For me the problem with the numbers thing isn't that it isn't Dick's strong point (although that's a retcon--he was a business major back in the day) but that it's just too exaggerated with him and other characters are way too powered with it. Like when Lucius was calling Dick with a problem his not taking the call went beyond not being interested and into sounding like an air head--if the guy's calling you there's a problem. I don't consider Tim a whiz at business either, but he was capable of understanding what Lucius was doing in RR, as he would be. It's just basic knowledge. If we can follow it as a reader he should follow it as an adult.
Meanwhile Damian had that imo painful scene with the board where professional accountants are incapable of doing the accounting that's their job while Damian just picks it up like it's a hobby that of course he can do at 10. As you say, Bruce isn't a whiz at this either--that's what Lucius is for. He's the financial whiz. But I'd think everybody else would be capable of understanding Lucius enough to follow through on his recommendations, if that makes sense. It's like at this point other characters all have places where they're established as the best at something, the person you'd go to. Where as Dick is just sort of a reliable helper in whatever. Which isn't bad in itself, but it seems like the values of the Batverse rank it pretty low.
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Date: 2010-05-08 04:44 pm (UTC)Meanwhile Damian had that imo painful scene with the board where professional accountants are incapable of doing the accounting that's their job while Damian just picks it up like it's a hobby that of course he can do at 10. As you say, Bruce isn't a whiz at this either--that's what Lucius is for. He's the financial whiz. But I'd think everybody else would be capable of understanding Lucius enough to follow through on his recommendations, if that makes sense. It's like at this point other characters all have places where they're established as the best at something, the person you'd go to. Where as Dick is just sort of a reliable helper in whatever. Which isn't bad in itself, but it seems like the values of the Batverse rank it pretty low.