Why Cyborg Belongs in the Doom Patrol.

IT’S ME AGAIN. 

I’m back with another DCU rant. (▰˘◡˘▰)

Today I am here to state my scary opinion and defend it.  

Cyborg has always been a confusing character in the DCU. He never particularly fit in on any team, and that has been a running problem with his character. Lets count…the Justice League, then the Teen Titans, the Outsiders, and he even participated in other smaller groups. 

You may ask, “Why does he not fit in? Is there anywhere that’s best for him?” Well I can tell you. 

WHY NOT THE JUSTICE LEAGUE? (-＿- )ノ

This answer is actually relatively simple; he simply isn’t needed. Cyborg is well… a CYBORG his powers are primarily tech based, which due to Batman’s extensive riches and technological access he isn’t needed in that aspect. Then you could argue his strength but…Superman is RIGHT there…so yeah that’s not a fit. Onto my next point, He is simply too young, which is going to hypocritical when i get to the teen titans but just hold my hand and trust me. All those justice league members? Yeah, they’re UNC and just aren’t able to relate to him well or get his humor which is a decent part of his character.  

WHY NOT THE TEEN TITANS? (ᇂ_ᇂ)

Okay I’m sure you already think I’m crazy just from the idea, but you just got to hear me out. Now he’s too OLD for the team. He is indeed still a teen yes, but he is often portrayed a few years older than the other titans, which I’ve noticed he seems to take on a certain “babysitter” like role in a lot of situations. I find it hugely suppresses his character and often makes him gather a sort of resentment and lash out later. 

WHATS THE HUGE PROBLEM IN BOTH? (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Cyborg doesn’t fit anywhere because there is not a set of characters that understand what he has gone through and his trauma. The Justice League simply has no way to understand a total rewriting of physical autonomy; neither do I believe they really care. As such a big team they often lack the time to care about such things, and they’d probably just use him as ‘tech support’. Cyborgs’ biggest fear is to be seen only as the machine and not the human that he is, so yeah not the match for him. 

Now the Teen Titans work much better in theory because they DO deeply care for each other. At the same time, they still can’t really understand. What happened to Cyborg was extremely traumatic and for those who don’t know I’ll tell you now, Cyborg grew up normally, he was a star athlete in high school, he had a strained family but a future. When his father misses his football game, he goes to the lab his father works at and proceeds to get mutilated in a lab disaster, for which his father then installs EXPIEREMENTAL and completely UNTESTED technology into Vic (Cyborg) with NO consent. So yeah, he just wakes up an ENTIRELY different person and little more than just his father’s experiment. Back on topic, I can see Cyborg way better in the Teen Titans and especially with Beast Boy. Beast Boy is like Cyborg in the way of being a physical appearance outcast, due to his…GREENness. The problem is he was turned into what he is when he was too young to have lived and entire life full of connections. There are no other titans that can understand that in any capacity. I would like to mention that Beast Boy before being a Titan was part of the Doom Patrol, which I bet is why he can most relate to Cyborg. 

This is the part where i lead into where he belongs………..

WHY DOES CYBORG BELONG IN THE DOOM PATROL? (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

First of all, almost the entire team has had their body permanently altered and leaving them to be seen as freaks, 

Robotman had his entire body destroyed in a racecar crash; he’s literally just a brain in a robot. Negative Man had his entire body burned and turned radioactive in a plane crash, causing him to have to wrap himself in bandages (wow what a weirdo/j). Elasti-Girl inhaled a toxic volcanic gas and now turns into a literal blob when she’s nervous. There are other members, but I don’t want to keep yapping on. Anyways the real kicker is Their “caretaker”, Niles, was the creator of all their accidents and mutilations. He unconsentingly used the Doom Patrol as little more than experiments wink wink sound familiar? 

Theres also room for an interesting dynamic with Robotman, they are extremely similar which SOME might call a problem but I see that as media illiteracy as they are VERY different characters. Cyborg still has feeling and Robotman doesn’t and dude Robotman can genuinely leave so much character development open for cyborg, Robotman can make Cyborg understand that he doesn’t need to prove he’s human and they can be like the silliest supporters of each other. Cyborg can also bring a modern tech role into the team. The doom patrol members are all….OLD and though modern in their humor, they are behind in technology….so Cyborg could bring that missing part to the team. 

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AHHH…ok, I’m done for now. Stay tuned for more DC controversial opinions and rants… ^Questions are welcomed^