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NatashalieRushman

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Im Gonna Be Emotional Over Dick And Wally For Whats Looking Like The Rest Of Forever

I’m gonna be emotional over Dick and Wally for what’s looking like the rest of forever

I’m gonna be emotional over dickwally for a second hear me out

One of the things I really love about Birdflash/DickWally is the idea that they’re “The Couple”. They’ve been together since they were kids, they were best friends, and their relationship grew organically out of that. Despite any rough patches they no doubt had, they’re the constant. They just go together. They’re the “Cory and Topanga”, a package deal. They’re the perfect example of a healthy, long relationship that their family and friends honestly admire.

They’re a gay couple, and it’s normalized.

Wally would have been around before most of the Batkids were brought into the picture. He would be just as much of an “older brother” figure as Dick is. It’s “yeah, that’s my brother Dick and his boyfriend Wally, they’re disgusting”. It’s not an uncommon thing to walk into the kitchen at the Manor and Wally’s sitting at the counter eating a couple powerbars and downing a bottle of gatorade (Dick isn’t even there, he just let himself in). Wally isn’t always expected to be at Batfam meetings, but he’s usually there, and no one bats an eye (pun intended).

And it’s the same with Wally’s family. Maybe his folks aren’t the biggest fans of Dick, but you know that Iris and Barry have pretty much adopted him the same way they did Wally. Dick and Wally babysit the twins, and they just adore Dick because he’ll take them to the park and show them tricks on the monkey bars. Dick’s there at every Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and summer barbeque.

Can you imagine what it would mean to a young hero who’s just coming out of the closet to have that kind of role model in their life? Here’s Nightwing and The Flash, acting as mentors to them. They’re not “those gay superheroes”, they’re just Dick and Wally, and all these young heroes look up to them regardless of whether they’re gay, straight, or somewhere in between, but it would mean that much more to a kid to see them and be able to think “Wow, I could be like them someday. I don’t have to sacrifice any part of myself.” And still, you know that when Dick is training the newbies, Wally sometimes zooms in to steal a kiss, and they’re all making gagging noises in the background.

And when people ask them what their “secret” is, they both just sort of shrug and give the same answer. They’re best friends. They get along, they have fun, they love each other so deeply and passionately. When they have a fight, they cool down, and try to talk to out. Is it always easy? No, of course not, but they’re not under any illusions that it should be easy all the time.

People tell them they’re the best couple they know, and they just look at each other, grin, say “niiicccce”, and fist bump.

I could go on for days, honestly, but Dick and Wally being the normalized “couple” friends is the reason I get out of bed in the mornings.