#i suppose jjason also has a zero year story about him almost joing the redhood gang

[strunmah-mah]

So now that I’ve finally seen The Batman I kinda want to brainstorm what a sequel might look like if it included a Robin and how that story might very depending on who that Robin is (because I don’t think the movies be beholden to going in the same order as the comics).

Duke Thomas - Duke comes to mind first because the immediate aftermath of the film (the entirety of Gotham is flooded because Riddler blew up the seawall) almost sounds like a variant of Zero Year (Riddler takes Gotham hostage by gaining control of the power grid, (pretty sure there’s flooding involved in there somewhere but I haven’t actually read it)). The plot of this one would be something along the lines of Bruce somehow getting custody of Duke while Batman helps him search for his missing parents. I can’t really think of a specific villain for this, but it could be a good way for Bruce to learn to be more than vengeance as he gets introduced to systemic issues in addition to Gotham’s corruption (ex: Duke getting razzed  by cops because of his race.)

Dick Grayson - Robert Pattinson has mentioned he would be interested covering The Court of Owls in a sequel. So the Grayson murders happen but instead of focusing on Dick wanting revenge against Tony Zucco (because we sorta already got that plot from Selina/Falcone) We focus instead on William Cobb attempting to abduct young Dick for the court and Bruce learning how deep Gotham’s Corruption is.

Stephanie Brown -  Would feature Arthur Brown as a Riddler follower who escaped at the end of the first film and decided to carry on Riddler’s legacy by becoming Cluemaster (no, I have no idea if these two actually even like each other in the comics) and Stephanie attempting to spoiler his clues.

Jason Todd - IDK, I’m having troubles coming up with something I like for Jason, which Is weird cause he’s my favorite. Maybe Riddler’s question of “Do you know what an orphan is?” bugs Bruce and he goes looking into Gotham orphanages and discovers the child soldier training camp that is Ma Gunn’s School for Wayward Boys?

Barbara Gordon - Not a Robin, but Jim Gordon is very clearly pro vigilante in this movie. So his daughter taking that as implicit permission to become Batgirl isn’t outlandish. Could be interesting to see the potential strain that puts on Jim’s relationship with Batman.

That’s all I got. There might be something you can do with Harper Cullen, but I don’t know enough about her to craft that story myself. I think Damian and Cassandra’s stories’ are both to reliant on people from outside Gotham to make work, and Battinson is on an arc for more internal Gotham stories. Tim I don’t think works without a sidekick preceding him. Carrie Kelly is about reigniting hope in a grizzled cynical Batman which Battinson isn’t at yet.