My Interpretation of the Legacy of the Bats
Okay, so I had a cool (I think) idea about what the future of Gotham might look like. Here it goes.
After Bruce retired, the city was effectively split into four quarters, one for each team. One quarter went to Nightwing and his teammate, Oracle. One quarter went to Red Robin and Spoiler. One quarter went to Red Hood and Black Bat. The final quarter went to the Dark Knight (Damian’s interpretation of Batman) and Signal.
Each of those eight each chose someone to take over their mantle, and this just kept going on.
200 years from the death of Batman, no one in any of those mantles know who started it all, but they do know that it’s their job to protect the city.
I like to imagine that all the Red Hoods are angry kids who were stepped on their whole lives. I like to imagine that all the Red Robins are people who knew they needed to step up and do something. I like to imagine that all the Spoilers are people who just kept going when everyone told them to stop. I like to imagine that all of this is true even after there is no one alive that knew the originals.