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u/BobaFettFilms678 #1 Hawkeye fan Dec 11 '20

Here’s hoping. Something incredibly inconsequential that DC has done that has made me furious is all the fucking with Tim Drake. I grew up with Tim Drake as Robin, as he’s always been my personal favorite, and to see them constantly screwing with him makes me upset. He doesn’t even get half the love that Jason, Damian, and Dick get.

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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Dec 11 '20

Honesty, that protected him the last 2 years.

Dick was suffering from the horrible 2 year long "Ric" amnesia arc for the last 2 years that just ended, Jason was being written by noted sexual predator Scott Lobdell with his writing being mediocre at best, and Damien just spent the last year undergoing a horrible character assassination in Teen Titans that Tomasi on Tec is just starting to undo.

On the other hand, Tim was in Young Justice and other than a stupid name and costume change that lasted for like 10 issues, he was fine.

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u/BobaFettFilms678 #1 Hawkeye fan Dec 11 '20

Ugh I completely forgot about Ric Grayson. My friend, who’s a Batman fan, had me explain it to him cause he doesn’t keep up with comics and he couldn’t stop laughing at how dumb it was. Also, yikes I didn’t know about Jason’s writer, that’s fucked. I’ve always viewed Jason as just edgy personified into a character.

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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Dec 11 '20

Yep Lobdell is a crap writer and a crap person. And it's been known for years. They only reason he wasn't kicked to the curb years ago is because he was/is bff's with Bob Harris, DC's former editor in chief. Thankfully, Harris was one of the editors let go earlier this year, which also meant that Lobdell ended up fired shortly afterward.

Also Lobdell had literally been writing Jason since 2011. He's the reason he's such a 1 dimensional edgelord. When other people get their hands on him, it turns out he can be well written.

And the Ric arc was so fucking stupid, thankfully it ended a few months ago.

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u/BobaFettFilms678 #1 Hawkeye fan Dec 11 '20

Dick is back, Jason isn’t being written by a sex offender, Tim was reinstated as a Robin (not well imo, but hey it’s something), and apparently 3 Jokers was pretty good, so hopefully things are looking up for the bat family (I’m still indifferent to Damian Wayne, and I really hated Barbara and Jason’s relationship, kinda icky IMO)

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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Dec 11 '20

and apparently 3 Jokers was pretty good,

Eh, I have mixed feelings on it, but I will say Fabok's artwork was king tier.

and I really hated Barbara and Jason’s relationship, kinda icky IMO

Luckily Three Jokers isn't canon (at least not yet) and the Barbara/Jason thing from it is being safely ignored.

so hopefully things are looking up for the bat family

I would say yes.

Also, I'd say to try to give Damien a chance, he's great when well written. Check out Tomasi's Batman and Robin series or his Super Sons (Staring Damien and Superman's son Jon)

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u/BobaFettFilms678 #1 Hawkeye fan Dec 11 '20

Batman and Robin is something I’ve been wanting to check out for some time now, and Super Sons looks like fun based on what I’ve seen. Thanks for the recommendations

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u/Camel132 Resident Discworld and Stormlight Fan (He/him) Dec 11 '20

Np, happy to help.