Yeah, I think that's probably the overall feeling, which is what really counts for a character like Dick. OTOH I think in a way part of the post holds - that killing Dick/returning him to the Nightwing costume is basically regressive storytelling of a piece with the regressive storytelling across the DCU at the moment. (Although I suppose in that context Dick has really been one of the characters with the most enduring growth - i.e. he grew up went to college went to Bludhaven etc - Robin is a legacy role that has actually, you know, had a legacy.)
Hm. I'd still be really surprised if they killed Dick because by this point I feel like he might as well be a character that it's not sustainable to kill, he's just been around way too long, but he would also be really hard to plausibly bring back - like 85% because we already had two Robins come back to life in what, the last 5 years? I feel like the fact that they went with Kon is indicative of this - they must have known that they'd be bringing him back (and Kon is, IMO, a less significant figure than Dick.)
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Date: 2010-05-15 08:21 am (UTC)Hm. I'd still be really surprised if they killed Dick because by this point I feel like he might as well be a character that it's not sustainable to kill, he's just been around way too long, but he would also be really hard to plausibly bring back - like 85% because we already had two Robins come back to life in what, the last 5 years? I feel like the fact that they went with Kon is indicative of this - they must have known that they'd be bringing him back (and Kon is, IMO, a less significant figure than Dick.)