DamiRae

DamiRae is the het ship between Damian Wayne and Rachel Roth from DC Comics fandom.

Justice League vs Teen Titans
Damian meets Rachel when his actions got him added to the Teen Titans, in hopes that they'll help him understand the true meaning of team work and to form bonds with those who are close to his young age. However, when he is introduced to the Titans, he is initially cold, rude, and dismissive of them and their abilities. This includes Raven, whom he arrogantly calls “Witch Girl”. While the other Titans are wary and condescending of their new teammate because of his hostility and arrogance, Raven, due to her empathetic powers, is able to sense Damian’s inner sadness. This gives her some insight into Damian’s true character.

Damian’s arrogance later gets him into a fight with Blue Beetle, in which he is critically injured and half of his face is burned. Using her healing powers, Raven is able to save his life but unintentionally shares parts of their respective pasts together. Later that night, Damian attempts to thank Raven for saving his life while she is meditating, though his attempts are half-hearted at best. Damian expresses his discomfort with Raven having looked into his mind, for which Raven states that it was uncomfortable for her too since she, as an empath, felt it more than saw it and has been trying to shake it off ever since. Damian and Raven’s conversation becomes more heated when she insults Damian’s grandfather Ra’s Al Ghul, whom she labels a demon, for which she knows her demons. This causes Damian to reveal that he saw parts of her mind as well, including visions about her demon father Trigon. When he continues to inquire about the creature, Raven feels insulted that Damian is meddling in her privacy and angrily tells him to stay away from her before entering a portal she conjures. This causes Damian to develop a strong untrusting and suspecting view of Raven and desire to learn more about her past. Damian found it odd that he couldn't find much on Rachel, even though Kory does explain a bit about her and how the Titans is a safe place for people like them.

In order to help Damian become friendlier with the the other Titans, Starfire decides to take them the next night to a local amusement park. While the other Titans enjoy themselves playing games, Damian and Raven both seem to be rather displaced and awkward, due to their respective anti-social and introverted attitudes. This causes them to spend most of the trip together, giving them time to bond. While sitting on a Ferris wheel together, Damian and Raven show their first indication of developing feelings for each other. While sitting alone together on it, they briefly starring at each other for a second with their eyes wide before quickly looking away with shy looks on their faces. In this moment, the two heroes may have very well developed a small crush on each other. As they continue to spend time at the park, they continue to open up to each other, even laughing and playing together, which is totally out of character for either of them. Then, after Damian wins a prize from one of the park stands, he gives it to a little girl he noticed was watching him. This causes Raven to smile at him, seemingly happy that Damian was socially adapting and seeing him as someone she could connect too.

Sometime after they finish playing the park’s games, Damian decides to sit alone by himself to contemplate this new experience. He is soon joined by Raven however, who offers him some cotton-candy. Though Damian still remains aggressive towards others, Raven reveals to him that when she looked inside him earlier, she found out that though he is insufferable, he possesses a kind of generous soul. This leaves Damian shocked, as not even he knew this about himself.

Eventually, after the Titans defeat Trigon’s demon emissaries (Raven’s paternal halfbrothers) and listen to Raven’s tragic origins, she attempts to leave the team, in order to protect them from her father who seeks to kidnap then use her as a means of traveling to Earth. Damian however, is the first to oppose her choice and declares that home is with the people who care about you. This shows that Damian has truly come to care about Raven’s wellbeing, now considers her a friend, and is not at all bothered about her being a demon hybrid. Raven is also touched by Damian’s kind words of support. When the Justice League arrives to take Raven, Damian is the first to oppose this and is even willing to fight his own father to defend her. He also protects her after the League is possessed by the Corruptors. When the demons threaten his and Starfire’s lives, Raven instantly agrees to come with them in exchange for sparring them. This shows that Raven truly cares about Damian’s wellbeing as well. After the Titans rescue Raven, the sickly girl (in her demonic form) is helped by Damian whom she leans and holds onto in a very comforting way.

When the Titans journey to Trigon’s domain, Damian is confronted by a demon who take the form of his grandfather. The demon attempts to turn Damian against Raven and have him kill her, and though he is conflicted about disobeying (what he believes to be) his grandfather, he nonetheless refuses to kill her. This could very well mean, that he chose her over his own grandfather, whom he loved more than anyone. After Trigon’s defeat, Raven contemplates staying in his dimension in order to ensure he does not escape from the new prison she has placed him in. However, out of all the Titans, it is Damian who dissuades her from this course and convinces her to stay with them. This shows that he truly values her as a friend and did not want her to be alone by herself anymore. At the end of the movie Damian and Raven are seen smiling and enjoying pizza together.

Teen Titans: Judas Contract
While they have little interaction in the second film, the scenes they do share together imply that Damian and Raven are becoming closer to each other. The two show effective teamwork with each other in battle, particularly during the the Titans’ attack on the H.I.V.E cult’s base. Later after their teammate Terra suffers a nightmare, causing her powers to trigger an earthquake, Raven attempts to use her powers to calm her but Terra awakens before she can. Damian asks Raven if she was able to see anything inside Terra’s mind which causes Raven to berate him for asking, stating that such personal things about their teammates are none of their business. This shows that Raven is not afraid to criticize Damian, despite his attitude issues. Also, on Damian’s part, he does not talk back to Raven and seems to accept her criticism of him, something he rarely does around others. This shows that he truly respects Raven and hears what she has to say.

Later, while Starfire and Nightwing train the Titans in sparring, Raven jokes to Damian about their teachers’ relationship. Her joking in this scene is noticeably less dry and much more genuine and lighthearted than her usual demeanor and jokes. This implies that Raven feels comfortable around Damian and has formed a close friendship with him.

At the end of the movie, Damian is sitting alone on the roof of Titans Tower contemplating the death of his arch-nemesis Deathstroke, somewhat crestfallen as he reflects on his tragic past. Raven then appears, presumably to cheer him up. Hiding it beneath her cloak, Rachel reveals a present for Damian; a puppy. Though initially a little confused, Damian takes the puppy naming him Titus and raises/trains him as his pet. The reason she gave him Titus was to help Damian with his emotional and social development and to ease the pain he still carried deep inside. This shows that Raven truly cares about Damian’s feelings and his growth of character. Damian, in turn, is grateful to Raven for this, causing their bond to grow.

Justice League Dark: Apokolips War
By the time of the movie, Robin and Raven, now both 16, have been teammates for four years now. During these four years, their friendship and trust in each other has grown so strong that by the start of the film, they have at last fallen in love with each other. Not only have the two bonded over their respective introverted natures and tragic familial pasts, but also because both showed the other how to truly form friendships and bonds with others and enjoy them. Both however, are too shy to admit their feelings causing them to believe that neither of them reciprocates the other’s feelings. Despite this, it becomes evident that they deeply care about one another.

When the Justice League prepares to launch an invasion on Apokolipis, in response to its ruler Darkseid’s attempted conquests of Earth, the Titans listen in as Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman, explain their attack plan. During the meeting Trigon, who is still trapped in Raven’s forehead-crystal, once again attempts to break free which causes Raven some mental pain. Robin notices this and asks her what’s wrong, with obvious concern in his voice. Not wanting to worry him, Raven says it’s nothing putting his fears to a temporary rest. The Justice League’s attack fails however, and Darkseid has most of the League either killed or captured, including Damian’s father Batman. A few days after their defeat, Darkseid sends his Paradooms (Parademons upgraded with Kryptonian DNA) to attack Earth. The Titans are easily defeated, with only Robin, Raven, and Superboy surviving. Though they survive, Robin and Raven are devastated over the deaths of their teammates, whom they both viewed as family.

What’s worse, after the massacre Trigon becomes stronger and attempts to break free from his daughter’s crystal. Though she manages to keep him contained, Trigon threatens to kill Damian once he learns that Rachel has feelings for him. Thus she felt the need to distance herself away from him in order to protect Damian from her father; while not telling him her reasons for doing so. Before they parted ways, Damian had made plans to take leadership to the League of Assassins and asked Rachel to join him as his right-hand due to the feelings he has for her, but didn't tell Rachel that particular reason out of fear she would not return his love. Rachel's own feelings for Damian had her turn his offer down so she can keep Trigon from hurting him through her. Though he was saddened by her refusal, Damian, accepted her decision and departed on with Titus, the now full grown dog she gave him, to lead the League. This shows Damian’s maturity, as instead of reacting violently or angrily as he would have during his first years as Robin, he instead humbly accepted her refusal. This also shows that he wants what Rachel to be happy, regardless of his craving to have her at his side, even if that means they have to be apart. Before he left her however, he promised her that he would not use the Lazarus Pits to resurrect his stepbrother Nightwing (Dick Grayson), who was killed right in front of Damian by a Paradoom. Despite this, he later broke his promise out of grief, and though he succeeding in resurrecting Nightwing, he was left in a feral state and had to be caged up, much to Damian’s despair.

Even though they were able to defeat the enemy, the last few days and the friends they lost during the war made their victory feel more like a lose. Damian and Rachel were seen sitting next to each other before Constantine manages to convince Flash to do another flash port, in hopes that it can change the tragic outcome. After the two young heroes see Flash dash off into the distance and a flash of white light approaches them, to change the current timeline, Damian and Rachel share a kiss.

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The ship became poplar in the DC Animated Movies Universe series, ever since fans noticed the brief signs of sparks flying between them in Justice League vs Teen Titans, along the said film and the second Titans film after it showing that the two have slimier traits, before they confessed their feelings for one another in Justice League Dark: Apokolips War. After Flash makes the Flash Port at the end of Apokolips War, DamiRae fans are hoping that the two will still end up together in the new altered timeline.

One of the ship's titles, RobRae, sometimes causes fans to confuse DamiRae with the one that is between Raven and the first Robin, Dick Grayson. Along with there being fans who sometimes rival the two DC ships with one another, since both Robins were members of the Teen Titans and are close with Raven.

After fans saw the scene of Rachel reviving Damian in Apokolips War, they began to compare it to a slimier scene from Disney's Tangled between Rapunzel and Eugene.

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FANFICTION
 * Damian Wayne/Raven (Teen Titans comic) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Damian Wayne/Raven (Teen Titans comic) tag on FanFiction.Net
 * Damian Wayne/Raven (Teen Titans comic) tag on FanFiction.Net

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Trivia

 * Damian and Raven’s relationship was initially supposed to remain as a sibling-like bond, but by the time of Apokolipis War, the ship had become so popular that the directors of the DC Animated Movies decided to make DamiRae canon.
 * Initially, Damian was very unpopular among DC fans do to his immature, arrogant, and spoiled attitude; so much so that most labeled him as “a brat”. It was this ship however, and the maturity Damian received because of it, that made him one of the most popular characters of the DC Animated Film Series.