Thoughts on the boys:
Dick; Killing Dick would be devastating to both the fans and to Bruce, who I don't think could ever recover from that loss. As we've seen, Bruce still feels regret and guilt for Jason's death, becoming extra violent and such until he got another Robin in his life. Losing Dick might break him, even after all that effort he made to return to his own time, to survive. Dick has always been the favorite son, the exception, after all, he choose a world with Dick Grayson in it, rather then a 'perfect' world Infinite Crisis Superman was offering him that lacked Dick. Killing him is not an option, or at least not very wise for any future Batman series. Returning him to Nightwing status would be awesome, I think Dick would prefer that; however, the Nightwing series/stories were really less then stellar alot of the time. But if they have better writers on board, I could see Nightwing comics taking off again. My ultimate concern is that they'll make Dick permanently injured and turn him into another Oracle-esque character. I am not on board with this idea either; Dick deserves better; and I hope the fans will make their voices heard to demand better, as well.
Jason; Since he is currently imprisoned, it seems they are pushing Jason into the background for a while. I understand and accept this. But I would think that Bruce will continue to try and reach out to him, to reform and make amends with him. I think Jason will continue to wave his way in and out of the Bat-family as both a force of good and bad. I think he'll continue to reach out to his "brothers" and try to get them to join him, eventually Jason and Damian may come to realize that they have the most in common and may work together. Jason will try to recruit Damian as his Robin, though I am sure Damain will be more interested in showing loyalty to his father, as long as he is not shunned by him.
Tim; Like the Nightwing series, I wouldn't mind seeing Tim keep his own spin-off series as Red Robin. I think it is worth making a go of. He's his own man now, I prefer to see him as Red Robin then return to the Robin costume. I don't think there is anything more he could learn from Bruce/Batman, anyway.
Damian; I don't know where this idea of Damian being Jason's son came about, it doesn't make sense. Though I do agree there is some doubt as to weather Damian is actually Bruce's son, I am more inclined to believe that he is Bruce's clone. A proper clone, designed at birth, rather then one of Darkseid's empty drones. Jim Gordon mentioned that Damian/Robin looked familiar to him, and why not? He was there with Bruce Wayne in crime alley when he was around the same age, they probably look alot alike. We also get from Joker (as he is being beaten by Damian/Robin with a crowbar; justice! revenge!) that Damian/Robin sounds familiar, aka, just like Bruce/Batman. But really, my problem isn't with Damian, but the other clones that Ra's and Talia are brewing. It is possible that Ra's wanted to make sure he always had a "Detective" to confront, and so created the clones, or intents to keep making them so that he'll always have an adversary (it's pretty boring when you're immortal). My concern is that the writers won't know what to do with Damian or the other babies in breeding and just kill them all off. However, I think it would be VERY interesting if Damian decided to partner up with Jason, since the two share a common morality; they don't care about killing, as long as they are killing bad guys. Otherwise, I think Dick has done an amazing job at training Damian, preparing him to be Bruce/Batman's Robin, if Bruce wants him.
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