So I had a thought...
What if Tim Drake got kidnapped one day for ransom, but for whatever reason the ransom never got paid (parents were out of the country and never received the call, or failed the dropoff, etc.) and the kidnappers decide to just... keep him.
Now, what if the kidnappers were Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy, Harley looking for a big payday and Ivy getting dragged into it because Harley didn't tell her the whole plan before just showing up with a whole ass kid.
They fall in love with little Tim and decide that if his parents don't want him, they do, and Tim gets two loving, doting parents out of it. And, of course, as he grows he starts taking after his moms and leans a bit more towards the eco-terrorist side of the family, which in turn means that the batkids get to have their own kind-of villian that's about their age that they all grow up fighting.
Like, just imagine:
Bruce has to decide how to handle a smart as hell kid coming up as a new Gotham criminal.
Nightwing's 'this child needs a big brother' instincts clashing with his 'fight the bad guy' instincts.
As Tim never took over Robin after Jason died, the two have a whole different relationship.
Ivy and Harley figuring out how to raise a small child, and later a teenager while maintaining their night lives.
Tim and Steph dating and his moms having a hard time being normal about their baby growing up and falling in love.
Ivy talking with him about being safe and moving at his own pace and how to talk to boys while Harley is freaking out in the background planning his coming out party when he tells them he's bi.
Them giving the shovel talk to either Kon or Bernard would be GOLD bc one is a hero and the other is basically a star-eyed puppy.
Tim being raised as an only child means that he gets ALL the attention.
Harley and Ivy raising absolute hell should any of the bats go after their son.
Tim would definitely try to recreate Ivy's lab accident and end up with plant powers leading him even more towards eco-terrorist.
Just imagine, Tim with Ivy's green skin.
Just... the three of them would be such a great family and I can't stop thinking about it.
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anyways i think bruce historically takes the batboys on an annual fishing trip which they all hate so so so much. it gets to the point where it's only tim accompanying him, because unlike dick or jason, tim would simply disintegrate from guilt if he stayed home.
then cass comes along and bruce thinks "oh no well there goes my fishing trips. all of the boys hate them anyways... and it's not like i can take a GIRL fishing."
cue bruce and cass, alone next to some dinky old river with nothing but their fishing rods and an esky full of cold beers, wearing a matching pair of fuckass fishing hats, both religiously applying sunscreen and bug spray.
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