#robin analysis

You DID NOT need to hurt me like this smh... But I get it.

It's over, now - the storm has calmed. You're not fighting the storm anymore, yet it still feels like you're drowning in the loss. It's over, but what do you do with that? It's over, but how do you deal with that? Everything has come to an end, your little paper boat has reached the port, yet it's one person lesser than what it was when you first set sail. And you know that you will set sail to brave the seas again, so was it worth it? Was that trip worth it, if it only ended in you losing the person who could actually peer under the cracks in your mask?

I think that people don't recognize that Dr. Ratio also wears a mask, just like Aventurine - and Robin does, too. She pretends to be perfect and has no flaws, because that's what the idol industry wants from her. Dr. Ratio wears the mask of superiority, when in reality, he struggles with the fact that he will never be enough for a divine gaze to peer upon him. I feel like they could find comfort in one another in their "absolutes" that they could never reach - Robin could never be entirely without flaws and struggles with having all the eyes on her, being absolute "perfection" - while Dr. Ratio could never be smart enough, because his kindness held him back from being a true "genius."

jason todd is gotham personified. he is the sum of gotham’s ugliest parts, and the truest representation of the city. batman may be a huge part of gotham, but he is still a rich man living in bristol in a fancy mansion eating three meals a day and wearing thousand dollar suits. 

jason todd is the prostitutes on street corners, the single parents working three jobs, the children collecting tin cans to scrounge up dinner. he is gotham born and bred, unlike any of the other three robins and somewhat batman, interestingly.

as red hood, he is gotham’s anger. he is her grief, her vengeance. he is batman’s mistakes brought to light, and it makes you wonder, does batman really know what’s best for gotham? is his mission really what’s important?

tim drake is the most like bruce wayne. they come from the same neighborhood, were both raised with absent parents (albeit for different reasons,) they both neglect themselves to the point of exhaustion for their work, and most of all, their work as detectives.

each robin embodies a different part of batman and his mission. dick grayson is batman’s determination. 

even though dick’s a lot chattier and generally more light-hearted as nightwing/robin, he’s always wanted to be a hero ever since his robin days. he won’t give up on the people of bludhaven, on the titans, on his family, even when they give up on him.