#DICKBABS

[transmasculinizing]

actually i dont even mind dickbabs but only when its oracle babs. i think he should date the nerdy disabled lady. likein conecpt at least i like it not always in execution but in concept i fuck with it

[mrdogface]

tbh, babs as someone who went right from a very gawky middle school phase to superhero explains a lot of her actions and beliefs in simone's birds of prey, ie. her being inscure about dick fucking helena. that conflict was kind of undercooked imo, because dixon (who i promise i am not complaining about) was, by his own admission in interviews, not someone who wanted to write characters having pre-marital sex and imo didn't want to explore that concept because it'd mean making it a whole thing. so when babs mentions it in simone's BOP, it kind of comes out of nowhere, y'know?

i DO think that simone has a bit of a habit of having women get mad at each other for dumb shit men do instead of getting mad at those men together, but to be ABSOLUTELY fair to her, because i want to like gail simone's work and mostly do (keeping in mind i haven't read her modern work and this was written by simone just shy of 20 years ago), when you're working on birds of prey often conflict directed at a man is going to go nowhere because they, by design, aren't regular cast members. it's less a "all women hate each other" thing and more just good writing to give your central cast conflict like that imo.

simone kind of acknowledges and does something with it by making babs a little traumatised by how boys do be smellin and directing that towards power girl, imo. i think it also plays into her disability -- when chuck dixon was writing her early in the BOP, babs had a whole mini arc about becoming comfortable being perceived and dating around her e-situationship with ted kord, which imo ends in a cute place, and culminates imo in her being able to date dick and get trapeizy with him. i think that it's fair to say that babs has a bit of insecurity around the idea that stupid boys are going to disregard her for prettier girls or whatever when she went from "boys are cruel to me because i'm not hot" teenager to "i don't know how to be comfortable in my own body as a recently disabled person" young adult.

i also like that in this scene babs consciously addresses it and am hoping that it's a thing that simone lets fade out / allows babs to mature beyond.

still, redirecting babs and helena's conflict away from "you might be a psycho killer and batman, robin and nightwing have all warned me about you, plus how you went rogue with fascist cop pettit during no man's land" to "you fucked the boy i liked" was eeeeeeh. like i get it and i think it's cool to explore for all the reasons i discussed above but i would like it if their conflict had more to do with, for instance, helena almost getting herself jason todd'd / stephanie brown'd at the end of no man's land.

[sakurastark]

Ohh I think soon we might have more dickbabs content in webtoon 🤧

[thena0315]

I'm one of those people who ships Dick with both Barbara & Kori

Some Earths he ends up with Barbara and some other it's with Kori.

As a kid, I watched Teen Titans (2003) so I became a Dickkory shipper. But growing up and seeing more DC projects, I've come to love DickBabs a lot.

At first I was conflicted, but decided to find peace with the multiverse knowledge where Dick ends up with either of them. And I'm okay with that.

[rosemarydisaster]

Setting the stage. Duke is trying to create a distraction to cover for Damian sneaking more animals in the mansion.

Duke: so B, I know it's amoral to have a favorite child but, who's your favorite in law?

Bruce: oh no..

Dick, vibrating with the force of sun: It's gotta be Babs. She literally invented the Batgirl mantle! She's arguably the most useful of all of us as Oracle. We wouldn't be half as effective without her. Plus, she's the daughter of your pal Commissioner G!

Cass, not willing to lose, especially to Dick: Uh-uh! Steph is Robin and Batgirl. He wants her to be Family, he always says!

Jason: yeah, my boyfriend is an ex-addict, teenage dad that kills people and loves to explode things, I'm sitting this one out. Have fun.

Tim, thoughtful and ignoring Jason: hang on, he can't technically have them as favorite in-laws because they're part of the family. In that case, Bernard should win. He's smart, from Gotham and hasn't done anything bad ever.

Damian, still covered in feathers: that's debatable Drake, your boyfriend was in a cult. Plus Ortiz at least knows how to defuse bombs!

Duke, remembering his girlfriend was accused of being part of the Latin kings (and was part of We Are Robin): yeah, well, she's lovely but we don't need to get lost in the details

*chaos, screaming amongst the kids. Cass bites someone*

Bruce, staring at the camera: it's Roy. Lian is my first granddaughter and the others need to really get their act together if they want to keep up. Steph is a close second but she didn't keep the baby. Nice try, but no granddaughter.

[dibs4ever]

Dick: I know my 5 year old son doesn’t know I’m Nightwing or any of our aliases, still kinda annoys me that he chose Green Arrow as his favorite superhero. The kid is such an obsessive fan.

Bruce: now you know how I felt. What made it worse was you KNEW I was Batman

Dick: I wasn’t THAT obsessed with Superman

Bruce: you were a pretty big fan

Dick: my son has a Green arrow bed set

Bruce: you had many Superman clothing items

Dick: He likes to run around the house pretending to be Green Arrow

Bruce: you and Clark had inside jokes and made me feel like a 3rd wheel in my own home

Dick: so this is payback

Bruce: and I’m loving every minute of it

[incorrectbatfam]

Dick: So what do you do?

Barbara: I work in genetic research and I'm currently trying to eliminate all cancers.

Dick: Wow, impressive.

Barbara: Then I'll move on to Leos.

[aflamboyanceofflamingos]

The press sends out a video of Timothy Jackson Drake taking off a hoodie, revealing an ring strung on a chain resting on the shirt underneath

Gotham goes crazy-

Tam is brought back into picture- Stephanie never left

People get wind of Bernard- and one very obsessed fan is insistent on something fruity between Tim and the son of the only reporters Bruce seems to like

The superhero x civilian crack ships are brought up, but this time it’s serious- Robin, Superboy, but also the rest of Young Justice for those wishing for a rare pair

The Wayne’s have remained silent all the while

That’s because they know this supposed wedding ring is actually a lantern ring that Tim has to keep Bruce on his toes- knowing fully well that Tim will join the Lantern Corps out of spite if pushed

This isn’t the first time it’s happened though,

Dick Grayson - who has been speculated to have relationships with three different red-heads- revealing a red ring all of a sudden nearly broke the internet

[theflashjaygarrick]

As many issues I have with current portrayal of dickbabs I think it’s vital not to ignore how revolutionary they were originally. In media disabled women, particularly women who use wheelchairs, are so often desexualised and sidelined from a romantic perspective. So having a cool, confident, wheelchair using woman going on a date with THE heartthrob of the DC universe, and having HER reject him for the while because whilst she likes him she has her own shit to deal with is fundamentally groundbreaking. Presenting Oracle Babs as a desirable, attractive, witty, and highly competent woman is revolutionary in a media landscape where disabled characters are often excluded from being the love interest, and if included constantly being relegated to pining over the able bodied leads. That characterisation and context is a groundbreaking creative decision, whether you like the ship or not

[sreppub]

yj dick, on my mind again (what’s new)

this started out serious and then the rest happened

[devotedtomyfandoms]

Every time I think about how public the Waynes are. I get the urge to make a Tabloid front-page.

Today. I gave into those urges. So, here it is!

[blue-hail]

FINALLY!! A dickbabs wedding that wasn’t cuz the world world was ending!!

And!! Didn’t erase or shy away from babs disability! I’m so happy ^__^

Everyone say thank you WEBTOON !!!!!

[mrdogface]

[catacoves]

she hasn’t left the computer in four days

[thena0315]

[seilnakyle]

Wayne Family Adventures (s3 ep. 117) One Bad Day (Part 1)