Reflections #21 - Robin #150

Fortress Keeper appears disappointed. Scipio is practically rubbing his hands with glee. Schadenfreude much, Scip? And kalinara is trying to get us all to calm down.

I don't think "calm down" is on my itinerary today, sorry. Nope, I feel like listening to loud, angry music why hitting a tree with PVC pipe until it shatters. OK, so I feel like that at some point most days, so fine, let's try to look for positive things.

What I HOPE Is Going On With Cassandra Cain:

She's testing Tim. She wants to see if his resolve is as strong as it was last year. When she and Tim first went to Bludhaven, they teamed up and went after the Penguin. After a narrow escape, they started arguing about what they should have done. Tim pointed out that even though they saw Oswald consorting with all kinds of criminals, and engaging in who knows what kinds of criminal activities, they had no legal recourse. No warrant, no evidence from the house with them. Cassandra didn't much care. They knew Cobblepot was guilty, and she felt they should have dealt with him themselves, probably with either a beating, or scaring him to the point where he fled the city. She didn't feel the law was necessary when you know someone broke the law. And it went on.

Concerning War Games Tim felt Batman should never have even thought of trying to take control of the gangs. Cassandra thought it was a good idea, and that once he realized what had happened, Batman should have gone ahead and asserted control, so he could use the gangs.

Tim felt that Batman's pursuit of justice was an ideal, something that could never be achieved, but needed to be strived for. Cass felt it was achievable.

I think Cassandra has gone the natural extension of her route. She has taken control of an organization that was used for evil (League of Assassins) and turned it into something that will deal out her brand of justice. After all, if you just kill the criminals, you don't have to worry about collecting evidence or getting warrants or any of that crap, do you? She's targeting people she knows are criminals. Lynx, was a former ganglord. If Cassandra did kill her sister, well, Sis was a killer-for-hire. As for Cain, well the dude's a master assassin, 'nuff said. The destruction of Bludhaven for no reason other than Deathstroke was pissed at Nightwing has convinced Cassandra that this is the way to achieve Batman's ideal of justice, make sure the criminals don't harm anyone again.

Now she wants to see if Robin has stayed true to his path. She's making him shoot Cain, in a situation eerily similar to the one that took place when they broke into the Penguin's place. Penguin made Robin shoot Batgirl to prove he actually beat her, and Tim did. Not a fatal shot, but he still did it. She wants to see what he'll do this time. Is he still convinced that you send criminals to jail no matter what and since Cain was already serving time, execution is wrong? Or has he faltered? I think if he stays strong, she'll let him go, but kill her dad herself. Probably have to knock Tim out for that part. If he falters? I don't know, she'll probably be disappointed in him.

The problem is, I don't know how all this fits in with my belief that the "Nyssa" who got blown up by the car bomb was actually Cassandra faking it to get Nyssa off people's radar screen.

Oh well, now we play the Waiting Game I guess. I hate the Waiting Game.