On his fate in the Regime-verse...

[wing_of_night]

...Okay, so Superman goes mad with grief, allies with Sinestro, and turns into a global dictator, Damien joins him, kills me, and presumably the other Titans that were resisting Superman. Y'know, I'm not so sure that's what bothers me most. Somehow, the image of Cyborg using what looks like Brother Blood's implants, and Raven willingly serving Trigon bothers me much more.

Does make me appreciate my own dimension more.

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[demon_brat]

I wouldn't.

[wing_of_night]

I know. I never doubted you for a minute.

[demon_brat]

I... she only learned that part.

[And was not happy about it, but Damian's not saying that, but.]

Of course, the Alien changing that much is rather preposterous in the first place. >Tt.<

[wing_of_night]

[It sure came as a hell of a shock to Dick too, but he figured Damian had his reasons and until every detail was revealed - which those weren't - he'd withhold indignation.]

I don't know. After all that? I might've done something similar in his shoes.

[demon_brat]

...

[Just. Watches him for a long moment.]

No. You wouldn't. Snap for a moment if pushed beyond endurance, maybe. That has happened at least twice, to my knowledge. But long term? I doubt it.

[wing_of_night]

[There's a small smirk before Dick nudges Damian's shoulder.]

I'm glad you've got such faith in me. Means a lot.

[demon_brat]

>Tt.<

[How many people does Damian have that he can have faith in, Dick? HOW MANY? Oh, that would be you and Alfred. Of course that it would be absolute.]

[He does give a ghost of a smirk up at his Batman.]

Somebody has to remind you of how things are, sometimes. Keep you from getting too morose.

[darknessiknow]

One should not worry over the happenings in an alternate time line, where the flowers of madness and decadence have overgrown all others, Mr. Grayson. [States e mysterious voice resonating around the area.]

[wing_of_night]

[Considering some of the stuff he's seen Bat-Mite pull? Dick's not even phased at the disembodied voice.]

Kind of hard not to. They may not be the same people I know... but they're still my friends and family.

[darknessiknow]

A great difficulty to be certain. However that is also why you should focus more on making certain that your time line stays free from such evils.

[wing_of_night]

You have a point there I guess. Really all I can do at this point.

[darknessiknow]

Take heart, you may never need to go through such a thing yourself. So long as you help to do your part at trimming the weed of crime.

[power_girl]

I can't ever see Kal - any version of Kal (and I've known three) - turning into an evil global dictator.

[pause.]

Then again, we did have Superboy-Prime.

So make that four.

[wing_of_night]

Even if he gets tricked into killing Lois - and his unborn son - and setting off a nuke in the middle of Metropolis?

I love Kal like an uncle... but honestly? I'm not sure I wouldn't have done something similar in that situation.

[Sorry Kara, this whole thing has him in uber-brood mode. Not even Superboy-Prime antics can cheer him up too much.]

[power_girl]

If I can survive losing my entire universe without turning evil (even if the universe at large toyed with me mentally and didn't let me remember the truth for a long, long while), then yes, I want to believe that Kal would be able to move past having been tricked in that way. Maybe it's a little bit naive of me, but I've met a future version of Kal that lost Lois, and he didn't go evil, either.

And you're not that guy, Nightwing. I understand the doubts, but you have one of the greatest social support systems I've ever seen, and one of the purest hearts I've ever met.

[Superboy-Prime antics. Can they cheer anyone up?]

[wing_of_night]

[Dick opens his mouth to protest that first part but decides better of it.]

Yeah... I've been extremely lucky as far as that goes. I still have trouble believing that the most powerful and kindest people in the universe are such close friends.

As for pure hearts... [And some of his innate snark starts to creep back into his voice.] I'm not so sure about that. You've not seen me behind closed doors. [Wink.]

[In the right light, they could be considered humorous. Especially when Linkara is voicing him.]

[power_girl]

You inspire that sort of friendship, Nightwing. Even if you're one of the more nocturnal heroes, you've always been this beacon of warmth and brightness that draws people to you.

[Laughs.]

Naughty doesn't necessarily mean unpure, buddy.

[selfmadespeedster]

Hard to believe any of that stuff would happen even if it was a different dimension. It's just too far from what the people we know would ever do.

[fusedstars]

These were certainly changes I did not forsee within any of them, the ones I knew at least. Possibilities seem to be endless within other worlds and dimensions though.

[inmateincharge]

Hard to believe how much one teensy tiny nuke can change things, hm? Bahahahahahahaha!

[plains_hunter]

I don't see how whacking the Joker is a slippery slope. Hell, even most of us on the other side of the law think he needs to go.