Background/History:Here Personality: At first glance, Speedy doesn't seem like the kind of guy you'd want on your team of teenage super heroes. And maybe after knowing him more, you still wouldn't want him there. He's arrogant, cocky, argumentative, has issues with authority and seems more concerned about his hair than the team. However, you can't deny his skill; he's cunning, thinks fast on his feet, shoots arrows even faster and works well under pressure. While he does tend to chafe with members of his team, he rarely, if ever, is malicious about teasing them. While you won't see him making any sappy declarations of the power of friendship any time soon, he really does care for the ragtag team that makes up Titans East. His teasing of Aqualad never seems to end, but that's only because Roy has a very twisted way of showing his affection. When the team first gathered, Roy was a relentless ass to all four of his teammates just to try and assert that even though he was on a team, he did not need one but as the team bonded and began working together instead of against each other, he became less of an overwhelming jerk and more like a kid that pulls on a girl's hair because he likes her. Over time he has come to accept Bumblebee as a leader and will actually listen to her commands, though not without the occasional argument.
He does have a bit of a temper, especially when being compared to or mistaken for Robin. This is played for laughs nearly every time they're shown together in the series, but even that doesn't stop the two from being good friends and geeking out over their superhero toys. While he and Robin are eerily similar (sometimes even more so than in the comics), there are still a few key differences between them; Roy is a little less calculating during fights and can get caught up in the moment, and he tends to go with his gut feeling more than with a plan in mind. He's much more impulsive and prone to rash decisions than his bat counterpart and that leads to more than a few arguments over strategies. His similarities with Robin mainly stem from how he was introduced as a "Robin twin" in Winner Take All, but by the time he joined the Titans East, he'd gained more of his own character.
While his background is not officially released in the course of the series, it can be reasonably assumed that it is very similar to his comic self. Being raised by Navajo has greatly influenced Roy's personal beliefs about life and death and ultimately made him into an atheist of sorts. He doesn't think about what will happen after he dies, instead focusing on being alive and staying that way. He has a very casual relationship with his spirituality, taking a 'whatever will be, will be' stance. Despite his laissez faire attitude, he isn't very willing to open up to others, even his teammates. While he trusts them and thinks of them as friends, he doesn't confide in them or tell them if something is going wrong in his personal life; he takes care of it himself. That leaves him feeling very unattached at times, but even he knows that no matter what happens, he will always have the Titans to fall back against. In that way, he is one of the most loyal and trustworthy people in the Titans; even after joining the Justice League and going on to bigger things, he would go back when they needed him.
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Personality:
At first glance, Speedy doesn't seem like the kind of guy you'd want on your team of teenage super heroes. And maybe after knowing him more, you still wouldn't want him there. He's arrogant, cocky, argumentative, has issues with authority and seems more concerned about his hair than the team. However, you can't deny his skill; he's cunning, thinks fast on his feet, shoots arrows even faster and works well under pressure. While he does tend to chafe with members of his team, he rarely, if ever, is malicious about teasing them. While you won't see him making any sappy declarations of the power of friendship any time soon, he really does care for the ragtag team that makes up Titans East. His teasing of Aqualad never seems to end, but that's only because Roy has a very twisted way of showing his affection. When the team first gathered, Roy was a relentless ass to all four of his teammates just to try and assert that even though he was on a team, he did not need one but as the team bonded and began working together instead of against each other, he became less of an overwhelming jerk and more like a kid that pulls on a girl's hair because he likes her. Over time he has come to accept Bumblebee as a leader and will actually listen to her commands, though not without the occasional argument.
He does have a bit of a temper, especially when being compared to or mistaken for Robin. This is played for laughs nearly every time they're shown together in the series, but even that doesn't stop the two from being good friends and geeking out over their superhero toys. While he and Robin are eerily similar (sometimes even more so than in the comics), there are still a few key differences between them; Roy is a little less calculating during fights and can get caught up in the moment, and he tends to go with his gut feeling more than with a plan in mind. He's much more impulsive and prone to rash decisions than his bat counterpart and that leads to more than a few arguments over strategies. His similarities with Robin mainly stem from how he was introduced as a "Robin twin" in Winner Take All, but by the time he joined the Titans East, he'd gained more of his own character.
While his background is not officially released in the course of the series, it can be reasonably assumed that it is very similar to his comic self. Being raised by Navajo has greatly influenced Roy's personal beliefs about life and death and ultimately made him into an atheist of sorts. He doesn't think about what will happen after he dies, instead focusing on being alive and staying that way. He has a very casual relationship with his spirituality, taking a 'whatever will be, will be' stance. Despite his laissez faire attitude, he isn't very willing to open up to others, even his teammates. While he trusts them and thinks of them as friends, he doesn't confide in them or tell them if something is going wrong in his personal life; he takes care of it himself. That leaves him feeling very unattached at times, but even he knows that no matter what happens, he will always have the Titans to fall back against. In that way, he is one of the most loyal and trustworthy people in the Titans; even after joining the Justice League and going on to bigger things, he would go back when they needed him.