"Did his family ever recognize their mistake?" "Does it matter?" "I guess not"
exchange.
I still think the "Nightwing goes to the dark side, honest" was so ill-concieved as to be fairly breathtaking in it's wrong-ness as an obvious fake-out. It might just about work for any character OTHER than Dick Grayson, but... on the other hand, I like the idea of Dick using the opportunity to redeem Rose from under her Dad's nose. (and agreed wholeheartedly on the general theme that Dick should really be hunting Slade down like a dog, to make him pay for the Bludhaven Chemo-ing)
I can't believe that even Devin Grayson didn't realise the implications of;
"My... employer"
"Ah, is that what you're calling him now?"
"Well, he likes me to call him 'Daddy', but don't tell Bruce, it makes his head hurt."
And whilst I can like Phil Hesters art, his Nightwing work seemed too.. static to suit Dick's style.