Ok I’m gonna rate all the comments I’ve seen on TikTok and Twitter regarding dickbabs’ relationship and you guys let me know if I miss any that you’ve seen
“They’re like siblings” 0/10 they’ve kissed and been inside each other
“It’s basically incest because she’s apart of the batfamily!!” 0/10 Barbara is apart of the batfamily but that doesn’t mean she’s related to Dick. If she were apart of the Wayne family then yes it’d be weird. Also keep in mind that Tim and Steph are apart of the batfamily and I almost never see any incest accusations towards them. Same with Steph and Cass.
“I LOVE Barbara but not with dick!! Give her to me instead!” 5/10 only because I also want Barbara but you lose five because I know ur lying you don’t like Barbara and you’ll never pick up an Oracle/batgirl/birds of prey comic
“Barbara and Kori should drop Nightwing and kiss each other!!” 7/10 I also want them to kiss but YOU want them to kiss so that he isn’t with Barbara. You also coincidentally only post/comment about dickkory so…
“She’s passed around!” 0/10 poor writing and if we’re talking about slutiness then we’ll talk about Bruce and Selina, Bruce and Talia, Bruce and Vicki, dick and kory, dick and bea, dick and zatanna (that fuckass tv show), dick and Harley (fuckass writing), dick and Selina (seriously), Tim and Steph, and Tim and Bernard
“She deserves so much better than dick!! Let her have Dinah and he can have Kori!” 0/10 because Barbara “deserves better” but Kori…doesn’t?? Because what is so bad about dick that Barbara deserves better but is just right for Kori? Also you had no idea who Dinah was until a dinahbabs edit came across your fyp and it gave you another excuse to want dick and Barbara to separate
“Love Barbara but dickkory is my endgame” 8/10 not sensing any disrespect but I’m automatically taking two points off because this comment almost always appears on a dickbabs edit or a solo Barbara edit
“Why would he choose HER over the beautiful alien princess?” -1000/10 just say you hate her because she’s in a wheelchair
“I don’t like how Barbara always follows dick around like a puppy!!” 0/10 pick up a dick or Barbara comic that isn’t written by tom Taylor please
“Their relationship only happened to keep Barbara relevant” -1000/10 Barbara will always be one of the most important characters not only to DC but to female superheroes as well. Whether you want to admit it or not she is iconic and Nightwing and dickkory fans will never change her importance by dogging on her for being with dick
“But dick and Kory had a child together!!” 3/10 …in another universe, babe. Also I never see this argument when it comes to Selina and Bruce being together while Bruce and Talia had a child? Wanna explain that?
My personal favorite is when people claim that Barbara being with dick is encouraging the “disposable black girlfriend trope” toward kori when—
a.) yall were just on the internet a few years ago arguing that starfire “isn’t black or white she’s an ALIEN 😠 (but they wanted her to be played by a white woman)”
and b.) Barbara’s been black in a few adaptations (LEGO legacy of the dark knight, and the caped crusader tv show) and is definitely gonna be black in Matt reeve’s Batman so what now?? Where does your argument go from there? Since she’s been a canon black woman now you don’t have that reason for disliking the ship other than the obvious misogyny and ableism towards Barbara being a disabled woman that you can’t insert yourself into when reading about hers and dick’s relationship.