Nightwing’s habits since his mind injection has been unusual to say the least. He has gained precognitive skills and appears conscious of what is to come back within the speedy future, however has been tightlipped about it, and performing with more and more much less emotion. On the time, it appeared to be a aspect impact of the drug, however Future State: Gotham #14 (by Dennis Culver, Giannis Milogiannis, Geoffo, Troy Peteri) hinted that there’s a way more noble, and devastating, motive for Nightwing’s latest decisions.
Within the challenge, he confronted the Subsequent Batman to attempt to make him cease being the Dark Knight. Because of his new powers, he received the combat handily, however advised Jace that he has to cease being Batman if he needed to proceed residing. Whereas this appeared like a menace from Nightwing, there have been different moments on this challenge that implied one thing else is motivating his aggressive resolution to be Gotham Metropolis’s one and solely Batman.
Now, Nightwing is a hero who very a lot values his household, associates, and group. In his regular state, extra heroes could be one thing he would welcome. But, this challenge made it very clear that he believes Gotham wants just one Batman, exhibiting a sudden dissatisfaction with the present one, one thing that he hadn’t expressed earlier than. Including to this, when Batgirl confronted him about what it was he had seen sooner or later, he appeared as if he was about to inform her, however then fought the urge.
His expression was pained, there was no different solution to describe. It appeared as if Nightwing was bodily harm by having to cover one thing from somebody he cares a lot about. All of this, taken at the side of his warning to Jace to cease being Batman if he needed to dwell, appears to recommend that Nightwing noticed the assorted Batmen showing sooner or later, and that one in all them would die. This principle really explains lots of Nightwing’s latest habits, and why he refuses to share his foreknowledge of the hazard to come back.
Nightwing is an inherently selfless individual. If his imaginative and prescient did present one of many Batmen dying, then it may have been any variety of folks he cared about, be it Damian, or Jace. This is able to have been an unacceptable loss for Nightwing, particularly if that demise was the value that needed to be paid to avoid wasting the world. To forestall this, he would have taken on the burden himself, making an attempt to ascertain himself as Gotham’s solely Batman to make sure that he could be the one to sacrifice himself.
This is able to additionally clarify his robotic habits and refusal to share that information along with his allies. The cold-heartedness is only a entrance to make it simpler to push them away. He’s particularly motivated to take action as a result of he is aware of that if he advised his household the reality, they’d do every little thing of their energy to cease him. Nightwing’s perception within the accuracy of the imaginative and prescient is so absolute nevertheless that he couldn’t allow them to do that.
It might convey pointless threat to them and doubtlessly create a fair worse future. Sacrificing himself, not less than to him, would appear the extra logical play right here. He’s the oldest, the primary amongst them, if anybody was going to present all of it as much as save his household and world, it might be him.