#koryroy

relationships: dick&roy, past roy/kory, past dick/kory

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Whether or not Kory sees it as Roy taking advantage of her while she had amnesia is irrelevant. They're heroes. This isn't what they do. Dick reminds Roy of that.

Woke: Kory-Dick-Roy polycule

Full disclosure: I only really enjoy this couple when Dick is also a part of it. Joyfire can be fun sometimes too, but I feel these two being in a relationship works best when Dick is also in it THAT SAID I’m not going to make this a Dick x Roy x Kory post dskjfhkahkjdha

I think the fanon version of Roy x Kory is like... their relationship is two extroverts who are goofy and always dtf, constantly flirting and messing around, meeting up and having this casual relationship. But in canon, I would say it’s a little different. Or at least, pre-n52 canon.

Roy does flirt A LOT. Like I went looking for panels with these two and I found a few of them where he flirts with her and she ignores him or shuts him down, sometimes by playing back with him. Honestly Roy comes off like a creep in some, especially the older ones, but for the sake of this I’m gonna chalk that up to the time period and move on kdshfjsh

(New Teen Titans #29)

(New Titans #63)

This isn’t a flirty moment really but it did make me laugh so I’m including it here!! (Outsiders)

So I think this kind of back and forth is a part of their relationship, where they can tease each other and mess around and have fun. I don’t think that’s their default setting, though. They’re definitely capable of having serious moments, and tbh I found more of those than ones that are flirty/funny.

This is a moment of them arguing, and I think it shows a few things: namely that that back and forth is not limited to lighter situations, and also that they’re equals! There’s no sense here that one has more power over the other. ALSO peep that height difference (Outsiders v3 #21)

Then there are these two moments from New Titans v1 #63 (not consecutive):

Kory: It’s dead! I couldn’t take the risk. I had to kill it.Roy: Don’t worry about it. It’s all right. Kory: I’m not worried. I’m just explaining.Roy: You don’t have to. Not to me.

Kory has to kill an alien and Roy comforts her about it twice. Unlike Dick and Donna, who are both very important to Roy and Kory, these two don’t think killing is never an option. It’s something they can bond over, but it’s also obvious that they both take this seriously. In general, both Kory and Roy are far more serious than I think fanon gives them credit for, but that’s a different post dskjfhkas

On a lighter note, Kory loves Lian and Roy obviously trusts her with his daughter

(Action Comics #634)

(Convergence: Titans #2)

I was gonna add more but I can’t find anything but RHaTO panels kshdfjadskjfhak 

150x150 KoriRoy icons from Red Hood and the Oulaws vol. 1