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[reducingemissions]

‘The batfamily will make fun of dick for not being able to do housework and chores’ no during prodigal, tim was literally shocked at the fact that dick was doing work around the manor alone and dick would make tim do his share of chores, that guy lived on his own for a long time so ofc he had to learn how to actually live.

[damisaybats]

not anything new

[pancakesprince]

bad influence

redraw of an old doodle

[allyallyorange]

Some dickroy doodles and also a Lian with her favourite uncle

[hood-ex]

Nightwing Secret Files & Origins

[celaenaeiln]

Superman: Up in the sky Issue #6

I love Clark so much. This hurts so much.

Hold on this reminds me a lot of the scene in the Action Comics.

Action Comics (1938) Issue #613

It kinda hurts that Clark and Dick love Bruce so much they would let him win the fight just so he can feel better. To them Bruce's happiness and self-satisfaction is much more important than winning an argument. It's incredibly mature of them.

There are times when Dick mentions how he understands stuff about the Justice League, about his mentor, because he's been around the longest and it's moments like this that add on to that statement. Dick didn't grow up in the second generation of heroes, he has been part of the original generation all along. The Justice League treats him like their equivalent even though he's not part of it not because he's been with Bruce, but because he understands them. He's been with them since the early days despite the age gap. Bruce has only been Batman for two years before he took in Dick and most of the heroes have either joined at the same time, slightly before, or slightly after.

The Justice League was actually created in 1960 but Dick has been around since 1940. In the comic verse, assuming the Justice League was formed maybe a couple months after Bruce became Batman, then this was everyone's first rodeo.

That's frankly insane to think about.

The Justice League loves Bruce. They love him so much, just as much as Dick loves Bruce. The Justice League also loves Dick and trusts him unconditionally. I guess what I'm getting at is Dick is part of the first generation of heroes based on the way they all interact with each other and the way they treat Bruce. As in, despite being 8 (age him up to 10 or 12 when he meets the League), the JL considers Dick to be part of their group.

Dick at 19 treats bruce the same way Clark does at 28.

Along with their shared love of Bruce, Clark adores Dick with every fiber of his being. He loves him as much as he loves Kara but at the same time, out of everyone aside from Diana and Bruce and the JL, Clark considers Dick his best friend.

They way both of them share their insecurities with each other in the manner a friend does means the world to me.

I know this is a convoluted rant but I just love Clark and Dick an insane amount. Their relationship has several intricacies that need to be explored. They're not just best friends, they're so much more than that and honestly their relationship may be more complex than Dick and Bruce's.

[celaenaeiln]

Hi! What are your favourite moments of Dick with the Justice League Team or members? Or maybe with Clark or Diana?

Hey!

My favorite Clark and Dick moment of all time! -

Superman (1939) Issue #700

Clark will always be there for his favorite person! Not to mention that Dick ran immediately to Clark after being fired by Bruce for spending too much time with the Titans and Clark was just outraged on Dick's behalf. "He can't do that! You're his right hand man!" Clark adores Dick so, so much. He puts him on a pedestal without being toxic about it the same way Bruce does.

Dick doesn't have as significant moments with Diana as he does with Clark, Ollie, or anyone else but whenever they are together, it's just Diana always being impressed by Dick's talents.

Titans (2016) Annual #1

Actually I lied, I do have a favorite. It's this one.

Justice League (2018) Issue #53

SHE GAVE HIM A THEMYSCIRAIAN HORSE! TO DICK, A MAN, SHE TRUSTED AND RESPECTED HIM SO MUCH SHE GAVE HIM A GIFT FROM THE LAND OF WOMAN AND GODS!! CAN ANYONE POSSIBLY RECIEVE A HIGHER HONOR FROM HER THAN WHAT HE'S BEEN GIVEN?!

Favorite overall moments are the Justice League teasing Dick or trusting him unconditionally!

Brave and Bold (2007) Issue #15

They love him and love playing with him.

Brave and Bold (2007) Issue #15

This is also my favorite JL moment lol. To them Dick is like their kid/nephew/baby brother that they're super duper proud of.

When something happens in the Batfam and Batman's out of his mind he's the first person they go to.

What I really like is that Dick is so well-connected to the League that you get personal interactions with him and all the members at some point.

Hal for example prefers him abundantly to Bruce

Justice League of America (2006) Issue #142

"Different. New Faces. And a batman I actually don't mind being around."

Kara's not exactly Justice League but I felt like including her anyway cause I love this moment

Justice League of America (2006) Issue #60

People (JL version) helping Dick will always be my favorite moments though

Nightwing (1996) Issue #53

Here you have Jay Garrick (first Flash), Stargirl, Alan Scott (first Green Lantern), Powergirl, and more.

Him commanding the Justice League-

Justice League: Generation Lost #1

Dick leading hero teams, the Justice League in this case, of course must be included. I don't think people understand how integral Dick is to the hero community just because he's not on the Justice League. One of the DC writers said Dick Grayson is the most important character that's not in the Justice League. He has a personal connection to every. Single. Person. In. DC.

The Outsiders, the Justice League, the Doom Patrol, the Teen Titans, the Titans, the JSA, the Justice League International, the Green Lantern Corps, the magic community (John Contastine, Zatanna, Jason Blood), even freaking Marvel and the X-Men!

He is, canonically, at the center of the freaking universe.

Nightwing (2016) Issue #49

Cause you know why?

Outsiders (2003) Issue #37

[ribombeee]

dick grayson = you kick miette like football

[ribombeee]

you KICK robin? you kick him like football?

[joekitsu]

"Superman is a troll and a dickhead and he should be written meaner sometimes," I say into the mic. The crowd boos. I begin to walk off the stage in shame when two voices speak and command silence in the room.

"They are right," they say. I look for the voices in the room. There in the fifth row stand Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen, who have been gaslit and trolled to the extreme by Clark before he revealed his identity to them.

[sinpanico]

[dictearchive]

[unikitty011]

what if i say and just hear me out that Dick was not irrationally angry robin (not talking abouthim as Nightwing because bro is always going through something and usuallyis miserable) of course he was rightfully angry about his parents getting killed (it would be concerning if he wasn’t) and the unfairness of the world, but honestly i feel like he is usually portrayed as a very optimistic child who just really wants to do good and desperately looks for Bruces approval

[occasionalauthoring]

Hey occa,

I’ve been thinking a lot about Dick’s and Bruce’s relationship. Especially about Dick’s possessiveness over Bruce.

Feel free to ignore this though if you don’t feel like answering this.

What about a Dick that gets de-aged or even better a Dick that gets switched with his past self. No matter how it happens just-started-out-as-Nightwing Dick is now in the present. He is currently on his rough patch with Bruce and is suddenly dropped into a future where he has to share his Dad’s Bruce’s attention with others.

A 17yo Dick who thinks of Bruce as to overbearing is suddenly with a Bruce that barely has any time for him. At least in comparison to what Dick is used to.

After getting past the initial shock he thinks it’s great and that he now has his peace from Bruce. Only to notice how Bruce is laughing with the other kids and how their friends come over and also hang out with Bruce.

Because none of them were only told bad things about Bruce by him. God Dick is so stupid he could have had this. Why is he so goddam selfish

And suddenly Dick is seething with jealousy. It practically drips from his body. That is HIS Bruce.

But when he tries to start doing an activity with Bruce the man brushes. Him. Off.

“Sorry chum, but It’s the first Thursday of the month and I always have book club with Jayson then”

“I’m afraid I don’t have the time, Tim asked me to a True Crime Show Marathon”

“I apologize but today is my weekly practice in physical combat with Kidflash. He asked for a depleted training plan”

And while 17yo Dick is struggling with all of this older Dick in the past is just enjoying having all of his Dad’s attention for the first time in YEARS while the TeenTitans and his Dad are heavily confused by his antics

Aha! Found it! I didn't mean to ignore you, I swear 😶‍🌫️

"Dick? Hold out your arm for me?" Dick blinks, tuning back into the real world, and finally forces him out of the haze he'd happily settled into in Bruce's arm. On autopilot, he obeys, offering his arm, but frowns when Bruce wraps a tourniquet around it. "Thank you, chum," he mutters, filling two vials with blood. Dick watches it happen, confusion penetrating the calm that had settled over him.

"Bruce!"

Bruce lifts a hand, signalling his location, and Dick frowns harder when J'onn and Zatanna round the corner, approaching with masked caution.

"Bruce. I'm myself."

"I know, chum." He slings an arm around Dick to keep him up as he moves over to the lab, and preps a slide of his blood. "There's just some peculiarities we want to figure out."

"He is," J'onn confirms, suddenly closer.

"No spells," Zatanna adds, making to poke him. Dick knocks her hand away with a scowl.

"His consciousness is not his." Dick blanches, sending mental claxons towards J'onn. Don't tell him, let him keep pretending— "The mind currently in this form is Richard Grayson from nearly ten years in the future."

Bruce's brow dips. "Dick." Oh great. A tone. "Why not tell me?"

"Because that doesn't matter," he insists. "I'm me. And you're you. And I want to spend time with my dad."

Bruce's breath hitches. Zatanna and J'onn head out just as quickly as they came, even if snickers linger after their departure, and Dick shifts uncomfortably.

"Dick, I— Please tell me I'm not..." Bruce falters, looking crushed, and Dick shakes his head.

"No! No, B, I just. You're busy, a lot of the time, in my time. I just want to make the most of right now. Please."

Bruce watches him for a moment, then melts, and it kicks Dick in the chest the same way it did when Bruce treated him like a dream when he snuck into his room this morning (with the intention of telling him what happened, only to see him lying there, the perfect spot to lie under his arm, and realise he could do that) and cuddled him like they always used to do. Before Dick grew up. Before Bruce grew up too.

"Okay. We'll go to the den."

Hesitantly, oh so carefully, Bruce leans in, and presses his lips to Dick's head. Dick leans into the touch, pretends not to see Bruce hold back tears, and stifles his own.

He'll enjoy this, for however long it lasts. However long he gets to live in a time where he was an only child, and Bruce had no pulls to his attention except maybe the dog. When Bruce was his, and Dick was his, and even when Bruce thinks Dick is filled with hormonal rage and teen angst, still carries him around all morning for cuddles. When it was just them.

And maybe...maybe he'll pull on his old suit. Maybe the dynamic duo can fly one last time.

He'll make the most of this time in a way he didn't last time, even if he loves his siblings.

Dick hates his siblings. He's hated this entire day. And now it's dinner, and he's walked into the dining room, and watched the little one and the girl one slide into the seats on either side of the head of the table, keeping Bruce for themselves.

"Move." The girl rolls her eyes, and the little one scoffs. "Move!" He yells, and the room goes silent.

Bruce frowns at him. He shouldn't be frowning at Dick, he should be frowning at these parasites on his attention. "Dick," he admonishes.

"Make them move. I'm not doing this— I'm not putting up with this anymore. Make. Them. Move. Bruce."

The little one frowns. "Grayson—"

"Wayne," he snaps. He's lying. His name isn't Wayne, that's the name of his future self, he'd had a panic attack seeing the adoption certificate framed on the wall this morning, but now there is a monster in his chest, writhing and possessive and demanding he gets rid of the intruders, and when it supplies the name he grasps it with both hands.

"My name. Is. Wayne. You brat."

"Dick!" Bruce shouts, a hand held out to the little one, who's fallen silent, like he deserves any comfort. He stole Dick's dad Bruce. "What has gotten into you?"

"Do you love them more than me?" He gasps, and feels the mortifying heat of tears as they slide down his cheeks. Bruce startles, mouth slightly open, the rest of the room is staring, but the dam is broken and he can't stop the barrage of words. "I-I know I was rude, and contrary, and we fought, but I didn't want you to replace me! And— and you've been busy all day and you don't have time for me and all you ever do is spend time with them!"

He crying properly now, Bruce's striken face is blurry through his tears, and he's never felt more childish than when he wraps his arms around himself like a facsimile of a hug and sobs.

"You said good morning, but you didn't kiss my head, and you didn't try to hug me, and you don't cut my bacon for me anymore, and you didn't ask me if I wanted to do my homework with you while you worked on W.E. and you took him to get milkshakes after lunch not me and you didn't try to sneak cookies from Alfred with me!"

The room is deadly silent, so his wet, shuddering inhale is the loudest thing in the room.

"Is it because they call you 'Dad'?" He asks, and Bruce makes a noise like he got punched. "'Cause he calls you Father and she says Dad and he calls you Pops even if it sounds sarcastic but you spend time with them and not me so is that it? Do— Do I need to? I'll do it, B, please, just— Just be my Bruce again, please!"

He's sobbing now, and his chest aches, and it hurts to breathe, but then Bruce's chair is screeching back and he's being tackled and yanked into a hug and he wraps all his limbs around him and bawls into his chest like he hasn't since he was ten, but Bruce just clutches him close, hushing him gently, painfully gentle hands carding through his hair.

"Please, please B— Dad—"

"Hey, hey, Dickie-baby, you don't need to call me Dad."

"You promise?" He moans, and lips press firmly into his hair.

"I promise, chum. I'm sorry." Dick burrows close, and Bruce starts walking and Dick has no idea where they're going but Bruce is mumbling apologies into his hair like he'll never stop but his arms are firm around him and that kind of makes it feel like it will all be okay.

[three-semicolons]

Does anyone ever think about the fact that Dick's three primary love interests were all taller than him? Koriand'r was obviously warrior goddess adjacent (6'4"/ 193cm), but Barbara was 5'11" (180cm) pre-Flashpoint, and even Helena is 5'11", too.

When I realized this, I couldn't help but think about the fact that the average height of a woman in the United States is like 5'2"-5'4" (157.5-162.5cm). This is highly statistically improbable, meaning either:

1.) The average superhero is incredibly tall just due to natural selection in that pool (more likely to get people with the whole "warrior" build going on because, you know, warrior).

And I could see this being plausible, except it's not like every DC female hero frequenter is massive. Sure, there's definitely a lean towards taller than average, but not to this extent. Stephanie and Cassandra are only 5'5" (165cm). Dinah Lance is 5'4". Selina Kyle and Talia al Ghul are only 5'7" (170cm) and 5'8" (172.75) respectively. In fact, given his surrounding pool, it kind of seems like Dick naturally selects for the tallest woman in the region.

Ergo, the only other rational conclusion:

2.) Bro like big strong women. Bro is into that muscular matronage big time. He yearns for little spoon experience.

[littlefankingdom]

~ Legends of the Dark Knight (1989)

Reminder that Dick is pissed because he got grounded (from being Robin only) for the first time because he kept sneaking out. He's mad because Bruce is actually being a parent.

[yennao]

I see a lotta Jaybin doing the haunting. JayHoods turn!

Ahh, to be haunted by the person you will become. To see that thing and know that it is inevitable.

Or to be haunted by what you turned your Son into, to see that thing and know that it is inevitable and it is because of You.

[timskingdomoflies]

Guys, am I missing something? Because I keep seeing fanon insisting that Nightwing is a ball of rage and implying that you don't really know cannon if you don't know that Nightwing is the angriest member of the batfamily. But I started doing deep dives into the examples I saw of his supposed rage moments, because I hadn't seen that version of him in cannon, and so far, I'm still not seeing it.

Like Grayson trying to kill Zucco? Never happened as far as I can tell, and his time as Robin wasn’t about vengeance, almost every version of his backstory I could find stops to specify that he’s either becoming or continuing past the first case as Robin to help people, it’s compassion and a desire to make sure no one else has to go through what he did, along with a healing moment for him. (he even tries to save his parent's murderers in multiple versions)

His fight with Donna during NTT 1984 #19? He was being brainwashed by Brother Blood, they even say he wouldn’t have been lashing out had he not been brainwashed multiple times during the arc and treat it as weird that he’s acting that way. (brainwashing revealed in New Teen Titans 1984 #22)

Killing the Joker in Joker's Last Laugh? Yet again brainwashing. There was a villain named Rancor whose power is amplifying emotions until they’re uncontrollable, who was in prison for amplifying people’s rage until they committed murders they wouldn't have otherwise committed, who commented about amplifying Nightwing’s rage at the start of the fight, and Nightwing commented after that he didn’t know what happened he just suddenly lost control. (full rundown on Rancor and his powers found in Joker: Last Laugh Secret Files and Origins 2001)

I am still working on a full deep dive of Outsiders because there’s so much context, but that’s the important thing which I think gets missed a lot, the context. It is a direct follow up to Young Justice Graduation day (Donna’s Death and him getting trauma around leadership) and it’s linked to both the Devin Grayson run and Under the Red Hood, so yeah he’s lashing out, because he’s well past any reasonable human breaking point, this is him actively self-destructing, not his baseline personality. (Yes, it is a part of his character but in like the same sense the one-time Bruce attempted murder after Jason's death is, like no being murderous isn't normal for his character it's him at his all-time low)

I know I'm way too far down this rabbit hole with my conspiracy board out studying Nightwing's emotional responses, but I'm starting to feel like this is a case of the fandom gaslighting itself, because this dude is shockingly levelheaded the majority of the time. He does get mad at reasonable moments, where it makes sense to be mad as a human, but not like the fandom describes. If I am missing something, please tell me about it, I have been having fun doing these deep dives and learning about the character, so I'd be happy to have more moments to look into, and I know I haven't read all the older comics, though I am working on it (Modern Nightwing was my starting point so who knows maybe I'm bias and missing something, if so this is a genuine question, tell me about what I'm missing). For now though, I'm just not seeing it.