Dick Grayson Did Not Kill The Joker To Avenge His Little Brothers For People To Still Call Him The Goody

Uh- guys, wrong musical.

A Timeline of Dick Grayson's Unrelenting Trauma Era (circa 2004-2006 in comics)

So as I was coincidentally reading the Outsiders (2003) and Teen Titans (2003) runs, I became gradually aware that some of the events were overlapping timeline with the Batfamily "War Games" arc. As I had previously become aware that "War Games" overlapped both the Blockbuster + Tarantula arc (Nightwing) AND Under the Red Hood, I became shocking aware of how many new traumas were rapidly piling onto Dick Grayson in very quick succession across multiple ongoing series.

So I did a lot of reading of both specific comics that I had read--and summaries of a few that I hadn't-- to do my best to make a definitive timeline of this absurdly stressful period in Dick Grayson's life. (Most of which seems to have occurred with around 6 months or less).

Google Docs

Dick Grayson Trauma Timeline

Dick Grayson’s Unrelenting Trauma Era Please bear in mind that unless otherwise indicated, each event (in the sections on Blockbuster + Tara

(I am no expert so feel free to add/clarify anything that I may have overlooked or misinterpreted).

Haven't seen anyone mentioning it yet but when the above scene cuts to Jayce running Viktor to their lab, Viktor is no longer wearing his shirt. Meaning that either: A. Jayce removed the shirt as he tried to resuscitate him (and completely shut it out of his own memory) or B. Jayce stole Viktor away from the medical examiners (probably in response to them declaring him dead or a lost cause).

Bro who was this, I couldn't even tell 💀

Polyphemus at home

Duke Thomas: What’s your biggest fear?

Jason Todd: That I’ll never be good enough for anyone.

Tim Drake: Everyone hates me and talks about me behind my back.

Dick Grayson: Vampires.

Jason Todd: ...

Tim Drake: ...

Dick Grayson: I got turned into one once and nearly killed peoples. It's a bloodlust, you never know when you'll be fully quenched and every non-vampire is a succulent vessel... But I'm not a vampire anymore and that is in my past.

*silence*

Duke Thomas: Holy crap stick, Batman.

Tim: Can I change my option to Dick Grayson?

Jason: Same.

Y'all, stop making Dick speak Romanian in your fanfiction. He's Romani, not Romanian, and each have separate languages.

We all wish the sequels never happened

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS FOR YEARS! My mom always says "go put a jacket on" but then it's just cold fabric over my cold body.

@raointean this is what i mean

People who have regular body heat don't experience cold the way we do. They apparently have this little heater inside of them that just, keeps their blood and internal organs comfy all the time. Being "cold" to them is just a chill on their skin. "If you're still cold after the first layer, put another layer on!" That doesn't work if you don't have the body heat to warm up those layers!!! it's just cold fabric on top of cold fabric on top of cold fabric on top of cold skin on top of cold fat on top of cold muscle on top of cold bones.

Then of course, even if there are FINALLY enough layers to make our skin warm. That does not mean it will make our bones warm. I could have an electronically heated blanket on me, and start sweating from it, and STILL BE COLD because it takes a lot of time for any amount of heat to pierce the surface level of my body & warm me in any ways that matter. So yeah, anytime you're interacting with somebody who doesn't have temperature regulation issues, and they offhandedly mention that they love the cold, just be aware they are never ever talking about our kind of cold. the kind that feels like an uphill battle. They're talking about something completely different and unique to them and their little internal heater. something some of us may never experience because we're always trapped in that fight with the air around us.

Happy Pride!