Damien is fun in small doses, but he does veer into 'irritating little shit' every now and again. I'd much prefer Dick to be working with Tim.
I hate Damien, but much as I hate to admit it, Tim is too old now to continue being a virgin sidekick. He's about nineteen - at that age Dick had already adopted his Nightwing persona. I'm glad he wants to get out of the shadow of his mentor and his brother but I just wish it didn't come at the expense of his close relationship with Dick. Not to mention, Tim can also occasionally behave like an irritating little shit since OYL.
All the same, I just wish we could have seen Dick at least being torn up and angsty about being ditched by his little brother. Before that point, they really were closer to each other than they were to anyone else. *sigh*
But I hold that if anyone can make me reconciled to Damien, it's Dini.