Hey there heartbreakerninja here.
as you all know a great man passed from our lives. A man who's laughter and personality has been a shining light in the tv and movie world. Robin Williams may have been and ordinary man with out a cape nor a cowl. and yet he was a superhero in his own right. This chapter is dedicated to the Robin Willams may he Rest in Piece. "until next time, Nanu Nanu."
Damian walked down the halls of the Wayne manor with a confused look on his face. His family was nowhere to be seen. He had checked the Bat Cave along with all the bedrooms. He even checked Bruce's office and the garage. Yet he hadn't been able to find one member of the Wayne household. Not even Alfred seemed to be anywhere nearby. He had one last room to check before he gave up and just went on patrol and hoped that he would located them that way.
He had just come down the stairs when he heard voices from the living room. Coming around the corner he found the whole Wayne household including Alfred and even Barbara sprawled around the room looking utterly heartbroken as they sat and watched a Disney cartoon. On closer inspection Damian saw that it was the Aladdin VHS that Dick had owned since he was a kid. But he didn't understand why everyone looked so sad. In his opinion the Aladdin movies were pretty funny; especially with the goofy Genie.
"Why do you guys look so down? Shouldn't you be laughing or at least smiling?" Damian asked causing the rest of the occupants of the room to jump at the unexpected noise. Bruce looked at Dick before Dick nodded and stood to come over to where his younger brother was standing.
Dick gave a small smile to his younger brother. Damian was too young to understand really what was happening as he had no interest in the news outside of Gotham. A great man had died recently. An actor that the others in the room had grown up with as a constant source of laughter and smiles was now gone from the world.
Dick walked over to Damian and bent down on his knee so that he was at the confused child's level. He would explain what was wrong but he wouldn't tell him how. Damian was too young to truly understand what suicide meant. The child had seen a lot of horrible things in his young life as part of the crime stopping Bat family but that didn't mean he wasn't still innocent to many workings of the world. And If Dick and the others could help it, hopefully he wouldn't know about them for a very long time.
Dick sighed and closed his eyes before looking back up at the child standing before him.
"Damian do you know who plays the voice for the Genie is?" Dick asked quietly. Damian shook his head.
"He was a very special actor. He's played and voiced many characters for many wonderful movies and cartoons." Dick explained to the still confused boy.
"Ok, so he's a great actor. But what does that have to do with you all looking sad as you watch one of his movies?" Dick sighed sadly again before resting his hands on the small boy's shoulders.
"Damian the actors name was Robin Williams, and we just found out that he has passed away. That is why we are all sad. You see we all grew up with having Robin Williams as a constant voice actor for a lot of our favorite movies. He's made many people laugh and happy just from some of his jokes. So for that to be suddenly gone is very saddening. He was a good man with a big heart and now he's gone." Dick finished sadly.
Damian still didn't understand. They didn't know this actor personally yet they were all mourning his death. For this perfect stranger to affect his family so deeply he must have been an amazing person indeed.
Dick ruffled the younger boys hair before going back to sit down. Damian watched from the door way for a few minutes before he too went and sat in the living room. Like he would usually, he squeezed his way in between Dick and Bruce on the couch, leaning over onto Dicks shoulder. Damian would see for himself why his actor, This Robin Williams, got such a sobering response from his family by his passing.
When the movie was over they put in another Robin Williams film. Flubber, which was one of Stephanie's favorites. Alfred even brought down his entire collection of Mork and Mindy DVD episodes. By the end of the night Damian was still a little confused at his family's response but at least now he could understand the impact one persons passing could have on another. It amazed him how one person's life could touch the lives of so many people that he didn't even know. It truly was remarkable the impact one has on the world. It was a sobering reminder that even a stranger's death can affect those around them. Even those that they would never know.
To the rest of the bat family it meant even more; for they knew how he died. Suicide didn't hurt the one who died; it hurt those that were left behind. Even the perfect strangers on the other side of the screen. They were saddened and hurt that such a wonderful person was gone from the world when he had so much to still live for. They would miss the laughter he caused and the smiles he brought. He was a superhero in his own right. And to the superheroes he would be honored and miss greatly. A Hero to the superheros.
a thought just came to me that allot of you probably dont know what "Nanu Nanu" is. Robin Williams did a tv series called Mork and Mindy about around the same time happy days and the brady bunch were going on. its a funny series about an alien who comes to earth to learn about earth. its and awesome series.
anyways "Nanu Nanu" is what Morks planets people would say in greetings and as a farewell.