Ok leme go through MY idea for Dick in Begins one more time.
I think that either in 2 or 3, Dick grason should be presented as somewhere around 18 or 19. He could be a young man raised by a family of circus preformers. He's been trained all of his life as acircus trapeize artist/gymnist. However, Dick does not want to go into the family buisness, he wants to pursue some other course of life, be it music, or art, or something that every teenager wants to be. Hes rebelious and headstrong, and constantly in fights over petty things, like namecalling or a dirty look. But after finding out that his father has some sort of sevier illness and wants Dick to take over the family buisness when he passes, Dick reluctantly gives in. (or perhaps forget that small part and move directly into this) Late one night Dick's family are slain while preparing for their next act in thier tralier, Dick was not with them because he blew them and the preformance off for a date with a girl. After this Dick turns inward, he is now filled with anger, and guilt. Guilt because he believes he should have been there, maybe he could have stoped it, or maybe he feels that HE should have died in their place. Now he has cosen to focus this anger to kill those responsible for his families death. He trains himself harder and faster than he ever did as a child or teenager. He mixes his gymnastic routines with what he knows of fighting, essentialy creating his own unique style. Now he dons a black (maybe black and red) biker jacket, and a black or red mask (almost resembeling Jason Todd's look when he returned), a pair of regualr (or spandex for movement) bluejeans, and black steel toed boots. He begins making his way through the criminal underworld executing his own brand of justice, and trying to find his parents murderers. At this time the local new starts doing stories on him and title him "The Robin" for his agility and grace reported by witnesses. About this time Bruce would catch wind of this and make an effort to find this guy. Perhaps Bruce does, they square off and Dick either is a good match for him, or is MUCH more than Bats expected and Dick hands his ass to him. The next time around Batman is now more prepared and returns an asskicking to him HARD! He tells Dick that he knows who he is, and why he is doing what he is doing, then offers him the oportunity to come with him, to train with him and in time find his parents killer together. For Bruce it would almost feel like getting the retrebution he never could since Joe Chill was murdered. At first Dick declines, but after realizing that A. His life in a crappy old trailer SUX! B. That He could do alot with Bruces money and C. The more training he can get the better. Now Dick is fitted with another survival suit from Wayne Enterprises such as the one Bruce made the Batsuit out of, makes a black mask to cover the basic eye (and possibly forehead area) and asks Dick what he wants as his symbol, explains why he chose the bat as his own, and also explains that the name ROBIN isn't very threatening. Dick chooses to make the name NIGHTWING and design his own symbol (resembeling more of the current Nightwing look were the symbol is not technicaly a bird) Now Dick is very threatening looking, perhaps has about shoulder length hair as many teenagers do, and it plays well with the costume, and help to conceal his facial features. About this time he and Bruce figure out who killed his parents (be it joker, two face, crime lord, etc.) and he is now faced with the choice of killing him. Batman does his best to guid him, maybe he kills him maybe he doesn't, but in the end he is even more ****ed up than before. Maybe at this time NIGHTWING decides to go his own way, fight for himself for a bit, or maybe he stays, I'm still not sure, but either way THIS idea, IMO, is very realistic and takes away all of the comic campyness of the past and completly avoids the Shumaker version of Robin as played by Chris O' Donnel.
Well, there it is, hope ya like it!
No Robin thank you...
Oh my god that is the funniest thing anyone has ever accidentally said on the hype!
