Like I’m only vaguely paying any attention to what’s happening in Justice League and the big event stuff they’re building towards, on account of it all sounds dumb and also I don’t care….
But from what I’ve picked up, apparently Luthor and the Justice League are basically in a race to tip the balance of the universe either more towards the ‘doom/evil/whatever’ side or to the ‘justice/good/blah blah’ side before the Big Bad finishes powering up and they like…remake the universe into another dark multiverse if Luthor succeeds in tipping the scales more into the doom camp?
So basically, the whole Year of the Villain stuff is Luthor going around giving all the villains power ups like he’s Neron and its 1995 again, because the more all of them ‘win’ in advancing their personal agendas, it all just contributes more towards evil triumphing over good or whatever.
Now, I’m biased as fuck, clearly, and not to hype my personal fave too much, but is it just me or has Dick Grayson pretty consistently been called the heart of the cape community by MANY people on MANY different occasions across MANY different continuities? And hasn’t like….every freaking villain from Deathstroke to Luthor to the Court of Owls and so on, like….haven’t tons of them made it their SPECIFIC mission to try and corrupt Dick, SPECIFICALLY, because of what a feather in their cap it would be to turn the hero that so many other heroes hold in such high regard?
I’m not suggesting like, this event all hinges on him or whatever, lol, Didio doesn’t like him enough to ever allow that, I’m just saying…from an IN universe perspective…characters have made a big enough deal in the past about his being a central inspirational focal point for so many heroes and hero teams, that like….you would THINK, with this being the specific premise of the ‘fate of the universe’ scenario they’re all faced with….it would occur to SOMEONE that like….oh fuck, Nightwing is a natural target for a villain plot aimed specifically at trying to drown out all the good and inspiring stuff in the world.
Oh AND he just so happens to be SUPER DUPER vulnerable right now what with the whole amnesia thing, and crap on a pogo stick, hey you guys think maybe somebody should swing by Bludhaven and make sure some bunch of villains aren’t trying to turn him Dark Side for the 1413242th time, by exploiting that amnesia?
fhfalkhfalkf I’m just saying, I don’t actually like when they hype him up as this larger than life, too good, too wholesome, too pure’ figure that’s more symbol than actual character, but they certainly fucking do it enough, that SOMEONE in the entire DC cape community should ping that like…..hey, when was the last time anyone checked on Nightwing, who usually would be our GO-TO guy to help lead the charge in a battle for the universe where like….being super heroic and noble and shit is SPECIFICALLY what we need most? Isn’t that reason enough to like…worry that the other side might think this is the ideal time to be all nighty-night, Nightwing?