Okay so the Teen Titans Go fandom agress that this guy down here
Has some issues going on in his brain
C'mon, we all know it. He's a control freak, violent, a perfectionist, selfish even.
......
But have we ever wondered why is he this way? Not just because of the Titans as many think, no no no. The show has left clues (intentionally or not) to piece together what happened. Things that may seem like a one off joke, like a passing laugh. Those little things matter so much more than the average viewer would think.
All of this will be things I take into consideration in this blog for analyzing each media that is related to him and is a possible correlation to his past or why he is the way he is. I will do my best to not miss a thing, but if I ever do, you should let me know!
After all, I know i'm not the only Robin fan who has, at least, a tiny bit of curiosity about him and his backstory that was never fully revealed.
So left for last but absolutely not least...
This account will be mostly theories and assumptions based off of canon evidence or hints. You can expect (maybe from your pov) a lot of overanalyzation. There's also going to be few headcanons, but I will always clarify when something is a headcanon to avoid any confusion.
So with all of that cleared, let's begin the session...
My next post is going to b about Batman's treatment with Robin and how their relationship is, so expect something sad and long.
I haven't watched the whole show yet, so if anyone has clips or screenshots of moments of Robin/Batman that showcases something about their relationship/past that you feel would be useful, I would very happily appretiate it!
Either way I have a ton of clips and screenshots for the post myself, so once I have free time I'll get working on it.
"What's Opera Titans" is a very fun episode, but if you happened to read my account's name... you know why i'm bringing it up
This whole segment of Robin having a dream about the past, when he was still Batman's sidekick, is more than just a silly dream when you take more things into consideration and are an expert yapper like me, so let's check it out.
First, this is a dream, so we have to be very careful since clearly not everything here is 100% true nor something that has happened before. After all dreams are mostly things we desire or thought about a lot.
With that in mind, isn't it interesting how Robin seems so out of character in the dream?
As we saw in "Sidekick", "Thanksgiving", and small parts of other episodes, Robin is terrorized of Batman. He is willing to do many things to not possibly piss Batman off, and is shown to get very anxious when it comes to Batman punishing him or just getting upset because of his own clumsiness.
It is true that, if we believe "Christmas Crusades" is a reflection of Robin and Batman's past relationship (and not just a parody without any deeper meaning), Dick isn't scared of him all the time. In fact, he idolizes Batman a lot and never complaints about anything, even if Bruce hurts him in any sort of way.
But regardless of Robin being or not like this in the past, he would never do something he knows would get him in trouble.
But in this dream, he purposefully goes and does the thing he's told not to do that would get him in trouble.
This is why I believe he is dreaming about something that never happened, but he wishes had.
He's dreaming about a Batman that's good with him, patting his head and not punishing him for his actions. He's dreaming about a reality where he doesn't have to be constantly scared to screw things up, something Robin really wishes could exist, but can only dream about.
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Now, with the ooc thing out of the way, I would like to point out other things I noticed too that could not be as important as the latter but are still worth mentioning.
Dick doing acrobatics is an obvious reference to how he used to do them in the circus. He looks very calm doing them here compared to the excitement and happiness he was feeling with everything else, which I say is because it reminds him of the few happy times he had in the circus before his parents passed away, or it could also be because doing acrobatics reminds him of them in a way.
And lastly, this frame of Batman giving the look to Robin is oddly similar to the other look he gives Robin in "Manor and Mannerisms", with the difference that the dream one is more silly while the one from the real world is more threating and intimidating. This one's not as deep as the other things I talked about, but I found it to be an interesting coincidence.
ohhohh im so excited for any post thatll be posted here (im so sorry im not normal for robin at all)
also my tumblr lagged im sorry if this ask showed up twice 😭
I'm excited too!! (and dw none of us are normal about him)
I've been trying to think ever since my first post of what to make my next post about, there's just so many things to talk about but I'm also unsure of how I will do it, but I bet I'll make it through lol.
(also it's tests week in my school so if I'm lucky I won't have any tests for next week and I'll be able to post something! yippe!!)
