I think many great points have been made. I feel if it happened right this second, then Tim Drake would fit the role of Batman best. He wouldn't be the same Batman though. That ability to reach out to his friends/colleagues changes him immensely and might make the idea of Batman diminish in the minds of criminals and the general public. They could look at it as he needs to be bailed out of bad situations. They may no longer fear Batman on his own, and that would be a hard thing to always battle both physically and mentally, and it even undermines the idea of Batman as a whole.
I think Damian would be an interesting Batman. Once he matures he could fit the role. Physically and mentally he may be the best choice for it because he would have the largest ability to produce fear in those he fights. I feel like Bruce's death could always be a motivating factor in his fight against crime, and that one day he could come to terms with it just as Bruce does with his parents death in Tomasi's Batman and Robin run. It'd be coming full-circle or at least hearkening back to those stories.
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