#Dick and Tim

[kcluvsart]

DICK AND TIM BROTHERHOOD IS MY FAVOURITE BATFAMILY DYNAMIC. EVER.

this was when dick was batman for some reason after jean paul fucked up. and dick self blaming. robin is tim.

They have sm good scenes in this comic and im still chewing past the first issue. Also Dick has his pony tail (NOT THE RAT TAIL ONE) in this.

[junkdrawerfan]

I think there’s got to be a point where Dick (honestly the most sane one in his insane family) stops questioning the shit Tim tells him when they talk about his day. He used to stress and worry and he does but not about the crazy shit, more the day to day crisis. Has Tim eaten and gotten enough sleep? Is he and his dad getting along well? Has Bruce said or done anything incredibly insulting/stupid/self-distructive in the last 48 hours? That’s what Dick worries about.

So when Tim says something like “And this is my new friend Jesus, ya know, from the Bible. We met when Young Just Us stole a Time Machine from Darkside.”

Dicks just like “Sure. Jesus seems like a cool dude. Ask him what his favorite pizza topping is. Mama’s is only open for another half an hour and we need to finish binging Love Island before 10 so you can go to bed early enough for school.”

And then they go about their day and Dick won’t think about it until Bruce ask if Tim’s latest Young Justice report is a joke and Dick has to go, “Oh yeah. Cool dude except he likes anchovies on his pizza which is really weird. He went home around 9, said he had to get ready for his resurrection.”

And that’s why people think he’s fucking insane but honestly he doesn’t have enough energy to worry about *all of that.*

[umbrellajam]

oh no, now I'm imagining Dick opening jars for 14-yo Tim during Prodigal

Tim doesn't even think to ask him at first; his dad wasn't at home often enough for it be a habit, and like hell was he gonna ask the older boys at boarding school to open stuff for him like he couldn't do it himself :/ and while staying at Wayne Manor, well, with Alfred around the jars were without fail already open by the time they reached the table.

so when it's just the two of them, fending for themselves both on Gotham's streets as Batman and Robin and in the Manor's kitchen as Dick and Tim, it doesn't occur to Tim to ask.

Dick watches him wrestle with the jam jar like it's Killer Croc for a long minute, chin propped in one hand and eyebrow raised in amusement. Then he just reaches over and plucks it out of Tim's grasp with a casual, "Here, kiddo. Let me."

now, Dick could tap the jar against the edge of the counter, all around the stubborn lid. or he could run it under warm water. or gently twist his warm hands round and round the metal rim to heat and loosen it that way. teach Tim all the standard tricks of the jar-opening trade.

but for some reason, he doesn't.

instead, under Tim's startled, expectant gaze, Dick finds himself taking firm hold with the vise grip of his trapeze artist hands, flashing the kid a showy grin, and just twisting with a hard flex of muscle.

the loud pop isn't half as satisfying as the beam of admiration on Tim's face.

Dick should feel silly. jeez, it's not like he suplexed a Rogue right in front of the kid or caught him out of a 10-storey fall or anything.

(who's more ridiculous - Tim for being impressed by so little, or Dick for feeling so undeniably smug about it?)

(is his life seriously such a mess that wowing the baby Robin with feats of basic domestic competence counts as a win? seriously? get a grip, Grayson.)

"yeah, yeah - I loosened it up for you!" Tim laughs, but when Dick hands him the jar with one hand and scrubs vigorously through his hair with the other, he can still see his little brother's pleased smile as he attempts to duck away.

so Dick keeps doing it. Tim always insists on having a go at it himself, first, but shoving stubborn jars at Dick with that expectant look quickly becomes automatic.

it's a Thing. like many Things about Tim, it could easily be annoying, but somehow it manages to be endearing instead.

maybe that's just how little brothers work.

Dick does teach the kid how to do laundry and fold clothes and replace broken windows and cook basic meals for himself because he's not about to do all the work in this big old empty house, but he never does teach him how to open stuck jars.

[justrandomtrashes]

maid tim & dick (?)

[livsoulsecrets]

Robin #67

Peak brotherism

[finnoky]

He’s a great influence (Tim broke into his flat)

[snakeredbirdbatkatana]

Yea yea Dick is loved by everyone but Tim is loved by Dick and that's why he wakes up in the morning.

[goldfishinaplasticbag]

chandelier scene from chapter 15 of 1-800-GOTHAM

i just really wanted to draw a devastated nightwing lmfao

[dicktim]

the best

[chubby-p1nk]

This is for two anons that requested for a Dick drawing (With an answer) and another one with fluff Dick and Tim. SOOOO :D Here it is!

I know it is not sooo "Fluff" But I really like these two brotherly bonding, specially taking in count how it's usually Dick who is portrayed as the sticky one. Nope, not always, Dick want space sometimes and his brothers doesn't let him have it- THIS IS A BIG BROTHER, it's a rule to bothering him and then, him bothering back.

Also, I love long hair Dick Grayson... I just- THE POSSIBILITIES-

[mocking-the-bird]

I returned to drawing Tiny Tim because I am a weak human being controlled by dopamine release

I think I'll make part two with Jason and Bruce, and I hope you want that too :p

[junkdrawerfan]

Hey so actually I might be a little obsessed with how Tim is Dick’s only clearly defined brother.

Like let me explain. HEAR ME OUT!

Damian is Dick’s BABY! That is his firstborn! Dick might have had some adoption tendencies pre-crisis with Jason but they realized that shit with Dick’s (Second? Third?) time in the cowl. Dick saw this small murderous child and was like “I can do it better than Bruce” and did. And yes they might be settling into a brotherly role with Bruce stepping the fuck up.* But I promise you having witnessed siblings with a 10 year age gap — even when the parents are perfect and emotionally available — that older sibling quickly becomes a third parent. With Dick, he was the first second and third parent. No way Damian and Dick could ever just be brothers and I love that for them.

Dick’s relationship with Jason is full of regret and guilt. They might be building something now but their past is full of inflicting rotting wounds (metaphorical and often literal) on each other. Dick started the pattern first when he rejected Jason as Robin. And later Jason raging against Dick after his return. Jason’s semi-valid villain crash out ending with Dick putting him in Arkham because Jason was a straight villain pre-rebirth. And even then it takes rebirth remixed canon to allow Jason some family bonding time. I say they have a handful of months — and even then how often did Dick visit! He didn’t start reconnecting with the BatFam until after the Killing Joke and Death in the Family — they got along before shit got worse.

So that leaves Tim! The little baby brother Dick started calling little brother YEARS before Bruce ever adopted Tim.** Timmy, the freak who broke into his apartment to track him down and drag him back to Gotham. Who subsequently spends years breaking into Dick’s apartment to hang out. Because why not continue as you begin lol.

He spent his early 20s with Tim! He comes into his own as Nightwing while Tim is Robin. Hell! The first time Dick was Batman, Tim was his Robin! He literally grows into his adult self with Tim as his witness.

How many lows has Tim helped him pick up after? How many falls has Dick caught Tim after (metaphorically and literally)?

But that’s the sweet sappy shit.

Tim is the one brother Dick doesn’t have to be the responsible adult with. He eats shitty pizza with Tim. He has movie nights and hang outs and poor-tasting inside jokes with Tim. They race each other across rooftops! They play fight in the streets. Dick booby traps his apartment so Tim can have fun breaking in.*** Dick complains about his messy love life to Tim while Tim mocks him!

THEY ARE BROTHERS YOUR HONOR!

There is a reason Dick calls Tim his equal. Dick loves his brothers, he’ll always be there for them. But Tim is the one Dick doesn’t have to watch or monitor or hover over. Tim is his brother, not his regret or his child.

20 years in real time and 4 years of comic time put Tim and Dick through the ringer. No Man’s Land. Knightfall. The nuking of Bloodhaven. Contagion. Try to name a tragedy Tim and Dick haven’t witnessed and weathered side by side! But no matter how they fight or have to disappear for the mission, they always find each other and trust each other and believe in each other. Because they are truly brothers!

(So context… I’m very much reading the 90s and 2000s run. I’m like chronologically in 98. I’ve seen/heard modern comics have dropped this FOR SOME FUCKING REASON (they forget Tim exists, I guess). But I refuse to believe that rebirth got rid of their brotherly bond. Just as Tim’s “friendship” with Kon-El transcends timelines so does Dick and Tim’s brotherly bond! They are family bonded through the fires of time and comic book bullshit!)

TLDR: Dick’s brotherly relationships with Jason and Damian are complicated and the roles they play in each other’s lives aren’t always clear. Dick’s relationship with Tim has had its ups and downs but there has never been any confusion about their roles with each other. They called each other brothers and held on tight and that’s special ❤️🩵

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* How much this is true take with a grain of salt. I’m not reading modern yet. I’ve read some cause Damian just slaps and I love him. But there’s so much!

** Tim was adopted for like a year before being emancipated. WILD! What fatherless behavior!

*** What feral menaces! I love them!!! I just need to scream. Not important. Carry on. ^>^

[ravenlilyrose]

Tim to Dick, early Reborn era:

"You're calling me irrational for not believing Bruce is dead? Should we talk about the time you threw yourself off the building he'd supposedly fallen to his death from to see if it was survivable? Because we can definitely talk about the time you threw yourself off a building just to prove that Bruce wasn't dead."

[asinglebluefeline]

You know what I need more of in my life? Tim and Dick's coordinated combo moves. We got little bits of it here in a fight:

and passing things to each other without looking (these panels are from two different issues):

PLEASE I bet that back when they were Batman and Robin, when they were bored while waiting for the computer to finish some analysis or other (the Batcomputer wasn't as fast in the 90s as it is now) they would practice the most unnecessarily convoluted moves or coordinated trickshots for fun.

So imagine:

- discreetly passing objects between each other without looking, with various sleight of hand tricks? Saved a couple of missions, both in and out of costume, when they needed to smuggle some kind of dangerous artifact or data.

- a fighting move that's so unnecessarily complicated they're basically a living Rube Goldberg machine? So chaotic that it completely disorients the enemy, devastatingly effective.

They almost never get to use those super specific moves in the field – opportunities to use them are very rare. But when they do happen, Tim and Dick are both immediately on the same wavelength. And you just know that (while cool and collected on the outside) internally they're fistbumping and screaming at how cool it was.

[youroriginalsublimecupcakestuff]

Damian, holding Tim by the shirt: Tell me one good reason why I shouldn’t end you where you stand!

Tim, visibly afraid: U-uh… dick told me to have a good day!!

Damian, lowering his fist: You make a good point…