you came back wrong and i am racked with guilt because i cannot bear to see you like this and i should have let you rest. i loved you so much that i defied death itself but i do not think either of us are happy
also i do think that the pervasive idea where "canon doesn't bother to respect itself, why should i respect canon" wrt comics is like. hm. the idea that the many different iterations of characters due to a variety of writers seeing them a variety different ways isn't a bonus actually....the variety means there are many different ways and opportunities for a character to vibe with you in a certain story or under a writer. rather than decry it all as useless because it's so inconsistent therefore you can do whatever you want because the characters don't matter, there is probably *more* opportunity than most within comics as a medium to find a characterization thay works for you. but in order to do so, you do have to interact with the canon to find it. because there's a difference between personal interpretation of characterization and just making stuff up.
Hey so who wants some angst fic about Teen Titans-era Tim Drake and the crushing weight of grief and fucking up real bad via accidentally actually cloning your dead best friend based on some very nice fanart by @fraudue? 'Cuz if you do I got you, friends. Like very much so do I got you.
"I didn't actually mean it."
Tim walks into the basement lab after being away for a week on an incredibly miserable mission that none of the Titans meant to be on for so long and the computer announces “subject complete.”
The bottom drops out of his stomach and crashes straight through the floor.
Tales of the Teen Titans #53 - Dick and Kory vs. Donna and Terry; very cute doubles match inside Titans Tower
Batman (Vol. 1) #468 - Tim practicing against a ball machine, probably at Wayne Manor? Bizarrely, he's shown playing both left- and right-handed in different panels (but primarily left). Artist mistake Ambidextrous Tim evidence?!