#The Dynamic Duo

[thesulkycroissant]

The dynamic duo

[thesulkycroissant]

I think it can be really easy to get hung up on the part of Bruce and Dick's relationship where things start to go bad, but yeah. Mark Waid does something so so excellent in World's Finest bc Bruce and Dick are so very CLEARLY the Dynamic Duo. I actually think it's underexplored, how huge a shift it is in their relationship for them to be fighting when they've been this perfectly balanced team for so many years. And how much it must feel like something's missing, after so many years of fighting in sync.

World's Finest is just an excellent comic that gets so many dynamics right.

Am I going to gush again about World Finest? Yes of course, always.

Anyway, I would love a cartoon based on Batman/Superman: World Finest (2022) and I also just recommend it if you want to read a good modern and current comic.

Just gimme it.

Honestly, it kinda is a very good comic to pick for animation. It's colorful and beautiful with good characterization and relationships between Dick,Bruce and Clark and with a pretty good balance between angsty and darker moments (see: Bruce's illusion of Dick with his neck bent in the last issue out) with the optimistic campy side of the superhero comics (see the disastrous date).

[fox-guardian]

[ID: Digital drawings of Daisuke and Swansea from the game Mouthwashing. The first image shows two drawings of Daisuke, one full-body with his running and waving, and a bust of him smiling. The second image is two drawings of Swansea, a full-body of him standing with the utility axe and a bust of him sneering. The backgrounds on both are reference images of each of them. end ID]

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finished with first passes of the gang! DAISUKE AND SWANTRAIN!!

p pleased with swansea's face especially, it's a whole new Shape i haven't done before i feel. lot of chin happening

(refs from this post!)

[sunkillerlovechild]

batman, superman and robin are literally my favourite trio, they are so special to me

like any time i see someone being like "dick doest have a super" WRONG

he has his uncle clark that would fly him around when he was a kid just because he thought it was so cool and probably helped him with his homework and made sure bruce wasnt being too hard on him and ahhhh

honestly dick and clark and their dynamic just mean so much to me

but also all three of them together, they are like the original crime fighting trio

[hotel-japanifornia]

I often find myself thinking of that one person describing Phoenix and Maya's relationship as "Maya no" "Maya yes!" during investigations and "Phoenix no!" and "Phoenix yes!" during the court sections.

Never have I seen a more accurate description of their dynamic before or since, lmfao.

[tarucore]

ok but thinking about that one post, I think what modern Robin origin retellings get wrong is that Bruce was not a strict guardian, he wasn’t overly cold or distant from Dick, and I say this without judgement bc I love books like Robin: Year One and I’ll probably love the newest Batman and Robin series that’s coming out, but no modern comic really has a handle on how their partnership worked for the first 5-6 years

like the main problem between them in the early years is that they were best friends, partners!! He thought this kid was the best!!! Bruce was incredibly lenient with Dick if you think of their relationship as strictly father/son, and a huge part of their issues as Dick grew up was that Bruce suddenly started setting boundaries and treating Dick like a child just as he was becoming an adult, probably after he read a parenting book (joking) or realized that he was terrified of losing someone close to him again, whether that be by death or Dick moving away

I just don’t get why people are so insistent on ascribing the traits of modern Batman onto his early years, if Bruce had acted as emotionally distant and paranoid as he does now in certain comics then Dick would have never been as close to him as he is, and he would have left the position of Robin way earlier if Bruce hadn’t treated him like an equal

If you don’t want to lean into the campy, fun golden age Batman attitude that’s completely understandable but I’ve found hardly any modern adaptations that convince me Bruce likes the kid, much less loves him

[nefarious-616-necromancer]

[comic-art-showcase]

Batman,Robin and Leslie Thompkins by Chris Samnee

Batober prompt: Spooked

[loopyarts]

I love Dick Grayson Robin, he’s such an adorable little scamp and the incredibly layered and complex father/son dynamic duo that is Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson so so much.

[jonjaydami]

I love superbat so much cause there is literally no better ship than the goth girl leaving her house once a month to kidnap the country boy who lives down the road

[terranovathemust]

Let's face it, the second season with the two of them would have been cool. 😍

[thesulkycroissant]

"You never lied to me and you never demanded that I be anything I'm not," is such a fascinating and specific and actually significant accolade for Dick to give Bruce here. And also: "You gave me a lot of yourself." Idk they make me feel so many things

[farshootergotme]

Dick telling Damian about his complicated relationship with Bruce and all the roles he's filled in his life and how the title he has as his (adoptive) father is barely the tip of the iceberg.

Meanwhile, Damian comes to realize a few things about his own relationship with Dick.

[k4txlulzz]

batman 2004 has peak dick and bruce relationship characterization

bruce actually feels like bruce and is a decent guy + grayson's personality is on point + HIS WHOLE ORIGIN STORY AS ROBIN IS AWESOME

[momachan]

"The Dynamic Duo. -Just another pair of troubles... -You can say that again. -You ever think about lying down in the track? They say comprenssion is good for the soul... -Yer not funny. -I'm not kidding."

Batman: The Audio Adventures (2022). "Two Split Seconds On Division Street."

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[hotel-japanifornia]

So, I was reminded of this moment earlier today.

These fucking dorks. I love them.