Originally Posted by
dietrich
You are 100% incorrect.
TT did not regress Damian's character. He made a mistake that is normal and to be expected.
Change isn't easy and if you think that this is the last time Damian is going to stumble then you are in for a surprise. Nightwing Annual Damian asked Bruce if he killed KGBeast for example.
TT actually evolved Damian's character. For the 1st time he is trying things his way. Not his mother's, Dick's or Batman's. That is growth.
He learnt no to kidnap TM's and he went back into hell for a TM.
Damian isn't the 1st character that has gotten shitty writing and he won't be the last so suck it up and quit looking for a way to excuse it.
it sucks but it happens.
Flash absolved Wallace of his part in the TT events it did not absolve Damian. It did not say if Wallace hadn't been brainwashed he would have stooped Damian or that the events wouldn't have happened.
Damian's intent alone already has him in the wrong and guilty.
You might think that Wallace reining Damian in is a positive but it isn't.
If Damian isn't responsible for his bad deeds then who do we praise for his heroic deeds?
Expecting a Tm to rein him in robs him of his agency and renders him incompetent.
Damian should make mistakes. A character that never makes mistakes never grows. Damian sticking to the light, never backsliding 3 years after deciding to becoming a hero and change his ways is bollocks.
That isn't believable even for comics. Like you said he was abused and conditioned meaning that change for him is going to be extra hard.
Damian should still struggle with the whole not killing honestly and in canon we know for a fact that he still considers it eg Nightwing Rebirth where he suggests killing Robinatron.
This was years before Glass.
It sucks what happened in the last TT run and how poorly it was all done but Damian is responsible [Rebirth Deathstroke we even saw Wallace try to talk him around]
Damian will recover. Heck DCeased reaches more readers than TT and comes out more frequently so there's more positive Damian out there.
Also wrong on Damian needing someone to keep him from the dark [what a way to rob the character for all the good he hasx done and how far he has come]
Damian decided to become a hero of his own freewill. He was a solo hero in Gotham before he became Robin or joined the Bats - That is on Damian
Damian has given his life twice to save others. That's more than any other Bat character and he wasn't prompted or guided into doing it by anyone - That's all Damian
Damian went to hell and when he came back he still carried on fighting because it's worth it. He went back into hell to save a Tm - that's Damian
Damian went on a trip around the world to make amends for his past deeds. He earned his Redemption himself. No one had to suggest or influence him. - That's Damian
Damian offered his life for tm's who did not care for him. No one influenced him - That's all Damian
Damian keeps himself from the dark thank you very much.
Damian since rebirth has suggested killing twice and both of those times he was with Bruce and working with Dick. So again Damian is responsible for his actions and while he has had mentors along the way his mind and his heroic journey is all his own and his desire,