I always tought Superman was pretty gay with the costume and all. Plus Clak Kent...
Robin too ofc.
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It's funny how the mainstream's take on Robin seems to come from what the character was during the Golden Age comics from like the 1930s or even that dumb/cheesy Batman show in the 60s.
- The first Robin grew up to become one of the biggest playboys/pinups in the DC Universe and also had a very badass and memorable 2 year run as Batman himself (I'd even go so far as to say that two of the best Batman books of all time had him under the cowl)
- The second Robin became a psychopath murderer after getting beaten to death with a crowbar at the hands of the Joker and also got to bang Bruce Wayne's baby's momma
- The third Robin... okay he's pretty gay (especially with Superboy) and he was Robin for probably the majority of our lifetimes (assuming that the age group here is in their early/mid twenties) so that's pretty understandable
- The fourth (current) Robin is a trained assassin who cut off someone's head during his first trip to the Batcave
It is kind of silly to think about having 10 year old sidekicks but the current continuity has them all at the 13-16ish range during their time as Robin (except the current Robin who, as I've explained, is an exception) and really the role of Robin is more of an apprentice/intern as opposed to a field/combat partner. He relays messages, analyzes data, does research and stuff. However the most significant role of Robin is the psychological factor for Batman. To be Batman you really have to go to dark places in your mind and Robin is there to keep Batman grounded and keep his direction. What most people don't realize is that the entirety of Batman is based off psychology -- his rogues are literally based off of specific disorders (Scarecrow, Joker, etc) and Bruce himself, perhaps up until the recent reboot, was characterized with psychological disorders (obsessive compulsive, reclusive, etc) which is horrendously ignored by all the film adaptations as well as the detective aspect (both being key to the character himself). If Robin didn't exist Batman would mentally break down and cross the line of taking someone's life. In fact the current run has Bruce questioning this now-expansive support group he's built for himself and whether it's just weighing him down. There's also a very interesting one-off that played with the idea that the entirety of Batman's career has been a ploy by Alfred to help a mentally ill Bruce deal with the loss of his parents, so he let him dress up as a bat and chase him around dressed up as his rogues and follow clues etc for years in hopes that he would grow out of it as he got older but he never did.
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That show is so whack. They took Green Arrow and made it a cheap and cheesy version of Batman Begins (which is also completely unfaithful and a disservice to its main character). Ollie is depicted as being a watered down version of Bruce which is the complete opposite of his personality and they made Dinah ("Laurel") a common attorney like Rachel in Batman Begins but with a disapproving daddy figure like Louis Lane in Smallville. Dinah is a top 10 martial artist in the DC Universe and has a very powerful superpower.. I really don't see why they opted to make the character just a common romance/"omgz I can't let her find out who I really am in order to protect her" figure. Ollie (pre-reboot since the new stuff pretty much destroyed the character so I'll just ignore it for discussion), is less of a whiney emo bitch like in the show and is more of a free flowing, chill kind of guy who likes to joke around and take light of every situation.
