I’m pretty sure ppl were super angry at N52 NW for removing Bludhaven and now y’all want it gone.
I’m pretty sure ppl were super angry at N52 NW for removing Bludhaven and now y’all want it gone.
"It's too bad she won't live! But then again, who does? - Gaff Blade Runner
"In a short time, this will be a long time ago." - Werner Slow West
"One of the biggest problems in the industry is apathy right now." - Dan Didio Co-Publisher of I Wonder Why That Is Comics
To be fair I've always wanted it gone and as more time goes on I feel like I'm proven more and more right. It was fine place for Dixon's original story arc, but it was unremarkable in every single way when it was introduced and should not be the place that "defined" the character for years afterwards.
I've repeated this a lot but Dick isn't from Bludhaven, he didn't grow up there, none of his family is from there, he didn't create any of his heroic identities there, none of his friends or other heroes are from there, none of the teams he was part of are there, and so on. To try and say Dick has some similar attachment to Bludhaven that a Bruce has to a Gotham is just absurd. It is an overvalued piece of history that fans need to move on from in my eyes.
I was over at the Dream Comics thread trying to divide members of the massive Batman family between titles based on location and realized there's a huge imbalance. Most of the Batman family operates in Gotham, even people who disagree ideologically like Batman, Batwoman, and Red Hood. Even Burnside is actually a district in Gotham.
Some of them really should move to Bludhaven. It's a city, dang it. Divide it by district like Gotham and give them their own place to run around.
Some of them obviously can't since they have a home in Gotham, like the Fox family and the Row family, and the underage people in Wayne Manor that's tied to the Batman brand like Robin and Duke also can't, but the more nomadic heroes can, like Red Hood, Red Robin, Azrael, maybe even Catwoman.
Also Flamebird. It's not like Batwoman wants her.
Nightwing isn't that much of a stickler to rules like Batman or Batwoman, and the three Wayne bros have a pretty good relationship. Jason will probably be happier this way.
This doesn't mean they're subservient to Nightwing. They still have their own titles. Just set in a different location that's not Gotham.
Last edited by Restingvoice; 07-15-2019 at 09:07 PM.
I don’t think Jason or Dick should even have “home cities” that they primarily operate out of tbh
I say just give them a HQ of some sorts to operate out of and set them loose on the DCU.
Things can become too formulaic with stationary places. Which for characters like Dick can spell trouble. Though a lack of stability or consistency isn’t necessarily ideal either.
Last edited by Godlike13; 07-16-2019 at 04:19 AM.
Dick grew up in a traveling circus. If any character is comfortable being a vagabond it would be him. There are only two places Dick should call "home". It would be Haly's Circus and Gotham. He has deep roots to those places.
Gotham is a fine place to collect himself between story arcs, or even use whatever is the Titans or JL base if you are inclined, but I don't see why Dick needs his own city that is completely dead weight to him with nothing of value in it to be considered a proper hero.