grown up and turn out to be Nightwing, it is fascinating to see Dick Grayson perceive this troubling facet of being Robin and attempt to educate the lesson to others.
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