#multilingual dick grayson

[brucewaynehater101]

Because Haly's Circus toured around the world, Dick would've had a strong grasp on tons of different languages before meeting Bruce.

What languages would he know best?

[melody-han-wayne]

Having lived at 1) Wayne Manor with 200+ siblings, 2) boarding school, 3) college and 4) back to Wayne Manor, all I can say is that I am absolutely looking forward to the day I get an apartment of my own

[spectral-honey]

I hc that Tim & Jason both know Arabic from spending time w the league & Damian knows it obvs bc he grew up there but I love the idea that Dick tries so hard to learn but remains very shitty at it and Damian won't say it but he secretly is really touched by it. Dick enthusiastically mispronouncing a simple thing to Damian and externally he's like "...continue practicing Richard." But internally he's like "god I love my older brother he's so stupid."

[celaenaeiln]

What if Dick could cycle through identities.

Dick Grayson has more identities than there are colors in the rainbow.

There’s Dickie Grayson - school favorite, basketball star, and mathlete. Best friend of the Titans and beloved love of many. Also a wonderful brother, devoted son, and dear grandson.

There’s Richie Grayson - darling of high society. Women swoon over him, men appreciate him (ie Roy’s “pretty bird”), and as a gothamite aptly put it, “who wouldn’t recognize Gotham’s very own Paris Hilton”.

There’s Ric Grayson - cold, night thrill seeking civilian with more trust issues than money in a trust fund.

There’s Nightwing - according to Supes, “your words are worth their weight in gold”. According to Bruce, “sometimes I feel he’s the only thing I did right”. According to Hawkman, “the one person the entire superhero community trusts after Superman”. And so much more. Strong enough to defeat Ra’s Al Ghul in a sword fight and be given the name “Detective”. Beloved hero and the pride and joy of the superhero community

There’s Agent 37 - An international, multilingual super spy who broke his partner’s hardened interior while rigorously maintaining his morals in the face of adversity. So handsome that while a psychotic murderer was chasing him and his partner, he reached up, switched off the spiral, and was so beautiful that the stunned woman went, “woof”, lost control of her bike and crashed.

There’s Renegade - Deathstroke’s apprentice who was carefully trained by him until he tricked the man and freed himself. Taught Deathstroke’s daughter Rose to be a hero and was punished by his nemesis through the Chemo bombing of Bludhaven. Yet Deathstroke still hugs him and says “Nice to see you again, kid. You look well” and leaves messages on his fogged bathroom mirror, “message received”, and waits in Dick’s bedroom while he’s dressing to let him know why he’s in the city.

There’s Crutches - mob enforcer for Black Mask and took down his crime syndicate from the inside out.

There’s Talon - His grandfather’s legacy of being an undead assassin for the court. The Gray Son of Gotham.

Finally there’s Robin - the 8-18yr old who went on joy rides with Superman, said “Holy ___ Batman!”, the one who was astounded when He asked if he would join the Justice league and Batman said, “no, you’ll be leading them”. The one who was driving batmobiles at 8 and singing songs to comfort victims that still remember him and his warmth 20 years later. The acrobatic prodigy that left the country in wonder. The first sidekick and role model for many young heroes that came after him.

He has many more identities I couldn’t name but - imagine if Dick could change these personalities in a heartbeat. One second he’s peppy and overjoyed Robin and the next he’s flippant and dismissive Ric Grayson. Oh the possibilities

I don’t remember where this quote’s from but: the man has a temper that could start wars. And a smile that could end them.

[astrasrebloggedfics]

Saved DC (and DC x DP) Fics

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Are You Red Hood

CAPES, KISSES AND CHRISTMAS COOKIES (Christmas at Clark's)

Faking Amnesia

Incorrect Quotes: Alfred The Cat

Don't Let Them Do Heavy Lifting-Bat Brats

Getting Kidnapped Clark vs Bruce

BatFam Headcanons

Jason Pissing Off Tim

Batman's Second Heart

A Thing As Robin

Dad (Bruce) Can Fix It

Bruce Gets Lost At The Grocery Store

Batfam Is Multilingual

Every Robin Had Been Hit With Some Kind Of Toxin

Dick Bonding With His Brothers

The Tim Drake Special

Batcat Vs. Brutalia

Soulmate Marks

Fucking With The Press

Covertly Talking

Halloween

Tim's Experiment Is On The Loose

Jason Being Cute

Jason Two Truths And A Lie

Learning To Patch Bullet Holes (Don't Use Tampons)

Dick Is Tim's Hero

Dick Sees Old Friends

Dick Knows Everyone's Location (Except His Own)

Dick And Jason Synergy

Bruce Wearing His Children's Merch

You Don't Know Everything About Jason

Jason, What Have You Done

Annoying Other Drivers

Dick Trapped With A Therapist

Wisdom Passed Down By Each Robin

People Finding Out Bruce Is Ripped

The Riddler: Is That Kid?

Tim Is The Most Older Sibling To Damian

Canon And Fanon Dick Grayson

Dick And Jason Babysitting The Justice League

Dick Talking To penguins

Do It Better

Unnamed Jason/Dick/Damian Short

Pissing Of Jason

Dick The Angriest Of The Batfam?

Tim Stalking Dick And Jason

Is Stabbing Someone Immoral?

Bruce's Nemesis, Margie

Jason Todd's Will

DC x DP

Not Human

Batman Thinks Fenton Works Is Evil

Dead End Call (Personal Favorite)

Damian Adopted By Danny

Crime Alley

'god' Danny

Dani Gives The Sidekicks and Heroes Nightmares

Constantine Summons The Ghost King

Grounded and Accidentally Kidnapped

1 Colon 65 Dash 9

A Fight Over Pluto

My Hero Actually DID His Job

Justice League Trying To Shut Down The GIW

Better Watch Out (Christmas)

Selena Has Danny's Core

Danny Refuses To Answer Constantine's Summoning

Danny De-aged To 10 And Fixing The Batmobile

The Wayne's Watching Jazz & Danny For The Summer

Danny Co-Parenting The Bat Kids

Danny Stopping A Joker Trap (Roller Coaster)

Danny Being A Mechanic At The Watchtower

Stop Having A Concussion And Get Us Home

Government Dog

Dan The Training Villain

Danny Beats The Joker To Death With A thermos

'Radioactive' Hero

Practice Your Skills

Camping In Space

Ouija Boards

Fighting For Friendship

I'm Who You Failed

Brawl Buddies

Ghost Flirting

Blob Meditation

Unintentionally Mysterious Danny

Your Brother's Dead

Danny Is A Ghost Baby Who Feels Like An Ancient

Danny Is Constantine's Father

Put That Thing Back Where It Came From Or So Help Me

Danny's Parents Captured The Spirit Of Gotham

Danny Can't Sing

[rolling-in-guano]

31DOD Day 3 (Day 24)

I don't really have another universe I want Dick Grayson in permanently so I'm wrapping back to day 3!

I think headcanons are best when they feel like they belong in the original canon so I'm going to put in some things that I think are fun:

Dick Grayson was born slightly early in a train car somewhere in rural France. Mary Grayson barely realized she was in labor and then the next moment there was a baby in the train car. After the initial shock of seeing Mary covered in blood and sweat, everyone celebrated the new baby (while getting the new parents and baby to the closest doctor).

He was granted dual citizenship in France and the US because of this (at least until 18).

He thought of moving to France while he was on the outs as a teenager with Bruce and between Robin and Nightwing. The Titans talked him out of it.

I don't think dick is one for labels, he just is what he is, but he is definitely not straight. He has said before that "he can't make love to someone he doesn't truly love" (approximately) and I think that is the best definition for him. He loves the people he cares about deeply and in different unique ways and that's all that matters.

I like to think that something about Dick is like catnip for cults. He has a pretty funny history with them for no particular reason. My idea is that he has some sort of cosmic curse for it. He's got the Church of Blood, Court of Owls, and the Nazi cult behind Spyral all saw it fit to manipulate him into joining their ranks. Then there is stuff that isn't technically canon like the vampires thinking he's the best thing since sliced bread and cult of the cobra in yj. There is just so many cults in this boys life.

Dick was once sent to the US Olympic qualifiers for an undercover mission as a teenager. Even though he is completely human, he feels like it would be unfair if won and he was feeling guilty about racking up so many points. In the final round, he decided to throw his chances at going all the way and did an illegal move. He definitely had the most impressive showing, but the penalty kept him from moving forward. Clark, Bruce, and Alfred, who were watching, were hoping he would win and while they supported his choice, were secretly disappointed he didn't win.

Because Dick speaks so many languages he can speak to all of the local restaurant owners in their native languages. They love him so much that they are always giving him free food like extra sides of dumplings or falafel (he tips super high to make up for it). Whenever the Titans want to get takeout, they always drag him to pick it up because they know the restaurant owners love him.

Dick has few favorite books and movies. He has a hard time getting into new things because he is so busy. But he will always love having Alice in Wonderland, Robin Hood, The Little Prince, and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea read to him. There wasn't much space for things like books in the Circus so his parents would always read him one of the two. Since they were a multilingual community, their version of The Little Prince was in the original French. Because of this, when Dick does read new things he likes to read them in the original language if he can.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Oh dearest Papa

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/sOkx2o0 by Thewolfprincess People keep thinking Dick is the dad of the Batkids, in Gotham or out. They also think that any of his friends with him at that time are the Batkid's other parent ( Barbra Gordon is chill with being Cass' mother). So one day he made it legal. Aka-a collection of time's Dick got mistaken for the Father of the Batfam and the time they decided to might as well make it legal Words: 1036, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: M/M, Other Characters: Barbara Gordon, Cassandra Cain, Duke Thomas, Stephanie Brown, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Wally West, Roy Harper, Donna Troy Relationships: Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain & Dick Grayson, Stephanie Brown & Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson/Wally West Additional Tags: Bruce Wayne is So Done, Crack, Parental Dick Grayson, Adoption, Fluff, Dick Grayson is a Better Parent Than Bruce Wayne, Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent, Damian Wayne is a Little Shit, Jason Todd is a Menace, Tim Drake is a Menace, Barbara Gordon in a Wheelchair, Pansexual Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain is Just Along for the Ride, Weird Gotham City, Gothamites just roll with it TBH, Pride Parades, Dick Grayson is Damian Wayne's Parent, Wally West is a Batfamily Member, Multilingual Dick Grayson, Jason Todd is a Batfamily Member, The Gothamites have just accepted Jason's alive again, The Gothamites are so used to Villains and vigilantes so nothing registers hours 10pm-5am, Including THE WAYNES in their restaurants and establishments read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/sOkx2o0

[batarangsoundsdumb]

hi, can you do headcanons where batfamily and maybe some other heroes are scared by Dick's intelligence?

like "my god, I totally forgot that he was a genius"

wally and dick go on a mission in france and while wally is whipping out google translate dick is already like 'bonjour, je cherche un homme qui s'appelle-'

he runs them out to slovenia on a lead and while wally is back to google translate dick is already helping the perp's grandma file her taxes

"how many languages do you speak?"

"mentally? two on a good day."

"and technically?"

"like thirteen? maybe fourteen if i squint?"

wally's like 'not that i expected anything less from you but what the fuck man'

damian assumes dick is ridiculously stupid at first because he's seen dick's file and it's like 'didn't finish college, hasn't had a stable job ever, still doesn't use his trustfund money' so clearly dick is beneath him

but when damian gets completely stumped over a chemical compound he can't identify, dick manages to identify it after 10 seconds of looking and damian's just like "i'm going to idolise the absolute shit out of you from here on out"

steph gives dick her med school homework to prove to bruce that college is really difficult and he just fills it all in in 15 minutes and hands it over while she's still ranting about the work load.

"how can you know this much about neurobiology?"

"i dabble"

12 year old dick grayson accidentally solved superman's case because he thought it was clark's crime novel and he's like "clearly this franklin guy killed his brother, his entire alibi is shit, it's too obvious. honestly uncle clark, i know you can write a better story than this."

jason tried to cheat dick out of a win at a pubquiz by switching all the questions with really specific ones and dick still won.

"which country was group 4's winner in the european football cup of 1996?"

"croatia"

"how the fuck"

tim knows that technically, dick is a genius, but he's also seen him flying into walls at 60 miles per hour so he's a little skeptical until dick's like "wanna see me hack the pentagon?" and genuinely hacks the pentagon

[wontletyouundermyskin]

*Artemis and Robin speaking rapidly and loudly in the kitchen*

Wally: This is fascinating.

Roy: What are they doing?

Wally: Artemis bet she knew more languages than Robin, so she'll pick a language, he'll match it, and they'll switch to a new one.

Roy: How much is Rob going to get out of this?

Wally: So many bragging rights.

Roy: ...

Wally: And a favour.

Roy: Oh, she's doomed.

*Robin switches to Romani*

Artemis: What?! That's not even a language!

Wally: That's actually his first language.

Artemis: Shut up, Baywatch!

[queerbutstillhere]

Headcanon that Damian Wayne does that thing where he forgets the English words for things, despite remembering them in multiple other languages, and spends like five minutes describing them in vague and odd details so people can tell him what the word is.

For example:

Damian: What's the one light thing?

Dick: ??? Light thing?

Damian, annoyed: yes. The light thing. It stands in the corner of the library, and has the big paper cage around it.

Dick: The Lamp ?????

Damian: THAT'S THE BITCH

[graysonnotwayne]

CHAR BIO; BASICS —

CHARACTER NAME/ALIAS: Richard John Grayson, aka Nightwing. FACECLAIM: Jesus Castro AFFILIATIONS: The Titans, The Justice League AGE (physical age as well, if different): 30 SPECIES (human, metahuman, alien, etc): Human IS YOUR CHARACTER’S IDENTITY SECRET OR PUBLIC?: Secret IF SECRET, OR YOUR CHARACTER IS A CIVILIAN, DO THEY HAVE A CIVILIAN OCCUPATION?: I don't think so, he'd be too busy with his duties in the mousehole. DOES YOUR CHARACTER LIVE IN THE MOUSEHOLE? IF SO, WHAT ARE THEIR DUTIES?: Yes, and I'd like him to be a pilot if that's all right.

DESCRIBE SIX TRAITS (3 positive, 3 negative) YOUR CHARACTER HAS AND HOW THESE AFFECT THEM:

1.) Trustworthy - Dick is consistent, reliable, and he can always be counted on to come running if his help is needed. He has a firm and unwavering sense of morality that keeps him grounded and confident in his abilities. 2.) Intelligent - Even though people look at him and assume he's just a pretty boy, he has genius-level intellect and is very good at deducing patterns and drawing connections. 3.) Adaptability - He prefers to have a plan going in, but he knows nothing goes according to plan. Dick is always prepared with multiple alternate routes and fail safes, should something go wrong, but he was also trained by Batman.

1.) Perfectionist - Dick can be extremely hard on himself and others. If he sees any room for error or makes a mistake, especially when there are lives on the line, he can be harsh with others and where they're lacking. 2.) Overextends himself - Although he has plenty of siblings to share the weight, Dick tends to think he can and should take on everything himself. He has a difficult time saying no when someone needs help, no matter who it is, and can run himself down to the bone trying to do everything for everyone. 3.) Private - While this isn't inherently a negative trait, Dick can take his need for privacy too far. He can and will keep secrets from his team if he thinks it's the right thing to do, or might protect them from getting hurt. He has the tendency to make independent decisions regardless of whether or not he's running a group. He sees it as his responsibility to make the hard calls, even if it means shutting down any possibility for collaboration.

POWERS AND/OR ABILITIES: Acrobatics, computer hacking, disguise, escapology, firearms, genius level intellect, forensic science, criminology, indomitable will, investigation, aikido, most forms of dance, boxing, capoeira, eskrima, hapkido, jeet kune do, judo jujitsu, karate, ninjitsu, sambo, savate, taekwondo, kung fu, multilingualism (English, Romani, Spanish, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Greek, Latin, Swedish, Dutch, Farsi, Swahili, Mandarin, Kikuyu, Cantonese, Arabic, and ASL), peak human strength, peak human agility, peak human speed, peak human reflexes, peak human stamina, peak human endurance, peak human senses, stealth, swordsmanship, tracking, and weaponry.

IC PORTION; DETAILS —

WHAT BROUGHT YOUR CHARACTER TO SOKOVIA?: After Dick temporarily lost his memory, he was estranged from the rest of his family for some time. If it's okay with everyone, I'd like to pick up once his memory's returned and he's himself again. Once he's settled things in Bludhaven, he would go to Sokovia because that's where his family is.

DID THEY SIGN THE ACCORDS? WHY OR WHY NOT?: No. Dick is not the sort of person who would bow to outside pressure. He knows what he is doing is right, so he wouldn't bend even if someone else told him otherwise. He has a strong sense of obligation and duty to continue.

PROVIDE 3-5 HEADCANONS RELATED TO YOUR CHARACTER:

WANTED CHARACTER CONNECTIONS: Dick has a lot of connections, but I'm most excited to plot with the bat-family! Apart from that, I want him to reconnect with his Titans team.

POTENTIAL CHARACTER ARCS: I would really like to flesh out and develop the relationships he has with each of his family members. I really like the dynamic between him and Bruce. I hated the whole Ric storyline and really want to re-establish his connection to the family.

CHARACTER BIO —

Bludhaven belonged to Nightwing. Leaving Robin behind had been one of the most difficult things he'd ever done, but it also meant starting anew. He settled on Bludhaven because it was close and desperately needed his help. The crime rate was worse than Gotham's a good day--Gotham's evil stepsister, that's what he'd told Cass, and he hadn't been exaggerating. Even though Gotham was just over the bridge, having his own identity and his own city granted him independence he'd never experienced before. Now that he was leading his own team and carving out a real place for himself, he no longer felt as if he were in Batman's shadow.

KGBeast's failed assassination changed everything. Once Dick regained consciousness, he had no idea who he was and didn't recognize his own family. Overwhelmed by the information he was given, he withdrew from all of it and vehemently opposed having anything to do with Nightwing or with the Wayne family. He found menial jobs to get by: taxi driver, bartender, waiter, and avoided anyone that had to do with his past. With Dick Grayson. That wasn't him anymore. He didn't want to get involved, especially as the world around him descended to chaos.

[melody-han-wayne]

this was my graduation today. Where was my family? Why didn't they come? Why did they abandon me after promising me again and again that they would always be there for me?

[veiledorigins]

TOMORROW WILL *𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬, &&. I’LL RISE TO MEET IT.ᐟ ✧ @reshieldedintro​

( conor leslie. 28. she/her. pansexual, cis female. ) are you a HERO? something tells me that scattered film rolls & photographs, the silver glow of a magical lasso and stardust scattered in the night sky make you who you are, DONNA TROY. with the powers of an amazon’s physiology (superhuman abilities), you’re sure to have a compassionate, obstinate personality — and you definitely belong to SWORD. were you listening to fortress by queens of the stone age on your way to the subway? it suits you. we can’t wait to see what you do next! ( elysian (ely). 24. she/they. gmt+2. )

character name: donna troy age: 28 faceclaim:  conor leslie voiceclaim:  conor leslie skill set: amazonian physiology (superhuman strength, durability, stamina, agility, invulnerability), superhuman speed, flight. swordsmanship. outside heroics, skilled in photography & a multilingual. affiliations: titans, amazons, justice league. family: titans, amazons of themyscira. zodiac: taurus (26/04) wiki link: here &. here.

WHAT WAS DONNA DOING WHEN SHE PASSED THROUGH THE PORTAL?

chasing down aspiring art thieves at the city’s museum of contemporary arts, working independently from the titans, who had currently parted ways. the glow of the mysterious portal shone brighter than her lasso, drawing her in… and in the blink of an eye, she found herself in the same city, yet everything had changed. ( for further details and donna’s origins, kindly have a look here. )

WHERE IS SHE LIVING? IS SHE LIVING WITH ANYONE?

donna resides at sword’s offered accomodations. what she knew of her apartment no longer belongs to her - she chose to live in what the organization offered, till she could figure everything out again.

WHY IS SHE AFFILIATED WITH WHO SHE’S AFFILIATED WITH?

it wasn’t her choice. a costumed woman like her drew attention. she was approached by sword and after a couple of attempts from their part, she eventually tagged along. the organization’s foreign to her, along with their aim… but that’s not her current worry. she needs to seek of familiarity, find the people she once knew of - if possible. the rest, she’ll figure it out eventually.

WHO ARE HER MAJOR FRIENDS, ALLIES AND FOES?

major friends & family would be the titans (dick grayson, roy harper, garth, wally west, koriand’r, raven & beast boy) and the amazons (especially diana, her mentor and cassie). allies include those associated with the justice league and friends of the titans (kyle rayner, an example). foes, anyone who tries to harm her sisters or her friends.

WHOSE HANDS DOES DONNA BELIEVE THE COUNTRY SHOULD BE IN?

nobody’s but the people. despite their powers, donna believes no one has the right to impose themselves on others. they were granted those powers not to rule, but to aid.

WHAT’S DONNA’S CURRENT MENTAL STATE? HER PHYSICAL STATE?

physically, donna is at top condition. it takes a lot to hurt an amazon. mentally, she’s perplexed. it feels like she’s relieving yet another one existential crisis, where she’s doubting her surroundings and their realness. she needs to find familiar faces, linked to her past or new ones that can help her untangle the mess that portal brought into her life. she feels as if she has to start over yet again.

[stxleslyds]

Can you please do the list of Jason's and Dick's skills and how good they are at it compared to other skilled people? Of course only if you want to.

Hi! Thank you for the ask anon! I am sorry that it took me so long to answer your ask, I found myself going back and forth with how I wanted to write this out.

Just a heads up, the skills that I will depict here are the ones that I remember and found are attributed to each character in the current timeline. I think it’s important for me to say this because this current Dick Grayson has been nerfed greatly compared to his pre-New 52 counterpart. As for Jason, he has had many things incorporated into his training and some others have been completely erased (even though some of Jason’s training was erased he hasn’t been nerfed by any means).

When I say that Dick has been nerfed, I mean that some of his abilities have been erased in canon and some others have been washed down as the reboots happened.

Now, let me do a little ranting before I jump into listing Dick and Jason’s skills.

If you search for Jason’s skill set in wikis and other places, they might include his Lost Days training as something that he still has but as of New 52 and Rebirth that training has been erased and replaced with Talia sending Jason to the All-Castle right after he came out of the Lazarus Pit.

Also, while many places say that the Lazarus Pit has granted Jason regeneration and the ability to not age, I can safely say that those things aren’t true. As far as I know, the Lazarus Pit can only heal injuries, physical and mental (to a certain extent for the last one).

I assume that the concept of Jason “not being able to age” comes from the fact that Ra’s Al Ghul has the ‘longevity ability’ because “through the use of the Lazarus Pit, Ra's has acquired a greatly extended lifespan, allowing him to live a near-immortal life for centuries”, the thing with this is that Ra’s uses the Lazarus Pit fairly often, Jason only used it once.

So, just to be clear, Jason can age just like any other human character, and the regeneration ability is also untrue because Jason spent a long time recovering from his injuries after the “Death of the Family” event and RHatO vol.2 #25.

Also, there has been no proof of Jason actually having magical abilities (after being submerged in the Lazarus Pit). The All-Blades are summoned through his soul but he doesn’t do magic with them and the summoning was mastered after non-magical training. And the “Magic Negation” move is an arcane martial art move.

Wow, sorry I spent so much time explaining my line of thinking. But I can be confusing when I talk so I thought it would be better if I explained my thought process a bit. I promise I am done though; I will now start listing Dick and Jason’s abilities.

Let’s start with Dick!

Acrobatics.

Aviation.

Criminology.

Espionage.

Genius Level Intellect.

Disguise (Acting).

Escapology.

Leadership.

Multilingualism (12 Languages).

Indomitable Will.

Martial Arts (Boxing, Eskrima, Ninjitsu, Stick Fighting)

Peak Human Condition (Strength, Speed, Stamina, Agility, Reflexes, Durability).

Throwing (Escrima sticks, Wingdings)

Weaponry (Escrima sticks, Firearms, Swords)

Abilities learnt with Batman:

Eidetic Memory.

Forensic Science.

Investigation.

Tactical Analysis.

Tracking.

Interrogation.

Intimidation.

Stealth.

Surveillance.

Jason’s Turn!

Aviation.

Computer Hacking.

Genius Level Intellect.

Indomitable Will.

Martial Arts (Dim Mak, Kung Fu, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do, Wing Chun).

Multilingualism.

Occultism.

Peak Human Condition (Strength, Speed, Stamina, Agility, Reflexes, Durability).

Weaponry (Firearms, Master Swordsman)

Abilities learnt with Batman:

Investigation.

Tracking.

Interrogation.

Intimidation.

Stealth.

Surveillance.

Abilities learnt with the All-Castle:

Summoning of the All-Blades.

Abilities learnt with Talia Al Ghul:

Magic Negation (a martial arts move)

All in all, both of them are incredibly well trained. There are abilities that one of them has and the other doesn’t. Jason has had more training outside of Batman’s teachings due to Talia having taken Jason to the All-Castle after he was submerged in the Lazarus Pit. And he was also trained by some of the members of the League of Assassins, like Lady Shiva.

If I were to compare Jason and Dick’s abilities with, let’s say, Barbara, Tim, Stephanie, and Damian, I would say that Jason and Dick are far more well trained and knowledgeable than them. Cass could beat both of them in hand-to-hand combat but I feel like it would still be a long fight for Dick and Cass or Jason and Cass, maybe Jason would have a harder time with her because he is so big compared to her.

I would even go as far as to say that both Jason and Dick could take down Batman if they really wanted to. Let’s say that for some reason Dick and Bruce or Jason and Bruce decide to battle it out with everything they have got, then I would say that the odds are in Dick and Jason’s favour.

Now, those comparisons that I just made, I did them with uncertainty because I don’t keep up with any of those characters. When it comes to DC I really don’t go beyond Dick and Jason centred content. I don’t even read Batman (I only read it if there is an event that has Dick or Jason as a major player).

So, I don’t really feel comfortable comparing their skill sets with other people, what I don’t know I prefer to not talk about. I was being a little cheeky with those comparisons that I made before; they are very surface level.

I can talk about what has actually happened in comics though. From a combat perspective I can say this:

Jason was able to master the “Magic Negation” move with little training from Talia, and she hadn’t even mastered it way back when she was training him before he became Robin (yeah, that was a thing that happened in zero year, RHatO vol.1 #25). So that would give you a little insight on how overpowered Jason has been written in the past 10 years.

The second time that he did that move he used it against Ra’s al Ghul, that Ra’s was charged up with the power of the Untitled but in reality, the power wasn’t strong at all because Ra’s didn’t have enough “soul” for the Untitled to latch on to. Jason, however, was able to channel that power and the All-Blades against him. All that should have drained Jason pretty quickly but he had the whole “chosen one” thing going on for him. Here is where the magic aspect of Jason would come from but I am still not sure that Jason can actually manipulate or do magic, I feel like it’s more like letting something like the All-Blades or the Untitled latch on to you like a parasite (that will kill you if it does it for too long) to get a boost in power. Maybe you or somebody else sees that as magic but I don’t.

So, overall, I would say that Jason is a very strong opponent. But you have to take into consideration that weapons like the All-Blades aren’t accessible to him at all times, they only can be summoned when true evil is presenting itself as a threat to Jason and they consume/corrupt his soul, so their power isn’t unlimited either.

Dick is a very strange case because while he was able to fight and defeat a proper Talon and a ‘second-hand’ Talon (that was still a notable opponent) in the New 52 run and he was able to defeat his enemies just fine, in Rebirth things took a dark turn, all of his skills were either gone or watered down by a lot, he was everyone’s punching bag. 

As time went on though Dick seemed to be written better and he fought Cheshire and some LoA people fairly easily and so on. But then… Ric happened and the whole manipulation and being played with as if he were a toy happened and that set his characterization on fire again. He defeated Jason easily when he was under Joker’s control but he was sloppy against Barbara so, there isn’t really a lot of rhyme or reason in that one.

After he regained his memories mid-way Joker War, he was an excellent fighter all of the sudden and everything was easy for him. When the event ended and he was Nightwing again he didn’t only beat KGBeast (the one that had shot him) but he absolutely humiliated him, it was like Dick snapped.

Now, under Tom Taylor’s writing, Dick is… I don’t want to say dumb because he isn’t, but I will just say that Taylor isn’t doing Dick any favours. He promised us a lot of things, like giving Dick the respect and level of expertise that he deserves but so far, I have seen none of it.

Something that has to be taken into consideration is that Dick isn’t fully recovered from his head injury, so, he is written as not as skilled as he is supposed to be and he is also making decisions that aren’t good for his health because if you run the risk of falling unconscious in the middle of a fight, you shouldn’t be fighting at all.

From Batman’s training’s perspective, I can say this:

Dick has always given me the “mentee surpasses his mentor” vibes. He is a better detective and he is also overall better than Batman in what he taught him and also at being Batman. Sadly, just like his combat, his detective skills along with all the other Bat training have been watered down for Dick. It’s absolutely awful, DC has been doing Dick dirty for far too long.

I wish I could say that things are picking up for Dick now, but Tom Taylor put “drama” as his priority instead of giving Dick back the skill-set that he once had (I know, I complained about Tom Taylor’s lack of action before but I really needed to do it again).

Jason has been done dirty too when it comes to his detective skills and other Bat training, mostly in Urban Legends: Cheer but quite honestly it wasn’t as bad as what they did to Dick. Jason has never really been as good as a detective as Bruce or Dick so yeah. But there is a clear difference between the Jason that we have now and the one that appeared in UtRH.

So, I would say that as of now Jason and Dick are treated as if they were on the same level detective/bat training-wise, which I think isn’t fair to Dick. Because he should be better in those aspects than Jason (or, at least, that’s how I see it).

I really don’t know if this answer is what you wanted or if it is good at all but I hope that if you read this you don’t end up feeling like I wasted your time.

I promise I will get better at answering asks! And I hope you have a wonderful day anon!

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asta my love !!! 🧡💜💜💜 okay so i have some thoughts! here is what i always think of when i’m writing dick:

1. dick is a multilingual threat and english is not anywhere close to his first language. i don’t think that he was fully fluent in english at the time of going to wayne manor since gotham was just a side stop of an international circus. so having been raised in the circus, i write him mixing sentence structures and occasionally pulling a word that is more. right? i guess? in his mind to use for the impact even if it’s not in english, esp early on

2. he was also raised w a lot lot lot of love so the grayson upbringing is v important to who he is and how he sees the world. in that, even with losing his parents fairly early on, he had a good chunk of formational childhood. things that are so central to his character like his ability to offer people second chances and look for the bright and love people so deeply i believe come from that upbringing

3. never still. hes someone i picture always in motion - walking while reading (and he reads a lot of everything, between what he can get his hands on and more textbook-like stuff to teach himself new subjects), stretches in conversation, and a lot of fidgeting

4. i think he likes limes. idk. he’s someone that will just eat lime slices. as someone who never puts his own needs first (can def cook but has zero time so instead of cereal for example..) he’s prob more of a snacker with like yogurts, a quick apple or orange, almonds

5. most important for me the titans are his family. they’re just a group of people with too much love in their hearts and they get to give it to one another without worrying about how it will be used against them :”))) also for people that love big brother dick in the batfam…he grew up an only child, that’s where he got used to siblings