Originally Posted by
Ansa
Hmmm, I 100% agree that dc trying to erase the importance of adopted families needs to stop immediatly, Bruce adopting orphans is one of his most endearing qualtities, but when it comes to Damian being more valued because he is the blood son... idk. I always got the feeling that dc tried to get rid of the batfamily for some time now (erasing the adoptions, changing origin stories, breaking the family apart over and over again and never properly bringing them back together again,...) and the only reason Damian was spared was, well being related to Bruce by blood is kinda a core trait of his character. It's hard to get rid of that (Deathstroke vs Batman proved how ridiculous that idea is) and so while Damian rarely appears together with his father anymore, Bruce gets to tell people, yeah sure I love my son, he's really important to me and stuff, so Bruce doesn't look too terrible but they don't have to actually include the relationship in a Batman book.
The only recent proper Batman and Robin team up I can think of is the Arkham Knight arc written by Tomasi. They do appear together in Event Leviathan, but Bendis has no idea who he's writing so it doesn't count in my book. They appeared as a team in Superman a few times which was also written by Tomasi.
Don't get me wrong, Snyder making Damian the first thing Bruce thought of when Clark asked him what could motivate him to save the universe during metal or Damian being the first thing Bruce wanted Thomas to know about during the button is awesome, but a good father doesn't just tell people that he loves his children (while they are absent may I add) but interacts with them. A good parent takes care of of their well-being. A good parent invests time and effort into his relationships with his children. We haven't seen Bruce attempting to do any of this on a regular basis in forever, not even for Damian.