#connor ; donna

[lov3nnant]

heartstopper, 3x05.

[attentionhoard]

"And if love is a thing held in common, I suppose we had that in common, too, though I realize that might sound odd in light of the story I am about to tell.”

The Secret History, Donna Tartt

[puppiesandnightlock]

WFA SPEAKING FUCKIN FACTS WITH THIS NEW EPISODE LIKE HELLO YES THE BATS ALL HAVING META FRIENDS (not to mention the bats and supers combo)

also holy shit kon and cass past dating was mentioned haven’t heard that in forever

[celaenaeiln]

Do you think we can have your thoughts on Dick and Roy's friendship?

Please and Thank You 😄

ABSOLUTELY!!!

Of course Hummingbird!

This post has a little bit of detail but they sooo need to be explored.

The story begins as...

Off-screen narrator: "The four nations lived together in harmony... Then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked."

Dick, Donna, Wally, and Garth: IT WAS ROY!

Roy, smirking: heh. You losers. I made you cool ;p

And it so was like that! Especially with Dick and Roy because Dick was the leader of the team at that time. Dick thought he was having the time of life, everything was going perfectly according to plan, life was beautiful- then Roy happened.

Roy and his chaotic, unfiltered opinions, and his general "rules are suggestions" vibe.

And life was never the same for him again.

Roy and Dick's friendship is so funny because it's like introducing a private-schooled, straight A, class leader, well-behaved academy prep student to a rebel in a black leather jacket, public-school skipping punk but about as 1940s as you can make it.

Wait, okay, so for everyone missing the joke- Roy wasn't part of the original teen titans when they were formed. When they were FIRST formed, it was Dick, Donna, Wally, and Garth.

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 1 page 58)

And they had a couple adventures and life was just swell. It was on one innocuous day that Dick and the rest of the Titan's lives changed forever.

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 2 page 65)

And they solve a case together and they start teaming up more frequently

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 4 page 34)

And so the fab four...became the fab five(some). I don't why the writers felt like writing "fivesome" instead of five. Maybe different sayings back then?

Anyway, all of them were best friends and got along fantastically but Dick and Roy's relationship was so fun to read because it was INFUSED with bits back and forth dialogue.

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 4 page 44)

And they had some good times but remember what I said in the beginning about bad boy rebel meeting a straight A prep kid? This is where it really takes off between them-

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 2 page 81)

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 2 page 98)

AND THIS, THIS IS WHERE THEIR STORY BEGINS

This is the dynamic comics writer choose to continue on which is a competitive back and forth between Dick and Roy. Or rather, a dynamic in which Roy competes with Dick in the form of both a mini-rebellion and yet one of the best partnerships.

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 2 page 100)

Teen Titans: The Silver Age TPB 1 (part 1 page 1)

Haha!

And so this dynamic has continued. They fight, they have fun and they often do both at the same time. They've been doing this since they were kids so as time went on, theis just kept evolving and growing deeper which is the reason why Dick and Roy are so close - it's because they're fighting marks their relationship and it's wholly respectable because it's done entirely out of love and affection and a deep trust in each other.

Of course it's weird to see two grown men fighting like kids - even Kori says it-

Outsiders (2003) Issue #20

Well, yeah. They act exactly like that because that's how they acted since they were 12 years old! Nothing's changed! Honestly we should be the ones getting a best friend like that. Some people get all the luck in the world (Aka Dick and Roy)

They found each and clicked in a way that says "I love you but we're men and I'm gonna show you how men love"

Gosh Dick and Roy are so much fun. The two of them are like two grown men coparenting a group of kids but have no idea how to do it because both of them are too stubborn.

They love the heck out of each other but they also drive each other up a wall and it's freaking funny to watch because here's the thing-

Roy loves Dick. He loves the man like crazy and it bothers the hell out of him when Dick defers to Bruce because Roy idolizes Dick.

Take this moment for example

Arsenal Issue #2

Roy had a fight, he won but he sort of lost and got locked up and Connor comes to save him. Roy's first thoughts?

Arsenal Issue #2

ITS LITERALLY DICK!! LIKE DICK ISN'T EVEN HERE AND ROY IS LOSING HIS MIND OVER DICK!

He just obsesses over Dick sometimes. Not in the weird intense kind of way that Bruce does, but they both just have him on their minds all the time for no freaking reason.

No joke, Roy'll be having a completely normal conversation with someone and then-OUT OF NOWHERE- he'll just name drop Dick! The arsenal comic is one example but another

Green Arrow (2001) Issue #32

Arsenal Issue #4

Dick, Dick, Dick.

But this kind of love is strong. Because even when they've fought, Dick has been with Roy through EVERYTHING. He didn't abandon Roy for one second.

He put Roy in rehab when Ollie left him and he was struggling with drugs, he was there for Lian when roy was a single father, he was there for Roy when Roy asked Dick to come with him to fight Jade-

Action Comics (1938) Issue #613

He was there for Roy when Roy was struggling mentally, he was there for Roy when Lian was taken by a s*x trafficker-

Really, Dick was there with Roy through everything.

And Roy has been there with him all along too

Roy was there when Dick was losing his mind during the Titans, he was there when Donna died and Dick was falling apart, He was there when Dick was settling into Bludhaven-

These two have been through the toughest of hells together. Dick and roy struggle because they love each other but they refuse to let the other suffer alone and they fight because they don't want to bring anyone else into their suffering. But that doesn't mean they'd want anyone else by their side

Outsiders (2003) Issue #11

They have a reallyyy good relationship

The New Teen Titans (1980) Issue #27

And hey no matter how much they fight or what crisis they're in-

[bartyssimp-riley-16]

In or out Dates~ DC characters

In~

Jason, Tim, Raven, Bumblebee, Garth, Donna, Rose, Cassandra, Connor, Barbara, Luke, Johnny

Out~

Dick , Damien, Bruce, wally, Beast boy, Jinx , Jon, Bart, Stephanie, Duke, selina, clark

Both~

Starfire , Cyborg , Blackfire , Roy, Duela, Zatara, M'gann, Jaime, Helena, slade, canary

[theflashzoom]

The "DC Legacy Young Heroes" by Flashzoom

[aqua-dan]

The difference in the interactions kills me every single time

[cyanbeetle]

Dcoodles! Thank you for the requests :)

[sternenklarenuit]

Dc characters as Desserts Pt. 2

I Asked for Chat GPT "If the DC characters were desserts, which one they could be?"

Super's

Wonder's

Part 1. Bat's

Part 3. Arrow's, Flash's, Lantern's, Atlantis, Zatanna, Constantine and Martian Manhunter

[spacedace]

The Bats give the Supers Scary Dog Privileges the same way the Supers give the Bats Scary Dog Privileges.

Each side gets away with their respecrive bullshit in some part thanks to the looming figure just behind them giving an "I fucking dare you" glare to their enemies.

(Both sides are unaware of this, in the instances where they feel they need Scary Dog Privileges, they go hide behind their respective Wonder/Amazon Warrior)

[thenotoriousscuttlecliff]

The DC family reunions that left me a complete wreck.

[splooosh]

Zero Hour

Dan Jurgens - Jerry Ordway

[junespriince]

Fictional vs reality au

Roy, crying laughing, telling the Batfam who is also laughing at him: you're jealous haha, over your own self!

Dick: I didn't think the dating sim would have gotten this popular, let alone him playing it... There's a life-size Nightwing plushie he cuddles instead of me, his own boyfriend! How am I losing to myself!?

Garth: I don't understand why you're mad, it's still you.

Dick: it's my alter ego, it not me, Wally has spent six grand on a life-size Nightwing! I'm losing to myself! I rather he had chosen to romantic anyone else.

Donna: really? I wouldn't mind having a cute redhead fanboy obsessed with me~

*

Dick: scratch that, anyone but you.

Kori: at least I'm his second favorite, he's spent quite a lot on my builds.

Dick: well... He does have eyes and taste... I don't think it should warrant a grand on a figure nobody but us we'll see, he's a vtuber!

Kori: just enjoy it, he's on articles as your number one fan and the money the game makes goes to charities so don't be so hard on him.

Dick: I guess....

Jason: could be worse dickface, he could have hated Nightwing.

Dick: ... I didn't think of that

Meanwhile in Wally and Dick's apartment

Kyle: WHY HAVE YOU REJECTED ME!?

Wally: because you're my best friend it would be weird!?

Connor: but you both max out my romance bar...

Wally and Kyle: of course, duh.

Kyle: you're special.

Wally: be rude to not do it.

Connor: that doesn't make sense at all!

Kyle: okay losing the plot, how much to do my romance scenes?

Wally: six dollars.

Kyle, gasp in struggling artist living in California: that's expensive!

Wally: then wait, my fans want me to romance my hubby again. I can't deny them Nightwing scenes.

Kyle: ain't your rich boy toy jealous of you calling a hero you don't know you're husband?

Wally: nah, he's so supportive!

Kyle and Connor, seen Dick in full Nightwing gear telling himself he better stop stealing his mans: ... Sure

* because it too long lol

[onlylonelylatino]

Blue Beetle and the Teen Titans by Sean Galloway

[lesbian-cowpoke]

I love it when characters who do NOT use guns get a gun. Like, where did you get that from babes? You don't go near those!

[covertblizzard]

jaykyle au where they're theatre kids in the same school but they're not the actors jason's the scriptwriter/director and kyle is the prop manager (i don't know the official terms sorry) and they'd probably do an amazing job on the backstage setting if they could stop arguing for 5 whole seconds about their artistic visions and ideas and how "this would obviously work better this way"