Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson |
| Alternative name(s): | Robin/Batgirl, Nightwing/Batgirl, Nightwing/Oracle, DickBabs |
| Gender category: | Het |
| Fandom: | Batman, DC Comics, Batman: The Animated Series (DCAU), Young Justice, |
| Canonical?: | Canon |
| Prevalence: | Common |
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Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson is the het pairing of Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle) and Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing) in the Batman fandom. In most universes they have a canonical relationship. They are a fairly common pairing in Batman fandom overall, and one of the more popular het ships.
Canon
Though comics canon tends to retcon characters and relationships regularly, Dick and Barbara are a common canon ship that appears in multiple incarnations. In the 90's Nightwing comics, in which Dick is fighting crime as Nightwing in Bludhaven and Barbara is working as Oracle in Gotham, Dick and Barbara have an on again, off again relationship which gradually becomes serious. They get engaged, but Barbara breaks off the engagement before the wedding because Dick has issues he needs to work out on his own. There is at least one canon alternate universe in which they go through with getting married.
In Young Justice, Dick and Barbara are a canon couple in season 3, again with Dick as Nightwing and Barbara as Oracle.
An ongoing theme is their easy banter, as well as their immense respect for each other and refusal to put up with each other's bad behavior.
Fandom
Common Tropes in Fanworks
- Domestic Fic: concentrating on their day to day lives as a couple in an established relationship
- Kidfic or BabyFic: either they have a child of their own, or they raise one of the younger Robins
- Hurt/Comfort: usually with Dick comforting Barbara, sometimes connected to the time when she became confined to a wheelchair and first became Oracle
- Disability Fic: if fanworks take place during Barbara's time as Orcale there is often some exploration of her disability, and the accommodations that may occur so they can have a sexual relationship
- Mundane AU: where they are not superheroes and meet under more conventional means, sometimes in meet-cute type scenarios
- Side Pairing: they are sometimes a featured secondary pairing in fics focused on other members of the Batfamily
Awards
Challenges
Fanworks
Fan Art
- Nightwing X Batgirl by Jawn-Lee
- Nightwing and Batgirl by LinART
- Dick and Babs by xxxviciousxxx
- I'll be your wings by AnimallCrackerz
- kiss by superhoneybear
- Dick and Babs by kartos
Fanfiction
- Arrest My Soul by ThoughtfulConstellations
- Hepburn Pies by sharperobjects
- Never Said A Word by GrotesqueDollie
- Blossoming by kpgleek
- Barbara's Neck by Simplest Writer
Fan Vids
Comics
Batman: TAS/BTNA
The Batman
Young Justice
Meta
Archives and Communities
- Barbara/Dick works at AO3
- Barbara + Dick and Batgirl + Nightwing at FanFiction.net
- Birds of a Feather [1]
- Dick4Babs Deviantart group
Recs:
Resources and Further Reading
- DickBabs at the Shipping Wiki
- Why Barbara Gordon and Dick Grayson are DC's Greatest Love Story, Archived version
- Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon, Archived version Character of the Month profile at r/DCcomics