#Tim and Dick

[snakeredbirdbatkatana]

Tim Drake always had a parasocial/somewhat toxic relationship with Dick Grayson.

Except instead of being somewhat normal, Dick Grayson jumped in the fucking car and then lit it on fire

And now Dick has a panic attack if he spends longer than a week without having Tim in his sites.

You have to love toxic brotherhood

[catastrophicalcat]

This is a good description of Tim, isn't it?

Nothing but Nightwing

[everwalldigan]

Dick and Tim eating breakfast in silence:

Tim: so what was the Great Depression like

Dick: it was fine.

[luminesick]

Tim, at Dick's house in his room: I should ask Dick when dinner's ready. Hey Dick-

*Distant Romani cursing from 2 rooms down*

Tim, now content to go hungry: Okay! Nevermind.

[frogaroundandfindout]

Batman and Robin Eternal #2

[livsoulsecrets]

Batman: Gotham Knights #8

Just a Tim and Dick being the cutest brothers appreciation post

[youroriginalsublimecupcakestuff]

Tim pulled an all nighter to work on a difficult case.

Dick, worried : " Are you alright ? You didn't sleep at all last night."

Tim : " I got a good eight minutes. Not consecutively but still . It's fine . You're not even that blurry."

[theofficialuriel]

One of my first memories was baby me and my mom getting flung off a motorcycle to the edge of a cliff. It looked to be about a 10 foot drop and I was 4 inches away from the edge.

I think it'd be funny if Tim wasn't traumatized by the Grayson's deaths at all, so instead he uses it as a fun fact about himself. Like "hi my name's Tim my first ever memory is of The Flying Grayson's dying in the circus, and now their sons my next door neighbor, so that's pretty cool."

I'm only saying this bc my first memory is of my grandma cutting her thumb off while cooking, and I remember the blood going all over the cutting board, and my aunt screaming, and then my mom telling her to put the severed thumb in the freezer to give to the doctors at the hospital. But it's all like flashes of blood and adults panicking, so now that's just a story I tell all the time, bc how crazy is it that's what my first memory is.

I think it's funny to think of Tim being the same way

[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. ^>^

[asinglebluefeline]

I would like to direct your attention to

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[snakeredbirdbatkatana]

Core four young justice is codependent yes.

But they have nothing on the codependent relationship of Tim and Dick.

Dick would kill himself and everyone else for Tim.

Tim doesn't have morals for anything other than Dick.

They might be able to step away from each other but more days then not. Dick falls asleep only to wake up with his little brother curled around him.

Half of Jason's problem with Tim is the jealously of Dick and Tim's relationship.

Jason doesn't realize that he is also apart of the overall toxic Robin brotherhood that's means he would Slit Bruce's throat if Dick, Tim or Damain asked.

Damian's more than smart enough to clock what's going on and he's cares very little about how bad it is that he would like to crawl inside of his brothers and never leave.

Codependent Robins is my very favorite Headcannon.

[avayarising]

Batfam time travel fic idea: Dick is sent back in time to his younger body, around his early Nightwing era. But the younger body he’s sent back into at that particular moment happens to be concussed or sick or poisoned or something, so Dick (who wasn’t expecting the time travel in any case) is completely disoriented. Ten-year-old Stalker Tim sees him shivering/throwing up and goes to help out – and Dick just sees his little brother.

Tim has to deal with a confused, rambling Nightwing who is calling him by name and trusting him to help him and saying all sorts of concerning things.

(Maybe this is in New York, and Tim manages to call the rest of the New Teen Titans, who turn up and have to deal with this kid Nightwing has latched on to and won’t let go of, who apparently knows their identities. At least he seems as confused as they are about why this is happening.)

[ryemiffie]

Y'all know what's up, more quotes from my day as batfam incorrect quotes:

Tim: Ay, I forgot about that.

Dick: That you were a compulsive liar? How do you forget something like that?

Tim: Well I just lied to myself and said I wasn't, and I believed myself.

Dick: bruh..

Tim: I'm really good at this!

Dick: That is not the take-away!

[batbux]

They're BROTHERS your honor

[shyjusticewarrior]

Tim: Who's your favorite brother?

Jason: Dick. Don't tell him.

Tim: Not me?

Jason: You can't be mad, he's your favorite too.

Tim: Fair enough.