#nightwing vs hush

[gffa]

I'm trying to focus on Clark opening up A POCKET DIMENSION so they can GO FISHING while they ARE IN COSTUME for BATMAN'S BACHELOR PARTY (I love comics so, so much) but I'm getting distracted by Dick just casually leaning up against Superman like he's a hat rack.

I mean, that's Dick Grayson for you, the guy with the god-like superpowers and the world-famous symbol on his chest and Dick's just casually throwing an arm over his shoulder to lean on him because that's who Dick is, if you're his uncle, he'll casually lean all over you and probably used Uncle Clark as a climbing gym when he was ten.

[dailyhush]

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Nightwing vs. Hush (2018) - For Richer or for Poorer by Tim Seeley, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain, and Dave Sharpe

[batfam-belfry]

Batman will fight anyone who questions the superiority of Batburger, and I love him for that

[kiddoairaku]

This gonna live rent free in my head for the next few weeks

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[arachnidtub]

nothing hush 2 has to offer will justify its existence but if anything i hope it makes tommy change his face back

[livsoulsecrets]

Batman – Prelude to the Wedding – Nightwing vs. Hush

[hood-ex]

Different art, similar vibe.

Azrael (Vol. 2) #14

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Nightwing vs. Hush

[celaenaeiln]

I literally can't take it anymore. I need to get this out of my system. This is a hate-rant about why almost every single thing Tom Taylor has written is wrong.

First and foremost is the bimbofication of Dick Grayson. Tom Taylor loves to write him like this idiot who doesn't think at all. Being cheerful does not mean being dumb.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #79

"You seem unusually contemplative"? All Dick does is contemplate!

Nightwing (1996) Issue #3

His mind is always running!

Nightwing (2011) Issue #13

Nightwing (2016) Issue #38

I just picked a random issue from all of these comics and in every single one of these, Dick's planning, thinking, and strategising constantly.

Tom Taylor literally treats him like he's stupid or something.

Also the degradation of his abilities

Nightwing (2016) Issue #79

A vigilante for 20 years. Who has faced assassins, hitmen, psychos, surprise attacks, metas, and you're telling me he didn't know that a untrained kid snuck up and stole from him?

He forgot who he was, he didn't forget where he lived! Even when he was Ric Grayson, Dick had procedural memory. His battle instincts stayed with him.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #52

"Then...I didn't even know what I was doing. I took him down--took him apart in seconds."

This man is a vigilante machine when he was amnesic. Why the heck would Dick ever let his guard down?

His robin reference

Nightwing (2016) Issue #92

Even Bruce in Batman: Hush has said it-Dick was the best. His skills were the best of anyone he's witnessed which is one of the reasons why Bruce let him be Robin in the first place.

This scene is so wrong that there's a robin scene that came out before this in direct opposition of this Tom Taylor Shitshow.

Robin & Batman Issue #1

This was actually pre-robin. Bruce had him do a solo-trial run to see his skill before he made him Robin and this was the result. Compare that to Tom Taylor's scene and the result is humiliating. For Taylor.

Tom Taylor's version of trying to show that Dick loves the people comes off as him hating crime-fighting. RIP the whole Robin firing drama and Nightwing birth i guess.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #79

"We could have avoided all of this if we'd just stayed in and eaten kibble."

Nightwing (1996) Issue #3

Dick would rather die than stop crime-fighting. After Blockbuster's first attempt, his life was hanging on by a thread and he still continued crime fighting.

Nightwing (1996) Issue #91

After Blockbuster blew up his apartment, this is the single-minded determination Dick had to continue crime-fighting. This is him at one of the worst lows of his life but he refused to give up but now? He has everything and Dick wants to ignore the murder of a child to stay inside and eat kibble which - what the heck? I know he's seen as a happy character but him finding dog-food desirable is too far!

Also the idiocy of which Tom Taylor had Barbara calling the cops in Bludhaven for a stolen wallet. Newsflash! This isn't her first rodeo here.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #81

vs

Nightwing (2016) Issue #24

Nightwing (2011) Issue #23

Given how Dick's easily defeated enhanced metas and "very good" fighters, him falling down the stairs is a little to absolutely impossible to believe.

Another thing I love about Dick that Tom Taylor deciminates is his grace. Dick is the most graceful person in DC. His balance easily matches Selina's enhanced cat powers.

But yet. You have.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #83

Nightwing (2011) Issue #23

yeah. okay.

Taylor's motorbike scenes of Dick make me so mad. The boy is a pro at crazy. It's one of his best traits because he does the wildest stunts and he pulls it off.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #93

Nightwing (1996) Issue #86

He lands on his feet. He grabbed a villain mid-air, crashed into a window, and was perfectly fine. Actually no, he's not fine because he's worried about his bike's paint job.

Nightwing (2011) Issue #24

He just sailed over a whole crowd of people and started kicking butt like what he just did wasn't extraordinary - which for him is just another tuesday.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #95

yeah, tell 'er Dick.

He doesn't need someone to hold his bike.

One of the worst things in Taylor's run is how Blockbuster went down. It suddenly reminded me of Selina's stupid ideology which is why I think I got so ticked off.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #96

Blockbusters' thugs loyalty to him isn't a make it or break it deal. He's one of strongest criminal organisations and the knowledge that he owns one of the worst prisons that he could easily put his underlings into would've instilled fear into his thugs, not freedom. Furthermore Blockbuster takes good care of his people that don't piss him off. He teamed up with Nightwing in the scarecrow era in Nightwing (2016) because someone was messing with his people. He's extremely intelligent and superstrong, and he's not just going to be brought down by the knowledge that he owns a prison. It's Bludhaven. If he didn't, then there would be something suspicious given that he runs the city. It's the way Taylor dumbs down Bludhaven's villains that gets to me. Imagine him writing Batman (2016). It's like saying, "yeah the Joker was just a little misguided but he found the right way again after a stern talking to by Batman."

Nightwing is a big name.

When Dick first came to Bludhaven, one of the police officers was like we don't want your crazy here or something. Also Bludhaven loves Nightwing. They want him.

So why is everyone pretending like they don't know who he is?

Nightwing (2016) Issue #90

The police, the citizens, the villains-all of them. Dick fought Brutale and beat the crap out of him way back in 1996 comic. He's a Bludhaven regular. Just because Dick forgot who he was doesn't mean anyone else forgot him. Amnesia doesn't work that way.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #54

A whole team of Nightwings were formed during Dick's amnesic period because of how badly he was needed and missed. It's almost like the Tom Taylor run is set in an alternate universe.

I ran out of image space but what the absolute fiddlesticks is up with Dick being scared to jump. It better be a manipulation tactic but at this point I think Tom Taylor doesn't even know that Dick is manipulative.

[imtiredthatsalligot]

F Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night/ New Titans #55/ I.B. Vyache Conversations over Sanguinacchio/ Tales of the Teen Titans #50/ Unknown/ Grayson #9/ Fleabag Episode 2.6/ Outsiders #8/ Hera Lindsay Bird, Mirror Traps/ Robin and Batman #3/The Amazing Devil, Farewell Wanderlust/ Batman Year 3/ Natalie Wee, Our Bodies and Other Fine Machines/ Preludes to the Wedding Nightwing vs Hush  

[gffa]

HELP THEY TOOK BRUCE TO BATBURGER FOR HIS BACHELOR PARTY THAT THEY FORCED ON HIM AND DICK WAS LIKE "YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS EVEN WORSE I MEAN BETTER? I'M GONNA RENT THE PLACE OUT AND INVITE OTHER PEOPLE IN COSTUMES." JUST. DICK ONCE AGAIN WOKE UP AND CHOSE VIOLENCE AND SUPERMAN WAS LIKE "PLEASE LET ME IN ON THIS" AND NIGHTWING WAS LIKE "I WOULDN'T DREAM OF NOT HAVING YOU THERE". THESE ARE JUSTICE LEAGUE-LEVEL HEROES AND BATMAN CAN NEVER TELL ANYONE WHAT AN AWFUL, AWFUL DEMON HE HAS FOR A BEST FRIEND AND AN AWFUL, AWFUL CHAOS GREMLIN HE HAS FOR A KID. I LOST IT FOR FIVE STRAIGHT MINUTES, THEY'RE THE ABSOLUTE WORST, NO WONDER BRUCE LOVES THEM SO MUCH

[dailyhush]

Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Nightwing vs. Hush (2018) - For Richer or for Poorer by Tim Seeley, Travis Moore, Tamra Bonvillain, and Dave Sharpe

[galaxymagitech]

Jason in Post-Crisis repeatedly attempts to recruit his siblings…while also attempting to murder them. It’s hilarious. And kind of pathetic. But definitely hilarious.

So after Red Hood’s confrontation with Batman goes down…poorly…he decides to go bother Dick. But Dick’s not there! So, he impersonates him (because he’s almost as bad as Tim when it comes to identity theft) and, when Dick finds him, during One Year Later, Jason is like “hey bro, let’s be Nightwing together!”

(Nightwing #119)

Obviously, Dick does not agree. They fight, Jason gets turned into a tentacle monster, etc. Jason sends Dick a telegraph saying he wants to be family again, because he just doesn’t know when to quit. Dick never responds.

But don’t worry! Jason has another sibling. And sure, he’s tried to murder him once or twice, but water under the bridge, right? …right?

(Robin #177)

Yeah, so Jason then tries to recruit Tim, after the kid needed stitches from the Hush incident and Jason broke into Titans Tower to beat him up. Because somehow he thinks this will work.

It does not work. Tim (predictably) turns him down. Jason’s reaction? Shoot at him!

But never fear. The definition of insanity is repeating the same action and expecting different results! Now that Jason’s Batman, surely he can recruit a sibling to be his Robin!

This time, he asks Tim first, apparently impressed by his ruthlessness in their Batman vs. Batman fight.

(Battle for the Cowl #2)

And thus we get the “be my Robin” moment that you may have seen mentioned in fanfiction. Tim calls Jason a psychopathic killer and refuses. So Jason stabs him and leaves him for dead.

But wait! That’s not the end. Robin refused to be Jason’s Robin, but surely a grown man will agree to be his sidekick!

(Battle for the Cowl #3)

Yeah…no. Not really sure what Jason was expecting here.

This is not counting:

That time Jason tracked Dick down in The Outsiders just to give him information.

Jason’s attempt to get Dick to turn a blind eye to his killing in Batman and Robin.

Literally anything past post-crisis.

In conclusion: Jason in is like a glitchy Darth Vader going “join me Luke, I am your father” on repeat, but put “brother” in there instead.

[kiddoairaku]

Yes everybody it really happened. Bruce groped Dick's chest to save him.

[crimsonkingart]

Bruuuuuuuuce 🤫 Quick redraw from Nightwing vs Hush, Dick was against ballerinas LOL; I like jealous Dick, take it like a biggest exageration nosense 😂😂🦇