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Im Not Mister Mxypltk said:
I've always thought Robin is a concept that doesn't work outside of intentionally goofy comics. It's just too stupid.

That said, as I watched The Bat-Man Be-Gins I came up with a way for it to work. In the movie, Bats says something like he's more than a man now, he's a symbol. If so, it makes sense for him to recruit and train someone to follow his steps so there can be a The Bat-Man after he dies. He's not actually looking for someone yet, since he's young. But, one day he sees this kid who becomes an orphan in a violent way and recognizes himself in him. Since he actually watched the murders, this is different from any other orphan kid he might read about, he feels more connected to him and must do something about his situation. Bruce adopts the kid to make sure he doesn't go through all the shit he had to go through as a fatherless kid and as an angry young adult training himself. Since the kid is trained for the circus, it's not that far fetched to start training him to become The Bat-Man... when he grows up.
So, Bruce is raising and training his son, maybe not telling him that he's actually The Bat-Man, and one day Dick finds the The Bat-Cave. "WHOA!" "What the shit are you doing here? THE CLOCK IS OFF LIMITS DAMMIT!" Dick asks Bruce if he can be his superhero sidekick, and Bruce said "well, that's a stupid idea" and forbids Dick to go out at night and fight baddies as The Bat-Lad. Dick makes his own costume (hence the gayness) and manages to sneak out anyway, first under Bruce's nose. Then Bruce finds out and grounds him, which doesn't stop Dick from finding new ways to sneak out. So, every time he bumps into Bruce he gets into big troubles.



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