#retroactively—knowing that Bernard kinda views/viewed Tim as a reflection of himself—the sureness with which he says that Tim’s been abused
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Thinking a lot about the implications that Bernard’s parents are/were physically abusive towards him… makes me ill
#idk if I’m just seeing things where there are none but#the most obvious one comes from urban legends when Tim is investigating and some of Bernard’s acquaintances#mention the welts and writing them off as (and I can’t remember the exact words but) assumed marks from his parents#which to me reads as then being used to seeing that sort of thing (even before the cult stuff) and knowing just enough#to not really push the issue#then there’s of course their overt verbal and emotional abuse#which I know doesn’t always mean physical abuse as well but with how aggressive his father is especially I believe that there’s s strong#possibility of it having happened#finally that panel in the Robin 1993 run where Tim has the black eye and Bernard asks if his dad hits him??#retroactively—knowing that Bernard kinda views/viewed Tim as a reflection of himself—the sureness with which he says that Tim’s been abused#REALLY reads as him thinking he’s just found someone who’s also going through what he is and can relate (without it being a Huge Thing)#oh Bernard… my head is in my hands rn thinking of you#bernard dowd#tim drake: Robin#batman#dc#abuse cw#abuse mention#ask to tag I guess not sure what else needs to be in here
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