doodleciara

I hear about her character when I read about long post regarding the Robin-mantle. Anyway, I'm just happy to see others think about Cir or any character with very few appearances.

It's also hilarious to think Cir having the same taste in partners just as her mom, Lois Lane. A kind person with a strong sense of justice that also have C.K. initials and large goofy black glasses.

How would you see their dynamic to be like? Either as friends or lovers in either a civilian or being a hero setting? What are your queer hc for each character?

So glad to have you!! I will warn you in advance that these two have never interacted, I just think they’re both underrated female characters and they’d be cute hahaha

Carrie Kelley was the first female Robin! She appears as a main character in Frank Miller’s Dark Knight trilogy - in this story, Bruce retires from being Batman after Jason dies, and after 10 years (at 55 years old) returns to fight crime after things have gotten really bad in Gotham. On his first night back he saves Carrie from a gang attack and she decides she wants to become his sidekick. She tracks him down and actually saves his life from the gang leader and the rest is history!

Unfortunately, this comic series is not part of DC’s main canon and hence she’s often overlooked as a Robin. She has actually appeared in the main canon though - in New 52 she appears as a college student who becomes Damian’s acting tutor - so her role in this universe isn’t very big but she is technically a canon character.

Carrie has also taken on the mantles of Batgirl and Batwoman at some stage, as well as Catgirl and even technically Batman for a brief spell!

I still have a lot of thinking to do about their dynamic but I definitely think they meet as heroes initially. Do we know much about Cir’s civilian persona? I haven’t seen much anyway 😅 they start as friends and meet through Bruce and Clark I would think? They obviously have other mutuals so I think it would be rather funny if they met through them instead, I’d definitely be open to that!

To tie in Carrie’s appearance as a college student in the main canon, maybe Clark might ask her to help Cir settle into this timeline and attend college with her? And they get to know each other better this way. Cir obviously has a lot of adjusting to do and I think it would just be the whole trope of introducing a variety of new things/concepts to someone who’s never experienced them before (for whatever reason) and falling in love along the way! Because of Cir’s naivety in this aspect (and also having grown up in a particularly corrupt Gotham), I think Carrie would be very protective of her and complete forget that she is a meta human who can fully take care of herself. Brains x brawn is probably another trope they would fill out a little bit (not to say either of them are dumb or weak in any way), cynical x optimistic another. I think Carrie would catch feelings first but be slow to make the first move, while once Cir realises how she feels she accepts it immediately but waits for Carrie to confess first. Cir wouldn’t necessarily be hugely flirty but she wouldn’t be any bit shy about her feelings either. She doesn’t think twice about holding hands or giving gifts for no reason, while Carrie overthinks everything. They both get easily flustered by each other’s earnestness even though they both express it differently (Examples -

Carrie: why did you get me these flowers? Am I missing an anniversary?!

Cir: No special occasion :) the leaf colour just reminded me of your eyes :)

Carrie: *meltdown*

or

Carrie: you’re very important in my life and I don’t want to lose you

Cir: *meltdown*)

Anyway, thank you for asking me this, it actually made me think so much more about them 🥺

As for hcs, I’m pretty sure Cir is canonically queer and polyam? I’m happy to stick with that, I don’t think gender matters to her in any way - or maybe even that she has a preference for women but doesn’t even realise it herself.