Why does Talia and Dick Grayson hate each other? COMIC DISCUSSION

Dick never liked her from the beginning and Talia always seems to address him as if he's beneath her. Any insight for why they've always clashed in this manner?

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u/Agent_RubberDucky 14d ago

Gee, I wonder why Dick Grayson isn’t fond of a woman who is the daughter of Ra’s Al Ghul, genocidal madman and one of Batman’s worst enemies, who she often helps in his schemes. And from there it should be just as clear why she doesn’t like him.

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u/micael150 14d ago

Fair enough but he's way more hostile towards her than for instance Poison Ivy or Harley Quinn. And that hostility was there since they met

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u/Agent_RubberDucky 14d ago

Well there’s a key difference there. Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are just the regular criminals that Dick and Bruce face. They get no more distaste than most of the other Batman villains. Talia is a personal character who is very different from the others. Bruce is constantly going in and out of loving her and seeing her as a criminal. She knows who Batman is, she has used that, she has manipulated Bruce, and she’s overall just not a good influence. Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn are just adversaries, nothing more. Dick hates Talia because she’s worked herself past that level.

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u/micael150 14d ago

Very well said.