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» basic stats NAME/ALIAS: Dick Grayson/Robin AGE: 17 (in-game canon) DATE OF BIRTH: December 1st HAIR: Black EYES: Blue HEIGHT/WEIGHT: 5'4" / 130 lbs. He's light and slender and looks like he could use a sandwich or two, but underneath the hoodies he's all wiry acrobatic muscle. Boy trains hard. CANON POINT: End of Season One, New Years Eve. » personality The first thing most people notice about Robin is his cheerful demeanor. Always prepared with a wisecrack, bad pun, or creative new way to mangle the English language, Robin could maintain a conversation with a brick wall. Or Batman, which is pretty close to the same thing. Despite the traumatic loss of his family at a very young age, and starting his crimefighting career at the age of nine in Gotham (the city with the highest number of homicidal clowns per capita), he remains upbeat and perky. He’s the light to Batman’s darkness, and the quips to the Dark Knight’s steely brooding silence. At least outwardly. Despite his optimism and sense of humor, beneath the mask is a boy with internal struggles of his own. Being a teenager is hard enough without adding superheroics to the mix. Though he sometimes comes across as cocky and youthfully overconfident, it’s because of the incredibly high standards he holds himself to. A great deal of Dick’s self-worth is tied up in his own abilities and the way other people see him, which means that he often gets touchy and moody when he feels rejected or dismissed. He loves being a hero, but he wants to be perfect, and he wants to earn it. Not only does he have his family’s legacy to live up to, but he also holds himself to the same standards as Batman — a high bar for anyone to reach. He’s learned from Batman’s example in a few ways that aren’t terribly healthy, and a perfectionist streak a mile wide is one of them. Blows to Dick’s self-confidence can hit him hard, and he punishes himself for his mistakes harder than anyone. Dick struggles with his issues of inadequacy by throwing himself headlong into his training — sometimes to the point of pushing himself past his own limits. And although he’s friendly and chatty, Dick tends to keep people at arm’s length, by necessity rather than by choice. He takes his secret identity almost as seriously as Batman does — with exactly one exception. Unbeknownst to Bruce, Dick broke the cardinal Bat-secrecy rule and revealed his secret identity to his best friend Wally West, AKA Kid Flash. The two are inseparable: Dick calls Wally out when he’s flippant and irresponsible, and Wally’s cheerful Midwestern normalcy keeps Dick from becoming a tiny brooding Batman clone. Not that he doesn’t still have a tendency to backflip away from help when his emotions get to be too much for him. Let’s just say he’s good at talking, but not always so great at communication. But despite a hefty dose of teenage Bat-angst, Dick is a relatively well-adjusted kid. In his civilian life, he’s an award-winning mathlete and gymnast. And with his team, he’s chatty, supportive, upbeat, and listens as well as anyone can expect a teenage boy to. Sometimes he’s a little blunt, and he doesn’t always realize when a playful wisecrack isn’t appropriate, but he’ll always apologize afterwards. And though he’s too young and inexperienced to be a real leader just yet, he has the tactical knowledge and charisma to become a great one eventually. He’s bright and analytical, dedicated enough to track down criminal leads on his own and follow them through, but not too proud to admit when he needs a little help from his friends. And, most importantly, after a few missteps early on, he knows that he still has a lot to learn. It’s made him more cautious and reserved than he was when he started out, but more prepared, too. Dick can perhaps best be described as a boy at odds with himself, struggling with two secret identities and not yet certain which one is the real him. He’s a friendly, affectionate boy with painfully few opportunities to get close to people. He’s working on balancing his natural desire to surround himself with others versus the carefully guarded secrecy that Batman instilled in him, and trying to reconcile his lighthearted side with the serious leader he wants to become. » skills CANON ACROBATICS. Dick was born and raised in a family of acrobats, and trained for years with the gosh darn Batman himself. COMBAT. Dick has been trained in a variety of combat skills, including multiple forms of hand-to-hand combat and a wide array of weapons. Also explosives. This kid loves his explosives. BIRD BRAIN. Though he's still learning, Dick has a knack for tactics and strategy, as well as deductive reasoning and a decent amount of science and general knowledge. ESCAPE ARTIST. With as often as he gets held hostage, it's a good thing he knows how to pick locks like a champ. LANGUAGES. English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese. MATHLETE. He has a trophy. It's as big as he is. Aw. MASK OR MENACE TECHNOPATHY: Dick is already obnoxiously tech-savvy and a gifted hacker; essentially what this will be doing is giving him the ability to talk to computers without the aid of fancy but conspicuous equipment. It has limits, of course: he can’t build something new from scratch without parts, blueprints, and a lot of time... but he might be able to charm a bricked smartphone into working again or get a secure database to spill its secrets for him. ENHANCED STEALTH: He’s already good at hiding in shadows and concealing his identity with nothing more than a pair of sunglasses. This just ups it a little: he’ll be able to hide more effectively, maintain his secret identity more easily, and people who would ordinarily be suspicious might be more willing to ignore a thirteen year old creeping around in their air vents. It won’t be infallible, but it gives him a little boost to his ninja skills. » permissions OOC BACKTAGGING: I'll backtag forever! Drop me a private plurk or a PM or a message by carrier pigeon if I seem to have dropped something you wanted to continue; my phone eats notifs but I'll happily continue for weeks. THREADJACKING: If it's something public and not too serious, no need to ask. If it's a more serious topic, I'd appreciate a heads-up first, but I'll probably say yes. FOURTHWALLING: Dick's a pop culture icon, but he'll be really touchy about someone knowing his ID. I don't mind at all if it's IC for your character, but if it's going to come up in conversation (either with him or another character) please let me know! OFFENSIVE SUBJECTS: None that I can think of. IC HUGGING: Please. KISSING: Sure! FLIRTING: Yes! Dick is probably already flirting with your character. He's a teenager and pretty open to the idea of girls, boys, aliens, and whatever else is cute. ROMANTIC INTEREST: Eyyyy why not. He might not reciprocate but he'll probably take your character out for ice cream. FIGHTING: Sure! I appreciate OOC communication to help things along, and I'm pretty underwhelming at writing fights, but this is what Robins are for. KILLING: Talk to me! MIND READING: Talk to me!