I was kinda, sorta following the Resurrection of Ra A'Ghul story, through the magic of online reviews, and I was left a bit disappointed that Robin didn't follow through with what looked like a potential heel turn.
It seemed like the pieces were there. Tim has always been at least somewhat calculating, and it only seems to have intensified in the last few years. He's lost a ridiculous number of people close to him in the span of what, two years (their time, not our time). Bats, Alfred and Nightwing may be trying their hardest to help him through it, but they can't replace all the people he's lost. And Tim's already wasted a bunch of time trying to clone his best friend, so I was surprised that he wouldn't at least keep those samples he had briefly taken from the Lazarus Pit, even if he isn't going to actually join Ra. I mean, Tim tried cloning, even though that wasn't likely to recreate Superboy's soul, but he's going to give up on this possible answer because Nightwing talked to him?
Teen Titans has been telling us that it's apparently inevitable that Tim will get his "control the world" freak on at some point in the future, even though he keeps meeting his future self and acting as if he's disgusted by him. So why wait? Start now! Heck maybe if he uses the Pit to bring his friends back now, it'll stave off his metamorphosis into what he's been shown to become. Or maybe successfully using the Pit's chemicals would convince him that he was right to try this, and accelerate his change.
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My guess is that he's doomed, at least as Robin, in Final Crisis.
Gosh yes, Tim does seem to have this slightly maniacal side to him, doesn't he? On the other hand, he IS my favorite Robin, so I really don't want to see him go over to the dark side. That's what Jason is for.
I'm still waiting to see how re-boot-erific Final Crisis turns out to be. I mean, do you think they might go so far as to wipe out Jason and Tim and make a young-if-ied Dick Robin again? I doubt it since Nightwing is a mid-level franchise these days. Part of me wonders why Tim does it at all anymore. The kid's lost so much to this damn job and he doesn't seem to get any of the benefits.
Maybe he'll end up joining Superboy Prime as Robin-Prime and they'll go nuts.
tavella: I wonder what would happen to him, though? Death? A new heroic identity? That turn to villainy? Depending on how much free reign Morrison has, anything could be possible.
sallyp: Ah, but they've been mellowing out Jason recently. He's not trying to kill people, and trying to fight evil monsters, and that's created a vacancy. So it's either Tim, or Nightwing. Or they could make Stephanie Brown into the new EvilJason.
jason: I can't see them getting rid of Tim entirely, because I think he has enough of a following DC wouldn't risk losing their business.
It would be interesting if Prime somehow passed his power onto Tim, because he'd found his world and didn't need it anymore (kind of like what you suggested on the previous post), and now it's Tim all hopped up on freaky power, running around trying to find a world that matches his criteria.
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