Re: Selina K/Robert B
I think it would be smart if you saw it less as a reflection on you, and more a reflection on him. He's changed too, we all change. I doubt that's helpful, but it's the best I can come up with.
[Thoughtful swirl.] I do get tired of hearing about him, because it bothers me you want someone who treats you poorly, and who makes you feel bad about yourself. I've seen you cry over his behavior so many times now, hell the first time we met it was about that. He's made you miserable for as long as I've known you, Tony said it's been the same for his time too, and he let the bomb go off. It's hard for me to wrap my head around how you could love someone like that. I can't even figure out what it is you love about him. It's frustrating to know you prefer that to what we have, when you say I mean this much to you and I make you happy, but it's not enough.
That's really where the tension comes from, why sometimes I get frustrated. If he treated you well, if he made you happy, I would support you both, or at least understand why you're torn. Even before I developed feelings for you myself, I didn't get it, and I thought you deserved better. I wanted to be that better, because you make me better, but it never seemed to work. I don't know. I don't mean to say any of this to hurt you, but it's been on my mind for a long time. So yes, I don't like hearing about him, because it makes me want to punch him. I care about you, you're my friend, and I don't like when people treat my friends like shit or make them cry. I don't know what to do or how to feel.
It might not be fair since I don't have his point of view, but it's not like you're the only one. Jason, Dick, even Eddie, they were all hurt by him in one way or the other, so I get protective of everyone.