#nigntwing

[msfcatlover]

Which Robin is Superman’s favorite?

Hmmmm… well, I’d say the variables would be how well he knows the different Robins, Clark’s own struggles with grief, and the fact that hero-worship is a very awkward thing to deal with. In the order they became Robin, my reasoning is:

Most people default to Dick, and I’d say as long as Superman was a relative newcomer on the scene when Dick was Robin, that’s a very valid take. Clark got to watch Dick grow up, was a huge role in Dick’s life, and clearly loves the kid somewhere on the grand spectrum of nephew -> bratty little brother -> adorable step-son. In continuities where Superman didn’t come onto the scene until after Dick was Nightwing, it’d be an easy slam-dunk thanks to Dick being the most affable, outgoing, team-minded, and (seemingly) level-tempered of the Robins; in those timelines, the only hurdles are that Clark technically didn’t know Dick as Robin, and there’s also Damian in the picture (who we’ll get to later.) I think the main stumble for Dick is continuities where the World’s Finest are both already well established by the time Bruce takes Dick in, because that’s when Dick’s hero-worship of Clark is going to be at its very strongest.

While Jason is a little star-struck when he first meets Superman (see: the full page of baby!Jay just saying “Wow!” over & over,) Superman isn’t his favorite hero, so I think Jason would have an easier time getting over that hurdle to treat Clark like any other hero. (Do we see evidence of this in canon? No, not really. I’m standing by it, though; Dick was an adorable beacon of awkward sunshine upon meeting Superman, and you will not change my mind.) In that case, Jason probably wins out, for having all of Dick’s sunshine with a lot less of the baggage, and Clark getting to see Jason also grow up, at least for a little while; however, it’s a very close race between Jason & Dick, and really comes down to how uncomfortable Dick’s early hero-worship made Clark. Of course, in continuities where Superman came onto the scene post-Jason’s death, the only Jason Todd Clark ever has the chance to know is RH!Jason, so… yeah, Jason’s coming in dead-last in those rankings. (I think they’ve had all of one? Significant canon interaction since Jason came back? Which I’m pretty sure is in the Outlaws series people keep telling me not to read. Also, it’s BS that DC keeps ignoring the veritable font of drama & emotion in how their characters could interact in favor of *gestures at the last decade of people being very angry about every choice DC makes* this.)

Poor Tim’s never going to win this one, I’m afraid. Given how pissed Clark got about Dick taking up the Bat-mantle after Bruce’s death, I cannot see him being okay with Tim becoming Robin if Clark knew Jason. If Tim’s the first Robin Clark meets, than Tim is the Robin who keeps leading the Teen Titans/YJ squads through/into trouble, and Clark doesn’t have the context to realize that’s normal. If Clark first meets Tim post-Red Robin, than Tim’s going to be measured up against the rest of his family, and Tim’s just not as good at making people like him as Dick is. Given time, Clark will eventually grow fond of Tim, but Tim’s fighting too many hurdles to ever win this.

Has Clark??? Ever??? Actually spoken to Steph??? Have they interacted at all in canon??? I feel like he’d adore her, if she just had time to make Robin her own and carve out her own space in the hero community. But DC didn’t give her that, so. No. At most, Steph is a tangential member of the Batfam to Clark, and y’know what? I think that’s a damn shame.

(While we’re on the topic: I haven’t read any of Cass’s time with the Titans or Outsiders, has Clark ever interacted with her? She’s not a Robin, but I’m curious.)

Damian is an abrasive little brat, but he’s Jon’s best friend, so Clark would have more exposure to Damian than almost anyone else outside of the family, and would have time to adjust to Damian’s… idiosyncrasies. I think in any world where Superman gets a late start in the game, Damian would win out by that fact, but in any other world there’s always going to be a part of Clark wishing Damian was more like his brothers—they were so much easier to to interact with!

(I still know almost nothing about Duke.)

So in worlds where Superman starts around the start through the late end of Dick’s Robin career, it’s a toss-up between Dick & Jason, and in worlds where Superman starts any time with Tim or later, it’s either Dick or Damian,

But you know what? In my heart, in the world where Steph got the chance she deserved, where she had all the sunshine Dick & Jason did as Robin, all the irreverence towards authority (especially Batman) as she ever had, none of the baggage any of the others carry (Dick & Jason in hero worship, Tim & Jason in taking on the mantle without Dick’s permission, Cass’s communication struggles, and Damian’s… everything), all the charm that makes us all love her got to shine through, and her own special brand of Robin snark got to be appreciated, she jumps right up there into both those rankings.

Give Robin!Steph more love, time, and adventures 2k23.

[muuuumin]

Hahaha Nightwing telling other vigilantes that the 2nd Robin was coming to visit him and they're expecting the cutest happiest younger brother but the Red Hood shows up.

“i remember when jason was little, he was so cute- oh well, he’s still cute now”

[nightwingvixen23]

Dick breaking up with Jason on a Thursday just to be woken up at 3am on a Sunday by a drunk ass Jay singing into a beer bottle below his apartment balcony

Jason : 🎶take me into your FUCKING arms🎶

Dick : *trying to suffocate himself with a pillow*

Jason : 🎶kiss me under the light of the FUCKING stars🎶

Dick :

Jason

Dick :

Jason : 🎶place your hand on my FUCKING ass--🎶

Neighbor : HE DONT WANT YOU ANY MORE SHUT THE HELL UP

*dogs howling in the distance*

[og-danny-dorito]

Some Crimial getting violently beat and interrogated by Jason: No! Please...stop, I said I don't know where it is! I swear!

Jason: You swear? Are you willing to risk your bones for it, asshole? Huh? You've got five minutes before I pull out your teeth one by one with Play Doh tools, so I suggest you start talking while you still can.

Criminal: I mean it! I don't-

Dick, who's supposed to be "Good Cop" with his arms folded and looking menacing in the background: *mentally* How did that song go,,, nah n A H nah- no no it was like nah NAH NAH. Yeah yeah. Like a baNAHNAH. BA NAH N A H-

[northoftheroad]

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I haven’t seen Matt Reeve’s Batman and I don’t have a lot to add…

I’d love to see an adaption of how Dick ended up with Bruce and became Robin, (not necessarily Robin Year One) but I want him to be a child, and I agree it’s doubtful if they would dare to do a live adaption of that era.

I also agree that Nightwing Year One sucks, so nothing like that! And a NTT movie, which is otherwise a great period to show Dick growing up and leaving Robin, would be something else. So yeah, that leaves Nigntwing as a fairly new hero establishing himself as a good period for a movie.

Okay so……

We’ve seen a Matt Reeves Batman film…well how about a Matt Reeves Nightwing film?

I shall tag @northoftheroad @bluegarners @fuyunoakegata @vampirehal @hood-ex @jasontoddsguns and @anasmoonworld

Since you guys seem likely the best ones I can ask this silly question given you guys have at least some experience and knowledge with Dick Grayson and what can be tangible for adaptation

Otherwise you more ignore this question and move on with your day. No problem at all

If anyone else besides the tagged have input for a Matt Reeves Nightwing film, please reply and/or especially Reblog, it’ll be appreciated

[roninkairi]

Currently Watching "Scooby-Doo & Batman The Brave And The Bold"

1. Fred can throw a Batarang?

2. Shaggy as Nigntwing? Meh, why not.

3. We need more art of Velma and Daphne as Robin and Batgirl.

[amasongrain]

Nightwing

[flighticons]

nightwing users plssss

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[awkwardbluefish]

Aggressive cinnamon roll

felt like drawing a passive aggressive dicko  ok maybe I dont know if this is 100% aggressive. 

[runningwitches]

Scarlet Shadow (Nightwing x Reader)

Request: can you do #48 with nightwing pls. i don’t really knoe the context or whatever but that sounds cute thank you i love your writing !

48: “It appears that I’ve been shot...”

A/N: I really enjoyed writing this, but I thought I’d give a little explanation into the name behind the superhero name I used for this one. Basically my brother and I used to work at a laser tag place, and there was a party for all the fifth graders that were promoting, and they got to play in teams. One group of 15 decided they wanted to do guys vs. girls and that the guy would be blue team and the girls would be red team. This group of 7 girls (I had to play to even the teams out haha) decided that their name was going to be the scarlet shadows and I always thought it would be a cool superhero name, so here we are. Let me know if you want a second part, because I’m totally down.

Word Count: 1921

Warnings: Blood, Needles (just an IV), a poorly written fight scene, Language? (Nigntwing says shit a couple of times and the reader uses the word dick in a context that isn’t a name?). If I missed anything,let me know.

You were patrolling the streets as you usually did, avoiding Batman and his sidekicks as usual, when the sounding of a bank alarm caught your attention. You debated your options: go and possibly run into Batman or one of his little friends, go and end up being overpowered by the crooks, don’t go and leave the possibility of Batman or whoever going to stop it, or don’t go and pretend like it never happened so you don’t have to live with the guilt.

You decided to go, the idea of leaving the crime without helping guilting you into it, despite the overwhelming dread you felt when you thought that the Batman or one of the little birdies would show up.

You had been a vigilante in Gotham by the time you hit 18 and moved out of your parent’s house. You grew up on those streets, the broken relationship you had with your family often leading you out of your house and onto them at night. Though you had never been the victim of one of the crimes that had happened during your time in Gotham, you had witnessed numerous, and not been able to stop them. By the age of 13, you had taken multiple self-defense classes and began to train at a gym in order to get your strength up. Your fighting style had begun to develop, and you almost exclusively used hand to hand combat, disarming and disabling the opponent, even in your vigilante days. By 16 you had taught yourself how to sew and began to make clothing to fight in, and by 18 you had full on vigilante costume, complete with some shitty weapons that you rarely used, and a stereotypical mask.

You’re now 22 years old, and though you personally aren’t well known for anything other than your mediocre barista skills at the local coffee shop, Scarlet Shadow is a common household name throughout Gotham. A name to rival only Batman’s.

Batman, the other main vigilante in Gotham. The one you were avoiding because you knew he was going to want to interrogate you, and you knew he was going to tell you to stop fighting, or something stupid like that. So you avoided him. In your four years of being a vigilante you had managed to avoid him and the rest of the “bat family,” but you had a bad feeling as you made your way to the bank.

Arriving at the bank, the bats weren't there, but there were five people dressed in all black attempting to open the vault. You quickly began to take out the two that appeared to be on lookout. It wasn’t a difficult fight, as you kicked the gun out of the first one’s hand, and grabbed the other one’s with your left hand. Quickly tossing it aside, you landed a punch, and within a few more seconds both of the men were lying unconscious on the ground. You snuck up behind one of the three men that remained and pulled him into a chokehold. As he reached for his gun at his waist, you grabbed his wrist and pulled his arm behind his back, grabbing the gun from his hand and using the butt of it to render him unconscious.

Surprisingly, the other two were too distracted in their attempt to unlock the safe that they didn't hear the struggle going on outside of the room they were in. You stood in the doorway, debating your next line of action when one turned around and saw you. You quickly jumped into a fighting stance and disarmed him, as you took down the fourth guy you heard a gunshot and felt a piercing pain in your right side. The adrenaline from the fight helping you work your way through the gunshot wound, you were able to render the last man unconscious. Quickly bending down to apply pressure to the wound, you thought about how thankful you were that the bullet had only grazed the side of your torso, and as your adrenaline began to slow down, the pain began to feel more prominent. Though the wound was simply a graze, the blood seemed endless. You began to tie the thieves up, hoping that the pain would begin to go away. As you tied up the last one, you heard a voice from behind you. You turned your head and saw the one and only Nightwing.

“Shit, was I late?”

“It seems so,” you replied, teeth gritted from the pain in your side.

“Woah! It's Scarlet Shadow! Batman has been looking for you for years!” he exclaimed, “oh shit, are you okay?”

“Yeah, I'm fine, nothing too bad. However, it appears that I’ve been shot,” you explained calmly, while gesturing to your side with a bloodied hand.

“We’ve gotta get you help,” Nightwing told you, as if you didn't realize you needed help with your wounds.

“Yeah, figures. I thought I was fine actually,” you replied, starting to walk towards the exit.

“So, like I hear the sarcasm in your voice, but your actions are telling me you're serious.”

“I can get my own help, thanks though,” you responded, waving him off. As you reached for your grappling hook from your waistband, he rushed towards you and grabbed your wrist.

“You're not really in the shape to be denying help right now, Scarlet,” he said, gesturing to your bloody catsuit. He swiftly picked you up bridal style, making sure that your left side was towards him, and that his hands avoided the most prominent wound on your body.

“Put me down, Nightwing,” you said through gritted teeth. If he brought you to the Batcave you'd have to face the whole band of vigilantes that you had spent almost five years avoiding. It would just be easier to go home, change, and admit yourself to a hospital, claiming to just be another victim of one of Gotham’s many crimes. And as appealing as jumping out of the man’s arms and kicking him straight in the dick was, you couldn't bring yourself to do it. He was being nice to you, offering help, and the increasing drowsiness you were feeling from the blood loss seemed to add onto the feeling that you should go with him. You looked into his eyes, completely white under his mask, and couldn't help but sigh. “Fine, but if I wake up and my mask is off or shows any sign of being removed I will personally murder you and every one of your friends. And that's coming from someone who doesn't kill,” you told him, closing your eyes. You heard a slight chuckle and felt his chest moving against you as you slowly faded into darkness.

The next thing you knew, you were waking up in an unfamiliar place. There was an iv pumping into your arm, yet you weren't in a hospital room. You reached up to your face with your non-iv hand and found your mask still intact, and the pins you used to keep them in your hair secure in the same way only you secured pins. You smiled, relieved that the majority of your identity would remain a secret, and then you felt the pain in your side.

Looking down, you remembered that you had been shot, you saw that your injury was neatly wrapped. It was clearly done by someone who had done this sort of thing a lot, yet it wasn't quite professional. You sat there in a tank top and some large sweatpants. You didn’t recognize either of the pieces of clothing, but you were grateful that they were able to get you out of your catsuit. You didn’t even really care that whoever had done it would have seen you in your underwear, I mean you could have been dead.

Finally, taking the time to look around the room, you noticed a man sitting in the corner of the room. He was wearing regular clothes, but he had the Nightwing mask on. You looked at him for a moment. It was no lie that Nightwing was one of the hottest heroes ever, only second to you (obviously), so seeing him in grey sweatpants (holy shit) and a white t-shirt that HAD to be at least one size too small (holy shit x2), it was no wonder your heart skipped like ten beats and your breath hitched. He was busy typing something into his phone, but when he heard you adjusting he looked up.

“Oh hey, you're awake.”

“I guess so.”

“We got you all patched up, but you were out for a day. You lost a lot of blood, considering it was only a graze. I’ve seen full on bullet wounds bleed less than that.” Your brain went through a lot of thoughts in that instant. You thought about how his voice sounded familiar, you thought that maybe he was talking to you while you were out. You thanked everything you believe in that you had taken the day off. You thought of how you bled more than normal. Was that something to worry about? You racked your brain for something to say.

In the end, “Thank you,” was all you managed to get out of your mouth. He tilted his head as if confused that you were even thanking him, and you weren’t going to lie, it was adorable. “I mean, for everything. Patching me up, making sure I have enough fluids, the clothes, leaving my mask on. Really, thank you.”

“It’s the least we could do, really. You’ve been making our job easier for the past four years.

“We?” you asked. You knew he probably meant Batman, Red Robin, and Robin, along with himself and possibly Red Hood, but you asked the question anyways, hoping that it wasn’t true.

“I mean, this isn’t really my place. It’s the Batcave, so I had to clear it with Br-Batman first. He wanted to take your mask off and stuff but I made sure he didn’t, and he agreed to help you.”

“Is he expecting to talk to me? Batman.”

“I convinced him to let you off the hook this time,” he told you with a smirk. “He wanted to ask you how you stayed off his radar for so long, but I told him to leave it be. If you needed our help, you’d come to us again, especially now that you know where to find us. So, he’s letting you off scot-free this time.” He ended his sentence with a lighthearted laugh. “Here, let me get this IV out of you and I can walk you out of here.” You held your arm out to him with another, “Thanks.”

He walked to the doorway of the room you were in, and looked out, presumably making sure none of his accomplices were in the cave unmasked. As you reached the exit of the Batcave, he turned and looked at you. “Don’t be such a stranger now, Scarlet. We’ve got four years to catch up on, and don’t start patrolling again so soon. Make sure you’re fully healed first.”

“No promises,” you told him, your smirk matching his, before walking away.

After a moment of walking, you heard him ask, “Which one aren’t you promising?”

Of course, you headed back to patrolling the next day, but this time it was different. You bumped into a familiar face (or more, a familiar mask) that night and ended up fighting crime side by side (or back to back, depending on the situation) the whole night. Somehow you knew, Nightwing was gonna be a great person to have in your life.

[nightwingvixen23]

Just Nightwing following Red Hood around Gotham City ringing a bell and shouting "SHAME" every time he uses unnescicary violence

Jason : *beating some jackass to near death*

*ding!*

Nigntwing : SHAME

[shamemp3]

hahaha remember when i said this! well nevermind! i just read fs nigntwing!

oracle babs...dickbabs.......ok......i never talked shit about future state ever........

[moonlessnight125]

"Hmm, these nigntwings, do they happen to look like this?" She showed her a sketch of some dragon.

Selena crept through the underbrush in the forest, following the trail of foot prints. She was out on an expedition trying to find this strange new monster thst had been sighted, unlike any kind of creature they had ever seen. She heard some movement to her left, and look out to see what it was.

A large Dragon with a sky blue and silver color pallet was stomping around, seemingly aggravated. It wore an amulet shaped like rhombus. It's silver underbelly shining, and it's silver wing membrane had star-like dots. It wore a silver crown with sapphires on it. It had piercing silver eyes, and sharp spikes along it's back. It's body was mainly sky blue, and it had two snow white horns atop it's head.

[pilotshara]

nigntwing replied to your post “okay so this is weirdly specific but does anyone know a good website...”

idk if these are what you're looking for for but you can make collage like things with http://www.fotor.com/ and https://www.befunky.com/

it’s not 100% what i’m looking for but these websites are already a thousands times better than what i’ve found so far thank you so much x

[elementarydearjotson]

Talk shit, get hit

[norahkelt]

Nightwing enjoying his ride on the Chesapeake Bay bridge!!