Piccolo teamed up with writer Kami Garcia for a subdued, breezy interpretation of some of the Teen Titans mainstays – a universe in line with Picolo's Instagram, where you could believe that Cyborg wears Champion slides and Starfire orders McDonald's for Robin. "I can’t imagine Raven getting along with anyone as serious as her, for example."Īnd at last, in 2020, DC finally gave the people what they wanted. "Raven is stoic and Gar is kind of a dork, and yet their personalities complement each other," Picolo said, in a recent interview with IGN. They're perfect for each other, even if it's difficult to explain why. In fact, I'd reckon that there's been more treacly fanfic written about Beast Boy and Raven than heavyweights like Harry and Luna or Edward and Jacob. But the parched, unrequited nature of their romance made the duo an obsessive fanship for dreamy-eyed geeks everywhere in the early aughts.
Raven, unyieldingly umbral and standoffish, Beast Boy a bit too immature to fully voice his intimate truths.Īrt by Gabriel PicoloThey were an unlikely pairing – after all, it's hard to schedule a date when Deathstroke is on the prowl. Instead, they did a lot of flirting but were perpetually preoccupied with the ever-inconvenient business of saving the world. The two characters were never officially christened as an item in the mid-2000s Cartoon Network staple, Teen Titans. It quickly went viral on Twitter as a swath of millennials reconnected with a long-dormant desire to see Raven and Beast Boy finally get what they deserve – namely, each other.
It's clear they've been happy together for a very long time.This image was uploaded to DC Comics artist Gabriel Picolo's Instagram last December. One hand on his cheek, the other clutching an iPhone pointed at the mirror. She's wearing a black mesh crop top, he has a Fall Out Boy shirt tucked into his belt, could it be anymore obvious? The bathroom is covered in juvenile debris – crumpled-up tissues, a toothpaste tube squeezed down to its final drop, but Raven doesn't seem to care. Within the square walls of a comic panel, Raven presses her lips against Beast Boy's cheek and snaps a quick selfie.