Current GO Robin/Raven Primer
Cutting for both length and Season 2 spoilers.
Ever since the GO series was first announced, Robin/Raven fans/shippers speculated what direction or interaction the two birds would have. After two seasons (and a good episode primer via the GO wiki), their relationship is now quite defined. Copying/pasting from the Robin and Raven wiki profiles, as each one addresses the subject's relating with various characters and thus written quite differently:
Robin's entry:
While the two are generally friends, Robin and Raven are frequently at odds with one another. Despite their differences, Robin and Raven do hold a level of respect for one another, being the maturest Titans on the team. In Driver's Ed, Raven and the other Titans becomes annoyed at Robin for making them drive him places for dumb reasons. She makes an effort to tease him when he fails his driver's test several times, and is determined that he would fail.
In Laundry Day, they can still get very annoyed with each other very easily. Raven pointed out it was Robin's turn to do chores but Robin avoided it and made Raven do them. She got so annoyed with him that she pretended their clothes became possessed and attacked the Titans. As a result, Robin apologizes and was willing to do the laundry for a whole year if they got out of it. At that point, Raven accepts and stops the spell that possessed their clothes, tricking Robin.
In Super Robin, Robin wanted superpowers, but Raven told him that they were a curse and she wasn't going to give them to him. However, then she said that if he did the chicken dance, she would grant him powers. Once he did the dance, Raven gave Robin the powers, still warning him that they are a curse. Many years later, once the Titans met old Robin, Raven goes in Robin's face and tells him again that having superpowers are a curse, and watches him die.
In Staff Meeting, at the start Raven tries to talk sense into Robin and inform him his staff isn't alive, and calls it a "stick". This infuriates Robin and leads him to beat her up along with the rest of the Titans. Raven partakes in using Robin's staff and fights over it with the other Titans, leading it to be broken. Seeing a Robin severely depressed, Raven offers to tell him where he can get a new staff. Robin at first refuses her offer, but after hearing it could be "magic" he takes up her offer. Raven explains he must journey to the Universe Tree across several harsh terrains, where he will find what he is looking for, and teleports him there. After Robin claims his new staff, he returns home to find Raven had fixed his old staff using a spell, and is delighted to be reunited.
In Colors of Raven, Robin was frequently attacked and knocked around by Rage Raven. He was willing to kiss Passion Raven in order to capture her as well. He also seems to support her in being more open with herself as seen in "Legs" but they both agree that it's okay to let go every once in a while.
In Uncle Jokes, Raven is the only one who finds Robin's jokes to be funny. Robin is appreciative that at least Raven laughs at his jokes. While Robin is categorizing each of the Titans' roles, he states that Raven is the "sarcastic older sister".
In Boys vs. Girls, Robin continues making remarks about how boys are superior to girls, which greatly irritates Raven and Starfire. Robin is furious when the girls win over Beast Boy and Cyborg's respect, and they start hanging out with the girls. To win back the boys, he steals a vial of "cooties" from a government laboratory and infects the girls with it. Raven immediately suspects Robin of doing it. Robin offers the girls a cure through a "cootie catcher", but only if the girls admit he is better. In retaliation the girls try to touch the boys so they catch cooties as well. After a long chase around town, the girls succeed in and Robin gives in to Raven's demand and hands over the cootie catcher.
In Crazy Day, Raven is extremely annoyed by Robin and the other Titans as they try to out-crazy each other, but after Raven gets possessed by Trigon and joins in the craziness, Robin becomes very competitive and is determined to be even crazier. Robin and the possessed Raven then spend the majority of the episode trier to be sillier than the other, to which Raven comes out victorious and Robin respects and crowns her "captain crazy".
In Hose Water, the two of them get into a "egg pun" contest, to see which one of them can make the wittier egg pun. Robin later becomes very aggressive that Raven would challenge his skill in making puns.
http://teen-titans-go.wikia.com/wiki/Robin
Raven's entry:
Raven and Robin's relationship is very complex, and varies over the course of the series. Often times, Raven is often annoyed by Robin's self-absorbed nature and bossiness, while Robin dislikes Raven's cold, overly serious nature. Despite their differences, they do appear to hold a level of respect for one another, being maturest of all the Titans.
In Dog Hand, she refused to discuss her father until Robin confronted her on the subject and forced it out of her. She also helped him find a replacement staff in Staff Meeting by giving him the location of the Universe Tree.
In Laundry Day, Robin refuses to do the laundry when it's his turn, and instead uses a set of contests and puts the task onto Raven instead. Raven becomes very irritated at Robin, and refuses to let him inside when he's trapped outside the tower naked. She later used a spell to make the clothes come to life, under the guise they are possessed by the slime and attacking the Titans. Robin finally apologizes and states he would be willing to do the laundry for a whole year if they got out of it. Raven finally receives the answer she had been awaiting and taunts Robin for having to do a year of laundry.
In Colors of Raven, Red Raven continuously beats up Robin and Cyborg throughout the episode, often for no reason at all. Gray Raven also has a habit of hiding behind Robin or puking on him, to which Robin seems to be sympathetic towards. Robin also tries to kiss Purple Raven at her kissing booth before Starfire intervenes.
In Uncle Jokes, Raven is the only other Titan that finds Robin's "Uncle" jokes humorous.
In Real Magic, Raven continually warns Robin that his abuse of magic will anger the Magic God. Later on, both of them are summoned by the Magic God, who is actually mad at Raven. The Magic God banishes Raven, but Robin convinces the God to give her one more chance. Raven returns and, with Robin's help, pleases the Magic God, who releases her. From that point on, Raven promises to be more positive towards Robin and his "stupid" games.
In Thanksgiving, Raven states that Robin is her least favorite teammate.
In Hose Water, Raven has an ongoing egg pun contest with Robin throughout the course of the episode.
In Let's Get Serious, Raven joins the other Titans in telling Robin to lighten up when he keeps trying to be more serious. When he lectures the other Titans, he says all of them have become far too silly, making special mention to say "even Raven". When Raven protests, he reveals he went and saw her stand-up comedy act. Robin is shown in the audience, unimpressed by Raven and later tells her no matter how hard she tried she wasn't funny.
http://teen-titans-go.wikia.com/wiki/Raven
The GO birds seem to have an interesting give-and-take, perhaps even more so than their 2003 Animated counterparts. However, between their antagonistic dynamic and the producers' strong fondness toward Beast Boy/Raven, any long-term shipping isn't likely, though, not necessarily impossible. Like many things with GO, it is one step forward, two backward. Meanwhile, Robin/Raven fans/shippers can only react accordingly and produce whatever fic/art product possible. (Personally speaking, I hope you guys are still up for the challenge, as I'll need all that for my sanity.) Whenever the wiki updates with new information involving our favorite pair, the entry will follow suit, etc.
Ever since the GO series was first announced, Robin/Raven fans/shippers speculated what direction or interaction the two birds would have. After two seasons (and a good episode primer via the GO wiki), their relationship is now quite defined. Copying/pasting from the Robin and Raven wiki profiles, as each one addresses the subject's relating with various characters and thus written quite differently:
Robin's entry:
While the two are generally friends, Robin and Raven are frequently at odds with one another. Despite their differences, Robin and Raven do hold a level of respect for one another, being the maturest Titans on the team. In Driver's Ed, Raven and the other Titans becomes annoyed at Robin for making them drive him places for dumb reasons. She makes an effort to tease him when he fails his driver's test several times, and is determined that he would fail.
In Laundry Day, they can still get very annoyed with each other very easily. Raven pointed out it was Robin's turn to do chores but Robin avoided it and made Raven do them. She got so annoyed with him that she pretended their clothes became possessed and attacked the Titans. As a result, Robin apologizes and was willing to do the laundry for a whole year if they got out of it. At that point, Raven accepts and stops the spell that possessed their clothes, tricking Robin.
In Super Robin, Robin wanted superpowers, but Raven told him that they were a curse and she wasn't going to give them to him. However, then she said that if he did the chicken dance, she would grant him powers. Once he did the dance, Raven gave Robin the powers, still warning him that they are a curse. Many years later, once the Titans met old Robin, Raven goes in Robin's face and tells him again that having superpowers are a curse, and watches him die.
In Staff Meeting, at the start Raven tries to talk sense into Robin and inform him his staff isn't alive, and calls it a "stick". This infuriates Robin and leads him to beat her up along with the rest of the Titans. Raven partakes in using Robin's staff and fights over it with the other Titans, leading it to be broken. Seeing a Robin severely depressed, Raven offers to tell him where he can get a new staff. Robin at first refuses her offer, but after hearing it could be "magic" he takes up her offer. Raven explains he must journey to the Universe Tree across several harsh terrains, where he will find what he is looking for, and teleports him there. After Robin claims his new staff, he returns home to find Raven had fixed his old staff using a spell, and is delighted to be reunited.
In Colors of Raven, Robin was frequently attacked and knocked around by Rage Raven. He was willing to kiss Passion Raven in order to capture her as well. He also seems to support her in being more open with herself as seen in "Legs" but they both agree that it's okay to let go every once in a while.
In Uncle Jokes, Raven is the only one who finds Robin's jokes to be funny. Robin is appreciative that at least Raven laughs at his jokes. While Robin is categorizing each of the Titans' roles, he states that Raven is the "sarcastic older sister".
In Boys vs. Girls, Robin continues making remarks about how boys are superior to girls, which greatly irritates Raven and Starfire. Robin is furious when the girls win over Beast Boy and Cyborg's respect, and they start hanging out with the girls. To win back the boys, he steals a vial of "cooties" from a government laboratory and infects the girls with it. Raven immediately suspects Robin of doing it. Robin offers the girls a cure through a "cootie catcher", but only if the girls admit he is better. In retaliation the girls try to touch the boys so they catch cooties as well. After a long chase around town, the girls succeed in and Robin gives in to Raven's demand and hands over the cootie catcher.
In Crazy Day, Raven is extremely annoyed by Robin and the other Titans as they try to out-crazy each other, but after Raven gets possessed by Trigon and joins in the craziness, Robin becomes very competitive and is determined to be even crazier. Robin and the possessed Raven then spend the majority of the episode trier to be sillier than the other, to which Raven comes out victorious and Robin respects and crowns her "captain crazy".
In Hose Water, the two of them get into a "egg pun" contest, to see which one of them can make the wittier egg pun. Robin later becomes very aggressive that Raven would challenge his skill in making puns.
http://teen-titans-go.wikia.com/wiki/Robin
Raven's entry:
Raven and Robin's relationship is very complex, and varies over the course of the series. Often times, Raven is often annoyed by Robin's self-absorbed nature and bossiness, while Robin dislikes Raven's cold, overly serious nature. Despite their differences, they do appear to hold a level of respect for one another, being maturest of all the Titans.
In Dog Hand, she refused to discuss her father until Robin confronted her on the subject and forced it out of her. She also helped him find a replacement staff in Staff Meeting by giving him the location of the Universe Tree.
In Laundry Day, Robin refuses to do the laundry when it's his turn, and instead uses a set of contests and puts the task onto Raven instead. Raven becomes very irritated at Robin, and refuses to let him inside when he's trapped outside the tower naked. She later used a spell to make the clothes come to life, under the guise they are possessed by the slime and attacking the Titans. Robin finally apologizes and states he would be willing to do the laundry for a whole year if they got out of it. Raven finally receives the answer she had been awaiting and taunts Robin for having to do a year of laundry.
In Colors of Raven, Red Raven continuously beats up Robin and Cyborg throughout the episode, often for no reason at all. Gray Raven also has a habit of hiding behind Robin or puking on him, to which Robin seems to be sympathetic towards. Robin also tries to kiss Purple Raven at her kissing booth before Starfire intervenes.
In Uncle Jokes, Raven is the only other Titan that finds Robin's "Uncle" jokes humorous.
In Real Magic, Raven continually warns Robin that his abuse of magic will anger the Magic God. Later on, both of them are summoned by the Magic God, who is actually mad at Raven. The Magic God banishes Raven, but Robin convinces the God to give her one more chance. Raven returns and, with Robin's help, pleases the Magic God, who releases her. From that point on, Raven promises to be more positive towards Robin and his "stupid" games.
In Thanksgiving, Raven states that Robin is her least favorite teammate.
In Hose Water, Raven has an ongoing egg pun contest with Robin throughout the course of the episode.
In Let's Get Serious, Raven joins the other Titans in telling Robin to lighten up when he keeps trying to be more serious. When he lectures the other Titans, he says all of them have become far too silly, making special mention to say "even Raven". When Raven protests, he reveals he went and saw her stand-up comedy act. Robin is shown in the audience, unimpressed by Raven and later tells her no matter how hard she tried she wasn't funny.
http://teen-titans-go.wikia.com/wiki/Raven
The GO birds seem to have an interesting give-and-take, perhaps even more so than their 2003 Animated counterparts. However, between their antagonistic dynamic and the producers' strong fondness toward Beast Boy/Raven, any long-term shipping isn't likely, though, not necessarily impossible. Like many things with GO, it is one step forward, two backward. Meanwhile, Robin/Raven fans/shippers can only react accordingly and produce whatever fic/art product possible. (Personally speaking, I hope you guys are still up for the challenge, as I'll need all that for my sanity.) Whenever the wiki updates with new information involving our favorite pair, the entry will follow suit, etc.