batmanschmatman: (This is what we're gonna do.)
Dick Grayson ([personal profile] batmanschmatman) wrote 2012-12-31 08:44 am (UTC)

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I think you're a very angry person who doesn't know how to appropriately deal with his emotions, and in doing so, is going to push away anyone who ever gave a damn about him if he hasn't done it already, and will continue the cycle here if he's not careful. For someone who allegedly cares about keeping people safe, all you've done here is make people I care about miserable, and try to attack other inmates in board despite the fact that their being here indicates there's some hope of redemption for them, and making them feel threatened and angry further endangers the lives of everyone on board. You've gone back on everything you taught me, and you've done it in the worst possible way.

[He hesitates before continuing, because this isn't really answering your question, but it has to do with it, and he does have a lot he needs to get off his chest.]

I hate that you're here because I haven't seen my Bruce Wayne in over a year, and I'm tired of being reminded that you don't have my back when I need it. I miss him more than you can possibly understand, and I'm tired of listening to people say I'm overreacting about you being here because they don't understand the half of why I'm upset that you're here, and of hearing that my feelings on the subject are invalid or irrelevant because everyone else is so incredibly excited that Batman's here, who cares why or under what circumstances. I'm furious with you for being an ass to Tim and for jerking the rest of us around, and for thinking Jason's the perfect son when he's tried to kill people I love more than once, and apparently grows up to do some pretty awful stuff in the future.

I'm tired of being treated like a naive idiot because I don't agree with you and never will, of being brushed off like I'm not important and I'm not going to put up with it. I don't need or want your love or approval, but I would appreciate it if you showed me a little more respect. I have no idea how bad things got with your Dick before you had your falling out, but I seriously doubt you thought of him as incredibly beneath you, and I'd like to think we're similar enough people you can think of me as someone who's at least competent at what he does, instead of someone you can push around and intimidate. I've been through hell in the last three years, Bruce, and the last thing I am is someone who can't stand up for himself. You taught me better than that.

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