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performing, or living by chasm_side
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
17 Jun 2025
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Summary
"Everyone tells themselves little stories about who they are," she told him. "Stories about why they do what they do, why they want what they want. And that's fine—telling a story isn't the same as telling a lie, you know?"
"Sure," Dick agreed.
"It only gets fucked up when you start thinking your story is the only story worth believing," Jay said. "That you've got some kind of monopoly on truth, that you're the only person who gets to tell other people what's really real. So… you let me have my little stories, and I'll let you have yours. If you need to believe in Batman, if you need Bruce to be a good father, if you need to roll around in your shame about not being honest with Daddy about all the awesome sex you're having with the most problematic of Daddy's problem children—I mean, sure, whatever gets you off, right?"
Dick Grayson navigates the line between fantasy and reality, tries to be a better man, has increasingly kinky sex with his pseudo-sister, and refuses to have a crisis about any of it. Jay's taking everything in stride, so why shouldn't Dick learn to accept a little volatility in his civilian life? It's only as Nightwing that he has to care about control.
Series
- Part 2 of lingering effects