spider-boy, king of thieves

iron peter

(“woah… this is so cool…”)

He’s late to things because he thinks he’s better than everyone. He spends hours and hours in the lab without break because he does whatever he wants. He’s forgetful because he doesn’t care about things ‘beneath’ him. Plus he’s smart, he’s got multiple PHDS. People with adhd couldn’t do that right?

He’s literally using his symptoms as a way to feed into the nonchalant, uppity billionaire persona he wears, and doesn’t even know it.

Until he meets a diagnosed Peter Parker who tells him all about getting diagnosed and his symptoms and the whole process. Not only does it shatter his pretty flat understanding of neurodivergence but it sounds an awful alot like HIM.

When Tony gets in his own head, Steve snaps, “Speak English!” and Tony automatically shuts down the nerd talk and says “You see that red lever?” Then explains what the lever is going to do in simple, Steve and audience friendly terms.

So actually, Tony did likely guide Steve through checking the panel in a way that was clear, concise, and simple but not condescending. Because Tony knows he’s the smartest person there, he’s always known, but he’s also had to run a company of people who can’t talk shop with him. He has to be able to speak in a way shareholders and investors will understand. Hell, he talked Harley through repairing the MK42 in IM3 over the phone while driving.

Dick calls Jason "Jay" (most often), "Jace" (occasionally), and "Little Wing" (Little Wing basically only appears in Nightwing: Year One). Jay is Dick's most commonly-used nickname and is also, incidentally, the only one of Jason's nicknames to appear pre-Crisis, post-Crisis, and post-Flashpoint:

Sidenote: "Jaybird" basically wasn't a thing until the New 52, and it really seems to be mostly a "this is a Roy Harper thing." I don't think I can recall any instances of his family calling Jason that.

Dick refers to Barbara as "Babs" (which, of course, literally everyone calls her), "O," or, very occasionally, "Red"; Jason sometimes calls her Barb/Barbie. As a sidenote, the number of nicknames Babs has given Dick is truly ridiculous, and some of them are incredibly hilarious ("Hunk Wonder" and "Pixie Boots" are perennial faves).

When he's using nicknames for Tim, Dick usually calls him "Timmy" or "Timbo" (ironically, Tim generally hates 'Timmy'...but he tolerates it from Dick and occasionally Jason, lmao):

He's canonically called Damian "Dami," though I don't have the panels on me right now. "Li'l D" is...mostly fanon? It's canon in that Damian has definitely been called that, but as far as I'm aware only Babs has ever used it, way back in Battle for the Cowl. "D" is Jon's nickname for him ("Demon brat" is completely fanon in every respect, by the way. "Gremlin," however, is a canon nickname that Jason and Tim both call him.....mostly Tim):

Both Cassandra and Stephanie are generally just referred to by their diminutives (Cass/Cassie and Steph, respectively) rather than any legitimate nicknames (I think he called Steph 'Blondie' once? But I could be misremembering).

I can't remember who gave Duke the 'Narrows' nickname, but that's definitely canon; I don't think Dick's ever called him that, though (it's mostly a Jason and Harper thing tbh):

For Dick himself, Jason canonically calls him "Dickie," "Dickie-bird," and a variety of other Dick-related puns, mostly to get on his nerves; "Circus Boy" occasionally gets used as well. Goldie/Golden Boy as an actual nickname is pure fanon, and in fact "Goldie" is actually Kory's nickname, but the general concept HAS been somewhat canonically referenced via a few select pieces of dialogue over the years (specifically by Damian in the Robin 80th Anniversary Special):

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