#i think people kinda clump trapeze acrobat/gymnast into one thing when talking about dick

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Ok so this is a random thought and your my go too Nightwing/Dick Grayson Blog for random Dick Grayson headcanons. But everyone always pictures Dick being a gymnast growing up. And it get it, it’s mostly spurred because a lot of canon material shows him doing gymnastics. But truly I have this headcanon that Dick would be a Diver. Not undersea diving, but a person who does extreme flips off a diving board from alternating heights. It’s would probably 100% be the closest sport that would mimic his year being an acrobat on a trapeze. Divers gets amazing height do these extreme flips and maneuvers and finish up with a perfect landing in the water with little to no splash.

Also, this is personal issue I have with the gymnastics headcanon, but Dick needs a more streamline and lithe body type to be able to do the type of flips he does and be as flexible as he is. Male gymnastics is an upper body sport. Male gymnasts have huge shoulders and struggle to do extreme flips in the air like the girls do which is also what Dick does. Dick is an acrobat. He has to be able to tuck his body enough to do a quad flip.

Male Divers have the body type to do the flips and flexibility they do. Which lines up with the type of sport Dick would gravitate too, too maintain his body type and keep a sense of his parents tutelage and acrobatic abilities.

Canon Dick has got your diver Dick covered 😉.

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#i think people kinda clump trapeze acrobat/gymnast into one thing when talking about dick #and if people are talking about what he was mainly doing when he was growing up then there should be more distinction #bc being a trapeze acrobat is different than artistic gymnastics #but it does get confusing bc they'll show rings and a pommel horse in the cave (most likely for strength conditioning) #but anyway yeah idk if people actually mean trapeze acrobat when they say gymnast #or if they actually want dick to do the pommel horse/vault/parallel bars/etc #Dick Grayson #diver hc #replies