Originally Posted by
gregpersons
I think he provides the stable Teen Robin, the grounded Peter Parker in the center of this madness. You can still have all of the alternative Robins, including Damian calling himself Robin. In the 11 years since Damian became Robin, he's far more frequently still referred to as "Damian" rather than "Robin."
So why deny Tim the role the character was created to be which is -- the brand-facing Robin, the stable one. If all of the Robins are crazy or dead, then there's really nothing to center the story. That's part of the reason there's no real heart to the Batman comics anymore it feels like -- all of the heart has been ripped out entirely, and the last vestiges of it are now entirely dismantled, Alfred and Selina and Dick Grayson. Yay, Batman has no one at all, more time for Punchline. Yay.
IMO, the Bat universe desperately needs a Peter Parker, and the closest to that was the O'Neil editorial years with Tim Drake as Robin.
Robin / Tim Drake -- the relatable and steady hero who is doing it as a passion, he believes in direct-action justice and wants to help.
Red Hood / Jason Todd -- the bad boy ex-Robin
Robin / Damian Wayne -- the dark heir and newest protegee who is more likely to team up with Batman in the field. Sometimes both Robins work together, to which they'd divide codenames for that particular mission, maybe by color (Red, Black) or number (1, 2) or whatever. Captain Robin and Lt. Robin, lol. At the moment they're just calling each other Drake and Damian, which also works fine enough I guess. Edit -- Or, when they're both together you have Teen Wonder and Boy Wonder.
Nightwing / Dick Grayson -- ideally he's the one we know and love, the older brother guy who has some advice but is still figuring himself out ex-Robin
Spoiler / Stephanie Brown -- Tim's girlfriend, she was a Robin for a time too but didn't want to take on the identity and preferred her independence.
What we all liked about Tim was that he was the "normal" one. A continuity reset to clean up his origin with a fresh slate would help stabilize a lot of the Gotham verse. I think all of these alternate identities are really missing the point, and not doing much more than pissing on the potential.