Exactly! When was it decreed that every conversation had to deteriorate into mindless yelling after five sentences at most and at least one person had to be punched/kicked/thrown off something in the course of it? Because I'm thoroughly fed up with this kind of story-telling. (Also, I'm kind of wondering if maybe Damian was invented to have an excuse for conversations like that, since he seems unable to have any others. Though he has the excuse of being seven years old, while Tim and Dick are simply badly written. They should be more mature than the crazy hellspawn. Tim could just snark down on Damian very coldly until he huffs off or gets violent; it's stupid to have Tim be the one to lose his temper like that, because it actually makes Damian look the cleverer one, makes his provocation tactics successful, makes him win. They should ignore him, stay calm when talking to him, and otherwise show him that he's being a ridiculous, annoying brat and his tactics are seen through and worthless and he has to behave like a hero if he wants to be one. -- Which I doubt he can, so they should just lock the little shit up, get him a therapist, and be done with it.)