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Tales of the Teen Titans #53 - Dick and Kory vs. Donna and Terry; very cute doubles match inside Titans Tower

Batman (Vol. 1) #468 - Tim practicing against a ball machine at Wayne Manor. Bizarrely, he's shown playing both left- and right-handed in different panels (but primarily left). Artist mistake Ambidextrous Tim evidence?!

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we as a society need more tim drake and damian wayne brotherly bonding

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found this sketch I forgor about :))

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Jason not showing up to Dick and Babs's recognition ceremony but still watching them on TV.

Nightwing (Vol. 4) #113

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I think fandom doesn't realize that even when male characters get "the female character treatment" (meaning victimized) they often are afforded much more narrative agency than actual female characters.

You see people love to say dick is female coded bc he was raped (which is stupid in and of itself bc men can experience sexual assault too), but as the writers treat it, it's not done to make another character sad. We often see his reaction prioritized in the text, even if it's handled in an unsatisfying manner. Compare that to sue dibney and how the text is entirely focused on how mad/sad it made her husband and the justice league. If we expand this to "female character is assaulted in general for man's pain" you have the text of longbow hunters and follow up hunters moon way more interested in Ollie's reaction to Dinah being tortured than it is interested in her reaction. He gets more agency in processing her trauma than she does.

Then there's the whole "jason was fridged for Bruce's pain" thing which like. Yes, I'm sure the writers were thinking somewhat about angstifying Bruce (but also don't forget that they just didn't like robin). But compare that to babs in tkj or Dinah in longbow hunters. Death in the family spends 2 40 page comics about jasons journey, about how he feels with Bruce benching him and his discovery of his bio mom. He is allowed to make choices that affect the story and makes a heroic sacrifice to try to save his mom despite her betraying him - like you can't compare the amount of panel time and choices he was allowed to make to the lack of panel time and choices babs and Dinah got in their events where they were hurt for man pain.

I guess I'm just saying fandom analyze the narrative around events rather than the fact that they happened. B/c the complaint about fridging shouldn't be "bad things aren't allowed to happen to characters" (tho I am aware it is used that way sometimes) but "stop making bad things happen to female characters while making their pain or death not about them and giving them no agency in their recovery and doing this all to make a man sad"

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they make me so deeply insane. i miss this relationship so bad. they’re both so stupid. they both care too much. they both have absolute faith in the other. they’re both passively suicidal. they both make terrible puns. they both have fraught relationships with bruce wayne. they should kiss (again)

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little yellow creature :)

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tim poking kon with his bo staff

Tim's trying to say something but poking Kon is just easier

Bonus bonk meme - HE'S FINE, THEY'RE JUST BEING SILLY.

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look, if you want to be like dick grayson, im sure if you work really really hard, and you strive to do everything right, and you maintain unshakeable morals, and you draw people to you due to your impressive goals and devotion to the cause, and you carry with you a near debilitating sense of guilt, and you try to live up to expectations and mythos you've built up for yourself accidentally, then you too can end up like bruce wayne

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Nightwing #112 variant cover by Dan Mora.

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POV: you’re about to get your ass handed to you by a ten year old

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Robin (1993) #5

^ This has the same vibes as this:

Red Robin #5

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Twelve year old Robin, currently kidnapped: Is it true you used to date my dad?

Two Face: w h a t

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I look at your one batlantern post so often and it makes me laugh every time. Do you think you'll ever draw more of them 👀

I might. Just for you anon.

^ Flying through space with an excessive amount of eye contact

^ Had to stay behind. Renewed dislike of green glow-y things.

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admittedly im not even a dickbabs fan (my ideal dynamic for them is snarky flirty exes ala batgirl 2009) but are dc aware that they’re also like…. friends. like they care about each other platonically and there’s genuine foundational respect in their relationship? like they both have separate support systems but they also like…. like each other? outside of dating? they were two uniquely powerful and connected people that had more influence than bruce like that’s an interesting character beat, no? they were sharing custody of three kids and a worldwide network at one point like give me something to chew on here outside of substanceless banter and hammering in that babs is batgirl ffs

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Everyone say thank you Dan Mora for giving us Bruce supporting Clark from 3 different angles 🙏🙏