ft. dc

guys, you don't understand I'm not normal about this relationship.

They love each other so much and understand each other so well. Even when they don't agree on something, they still manage to understand each other (I'm thinking about how in Blue Beetle: Graduation Day they weren't agreeing on what action to take, Victor wanted to attack and Kori wanted to let Jaime talk to Horizonte, but even so Victor stopped to listen to Kori's point of view and try to understand what she was thinking)

They've found a perfect balance between their similarities and differences and their relationship involves such deep trust and so much love on both side

I’ve said before how I kind of despise the sarcastic and aloof or cold and jaded hero tropes that have become so popular. I enjoy characters who are true enough to themselves to be expressive and trusting and vulnerable, not because they’re too stupid to comprehend the risks but because they are too devoted to the possibility of goodness and hope to allow the pitfalls of reality to chain them.

It’s the reason I’ve always loved Dick. But always, he’s paired with someone way more cynical and brooding than him. And while it makes for really fun narrative contrast, it gets old after a while.

He and Kory bounce off one another’s light and optimism so well. They call each other “honey” with 100% sincerity. There’s no sarcastic edge to their hugs or their smiles. It’s just unabashed willingness to be true to one another, corniness or cringe be damned. They say “I love you” and, unlike seemingly every other character in media right now, there isn’t even the implication of an eye roll or a wink or something else to detract from the emotional intimacy. And I fucking love that.