The next article incorporates spoilers from DC vs. Vampires #7, on sale now.
When he was first revealed because the vampire king, Nightwing appeared to change into nothing in need of a monster. His transient skirmish with Damian Wayne appeared to alleviate that. He not solely let Damian escape him, but in addition defined that he needed vampires and people to coexist. DC vs. Vampires #7 (by James Tynion IV, Matthew Rosenberg, Otto Schmidt, Tom Napolitano) proved this to be true, however with a horrifying twist.
Nightwing might acknowledge that the vampires want people to outlive, however he has no qualms about stripping them of primary rights to get the blood his kingdom must thrive. Inexperienced Arrow revealed that Nightwing had arrange large camps to include people and harvest their blood for the vampires to eat. If there was any hope for Nightwing’s humanity, this new piece of data has totally crushed it.
When he final noticed Damian and Alfred, he admitted that he desires people and vampires to discover a approach to stay collectively. Virtually talking, he is aware of that vampires wouldn’t final lengthy with out people. What he did wasn’t an act of genocide, however a battle to offer the vampires a robust place from which they may take what they wanted from the people.
The best way he framed this although was as an act of arduous choice making. He knew that he needed to discover a approach to get people to offer them blood, however he additionally knew that they might by no means do that willingly, not after his violent overthrow of their planet. So, captive people must be herded into camps the place they may very well be managed and compelled to offer Nightwing and his followers what they needed.
This demonstrates that although Nightwing might not need to exterminate humanity, he has no need for them to coexist as equals. In his thoughts, vampires at the moment are the dominant group, and the “peace” he desires is totally parasitic, with vampires reaping all of the rewards whereas humanity can be compelled to endlessly give of themselves.
If there was ever an opportunity {that a} peaceable, equal coexistence to occur between vampires and people, Nightwing eradicated it with this choice. It would not even stem from a spot of necessity actually. Beneath the earlier vampire monarch, the steadiness of vampires and people was maintained and stored the peace. It was Nightwing’s large change to the established order that compelled this new paradigm between people and vampires into existence.
The revelation of the camps do not simply reinforce how tyrannical he is change into, it additionally places on full show his bare lust for energy and management. Nightwing might have left issues effectively sufficient alone when he was turned. For instance, he might have sought assist along with his vampirism and had numerous choices earlier than him. As a substitute, he selected the trail that led to battle, mass homicide, and crimes in opposition to humanity. What stays of his humanity is gone, twisted into one thing unfamiliar and horrifying.