Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson

Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson, also known as DickBabs, is the het pairing of Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle) and Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing) in the Batman fandom. In many universes they have some form of a canonical relationship. They are a fairly common pairing in Batman fandom overall, and one of the more popular het ships. A lot of fans are attracted to their relationship because of their banter, mutual respect, and friends-to-lovers story. 
==Canon==
Though comics canon tends to retcon characters and relationships regularly, Dick and Barbara are a common canon ship that appears in multiple incarnations. In the 90's Nightwing comics, in which Dick is fighting crime as Nightwing in Bludhaven and Barbara is working as Oracle in Gotham, Dick and Barbara have an on again, off again relationship which gradually becomes serious. They get engaged, but Barbara breaks off the engagement before the wedding because Dick has issues he needs to work out on his own. There is at least one canon alternate universe in which they go through with getting married.
In Young Justice, Dick and Barbara are a canon couple in season 3, again with Dick as Nightwing and Barbara as Oracle.
An ongoing theme is their easy banter, as well as their immense respect for each other and refusal to put up with each other's bad behavior.
==Fandom==
=== Fan Reaction/Appeal ===
Many fans are attracted to the ship because of their long running friendship, them being a team, and they feel that they push each other to do better. 
====Critical or Negative Reactions====
Although, some of the same things that attract some shippers is a negative for others.
===Common Tropes in Fanworks===
*Friends to Lovers: because of their long running friendship outside of any romantic entanglements many fanworks will incorporate the friends to lovers trope
*Domestic Fic: concentrating on their day to day lives as a couple in an established relationship
*Kidfic or BabyFic: either they have a child of their own, or they raise one of the younger Robins
*Hurt/Comfort: usually with Dick comforting Barbara, sometimes connected to the time when she became confined to a wheelchair and first became Oracle
*Disability Fic: if fanworks take place during Barbara's time as Orcale there is often some exploration of her disability, and the accommodations that may occur so they can have a sexual relationship
*Mundane AU: where they are not superheroes and meet under more conventional means, sometimes in meet-cute type scenarios
*Side Pairing: they are sometimes a featured secondary pairing in fics focused on other members of the Batfamily
===Awards===
*Young Justice Dick/Babs Fanfiction Awards
===Challenges===
*DickBabs Week
=== Ship War ===
There has been a ship war between DickBabs fans and fans of Dick Grayson/Koriand'r, see DickBabs vs DickKory for more information.
==Example Fanworks==
===Fan Art===
*Nightwing and Batgirl by LinART
*Dick and Babs by xxxviciousxxx
*I'll be your wings by AnimallCrackerz
*kiss by superhoneybear
*Dick and Babs by kartos
===Fanfiction===
*Arrest My Soul by ThoughtfulConstellations
*Hepburn Pies by sharperobjects
*Never Said A Word by GrotesqueDollie
*Blossoming by kpgleek
*Barbara's Neck by Simplest Writer
 
===Fan Vids===
====Comics====
*Got a Love Like Woe by Taki118
* The One That Got Away by firefly20ffm
====Batman: TAS/BTNA====
*Your Love Is A Lie by Shadoukun
*Story of Us by StarryEyed0590
====The Batman====
*Your Love is My Drug by robinluvzbatgirl
====Young Justice====
*hot love & emotion by redlacedbird
===Meta===
* by calliopes_pen (2005)
* by fantastic-nonsense (2022)
==Archives and Communities==
*Barbara/Dick works at AO3
*Barbara + Dick and Batgirl + Nightwing at FanFiction.net
*Birds of a Feather 
*Dick4Babs Deviantart group
*The Trapeze on Toon Zone
=== Recs ===
*Babara/Dick at Het Reccers
*Recs on FYeahDickandBabs
=== Tumblr ===
*FYeahDickandBabs
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===LiveJournal===
*p:barbara/dick at we_love_dick
*Barbara/Dick in dcfic_index
==Resources and Further Reading==
*DickBabs at the Shipping Wiki
* by Ashley V. Robinson at DC.com
* Character of the Month profile at r/DCcomics
==References==
Category:Het Pairings
Category:Batman Relationships
Category:Young Justice Relationships
Category:Batman: The Animated Series