A post I loved was going around on how confident Dick is.
I just wanted to add that heās confident but thereās also a humbleness to his confidence that is very uniquely Dick Grayson.Ā Dick is confident without the arrogance.Ā Heās confident with a purpose.Ā Even when heās not confident he exudes it to lift other people up or at least is usually open to talk about how unconfident he is which in itself takes a certain amount of confidence.
He expresses a veryĀ āusā mentality and uses that phrasing a lot when talking to people unless heās blaming himself for something.
āWeāre going to have to learn.ā
When Dick is Batman we as the reader know how unconfident Dick is but he still wears the cowl and goes out there as well as mentors Damian with as much confidence and humbleness he needs to admit his own shortcomings and works through them with Damian.Ā
[Batman: Gates of Gotham]
When Tim feels down about screwing up Dick answers in a very Dick Grayson way,Ā āEveryoneās made mistakes on this one.Ā But weāve come this far and weāre in this together.āĀ He acknowledges Timās mistakes but he reminds him that everyone has made mistakes even himself, and that heās not alone here.
You can even tell this trait in him just by his positioning and body language, he lets the kids sit in the Batchair, he talks things out with them, he leans casually even in the Batsuit.Ā A lot of timeās in comics it seems that the batfamily is on Bruceās mission but with Dick he clearly shows āweāreā on a missionĀ ātogetherā.
That humble confidence is also what allows him to be able to see things from other peoples perspectives, and especially why heās usually written as not condescending towards young heroes and speaks up for them against the Justice League even.
āFlash, you were one of us.ā
āStop looking at me like Iām one of those statues.Ā Iām a Titan like you.ā
Dick has shown multiple times he can talk people downĀ from fighting or doing bad things or talk people up when they need to step up to the plate and itās because heās confident enough to say it but humble enough to say it right.
Itās again because of how humble he is that Dick is not opposed to getting help when he needs it,Ā
Being picked up or carried,
Or saying thank you to anyone that helps him. Ā
He gets angry, he makes mistakes, yet Dick also doesnāt hold back on apologizing for things when heās done something wrong.
[Convergence: The New Teen Titans]
[The New Teen Titans #31]
Multiple times heās snapped at people and then snapped right back and said heās sorry for it because heās strong enough emotionally that he can apologize if heās wronged them.Ā Ā
Lastly we see that Dick can work with the big guns, heck he can lead the big guns, but heās never arrogant when he stands beside them.Ā One of my favorite moments that shows this so clearly is when Dick and Superman are in the park together and the police officer that finds them only cares about getting a picture with Superman.Ā
Dick doesnāt even hesitate, he doesnāt think or say anything about it because he doesnāt need that validation from people, he knows how amazing he is and how amazing Superman is.Ā Thereās no jealously there, actually he doesnāt stop smiling the whole time.Ā Ā
āStyle, graceā¦ and a bit of flamboyance, but without the obtrusiveness and pitfalls of arrogance.ā
Itās shown even in the way he fights.
Yes there are other characters that have some of these traits as well but for Dick there are SO MANY examples of Dick doing these things, itās very much ingrained in his character.Ā Thatās Dick Grayson.Ā Ā He may have insecurities but for the most part he isĀ confident but not arrogant, from what Iāve seen even though heās one of the most loved characters heās also one of the most humble characters in the DCU.Ā Ā
