Nightwing’s relationships together with his former pals is sophisticated to say the least. Whereas he’s clearly hell-bent on establishing a brand new world order for his individuals, he additionally harbors lingering emotions for his surviving household. That is made much more apparent when it’s revealed in DC vs. Vampires: All-Out Battle #3 (by Alex Paknadel, Matthew Rosenberg, Pasquale Qualano, Nicola Righi, Troy Peteri) that, regardless of having tried to assassinate him, Nightwing didn’t place a bounty on Damian’s head.
This means that Nightwing does certainly nonetheless love his little brother, and probably feels the identical about his remaining household. Examples of this may be present in how he provided to show Alfred. Nevertheless, there may be nonetheless a darkness and deviousness to him following his transformation. It is solely attainable that Nightwing may need spared Damian not out of affection, however additional plans for the younger vampire.
When Batwoman provided to hitch Deathstroke and his workforce, he requested that Azrael, a former vampire, verify if Batwoman really is an enemy of the vampire kingdom. Azrael defined that there was a bounty on her head, however regardless of Damian having made the extra egregious alternative of attacking the king, he was surprisingly freed from a value on his head. This little tidbit helps to clarify why Damian has had a lot company on the earth regardless of his actions; Nightwing by no means pursued him for revenge.
After Damian’s botched assassination try, Nightwing did admit he wished Damian on the market on the earth nonetheless. Whereas he could have been attempting to determine a type of peace between vampires and people, he suspected that Damian would have an element to play on this. Outwardly, he believed that Damian’s pure compassion made him completely different from different vampires, tempering the worst elements of being undead together with his personal innate kindness. So, maybe that is an extension of that. For Damian to stay and thrive, Nightwing must let bygones be bygones.
In fact, there may be one other chance. That is nonetheless the identical man who deluded Batman for thus lengthy then actually stabbed him within the again. What Nightwing is pondering at any given second in his undead state is anybody’s guess. Maybe there’s a extra sinister motive to letting Damian stay. He admitted that there’s a hierarchy, however that ought to Nightwing fall Damian wouldn’t be the inheritor obvious. Nevertheless, he didn’t say that Damian wasn’t within the line of succession.
It is attainable that Nightwing is pondering long run. Possibly he does consider that what he is doing is important, however he additionally acknowledges that humanity won’t ever willingly undergo his rule. So, within the occasion they do discover a solution to kill him, it’ll seemingly decimate the vampire hierarchy. If Damian is safely on the opposite facet and free to take over as soon as the mud settles, maybe that may usher within the peace that Nightwing needs, by trusting the Robin he helped elevate.