#dick grayson the man that u are

[hkhyuk]

i’ve just been thinking about how a lot of people say that the robin mantle is a curse but.

but robin wasn’t a curse, not to dick, not really. to dick, robin was good. robin was everything. it was what his mom called him, it was light, it was hope. it was never a curse to him. robin was never meant to be a curse.

robin was never mean to be a legacy either, which is why when bruce took it away from dick, it became the way it did. i can’t imagine how much it would hurt dick to watch children die again and again and again in his family’s colours, when the colours were meant to be the embodiment of hope. bruce took the name robin away, and being robin changed. the mantle wasn’t kind to it’s wearer anymore. it wasn’t bruce’s to take and give away.

which is why, i think, that the reason the mantle is sort of, ‘kinder’ to damian, is because bruce wasn’t the one that gave it to him. it was dick.

[fanaticalthings]

While I do find it funny that henchmen in Gotham probably warn each other about the Red Hood because he's a bat who will actually kill you. I think it would be better if Jason was actually seen as some sort of savior or idol to like 90% of the goons scattered around Gotham. Doesn't matter who they work for, they all know Jason, former crime-lord that took over majority of Gotham's underground in one night.

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Jason, years after the events of UTRH, now fighting crime alongside the batfam, except every goon he runs into immediately recognizes him, stops fighting, and starts begging.

the first time it happens, Jason assumes they're begging for their lives only to hear them begging for him to return to the crime lord business so they can work for him and not Gotham's current money-stingy, abusive rogues (Black Mask lol)

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Jason showing up to patrol as backup for Dick in an overrun warehouse full of Two-Face's henchmen and as Jason's about to interfere, one of the men stops dead in their tracks and stares really hard at Jason until:

Goon: Oh my God, boss, is that you?

Jason, pulling out his guns, about to shoot:

Goon: Mr. Hood, sir???

Jason, halfway about to pull the trigger: Wait a min–Jeremy? Oh wow, it's been ages! How's the wife?

Goon (Jeremy): Oh my God it IS you, holy shit where have you BEEN? Me and the guys miss you, man!

Dick, with a knife at his throat: What is happening right now

Jason: Ahh, well, crime-lording just wasn't fitting in on the daily schedule. Tryna turn over a new leaf and all that

Goon (Jeremy): Aw, that's disappointing. We really liked working for you, right guys?

[Chorus of enthusiastic "YEAHS" from the rest of the henchmen (even the one holding Dick at knifepoint)]

Goon (Jeremy): Well, anyways, I can't beat you up knowing you're my old boss! You gave us the best health benefits! We'll just let you take the evidence and leave.

Jason: Aw, thanks guys :)

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And that's why 95% percent of Jason's missions in Gotham end in success. Not because he's willing to kill people or because rogues are terrified of him, but because 90% of the rogues' henchmen once worked for Jason and fuckin love him lol.

[mysterycitrus]

watching people insist that dick grayson would post thirst traps and tiktoks and overshare online and accidentally reveal his secret identity because he’s open and honest and would never lie as if he doesn’t hate talking about himself and hides from the people he loves and rarely directly says what he’s thinking

u fool!! u have been tricked by the facade!!! a graysons nature is to perform!!

[aceissomunster]

discowing + jaybin ! press for quality

txtless + ref under the cut

ignore my horrible art please i drew this on ibis paint x with my finger and the soft felt tip pen brush. and my crappy penmanship.

[vechter]

the trees witness everything, victoria chang // batman: dark victory (1999) #13 // robin: year one (2000) #1 // light, sleeping at last // jla (1997) #69 // batman (2016) #130 // light, sleeping at last // batman (2016) #54 // moony moonless sky, fatima aamer bilal // jla (1997) #73 // batman (1940) #416 // robin (1993) #13 // checkmate (2006) #14 // the two times i loved you the most in a car, dorothea grossman // batman: gotham knights (2000) #21 // outsiders (2003) #49 // robin 80th anniversary 100-page super spectacular (2020) // robin in a cage, george ralston wyllie // poetry, richard siken

bruce & dick + (mis)communication

[keomin]

Narrator: It makes perfect sense that his best friend would be twelve years old, because batman is still a little boy stuck in a man's body

i love the implication that bruce hasn't grown up since his parents death

[doodlesforfics]

Robin's Egg by Calix aka @arzuera​ is just, such gloriously fun fic to read. I literally want to draw so many scenes from it, like sadlkjfaskd  its just!! so cute!!! aaaaa ;33333

also a lil doodle for locket because my mind is so stuck on it and figuring it out, i mean its just ;) so thoughtful of timbo

[wingmotif]

Robin, so confusing Superman Annual #11 / New Teen Titans #20 / RHATO #6 / Dick and Jason both in the Robin suit -- Titans (2018), S1E6 / Batman #140 / Batman #416 / New Teen Titans #31 / Battle For the Cowl #3 / RHATO Annual #1

[moonilit]

why is polygamy not an option for Dick Grayson and im asking the writers, like he loves both Kory and Babs? I don’t see Kory and Babs being together but if they are ok with it Dick can be with both of them? Like he have a family in both the titans and gotham ?? Instead of this on and off with both that leaving everyone hanging let them be happy

[detectiveforfree]

redrawing some of my favs to battle my sadness caused by yj:t seems to be counterproductive, but fuck it i just want more emotions for wally's funeral TToTT

dick's apperance literally broke my heart, cause it only just fucking hit him full force. his best friend is gone. and all those pent up emotions come flooding out

artemis' made me so sad, because she looks so lost and afraid, and I bet she spent most of her time from Antartica up to funeral in a daze

barry literally can't look at the grave, he seeks comfort in iris and im QnQ

bart doesnt cry, because he is no stranger to loosing people he cares about, but he is sad and so tired of it

perdita's words about kid flash/wally being something of a security blanket grabbed me by a throat and won't let go, because with him gone how scared and vulnerable and sad must she feel???

[frogaroundandfindout]

“They’ll be replaced, just as everything on my earth was. But they’ll be better. I never lie Bruce.”

“And what about dick Grayson?”

“Yes?”

“Is he a better man on your earth than he is on mine?”

“No.”

“I didn’t think so.”

Earth Two Superman tries to convince Bruce to come with him to bring back Earth two by replacing earth one with it. He assures bruce that everything will be better. Everyone. Bruce asks if dick is a better man on earth two and after a pause superman admits he wasn’t. Bruce expected as much and uses his kryptonite ring on Superman but it doesn’t work. (Infinite crisis #3)

[nightwingsgirlfriend]

Favourite robin?

I love dick.

[mysterycitrus]

panel redraw of the sad gay guy who lives in my phone

og below the cut

(ntt #86)

[allthegothihopgirls]

ok here's the thing. as much as drag queen!dick grayson is a FULLY developed thing in my head. i have no CLUE what her drag name would be. i've thought about it so so sooooo hard and nothing sounds right.

i don't think it would be something close to his actual name or vigilante persona. i haven't fully established this in a post yet, but in my head, the drag is not associated with dick or nightwing whatsoever. it's a completely separate 3rd identity he lives with, so it's gotta be something different.

(taking suggestions if anyone has any)

[vechter]

do you think bruce would ever kill for dick? i always see people talking about how bruce had reacted when he thought dick was dead, even for a short period.

but in your professional opinion (😍😍) do you think he would in any circumstances?

hmm, the short answer is no. the long answer is much more complicated lmao because it's bruce and dick and there is way too much nuance to consider.

i think if dick died in front of him, and bruce had a split second to react, there is a definitely possibility of him killing the perpetrator! i mean, there is canonical evidence for this, in infinite crisis (2005) #7 where dick takes a hit meant for bruce and they briefly operate under the assumption dick is dead:

he picks up a weapon he cannot stand and aims it at the person who took that shot at dick. but then we have diana break him out of it:

i think the most interesting bit here is how he says "I know" which is why i tend to: no, he wouldn't kill. not even for dick.

he got caught up in his emotions but the moment he had a second to reconsider, he knows immediately that he cannot be the person to take a life.

the thing with bruce is, that at his core, he's such an intensely emotional guy. he doesn't show it, he cannot but it doesn't take away from how deeply he feels everything. his grief gave him batman, his endless compassion and empathy gave him robin and his optimism and hope for a better gotham gave him his mission.

so, of course, there are so many moments where he operates out of blind emotionality. and of course, bruce would go apeshit when it's his favourite person in the world who has been hurt. but i think the moment bruce has a second to reconsider, to take a step back- he knows it wouldn't be worth it bc not only is he NOT the kind of person who can take a life but also he knows that dick would never want him to.

but, this wouldn't be a fair analysis if you don't take bruce's reaction to jason's death into account. i don't always love starlin but a death in the family is one of the most important and transformative comics out there so consider this from batman (1940) #429:

he was insistent on ending things once and for all but the circumstances made it that he had to pick his own life over any kind of justice. the joker has diplomatic immunity, superman is very much a boy scout, the middle east is caricaturized, we have tons of whacky comic shenanigans happening.

but i always felt the whole comic read as bruce willing to die, too. he lost his robin. jason is dead. he cannot ever get justice. does it matter how it ends?

plus, another fun aspect to consider is if dick dies as robin or as nightwing. does bruce have other people to hold him up, hold him back? just consider countdown to final crisis (2007) #15:

plus, there's the whole grey area of what bruce does when kgbeast shoots dick in batman (2016) #57:

his response to this is sooo...

is it killing when you do nothing to aid with the damage you've inflicted? it's in the middle of nowhere, there's a blizzard going on and still, bruce leaves kgbeast like that.

tldr: he wouldn't kill for anyone, even dick. but he would be sorely tempted to so a scenario like what happened with kgbeast isn't too far off the spectrum of possibility.

[nighhtwing]

DICK GRAYSON in GRAYSON #9