Okay so weird headcanon I have
Dick Learnt English young like really young despite traveling around. Right, except his parents never taught him. He learned bc one of the older folks at the circus has a tv (which John and Mary saw no point in bc what is a Grayson if not in constant motion staring at a box all day would be dreadfully boring)
Now the… slight issue with is? Well she was old
And the shows she would watch would have been from when she was a young child
What I’m saying is Dick Grayson learned English through 40s tv shows and had a transatlantic accent and would say things like “gee” and “gosh” and “swell” and bc the rest of the circus were
A) not that well versed in English
B) far far far too charmed to ever correct him
C) were well aware that an old timey accent added to the charm of the circus and brought it just that much more revenue
“Boy oh boy I sure am excited to go out with you today!”
“Gee Gosh I hope I didn’t bug that poor kid”
???? ARE YOU SEEING MY VISION ????
Like everyone (including Bruce) thinks he’s putting it on until after his parents fall and Jim is like “kid you can drop the act no one is looking or listening it’s fine” and Dick states using his massive blue eyed that are very shiny with tears (should be considered a lethal weapon) and is like “oh well, what ever are could you speaking about” like he came out of the wizard of Oz
And like after he gets out of juvie he obviously got the accent beaten out of him but a few weeks living in a manor and he gets Robin and he starts to slip
Alfred is just. So. Charmed. By. The. Tiny. Young. Master. And. His. Little. Accent
It’s so perfectly quaint like it came out of a movie from the 40s
Dick doesn’t say go to the movies he says let’s see a picture
And like no one, not even Babs is aware that his og accent is literally a tv accent from the fifties. The only people who know are Bruce, Alfred, Clark, Lois, Selina and Diana.
Clark and Lois find out together bc Bruce drops Dick off at Clark’s bc he has a date a fight scheduled with Talia and like he can’t bring Dick bc they will fight. Just fight. Okay Alfred. Geez
Anyway Clark immediately goes “gee gosh Dick it’s great ta meetcha” bc Christopher Reeve was my Clark Kent for too long for it to not be and Dick immediately latches on to the familiar speech tone and replies to Clark with an equally antiquated expression with stars in his eyes.
And Bruce has to explain “no he isn’t mocking Clark, he came this way bye” before jetting off to FIGHT Talia that’s what they’re doing yep.
And Lois has to sit there and watch as these two people who talk like the movies her grandparents watch excitedly circle each other like a giant malamute and a Pomeranian becoming friends
It’s both horrifying to her sensibilities and inexplicably adorable.
Diana has a similar story but Lois isn’t there for comedic effect
And Selina well I like to think Selina puts on the like “old timey accent” whenever she’s being flirty to get away from stealing something like “oh dear, you think it was lil ole me who took that well I never” she’d do it
But like post baby Grayson acquisition she does it and Bruce like winces and is like “please don’t remind me of my son rn” and Selina is like????????? And Bruce/batman has to explain that Robins actually unironically deadest of asses has a transatlantic accent and
Selina to this day has never heard it but the sheer horror in Bruce’s face whenever she pulls it out is enough for her to buy it
Donna Troy also knows lol
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