#slowly realizing roy canonically has the relationship with him everybody thinks dick has

[michaeljoncarter]

ok i know i said i'd stop talking about this, but one last thing thing i find extremely funny about dick vs roy re: slade is the way that, because dick's relationship with him is so high drama, their fights are all high stakes and Peril and dick just trying to not die, but him & roy are just a straight up comedy duo and most of the times they've fought, it's very quickly devolved into slapstick-level nonsense

just the juxtaposition of

(Nightwing (1996) #18)

vs

(Titans (1999) #22)

and ALSO the way dick always "wins" against slade by having some sort of super complex plan (or just paying him) to get him to move on, but roy wins by just being an absolute menace & getting on his goddamn nerves until he's eventually just like "jesus CHRIST!!! it is NOT worth this!!!!"

(Nightwing (1996) #82)

vs

(Titans (1999) #22)

(Titans (2008) #38)

when he interacts with dick, slade almost always seems like he's enjoying it at least a little. he likes messing with him. but roy? roy is his true nemesis. somehow, despite being one of the only ones who wasn't even on the titans when his beef with them started, roy is the one that gets under his skin like no one else, and that's just VERY funny to me

#long post #roy harper #slade wilson #slade is dick's 'oh god not this guy' but roy is SLADE'S 'oh god not this guy' #10/10 #slowly realizing roy canonically has the relationship with him everybody thinks dick has #and it sjsuntgkjfv #this is the last one.. i had to remember man of bats exists again so i get this one more roy & slade post as consolation