Nobody is looking at the possibility that this could turn out to be a positive thing instead of a negative thing like a killing or a death. as stated before the sheer probability of killing Nightwing is very low, Nightwing is up there in sales next to Superman and is always in or near the top ten, so killing him does not benefit DC at all. that being said:
It is my theory that DC is going to do the exact opposite of what it is making it look like, in Death of The Family everyone thought Alfred was going to die or get crippled but he turned out to be fine. Kyle Higgins himself said he wants Nightwing to become a more prominent hero and not " that circus kid that used to be robin." if i were a betting man I would say that DC is creating all this hype and speculation to bring the focus on Nightwing and then instead of killing or hurting him they are going to make him go through hell and rise out on top, perhaps being the one instead of Batman or Superman to finally save the day and earn all the spot light and recognition he deserved.
I know this sounds like I am reaching for hope but how many times has DC given us what they were leading us to believe, we thought Night of the Owls would be about the Gray-son it wasnt, instead it turned out to be Bruces brother, in DOTF we thought sense the Joker had Alfred, Alfred would come to harm but he didn't and DOFT really did not drastically tear the family apart as we thought it would. so DC has a history of leading us one way and then doing the opposite.
For those of you who play The Elder Scrolls, think about what Bethesda did in Skyrim. They told their fans that there "are no werewolves in Skyrim, and no future plans to add them" which got a lot of the fans disappointed and the whole werewolf thing became a huge buzz and everyone was talking about werewolves and skyrim, then a few days before the release it came out that Bethesda was just F-ing with everyone and werewolves were built into one of the major guilds and everyone was happy.
Same thing is happening here. DC threatens to kill Grayson, big buzz, lots of negativity, and makes everyone buy the comic because of the shit storm the Nightwing fans create because everyone wants to know if they are actually going to kill him, and good ol Dicky Boy is fine in the end, DC makes huge sales and Nightwing fans are happy that Dick got some major recognition.
think about it this way if the portrayed it in a positive light and said "hey guys Nightwing is going to play a major role and everything is going to be fine" we would all just say "hip hip hooray" and it would be over, no buzz or nothing but when they rile us up a lot of word of mouth is spread and it becomes a big hype.
think about it this way if the headline was
(insert major character here, that you don't currently read) saves the day! and defeats bad guys in villain month
would u read it NO because they always save the day
but if it was
DC hints (insert major character here, that you don't currently read) is going to die!
would you read it, YES!
I dont read Wonder Woman but if I thought she was going to die I might pick up a few issues to see what happens, simple as that my friends its all hype and its going to be the exact opposite of what everyone is thinking.
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