Dick Grayson speculation based on Absolute Batman #15

With the book & Scott Snyder foreshadowing that Dick and Bruce are gonna be rivals (😔) once Dick is more fully in the picture of this comic, and that Joker is going to have a Robin — especially with Harley & the Red Hood gang allying with Batman —

I’m terribly curious what the Joker-Robin dynamic is gonna be.

Given that Absolute Joker has now been established as using and exploiting orphans for much of his life/past… was Dick Grayson maybe an orphan with too much potential to just consume directly?

Does billionaire Jack Grimm decide to adopt him the way that Bruce Wayne adopts Dick Grayson in the Prime Universe??? 🤔🤔🤔

(Forever Evil Earth-3 Thomas Wayne Jr vibes, anyone????)

Either way, I hope Dick isn’t a Bat rival for too long, and becomes a close friend and ally to Bruce. I think he’s so important to Batman’s overall mythology (he predates Catwoman and Alfred!) and is a great character in his own right. I would hate to lose him to Snyder deciding that his need to flip expectations is more important in this instance (especially when characters like Jim and Babs get to remain as “good guys” and allies from the get go).