how do you feel about dick perpetuating the cycle of sexual abuse with his siblings?
okay Iβll be honest, this may be the dickie stan in me but Iβm notβ¦ that big of a fan?
Like, that type of dynamic requires dick to be particularly attracted to that particular sibling in order to want to pursue them, but in my mind, if anything were to happen with the siblings, itβd be that sibling who is doing the pursuing, not him, cuz Dick rarely initiates interaction
when Jason was Robin, dick was solidly a titans character so they barely interacted, with their biggest interaction in Batman #416 being, βyo, Bruce is being an asshole, hereβs my number if you need it, peace,β then fucks on back to New York, itβs all so perfunctory with a vibe of βif you wanna get to know me, thatβs cool, but Iβm not gonna be the one to kick that off.β Iβm sure they would have gotten close had they had the time and Jason went out of his way to give him few calls, but thatβs not how everything worked out (ski trip photo implies more closeness than they initially had, but other than that, still pretty convinced dick remembered Jasonβs existence like once a month if even that). And this continues into post-crisis Red Hood era considering Dickβs main reaction to Jason wreaking havoc is βgo the fuck away.β
dick was still primarily a titans character when Tim shows up in alpod, and his main role in that story was, βyo, youβre actually a pretty capable kid. You should totally take him on, Bruce. Peace,β then fucks off again. They really only start getting close by prodigal when dick is gradually getting integrated back into the bat office, but most of the time, itβs Tim whoβs breaking into his apartment and initiating contact. Dickβs feelings about Tim does eventually develop into βif anything happens to this kid, I will kill everyone in this room and then myself,β but between the two of them, if someone is pursuing the relationship, itβs 100% Mr. Stalker.
dick and cass barely interact at all early on, they were hardly on each otherβs radar besides a βif you need anyone to talk to, Iβm hereβ from dick, all the way until the beef in the latter half of the 2000s, where the adoption that even made them siblings in the first place rubbed dick the wrong way.
dick didnβt even meet Damian until Resurrection of Raβs Al Ghul I believe, and he certainly wasnβt that interested in getting to know him, nor was them suddenly being forced together a particularly happy situation for him at first. As much as they eventually grew close, I never really shook off the feeling of Damian being one of the obligations dickbats was swamped with, so dick being interested in pursuing something with Damian instead of the million other things heβs currently busy with? π€·ββοΈ However, dynamic duo 2.0 allowing dick to see brudick from Bruceβs perspective and feeling sick to his stomach now that he can see just how young he had been? π©βπ³π
like I really donβt think dick is very proactive with his siblings, heβd 100% come when they call and bring his A-game when they need him, but I really doubt heβs the type to pursue, he usually has other priorities on his mind, and heβs pretty content to drop a βcall me if you need meβ and then dip, with the only one really taking advantage of that offer being Tim
thus, my conception of these ships is largely the siblings pursuing with dick either being oblivious, uncomfortable, or offhandedly finding the crush cute (which does mesh quite well with my preference for underage aggressors), if Iβm truly in the mood for porn, they can non-con him just for me