Originally Posted by
garazza
I never liked the idea of Damian being in a relationship, but it never crossed my mind until now of codifying that into making him asexual, which I'm totally on board for.
Some may say that just because Damian may not have been ready to explore relationships a few years ago doesn't mean he can't start exploring them now, but I disagree. Any other character that was introduced as young as Damian, thus leaving no opportunity or need to explore romance with them, who grew as a character a comparable amount in a comparable amount of time, I'd be OK with them exploring romantic relationships because they aren't Damian. I believe it is endemic to Damian's character that he has no desire to have a relationship with someone. If we were to apply Damian's publication history in terms of his aging and growth to the other Robins, now would be a good time to start telling stories about potential romances and love interests, not because they should, but because it would be the natural progression for the other Robins' characters, but not Damian's.
Funnily enough, a lot of Damian's stories already deal with relationships, platonic ones. Damian doesn't have love interests, he has friend interests. Colin, Maya, Jon. Those are the characters whose relationship with Damian people want to see explored because Damian's journey has been all about developing his social and people skills, not romantic skills, and no, romantic skills are not covered by those other two. If you want to read stories of Damian exploring his romantic feelings, there's a thing called fanfiction. Make them yourself.