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thatgraysoncharm · 1 year

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a PSA

Things about Dick Grayson that are more amazing than his ass:

* his handsome face and his kind smile because damn son

* his clever and adorably honest sense of humor

* his intelligence because dang that boy is smart, Batman!

* his absurdly diligent and persistent work ethic because who needs sleep when you’ve got a city to protect?

* his compassion and frequent moments of self-sacrifice to help others

* his tendency to get upset when he feels he hasn’t sacrificed enough for everyone because that’s how high his standards for himself are

* the fact that being a superhero didn’t feel useful enough - nope, he also felt compelled to become a police officer to make sure he kicked crime’s ass

* his respect and trust and confidence in his peers and friends, who by the way tend to love and appreciate him very much

* his status as the best leader in the DCU

* his kindness and integrity and honesty with his romantic partners, contrary to misleading rumors that hold about as much water as the surface of the sun

* his lack of judgment and prejudice towards others, like he won’t judge you for your ethnicity, gender or sexual orientation he does not give a single damn

* he’s crazy bendy and athletic and frequently stated to be the most skilled aeralist-slash-acrobat anyone’s ever seen

* he can take on an entire crowd of criminals by himself because guess what he’s also really strong and swift and a highly trained fighting badass

* he’s spent how many years putting up with Bruce’s shit I mean come on you know you’re extraordinary if even Bruce Wayne is like, ‘yeah that kid is the best’

* Superman is his favorite superhero and he loves him and how can you not appreciate how cute that is

* he is the treasured big brother of the Bat Family, AKA the mother hen who will take on a thousand and one criminals and fight his way through hell to save you because he loves you gdi

* he gives wonderful hugs and he’s affectionate enough to kiss his brother on the forehead because he is just that cute someone help me

* he didn’t have just one best friend because he couldn’t choose just one, he loved them all so much someone hold me

* yo so his parents were killed in front of him and this guy tries to - and genuinely does - see the best in almost everyone?

* like do you even know how many innocent people he’s seen die and he still believes in hope and faith and encouraging others and leading by example and being a good person?

* he will let you hug him for hours if you’re upset and he will make sure you’re feeling okay and he will risk his life time and time again to save you and he will push himself past his limits and he will nearly die on multiple occasions and he will try to fight through his injuries to keep on going and he will refuse to quit the good fight for as long as he is still breathing

… and you ask me about his ass.

#absolutely agree #dick grayson #dc

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thatgraysoncharm · 1 year

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Dick’s early years as Robin are just. You are ten years old. Tomorrow you have a math test. Last night you saved ten lives. You could not save the two that mattered most. Neither could he, which is why you are here. A year ago you spent your days in a trailer and your nights beneath the big top, and you were never more than 10 feet away from someone who loved you. Now you are adrift in a mansion full of ghosts. You want to go home. You climb up to the highest attic and scream as loud as you can just to see if anyone will hear you. For the crime of losing your parents, they put you in a cell. At night you leap from skyscrapers and remember how to fly. You go to bed and watch them fall. Sometimes you wake up and you are so full of anger you don’t know how you can survive it. You are trying to survive it. You want to kill a man. You rescue a baby from a burning building and his mother calls you an angel. You eat an ice cream cone on top of a gargoyle. You do not want another father. You need a friend. There is a secret only four people in the whole world know. You are one of them.

#dick grayson #he’s literally everything to me #he doesn’t deserve this!#batfam

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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If DC had just combined their Spyral and amnesia stories into one, instead of like the mess we got, we could’ve actually had a good story.

Like, literally all you gotta do is back during Forever Evil, find some way to separate Bruce and Selina from Dick’s body BEFORE Luthor revives him….so Bruce too is of the belief that Dick’s dead, and Luthor being heralded as the one who saved the day from the Crime Syndicate protects him from Bruce or the Batfam’s reprisals.

Then all you gotta do is…instead of Dick getting amnesia like a year later from being shot in the head by KGBeast….Dick gets amnesia from complications in how long it took Luthor to revive him. And of course Luthor capitalizes the HELL out of this.

And then, you can pretty much do everything the same….without it being ANYONE in the Batfamily’s fault, or anyone taking anyone for granted?

You can still have Dick go undercover in Spyral, be Agent 37….only now its on Luthor’s orders, because Dick woke up with no memories and all he knows about himself or like, anything, is whatever Luthor tells him.

And he knows SOMETHING’S not right about everything, like, something’s off about the person he feels like he is and the person Luthor claims that he is, but Luthor’s savvy enough that he’s not forcing Dick to do anything that might trigger some buried memories or built in moral resistance to an order, he’s invested in keeping Dick as fully cooperative for as long as possible, because he knows Dick will be way more effective if he’s on board with stuff than actively fighting things. So Luthor has Dick sold on the idea that he’s infiltrating Spyral on behalf of the good guys, like Dick thinks he’s fine with doing morally gray stuff but isn’t full on trigger happy so Luthor doesn’t force him to kill people on his behalf and thus Dick’s time in Spyral and his character conflicts with Helena, Tiger, etc, remain largely the same.

And meanwhile, Dick’s in the dark about his real identity and past because not having any clue he’s alive, the Batfamily reluctantly has been doing their best to bury details of the late Dick Grayson, no matter how much they hate it, because they have to worry about the living members of their family and try and distance themselves from Dick post being-unmasked, so nobody connects the dots to all of them.

And then of course, eventually one of them runs into someone who reminds them suspiciously of Dick on a case, like his face is still all swirly because of the Hypnos implants but he says or does something that’s so quintessentially Dick Grayson that they can’t NOT wonder. Because here, Dick doesn’t KNOW to tamp down on his natural quips and banter or mannerisms around the Batfamily, and so they give him away even as he remains faceless, and there’s not really any way Luthor could have seen that coming or prevented it, without like….scripting everything Dick says or does in every possible encounter he has, which of course is impossible.

And so THEN ultimately, you can have one or two Batfam members pursuing possibilities that Dick’s alive on their own, and then eventually comparing notes and realizing Dick really IS alive, what Luthor must have done, and that Dick didn’t come home because Dick literally doesn’t remember where or what home is…..

And then whammo ka-blammo, its Fully United Batfamily To The Rescue as they basically just invade Spyral and blow it to Kingdom Come whilst convincing Dick that he’s their brother/son/friend and belongs with them and Lex Luthor is a lying liar who lies, SEARCH YOUR HEART, FEEL YOUR FEELINGS, YOU KNOW WE SPEAK THE TRUTH and blah blah blah et cetera et cetera et yada yada.

And nobody ever has to read Tom King and Scott Lobdell’s like…..*gestures disgustedly in the general direction of their utter tripe*….That.

#already read and reviewed. Now recommended as well!#it hurts so good #thank you for your mind omg #dick Grayson fic rec #dick grayson #batfamily

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Jason Todd, 14 years old and meeting the first Robin for first time, trying to play it cool: Oh hey! You're Dick, right?

Dick Grayson: Hi... Jason, was it? It's nice to meet you.

Jason Todd:

Jason Todd: What the fuck. What the actual FUCK. Why do you sound like a two bit mobster from FUCKING B L U D H A V E N.

Dick Grayson, flummoxed: I live there??

Jason Todd, calling Bruce crying: I can't believe you let your SON live like this.

Very firm believer in Nightwing’s Bludhaven accent, and every self-respecting Gothamite in his family hating it with a passion.

Bruce Wayne, after finally getting his head out of his ass reconciling with his eldest son after years of silence: Nightwing. It’s…. good to see you.

Dick Grayson, who has been living in Bludhaven and may be a bit bitter: Batman, nice to hear from you again. Been a while.

Bruce Wayne, having done the mental equivalent of spit take as soon as Nightwing opened his mouth: what.

Dick Grayson: What?

Bruce Wayne, internally: My son has a bludhaven accent. Why does he have a Bludhaven accent. What happened to his nice, classic Gotham accent. Why did he decide to get the worse accent known to man and also probably aliens. Why is he like this. Was this to spite me and only me-

Bruce Wayne, externally: Nothing.

#jason todd #robin!jason #Dick Grayson #I love Bludhaven and Gotham rivalry #:)#Bludhaven #Gotham #Gothamites #Nightwing #Bruce Wayne #Batman

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Anyway, the only reason I’ll accept for the name “Robbie Malone” as Dick Grayson’s mob boss (or mob son, in this case) alter ego is that Bruce was going in disguise as Matches to a mob meet up (which is totally a thing, shut up) with Dick on comms, and was caught talking to him and covered it by being an embarrassing Dad (tm).

Bruce: Robin, check out the-

Random Mobster, suspicious: Who ya talking to, Matches?

Bruce, sweating: Oh, just Robbie! Have I told you about my boy? Smartest kiddo on the block, he is! Got an A average and the brains to back it up. Good with his fists too- once knocked a guy out with a single punch. Love that kid. He even has all his teeth!

Random Mobster: Aw, that’s great Matches. I didn’t know you had a son.

Bruce, allergic to feelings and knowing that Dick is listening: Ah, well. Kid’s, you know? Can’t live with em, but can’t live without em.

Dick, in his ear: Thanks, B. Love you too.

Dick:

Dick: Wait, did you just make my name fucking ROBBIE?!

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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HC that the entirety of the DC Magic community thinks there something a little... spooky about the Batfam, but they’ve all made a conscious effort to never bring it up and the only time they talk about it is one on one meetings after getting drunk off Atlantean alcohol.

John Constantine, tipsy: So like, we both agree something is really freaky with Nightwing’s relationship with gravity, right?

Zatanna, with a glass of wine in her hand: Oh thank fuck I’m not the only one. Working theory is that his entire family was blessed by a wind spirit way back.

John Constantine: And Red Hood being able to summon the fucking All-Blade’s is because...?

Zatanna: I don’t know, the All-caste like him?

John Constantine: Right. You don’t know. So I suppose Red Robin being able to just. Walk silently. Is a thing then? He doesn’t use a charm or-

Zatanna, grimly: I’ve checked.

John Constantine, softly: What the fuck. Wait, when Robin tried to murder me with a sword was that-

Zatanna: Oh no.

Zatanna: He just doesn’t like you.

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Alternatively:

Dick, sulking at not getting his way: >:[

Dick, remembering that he’s an agent of chaos: >:)

Bruce, afraid: what.

Dick: UNCLE CLARK

I have so many questions. Why is there a pocket in the cape. Who put it there? I can’t believe this pocket was 100% fully endorsed by Batman ™ bc that would get in the way of its primary function, having a fabulous looking blanket to wrap around yourself when it gets cold on stakeouts, duh.

I guess it could also be used to block bullets as well… kinda boring tho.

Anyway, I’m picturing 8 year old Dick Grayson getting into an argument with Bruce over the Cape Pocket.

Dick: What if I need another pocket to hold all my stuff???

Bruce: You. You have a perfectly functioning utility belt with so many pockets it makes the multiverse look small why would you need another pocket in YOUR CAPE

Dick: TO HOLD SECRET STUFF, BRUCE

Bruce, exhausted: Your utility belt literally has the best security in the world. No.

Dick Grayson, 15 years later and telling this story to his younger siblings: And anyway, that’s the story of how I learnt how to sew pockets onto microweave bullet proof mesh out of pure spite :)

#Clark Kent #Dick Grayson #Bruce Wayne #Batman #Nightwing #Superman #pry this HC from my dying hands it is SO funny #Clark always down to fuck with Bruce: I think they’re a wonderful way to hold a snack out on patrol!

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Bart: I’m so sorry Dick took Robin from you like that!

Tim: Yeah I was a little upset, but I realize now that I kinda used Robin as an emotional crutch and while that definitely wasn’t the best way to go about it maybe I needed that push??

Tim: But I also just learnt that Alfred was the one who gave Damian Robin so. I’ve been angry with Dick over something that was MUCH LESS his fault then I thought.

Tim: And my year was absolutely just. The Worst. But Dick also had his city blow up, his dad die, and he was forced into wearing a mantle that he never wanted, raising a tiny murder child that hated him.

Bart: Wow that’s surprising self-aware and emotional of you-

Tim: Yeah, so anyway Damian SUCKS and I hate him.

During a live news interview

Interviewer: “here we have an exclusive interview with Tim drake, CEO of Wayne Enterprise” [puts mic to Tim]

Tim: [confused kid eyes] “I’m a CEO?”

Interviewer: [nervous] “well, that’s a wrap. Back to i you Mike”

#Tim Drake #Bart Allen #Red Robin fanon is just ridiclous sometimes #I also think the CEO thing is from when Tim was like #a fake CEO for a cover for like a week #but yeah #90% of the Bad Sibling Dick Grayson tag on AO3 comes from tim drake red robin fics #which. just hurts #Dick Grayson #Red Robin #Impulse #Dc #dc comics

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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In the words of Tim Drake,

Dark Crisis.... Is now Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths.....

....oh no

#DC will announce a twist half way through a series and call it good writing #DC #DC Comics #UGH #Dark Crisis

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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So. Was anyone going to tell me that Batman 1966 star Adam West was apparently a sex manic or was I gonna just have to look it up while checking something and then stumble face first into an article with this information.

#Adam West #Batman #batman 66 #batman and robin #Robin #Burt Ward #DC #DC comics #tv series #Bruce Wayne #Dick Grayson

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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The trope of the happy-go-lucky character, the one that makes silly quips and lightens the air, and is probably the heart of the team?

That character going completely silent. Still. Focused 100% on what’s happening. Deadly, in a way that scares everyone around them to the core, gets them wondering if they ever really knew their friend like they though they did.

Because they have been pushed to the brink and are coming for you, so you’d better get the fuck out of their way.

That’s a trope that is near and dear to my heart always.

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Supervillain of the week, hijacking the news: And so, with my truth serum, I can find out exactly who the Dynamic Duo really are, and broadcast it to the world! Let’s start of simple, shall we? Who are each of your favorite hero’s?

Batman, tied up: Robin.

Robin, at the same time while chained to a chair: Superman!

Robin: Oh.

Batman, annoyed: Really? Still?

Robin: Listen he is literally the world symbol for peace and justice just because you’re jealous doesn’t mean-

Batman: I’m not jealous I just think as somebody who lives and protects Gotham you could have a little more pride in-

Supervillain, to the camera: Uh. I seem to have hit a sore topic already among the Dynamic Duo-

In the background, Robin: YES BUT HE CAN FLY. CAN YOU FLY, BATMAN?!

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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New 52 has no rights except for the stuff I like about it. Yes, this includes certain elements of Dick Grayson’s origins. Yes, it’s just Lady Shiva complementing Dick Grayson and offering to train him. And then completely dissing Batman. (As all she should.)

No, I will not take questions.

#Dick Grayson #Nightwing #This will never not be funny #Lady shiva: Oh congrats Batman on getting such a good partner!#Also Lady Shiva: This guy?? Are you sure little bird???#I love my competent Dick grayson #yes ignore how freaking old he is what #New 52 does SOME things right #but mostly just sucks haha #Bruce Wayne #Batman #Lady Shiva #Robin #robin!dick #richard john grayson #DC #batman and robin #batman comics #dc comcis

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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One of my favorite things about the origin of “Robin” being a nickname for Dick from his mum is that the rest of the circus must of known about the name, right?

So maybe after the accident, the first time Robin makes it on the news they all side eye each other like, “wait a minute”.

Because the colours of the Flying Grayson's -Red and Green and Yellow- are very distinctive. And the name “Robin” rings a bell. And they all very much remember how they were forced to leave behind a small black haired boy after the public tragedy of his parents.

A black haired boy that was a prodigious acrobat, that could twirl and tumble and fly in the air just like the small vigilante that was slowly making himself known across Gotham - and even the world.

So maybe the older members of Haly’s circus have a few secrets they keep to themselves. Maybe they find themselves checking in on what Robin’s up to via newspapers when they stop to perform every now and again.

Because Robin was one of them, once. And they should of known that a Flying Grayson would never stay down.

#Dick Grayson #nightwing #Robin #haly's circus #Batman #Bruce Wayne #batman and robin #dick!robin #richard john grayson #the flying graysons #batfam #Batfamily #Batclan #Dick and Bruce #mary grayson #john grayson #DC #dc comics #Batman comics

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Bruce: Well yes, but actually, yes.

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Jon Kent’s favorite superhero is Nightwing.

He has all the merch. The backpack. The watch. The slightly dodgy bobby head that is older than he is and has the original version of the Nightwing suit. The T-shirt that has the words, “Don’t talk to me unless your:” at the top with a blurry picture of Nightwing below it.

He has it all.

(And maybe Clark is a little amused by the dose of karma it provides every time he sees his son, remembering another little boy wearing every single piece of superman merch whenever he could.)

When he achieves Best Friend status with Damian Wayne though, it feels a little bit embarrassing. That’s his brother! His older brother! And he’s just caught Jon watching “Nightwing’s top 10 greatest flexes” on youtube.

Damian stares at Jon. Jon stares at Damian.

Slowly, Damian reaches into his pocket. He pulls out a limited addition Titan’s promotion Nightwing key chain, complete with a glow in the dark bird symbol. Jon has been looking for one of those for ages!

It’s obviously well loved.

Damian shrugs, the tip of his ears pink, before cautiously sitting on the bed and restarting the video.

Nightwing is his favorite hero, too.

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thatgraysoncharm · 2 years

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Absolutely delighted to find that not only is the rivalry between Metropolis and Gotham canon, its also being going on for literal decades.

#Jason todd ghost wrote this through me #Bruce Wayne #this is from #Gates of Gotham #metropolis #their rivalry is so funny #there is no conceivable way gotham would win and YET #Gotham wins :)#Gotham #Batman #Batman and RObin #Batfam #Batfamily #literally very funny the one in the top hate is Bruce's ancestor but he looks like Alfred #DC #Dc comics #Superman #Clark Kent

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