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I love the platonic relationships between Dick and the other members of the batfam. Dick loves so thoughroghly and I love when its portrayed as swallowing him whole, his love drowns him.
His dynamic with Bruce, the anger, the trust and the love.
His dynamic with Jason, the guilt, the relief and the love he has for him
His dynamic with Tim, the pride, the trust and love.
His dynamic with Damian is by far one of my favourites as it has the guilt of 'replacing' Bruce as the father figure while he was stuck in the time stream, it has the unbridled pride in who Damian has turned into, it has the implicit trust that comes from working together as Batman and Robin. (I am ill for these two I love them so much)
His dynamic with Steph and the development of it when Bruce is in the timestream is also really precious to me, because that's his Batgirl.
The most common denominator is the love that he holds for them all, that is his family. He will be damned if he loses them again and he loves with his whole being.
I dont know enough about his relationship with Cass or Duke to properly talk about it yet :(
(I love Dick Grayson sosososo much)
it pains me whenever people seem to think all love is romantic love, or that romantic love automatically means the love for each other is greater. Platonic love that is so great- overwhelming until it fills every corner and crevice of your heart- makes me sick. whenever fic authors potray the insane amount of love that Dick holds for Damian- more so than he holds for the others- drives me crazy. The fact that Dick would do anything, kill and hurt and die and come back, just for Damian screws with me so badly simply because i know some will take them as romantic. But in reality, Dick literally just loves Damian so much. like thats his baby and you take it romantically :( they just make me so sad and miserable but they can cure me all at once