Originally Posted by
Avi
See, this is what I think about current Nightwing. Dick just has more fans (Fans that made even Ricwing outsell Red Hood: Outlaw and sometimes Batgirl), and Taylor has a built-in fanbase.
I agree that it is all about relationships and sensibilities and even personal challenges but the execution is so awfully dull.
Nothing gets to a deep level, either because there cannot be a meaningful conflict or because characters disappear before the story can get into the thick of the interaction. Which of course is the reason why so many panels can be so easily shared on the internet. There's no background information of the actual run required, just a rudimentary understanding of who these characters are supposed to be.
There could have been a big and proper conversation about what Dick wants to do with the money and how the other characters help him figure it out by sharing their experiences, instead, the big question gets solved in a slide show of panels with characters saying "that's a good idea" without us ever learning about the concrete idea, and then Dick opens a charity foundation like any other character before him, who has had the means and the will to do so. We still don't know what he's doing differently than anyone else that makes his approach so much better than Bruce's or anyone else's.
Another part of the problem is the pacing. Melinda and her mom have been MIA since June. Dick had his conversation with Clark in August, which I thought was a pretty awkward read, and the "keep an eye on Jon" thread is only getting picked up again in March. Even "big baddy" Heartless has been absent since August.
These big character interactions you talk about have happened between Dick, Haley, and Babs at most until now.