Lol I guess but there has been three years of this shark and dolphin being the same whale and neither ever noticed?
I’m the creator… ask me in two years and my evil dolphin with sharp teeth might now be a “Killer Whale”… that looks like a dolphin with sharp teeth.
Snyder and these writers are overworked. Just look at how many titles they’re pumping out. Of course they’re not going to keep everything in check. They also don’t care. DC says write, we send you checks… so they write, to keep the paychecks a coming…
I dont know if you guys remember this. Im pretty sure by now, you all dont. Just gonna leave it here…and it will clear the air of whats going on…the reading order:
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BWL asks Robin to tell him his story though, not the story of some other person.
If Robin in DM2 tells BWL about some other guy named Robin King, he wouldn’t then ask Robin in DM 2 to be also Robin King, then go get the original Robin King in DM3. Youd just give the Robin in DM 2 a different name.
As to why hadn’t Robin in DM2 never told BWL his story…obvious answer is because Snyder didn’t write that yet…but plot wise he’s never talked before other then saying crow. So it’s not until BWL asks him to tell his story that he finally tells it.
So why doesn’t he already have the crown and uniform then if he’s already been Robin King this whole time he’s had the outfit and crown since his origin why hasn’t he been wearing it for the last 3 years. If he is telling this story to BWL of himself he would already have the crown.
And BWL would already know this because he can read all Bruce Wayne’s minds. That’s his power no changing that.
Because it’s a fictional story and some things will never make sense or be explained in any type of logic or reason. This is the part where you need to stop caring so much about the schematics and just either enjoy the story or ride or not…
If you take every aspect of comics literal, then well… there’s just no hope that you’ll ever understand that it’s okay that it doesn’t make sense. 
I’m just trying enjoy Metal I read all the other books and one shots and tie ins and they are all cohesive to the same story. This will end with Darkest Knight making his own Multiverse and the trinity summing Perpetua to swallow his multiverse I can tell you this because I’ve also read all the previews which are cohesive to the story of BWL and Perpetua that’s been going on for 3 years now.
I don’t read many DC comics outside of Flash but I did cover Metal
Then enjoy it… but embrace the aspect that not everything has to make sense in the story or the tie-ins, particularly when there’s dozens of creators all touching the same character. It’s never going to fully align…
I throw all that crap out the window when it comes to fantasy stuff. Either try to enjoy it or not and don’t sweat over the stuff that doesn’t make sense, or you’ll either go crazy or die of a heart attack earlier on in life.
Because Robin King wasn’t really a thing. He just called himself that in that moment Dressing up (Also unexplainable why Bruce Wayne would call himself Robin in the first place as he does in legends). He then later joins the BWL army. Then however long later tells him his story. Then BWL officially crowns him as Robin King and makes it a real thing. Also explains why the outfit in legends is much cruder and different then the one in DM 3 that BWL gives him.
The knowing Bruce Wayne thoughts part I can’t explain. And that’s a problem with either your version or my/poyo’s version as either way there still is another Bruce Wayne. So maybe that gets explained later.
Maybe we are all wrong and are missing a big part of the puzzle.
I’m sure when it’s all done at least most of the pieces will fit into place! Hopefully it’s a good story along the ride!
This is why when writers start writing in hypothetical multiverses into stories, anything is possible within the story. No matter how it’s explained, it might not even make sense… and that’s okay, it doesn’t have to when the whole damn story is made up.
The creator blocked BWL from reading all of the robin king’s thoughts. Robin king was only spared before his universe was destroyed if he stashed the crown and became a groblin. I want to believe.
It’s funny, when you talk actual physics… Steven Weinberg said in his book Physics: What We Do and Don’t Know, all of our precise values (physics) we’ve observed in our own universe would be doomed since if there was a multiverse, they would all be an accident of our own particular universe.
Sorry, I like reading science books as well as comics… talking about stuff not making sense in a multiverse comic story made me think of that.
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I posted this is the main site under the spoilers, but I’m going to summarize it here.
The Robin King does NOT name himself the Robin King. BWL names him. This is supported by there being no emphasis on he word “my”. Otherwise it would have been written “would you be MY Robin King”…emphasis on “my”… but there is none.
Also, as mentioned above, there is nothing tying his origin to a Robin or being a King of Robins until he is teamed up with TBWL. It is well established The character Robin is based on Robin Hood and thus his costume is designed with similarities. No connection to Robin Hood is made in legends #1.
So the scene at the end of Legends does not happen immediately after he kills Alfred…it happens after DM2. Maybe even DM3 in order. And he’s the Robin King because he’s the best of the Robin Goblins, as determined by TBWLs himself. And not before such time.
As for hair color…please. Anyone can dye their hair green, purple, blue, black. Not relevant.
As for two Bruce from the same universe…Who said they were? The whole premise of Metal was Bad Bruce’s from other dark multiverses. This is just another one. And whose to say TBWL doesn’t just recruit Robin Goblins anyway? Like the Joker recruits henchmen. I don’t think you can assume he’s an original hit by the joker toxin. He may have come along later…and that will be explained later.
As for reading minds. Who’s to,say that’s an absolute? You’re going to take TBWL’s word for it? That there is not a single Bruce he can’t read? Maybe there’s something different about this Bruce. We already know he is different than any other Bruces in a. Major detail. So maybe BWL can’t read this one’s mind. It’s comic books. They make things up as they go along to tell the best story. They’ll give you the explanation later. Just run with it for now.
Just like you need to accept that smart old Alfred blew it major by not insisting that young Bruce get professional help and early intervention to figure out what is wrong with his mental health. That isn’t the Alfred we all know…a real Alfred would have done what is best for Bruce even if it meant He would be fired, killed, or Brice would hate him for the rest of their lives. Alfred is not that weak or naive or afraid…but it’s comics and we have to accept some oddities…
Anyways…that’s my take.
We’ll see but if we get a dark verse dynamic duo with Robgoblin side by side with Robin King then I will have to break out the I told you so dance.
Robin King reminds me more of King Richard than Robin Hood.
To your point, Alana, Snyder never says RK is In Legends #1, or ties the two together. Interesting. Just pumping his own books?
If you don’t know that they are both Bruce Wayne what are you arguing for. Batman Who Laughs is Bruce Wayne from E-22 and that the Robgoblins are also from E-22. First Earth 22 and all these robgoblin and Batman Who laughs origin appear in the same book. The other Dark Batman also have their own separate Earths. Robin King is also Bruce Wayne in this story in Death Metal Legends this takes place on E-22. So the question remains how do we have 2 Bruce Wayne’s of different ages on the same earth in the same timeline because essentially Robin King would also be Batman Who Laughs in the present if he is also Bruce Wayne from e-22.
I think we’d all expect nothing less.
Do we 100% know that the origin story in legends takes place on E-22? Is the door open for another earth?