Normally Dick Grayson is a considerate and beneficiant good friend and lover, however one ill-advised act could have ruined his romance with Batgirl Barbara Gordon.
Warning: The next incorporates SPOILERS for Batgirls #8.
The on-again off-again romance between Nightwing and Batgirl could also be at risk following a significant fake pas on the a part of the primary Robin. Dick Grayson is often recognized for his empathic nature and being extra socially adept than his mentor, Batman. Regardless of this, Nightwing additionally has a historical past of creating errors with regard to his romantic companions and he not too long ago dedicated one of many best sins one can commit in a contemporary romance: binging a beloved present with out his girlfriend.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY
Whereas Nightwing has an extended historical past of being romantically concerned with Starfire, he and Barbara Gordon even have a historical past of flirting with one another courting again to their teenage years as Batgirl and Robin. The 2 not too long ago turned critical, nevertheless, adopting a canine collectively within the Nightwing sequence and being proven speaking as in the event that they had been a dedicated couple in different Batman household books. This development has continues in Batgirls #8 by Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Robbi Rodriguez. The 2 infiltrate Penguin’s nightclub, the Iceberg Lounge, in fancy costume as a part of a mission and the speak turns flirtatious as the 2 turn into their costumes.
Nightwing means that he and Batgirl spend a while alone as a substitute of following by on the mission and risking an encounter with the not too long ago upgraded Penguin. She is agreeable to his suggestion that they begin the night time with “consuming popcorn, catching up on our present,” noting that she hasn’t have an opportunity to begin the most recent season. It’s then that Nightwing confesses that he has already began the brand new season with out her, which is an egregious violation of contemporary relationship guidelines. He is spared a well-deserved rebuke when they’re attacked by a supervillain instantly after.
This isn’t the primary time Nightwing has been equally careless of Batgirl’s emotions after getting caught up within the warmth of the second. He has a quick fling with the Helena Bertinelli Huntress within the 1998 Nightwing/Huntress miniseries. He additionally ditches a New Yr’s Eve date with Barbara to make out with a hospitalized Huntress within the closing chapter of the No Man’s Land occasion.
Richard additionally lives as much as his nickname in 2007’s Nightwing Annual #2, having a one-night stand with Barbara shortly after the occasions of The Killing Joke. This happens whereas he’s engaged to be married to Starfire. Fortunately, for the sake of Batgirl and Nightwing shippers in every single place, none of those tales are nonetheless in canon.
Dick Grayson has ceased enjoying the sector within the DC Rebirth period. The tip of Batgirls #8 additionally means that Batgirl could have forgiven Nightwing for binging with out her and that the 2 are nonetheless a critical merchandise. That is probably the most logical rationalization for why Stephanie Brown observes that Barbara appears to be carrying Dick Grayson’s outdated Robin costume whereas lounging round their condo.