While I did not enjoy Catherine's death (I don't think any of your readers did), I did appreciate the fact it wasn't an overdose or suicide or murder. A reminder that cancer - malignant cancer, but a disease just the same, one any one of us/all of us can/might have faced personally or simply through a friend who fought it. At least Jason's mom got a few more years of life. AND KNEW her boy was taken care of - just in case the life insurance (and savings) weren't enough to get him to college.
Dick grabbing hold of his family and REFUSING to let go (again) - almost breaks my heart reading the flashbacks and losses he suffered.
Good thing too - this Tim doesn't have YEARS of aching loneliness haunting him. the superheros - heck, every policeman, every patrol woman, every body in uniform (law-enforcement mainly) - all get mandated therapy. Helpful in the long run ... and short one too.
No Joker? GOOD! The curses that are burried in Gothem's underground catacombs - i.e. the literal blood soaked curses, the magical twistings that destroy everything, the lead pipes and who-knows-what-else heavy metal poising, the OWLS and Talons - all taken care of, one step at a time. It only took ten plus years, seventeen magicians working on-and-off, a connection to Metropolis's water supply, and the inhabitant's proud refusal to let things destroy them and their legacy. Killer Croc never a villain? never showed up? Means the curse-removal efforts are WORKING! (of which ONLY DICK knows, simply due to certain enemies never popping up).
Clark/Superman arrogantly thinking he (alone) can handle FOUR normal teenagers. those same teenagers not just evading and escaping his notice, but making every moment of his waking life in the manor a type of living hell - WITHOUT USING KRYPTONITE! and no physical damage - very very nice. Good to see that Dick's chaos, Tim's planning, Jason's daring, and Cass's sneakiness, are all too much for any one individual. Barring Bruce/Batman ... but he's always looked to Alfred as a fellow parent. the rest of the Justice League ... if they united (minimum of FIVE adults) MIGHT be able to stop the gremlin teenagers from their nefarious plans against various underground mafias and generational terrors. MIGHT. it would be good training for the rest of the Teen Titans/Teenage superhero training/meta-s super club to see if they can corral Dick and crew any better than the original mentors and first heroes.
Huh. So, Tim is biologically a WAYNE, and not a DRAKE. It might explain SOME of Janet and Jack's abhorrent neglect-and-abandonment of their kid. strike that. there is NEVER a good reason to forget about your child. (forgiveness offered if the kid is dead)
Hayley never turning evil - never going toe-to-toe against Joker to see who can out manipulate (or out crazy) the other. Good. EVEN BETTER - she's become Bruce Wayne's go-to-therapist for his public life. AND has some other professionals nearby who can help with the kids.
Granted, Dick's trauma (of a life lived, remembered, of a family gained, lost, a world destroyed, disaster bairly adverted on a regular, almost predictable basis) can't be dealt with via normal psychological help, but he does get an edge up for when the nightmares become too much.
More than just a need to make sure his newfound family is all safe and accounted for.
Heh. A couple of times it felt like Tim (and once or twice Jason) had ALSO made the trip back to their younger selves - only a year or two after Dick decided to change things for everybody! BUT, it could also be Dick fighting off more flashbacks of the (younger versions) brothers he lost. More likely - Tim's simply like that. he KNOWS things.
All in all, a VERY WELL DONE work of art. thank you for writing. thank you for sharing.
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