Ever since his brane overdose, Nightwing has been appearing in opposition to some unknown menace to the world at massive. To that finish he has despatched Talia al Ghul to free Bruce Wayne, so they might be taught the destiny of their son, and even reclaimed the title of Batman for himself. All of this was in preparation for a menace he has elected to not inform the others about. Future State: Gotham #13 (by Dennis Culver, Dan Mora, Geoffo, and Troy Peteri) nonetheless, appears to counsel that Nightwing’s plan to save lots of the longer term, could be what places it in danger.
The entire motive Nightwing overdosed on brane was to make use of the powers it will grant him to search out Damian. After his visions, nonetheless, his plan to save lots of the world appeared to by some means contain rescuing Damian. But, the problem ended with Damian returning as Batman 666, seemingly hellbent on getting revenge towards those that mistaken him. This might imply that in attempting to save lots of his brother, Nightwing allowed the world to be put at risk.
For individuals who have adopted Damian’s story, there have been a number of doable futures introduced for him. The worst-case situation is the one the place he turns into Batman 666, a deadly vigilante who made a literal cope with the Satan for immortality. In that dystopian future, Damian exists in a post-apocalyptic world and is closely implied to have had a hand in creating it. So, for him to reappear sooner or later state as Batman 666 is troubling, and lends to the speculation that he’s the menace Nightwing foresaw.
But, Nightwing additionally needed to have identified what Damian’s final destiny is. His visions have been so correct that he could not probably have been unaware of how harmful Damian has grow to be. He needed to know that the search to search out his misplaced brother would inadvertently free him from hell in order that he might search his revenge. By telling Talia what she wanted to know and the place she wanted to go, Nightwing has knowingly unleashed a doubtlessly world-ending menace.
So, why take that threat? Absolutely if he’s appearing as an emotionally useless, but sensible hero then he will need to have suspected leaving Damian there could be safer for everybody. That is not how Nightwing operates although, he leads together with his coronary heart, not his mind. His visions additionally appear to have proven him the trail to not solely averting disaster however reuniting his household. All of it begins with getting Damian again.
The 2 have at all times been shut. Damian was Nightwing’s Robin for a time, and he is the one Damian appears as much as probably the most out of all his siblings. So, it is no shock that Nightwing could be prepared to threat something, even the tip of the world, to save lots of his little brother. In that case, then Nightwing’s hand in enabling the beginning of the apocalypse is definitely an enormous leap of religion and one which proves how a lot he loves and trusts Damian. He is aware of the trail forward will not be simple, however all the pieces he’s doing, dangerous as it’s, is to save lots of his household.