Heee! =D Dick is indeed Batman's first Robin (there have been four, I think, but Dick's the original and BEST!). His parents died Just. Like. That! when a mobster sabotaged their trapeze ropes (Dick was in the circus!). I have an especial love for this boy. It wasn't until Batman Begins that I really began caring much for Bruce (Batman) himself, really.
See, yeah, Bruce took Dick in because he witnessed the circus accident and because HIS parents were shot to death in front of him in a mugging at the opera when he was eight. (Dick was also eight, although that's unclear in the fic.) Dick becomes Robin Just. Like. THAT! when he tracks down the man who killed his parents and gets the crap kicked out of him, and Bruce reveals his alter-ego to him and gets pestered into taking a sidekick, really. And oh, *Alfred.* Alfred's Bruce's butler who raised Bruce and then helps raise Dick and who is all-around fantastically COOL. Alfred can do NO wrong, as far as I'm concerned. :)
So, yeah. There's your quick Batman history, which doesn't really cover anything, but there you are. ;) I have such insane love for that disfunctional little family. =D
And WHY do I not have a Batman icon? (Here's the thing: I've loved this superhero since I was 8 and we would play Batman with the kids in the neighborhood; I always wanted to be Robin. I had a crush on him. Heh!)
And this is all far more than you wanted to know. ;)
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Date: 2006-12-27 03:36 pm (UTC)See, yeah, Bruce took Dick in because he witnessed the circus accident and because HIS parents were shot to death in front of him in a mugging at the opera when he was eight. (Dick was also eight, although that's unclear in the fic.) Dick becomes Robin Just. Like. THAT! when he tracks down the man who killed his parents and gets the crap kicked out of him, and Bruce reveals his alter-ego to him and gets pestered into taking a sidekick, really. And oh, *Alfred.* Alfred's Bruce's butler who raised Bruce and then helps raise Dick and who is all-around fantastically COOL. Alfred can do NO wrong, as far as I'm concerned. :)
So, yeah. There's your quick Batman history, which doesn't really cover anything, but there you are. ;) I have such insane love for that disfunctional little family. =D
And WHY do I not have a Batman icon? (Here's the thing: I've loved this superhero since I was 8 and we would play Batman with the kids in the neighborhood; I always wanted to be Robin. I had a crush on him. Heh!)
And this is all far more than you wanted to know. ;)
The author reveal is New Years Day! :)