#like Steph and Bruce should have a complicated relationship not just a ‘I’m proud of you’ and never speak again

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@duskdog I kept forgetting to reply to this, but I’m so with you. I absolutely hated how Bruce treated her on a general scale, but as you said that’s just what made the good moments stick out.

To me it’s way less about Bruce being good to her but more about what their relationship would be on a healthier scale. Like, if Bruce’s head wasn’t so far up his ass about Jason, they could’ve had a great relationship. I honestly believe that if a certain guy didn’t want to kill her off, Steph would’ve grown on Bruce, like people forget around the start of Stephanie’s Robin, the writers themselves intended to have Steph as Robin for at least a bit longer, but you know the rest of the story. So maybe Bruce and Steph would’ve grown on each other if their time wasn’t cut short. Even in Batgirl Bruce and Steph had a pretty stable relationship which was great but I still don’t believe Bruce and Steph would have a great relationship I just think it’d be a less dramatic version of Bruce and Jay’s relationship

People LOVE to talk about Steph annoying Bruce but you guys have NO idea how much panels where Bruce is generally just being really nice to Steph means to me...

In (i think) two seperate panels: Steph: "God i've been talking to much..." Bruce: "It's Okay. I enjoy the company." Steph, who has probably never been told that her whole life at that point: ":D"

(Of course this is VERY paraphrased) Steph: "Why aren't we using the batmobile?" Bruce: "You like the batmobile. Noted. Now we shall only use the batmobile unless we REALLY need to walk."

Steph: "Can I drive the Batmobile?" Bruce: "No." Steph: "I can drive!" Bruce: "You know I'm a human lie detector, right?" Steph: "Mock me at your peril, masked man." Steph: "You'll teach me how to fly the batplane tho- right?" Bruce: "Some time before your 35th birthday. I promise." Steph: >:P Bruce: :) <3

Actually you could say most wholesome BruceSteph interactions go like this: Steph: "I suck..." Bruce: "No you don't. I like you." Steph: <3

Im pretty sure whenever Steph is annoying Bruce, Bruce is secretly okay with it.