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one of my favorite things is how dick grayson’s mullet with his hair down is super thick, lustrous, and about shoulder length. then he puts it into a ponytail and suddenly it’s five feet long and as thin as a rope

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THATS NOT HOW HAIR WORKS LMAOOOO

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can it GET any more 90s!

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So, I kicked off my mission of reading every Nightwing volume with the Nightwing (1995) mini-series aka Dick's quarter-life crisis.

It was very entertaining. I'm not a big fan of how Dick was drawn or that Dick even tried leaving the hero business, but the storyline was otherwise very enjoyable with lots of great moments. Goode Ole Bernie the assassin was hilarious every time he appeared on panel. The colors were very bright and fun, even if we got some interesting wardrobe choices. Actually, especially because of the wardrobe choices. I also forgot how much I liked reading his narration, it's so fun and quippy. Alfred was actually really great in this comic, helping Dick and being supportive of his decision to leave Nightwing behind. And, of course, the conversation between Bruce and Dick at the end, where Dick tells Bruce that despite not being a perfect father, Bruce gave Dick what he needed and was "the best family I could have had."

I really liked how the three main family plotlines fit together. Dick starts the mini-series off by quitting Nightwing, resentful that he never got a chance to have a normal childhood and normal family with Bruce. He finds Miggy Webster, who has the perfect normal family he craves...except the normal family is actually an abusive nightmare. At the same time, we have story of Heinmel and Kemper Von Cart, where, for the good of his country Kravia, Heinmel disfigures his son and has him pose as the Prince of Kravia.

In the end, Dick decides that a normal life is overrated. Miggy's "normal life," after all, was nothing like it seemed. He tells Bruce that he was lucky, after seeing just how bad things could have been. He contrasts his situation with Kemper's by saying "you never demanded that I be anything I'm not." While Heinmel hurt his son and forced him into a role for his own goals, Dick chose Bruce's Mission and Bruce gave him the tools to become what he truly was: a hero. Dick explicitly rejects the idea of a "perfect father" or family, disillusioned with the picture perfect Websters, and emphasizes all the ways Bruce supported him, contrasting them with the ways William Webster and Heinmel Von Cart failed their children.

Does the fact that Dick is coming right out of dealing with two abusive fathers temper how meaningful and heartwarming the scene with him and Bruce is? Yeah, a bit, I think. Like, Dick has set his bar in hell going into this conversation. Bruce didn't get drunk and almost murder Dick with a gun, and he didn't scar Dick's face in order to make him pose as someone else. (I can't say he never gave Dick a bruise on his face like the one on Miggy's face as she calls Dick, desperate. Dick probably did bruise, after The New Titans #55. So, yeah, the standards Dick is setting here very low.) I kind of am a little uncomfortable with Dick seeing how much worse it could be and then translating that into gratitude. Just because someone else has it worse doesn't mean you need to be grateful for a bad situation.

However, I do think there were very sincere and heartfelt parts of this conversation. Yes, Miggy's perfect normal family turned out to be horrible, but Dick also realized that wasn't what he truly wanted, once the illusion broke. And by making an implicit distinction between Heinmel and Bruce, Dick states that Nightwing is who he is, accepting the role he begins this miniseries by rejecting. He also emphasizes his choice in becoming Robin, states that Bruce was "worthy of imitation," and tells Bruce that he knows Bruce loves him and "gave me a lot of yourself." Some of Dick's gratitude here is, yes, because Bruce didn't act like Heinmel and William, and so Dick could have had it so much worse. But most of it is because he recognizes that Bruce really, truly tried for him...and that Dick became a hero not because Bruce failed to give him a normal childhood but because that is what he feels right being. And so it really is still a heartwarming scene.