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You know how sometimes in Maribat salt!aus it would portray Adrien/Chat Noir as a stalker or someone who is just obsessed with Marinette what if the roles were reversed cause we already know about Marinette’s stalkerish habits and for like the angsty au type it could just be like shining light on him usually not being told about anything by ladybug despite willing to risk it all including his life for her like how Maribat Marinette is never really thanked for doing things for the class despite wasting time money and effort, and sometimes there’s parentsalt! Too and what trashier father to write about then a man who locked his kid up for a couple of years and can you imagine like instead of Marinette being adopted it’s Adrien and he’s basically called their secret love child and him trading puns with Dick. Meanwhile Alfred thanking the lord that he isn’t stuck with another kid that he has to find out what makes them them and one that just wears their heart on their sleeve but then hes like “wait a minute” and Adriens like “huh????” And realizing he’s been using humor to cope and Alfreds like 💀cause now he can’t really use old methods to comfort him cause he would definitely need one on one attention and Bruce would totally be happy cause at least one of his adopted/biological kids would openly hug him without a world ending event just having passed or one of them and or both were dying
I’m getting carried away with this
nightwing + his brothers 🐣🐣🐣
HEADCANON #1
I wholeheartedly believe that while Bruce wasn't a bad father to Dick, he also wasn't the greatest. Purely because he'd never had to care for a kid before, he didn't know the first thing about how. Alfred still had to make sure he didn't accidentally wind up dead because he forgot to eat in between being Batman and Gotham's resident pretty boy billionaire socialite. How did he expect himself to be able to take care of an actual child when he couldn't even take care of himself?
So it's hard, now, for Dick to see Bruce being a genuinely good father to the others. Bruce going to "bring your parents to work day" because Tim's own father couldn't make it, Bruce showing up to Damian's school science fair and asking questions about his experiment even though he helped Damian build it, Bruce going to see Steph in her school's play (even though she's only Talking Lady #3 and doesn't have any real lines as she so adamantly tells him), and so on forth and so on forth.
And it's not that he's upset for these other kids to be getting a good father-figure in their lives, it's just that he's jealous.
He's jealous because he didn't get to have that.
Bruce was still figuring shit out, Bruce was still trying to keep him at a distance and not get too close because he didn't want Dick to be another person he lost after letting him in even though what Dick needed more than anything was somebody to let him in.
So yea, Dick is jealous. He's jealous because not only was he replaced by Jason, but he was also replaced by Tim, and by Steph, and by Damian and not only as Robin— the name his mom used to call him, mind you, a name that was special and that he chose for himself because of that special meaning— but also as Bruce's kid.
He doesn't blame Bruce for not knowing, because he knows ultimately it isn't Bruce's fault. He's just mourning the fact that he never got the childhood he's witnessing all these other kids finally have and he feels robbed of it— robbed of having a good father, robbed of having someone to be there for his "bring your parent to work day", robbed of having someone help him build an experiment for his science fair and ask questions about it, robbed of having someone he could pick out in the crowd when he got picked to be Tree #1 in his school play.
He's happy for the others, because they deserve this happiness, but he's also jealous and feels guilty for said jealousy because he watched someone get better for somebody else and is left to wonder if maybe it was just him.
Maybe it's not that Bruce wasn't good at taking care of Dick, maybe it's just that Bruce didn't want Dick.
Anyways, let Dick Grayson be an angsty motherfucker because even though I like him being the sunshine, happy, rainbows-and-unicorns older brother to all the Bat-kids, I also think he deserves to have his trauma acknowledged, because watching someone put so much effort into loving somebody who isn't you when all you wanted was the bare minimum hurts.
Do you ever think about genderbent! Dick Graysons name? Like genderbending the name Richard isn’t that hard but like Dick??? It feels like half of his identity is dick jokes, no? Well look no further I propose a name better than the rest, Virginia, why? Let’s pretend she’s a toddler right trying to pronounce her name and in true toddler fashion she absolutely butchers it, what do you think she said instead. Vagina. 😐 probably not how it’s usually pronounced more like Vah-gee-nah but you get the point. From there on out that’s what she’s (jokingly) referred to as.
Also Virginia… virginity… there’s so much you can do with it lmao.
Also if that’s too crude you can also just refer to her as Gina (gee-nah) and only have people refer to her as that jokingly…
But you know now that I think about it maybe it wouldn’t be too socially acceptable to be referred to as that as the nickname Dick was… so maybe it’s more an intimate inside joke shared with close friends and family when talking about past memories of her dead family, a way to connect her past and newfound family.
where's the dick fics, WHERE ARE THEY I JUST CAN'T I NEED MY DAILY DOSIS OF DAYDREAMING ABT HIM !!!!
Yea... NO.
This is an oldish one from my Wattpad account.
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Dick Grayson x male reader.
Reader is the son of Oliver Queen
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It had been an almost 2 months long solo mission and m/n was just returning to the cave.
The first thing that he noticed when he entered was the utter silence other than urgent sounding whispering. Raising an eyebrow he followed it to the living room to find his dad and the other mentors standing over something adorable and downright scarry at the same time.

"What the HELL happened here?" I asked inrediously.
They all turned to him and their faces lit up. His paled as he realised what they were thinking.
"No. Not a chance. Don't look at me like that. I DO NOT do kids." I growled at them anoyed.
"Come on N/N we can't. We can't leave them alone and we can't work on a cure here." Dad tried to reason with me.
"Then don't leave them alone. I'm pretty sure not everyone of you needs to be working on a cure, and besides you cannot leave me alone when they wake up." I told them cooly.
Dad looked around then gently picked up one of the little ones and handed him to me. I looked down to see that I was now holding a younger Robin. My eyes softened under my mask at the cuteness that was my deaged boyfriend a small smile forming on my lips as I continued to stare at him.
"Ok so I can do THIS kid. But not the others." I gave a small smile to the little boy in my arms as I saw the white lenses of his mask start to show signalling that his eyes were openning.
"Come on kiddo it's not gonna be that bad." Dad tried.
"And yet none of you wish to do it either." I snarled scarring the boy in my arms judging by the little wimper he let out as he snuggled closer into my neck. I tightened my grip slightly and rubbed his back cooing in his hear to calm him down.
----Timeskip cause I'm lazy--
I SWEAR TO GOD I'MA CUT A BITCH if the mentors don't get their asses here soon. Dick, Conner and M'gann are at least behaving thank God. All the others however? Yea not so much. Wally and Artimis won't stop argueing and Kaldur has completely disapeared.
Finally I hear them re-enter the cave.
'Recognized Batman 01'
'Recognized Flash 03'
'Recognized Green arrow 04'
'Recognized Martian 'Manhunter 09'
'Recognized Aquaman 10'
"Thank God you guys are here!" I exclaumed. I then pointed to Aquaman
"Your kid is in the pool by the way, I think." I snapped at him.
He smiled and walked off to go and get his charge.
Batman looked over at me and raised a questioning eyebrow at his charge using me as gymnastics equiptment.
"What? He does this at his normal age too why are you surprised?" I snarked at him.
They could tell I was annoyed. Bats held up a few syringes and I sighed in relief.
Each of the kids were pricked and taken home by their mentors. I followed my dad and 'cousin' back to Star City.
The next day I went to the kitchen and was promptly tackled by a 15 year old Artimis Crock(?). I sighed softly but couldn't help the small smile playing on my lips as she helped me up.
I teased her until we went to the cave where I promptly resumed my teasing and included everyone else including my littlle bird who just blushed and burried his face in my chest. I smiled softly and pulled him away slightly and pecked his lips softly.
"You were a very cute kid Love." I mumbled into his lips.
He just blushed harder and reburried his face in my chest.
Haven't done anything DC-related for a while so here's Dick and some headcanons.
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Funnily enough, Dick Grayson is by far the most perplexing character in the Bat family (for me). He's been through a lot, seen a lot, done a lot, and yet he's still a shining beacon of hope and goodness for everyone in his life. He isn't possessed by obsessions for vengeance or rage, nor the trauma he's experienced. While the death of his parents and those close to him has certainly dictated some aspects of his life, it has never dragged him down into the darkness like it has others. It does, however, allow his to deeply understand people and their needs (see his relationship with Damian when Dick was Batman, how close he is with Jason, etc.).
And therein lies what makes Dick one of the best heroes (in my humble opinion). The overwhelming ability to care for others and the pure desire to help where he can - that, right there, is Dick.
In the darkness, there will always be light. It's surprising to see, especially in as dark of places as Bludhaven or Gotham.
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Sorry for the long paragraphs lol. I have a lot to say.
Think i might write a crossover between tua and Titans, in honor of them both getting their fourth season. I dunno, i just think it works.
I fricken gasped when I saw the Titans season four trailer. Has my sweet green haired child finally gotten his own storyline??? It’s a miracle!!!
So I noticed how that in this Tim. Is the only outlier. Like everyone else is in the rows while Tim is not, like is there any symbolism or am I reading too far into this?
Edit: I know there is not enough family members for even seating, that’s what I meant when I said “or am I reading too far into this?” It is a joke
#Dick would absolutely wrestle Damian into this #AFTER embarrassing all of his brothers #By wearing the adult size enthusiastically #In public, no less
a shitpost for @audreycritter because she sent me this and asked if I could draw Damian in it
*wheezing* oh my lord, somebody /please/ write this crackfic, I NEED this to exist 🥰🤣🤩
For extra credit, “oops, spilled some plot/angst in my crackfic!” AKA How Dick Adopted Dami Out From Under Bruce, Kicking And Screaming
as much as i love the “dick is damian’s fav batman” narrative, the ‘justice league son of batman’ plotline offered unexplored potential for the sheer confusion that gotham must’ve gone through watching “batman” suddenly show up one day 3 inches shorter, bludhaven accent, trying to wrangle the feral little kid that was following him around fine a week ago
Summary: Dick gets sick. Bruce takes care of him. They work through some stuff. (Set after Titans season 3, not season 4 compliant. Warnings in tags.)
Hi, I love your art! Would you ever consider drawing the Fab Five as adults?
hell yeah
dick took the news that a strange thirteen year old broke into his apartment while he was away at the circus pretty well, I gotta say
They sent these two to the store, they regret it.
Their dynamic is very important to me.
hehe
the brave and the bold (2007) #10
"I never quite met anyone like him, and he fascinates me..."
I'm so obsessed with them