5 pages from Batman #703. Spoilers!
This issue. Have you ever watched a movie and found yourselves not interesting in the A plot? Reading this issue I felt the same way. I don't even remember who was the villain and frankly I don't care. This is not the interesting part of the issue.
Damian is.
And his relationship with Bruce. Or better the lack of relationship with Bruce. He's not just the fifth Robin, he's Bruce's son! That's a big burden of its own and it doesn't help that Talia is his mother. Damian, despite his badass behavior, is a ten year old boy and like most boys (and girls) he wants to prove himself to the eyes of his father. But unlike Dick, Jason and Tim, Damian doesn't know his father. He only knows Batman. He only knows the symbol and what his mother said about him which I doubt were much.
When Dick asks him what he would give now to have had more time with Bruce and Damian doesn't understand the question? No kid should feel this way. I would give everything, everything to had one more hour with my mother and Damian he can't even...
Fic rec: Three Dimensions by munnin_odanin. It is a beautiful study of Damian's character. Damian is angry because he's the son of the goddamn Batman and everyone is expecting great things from him and he doesn't know how to be the great man his father is.
Fabian should give writing lessons to Morrison.