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icon_uk (icon_uk) wrote in scans_daily,

To me, Dick Grayson, as Robin and Nightwing is fascinating because he's really what Bruce hoped he might have been able to become himself, if he weren't so mired in his defining tragedy that he could never get past it.

Dick sought the same level of justice as Bruce did, but because he had Batman on his side, he got swift closure on his parents' deaths by catching the killer. After that he channelled everything he had into his mission, but balancing it with as close to a real life as he, Alfred and Bruce could manage.

He's one of the few people (Along with Alfred, Leslie and Tim) who should be immune to Batman's moodiness, because he knows it to be pretty much a sham, nicely summarised in the Infinite Crisis exchange where Bruce says "everyone else trusts you.... You care" and Dick replies "So do you, you just let everyone think different"

He's spent his formative years being the balance to Bruces darkness, and STILL come out the other side as, when handled properly IMHO, a swashbuckling, adventuring hero, who fights for the underdog because they NEED someone to fight for them.

Thanks to his time as Batman's sidekick and as Titans leader, he's got connections to just about every team going, and there isn't a Titan, past or present, who wouldn't defer to him if he asked.

Add to that the body of the worlds finest acrobat, killer good looks (And better yet, completely careless about the fact he's physically perfect), charismatic, but without an ounce of macho crud in him, a sharp mind (Superman has commented that it's always good to see Nightwing in a crisis, because it means there's someone he can trust and rely on and whose suggestions will be good) and the heart of a best-friend-in-waiting to everyone he meets. What's not to love?

Chuck Dixon's comments on the character seem appropriate; Dick is the smartest, best-looking, most athletic guy you've ever met, times five. Every guy wants to be him, every girl wants to be with him, and every mother hopes desperately that her daughter will land him. He can be a bit of a slacker in attitude, but he's a crackerjack detective (being taught by the world's greatest, Dick's probably the second or third best in the DCU), and possibly the most natural athlete, being even more of a natural than Bruce Wayne (of course, he had a head start on Bruce since he was trained practically from birth).

But Dick isn't the tortured vigilante, forever haunted by the ghosts of his traumatic youth. While not forgotten, his parents' tragic death have been put away for the moment, filed neatly away. And to top it all off, Dick is sweet, sensitive and has a great sense of humour. All this in one testosterone-filled package of male beauty... I ask you again, who wouldn't love this guy?