#titans tower

[lygma-nygma]

Honest to god Titans Tower is probably the funniest thing that's ever happened in comics to me? Like, there's so much to unpack here it's insane?? The tear-away stripper Red Hood costume? The knock-off Robin costume with the stupid ass yellow tights that somehow looks worse than if Jason just rocked the bare thighs? The way Jason is drawn like he is fully 35 with two stepkids and a mortgage? Jason inventing fanfiction about Tim and Bruce's relationship in his head because he refuses to believe Tim actually stalked his way into being Robin?? Trying to mimic his crowbar death by beating Tim with his own staff but I as a reader am entirely unable to take it seriously because of those stupid fucking tights-

And then you get to Tim's side of things and he says like, all of 5 things the entire time and three of them are a coded 'fuck you'. He has absolutely no time or respect for Jason's pity party and it's actually hysterical because Jason cannot stop yapping. Meanwhile, Tim is like, definitely losing the fight which makes it funnier?? Then the ending?? Jason scrawling "Jason Todd was here" on the wall in blood (or red paint meant to look like blood, up in the air) and signing it with a handprint like he's a middle schooler who just discovered Creepypasta???? Ripping the 'R' off Tim's costume when he's literally already unconscious?? Zipping away from the scene thinking "damn I actually like that kid, wish I had friends tbh"??

And then it's literally never brought up again.

[rubydubydoo122]

I saw someone say a while ago that Jason attacking Tim at Titans Tower was just Tim hallucinating bc he was feeling guilty about being Robin even though Jason's not dead. Which is great, amazing, I think the whole Titans Tower thing is Bonkers, but I think it would be so much funnier if Jason tried to Gaslight Tim into believing the Titans Tower incident never happened, not because he's like evil, he's just super embarassed about it. like Or Tim did actually hallucinate Jason at TT but thinks it was real, so when he tells Jason about it, Jason's so fucking confused, and Tim thinks Jason's Gaslighting him

Tim: Remember that time when you broke into Titans Tower and beat me half to death while wearing a Robin costume from party city

Jason: What? Tim, I know i'm crazy, but I'm not...Insane.

Tim, pulling down his collar: I literally have the scar to prove it

Jason: Bruce told me that was from Clayface pretending to be me, which, might I just say rude. Tim... are you ok? Did you hallucinate me attacking you? like, I know I've done that before, but...

Tim, frowning: I don't think I hallucinating. I was benched for a while after because I had to recover-

Jason: well, you were benched around the time I was dropping hints that I knew who Bruce was outside of Batman, he probably just benched you to keep you safe. You probably were working too many cases with too little sleep and your imagination started to run wild.

Tim: Are you gaslighting me?

Jason: Are you gaslighting me?

[two-sibyls-tall]

Some of My Favorite Batfam Fic Tropes

In no particular order:

 - The batfam have their own language of chirps, trills, tweets, and whistles, and they use it in front of other ppl (civilians, the jla, whatever) and the other ppl go “what the actual fuck”

 - Bruce throwing the batarang at Jason Todd’s neck actually Does Damage(TM), and eventually the other members of the family find out and lose their shit

 - “Hey Tim?” “Yeah?” “Where’s your fucking spleen :)” “Lost it.” “LOST IT??”

 - Damian calling his brothers Akhi :)

 - “How many kids do you HAVE??” -The entire Justice League

 - Jason going to Titans Tower, seeing Tim, saying “is anyone gonna parent that” and then not waiting for an answer.

 - Literal Toddler Tim Drake informing the Batfamily that yes he knows everyone’s identity, and really if you didn’t want people to figure it out you should stop showing off your extremely niche skills during patrols Nightwing.

 - “Dude your son is a crime boss.” “Ex-crime boss :/”

 - A Batfamily member hearing someone talk about their civilian identity (bc, yknow,, they’re famous) and just having to Deal With It because what the fuck else are they supposed to do??

 - The Justice League hearing about Batman and assuming he (& his family) are demons or vampires or some other cryptid, and then meeting him and finding out he’s just Some Guy.

 - The batfamily learning the origin of the name Robin

- The Justice League meeting the Batfamily and specifically learning who Red Hood is, and one of the heroes nervously asks “Didn’t the second Robin.. die?” and Jason just goes “yeah lol”

Edit // If ur seeing this original post by itself, I already posted a fic rec list related to these tropes :)

[starry-storms]

One of my new favorite tropes is the Titans Tower attack, but Tim says something so out of pocket that Jason has to stop and re-evaluate everything.

And I'm not talking "I love you, please go back to Bruce"

I'm talking "Ah you're here to kill me? Can I have your jacket?"

[bats-and-birds-24]

I really hate a lot of stuff that happened in DC canon like Bruce slitting Jason's throat, Jason nearly killing Tim during battle for the cowl, and Damian trying to kill Tim when he was first introduced.

And as a fanfic writer it can be really hard to navigate these situations as you don't want your characters to be OOC, but you also can't imagine these scenes happening.

And then I realised that I can just create an AU where none of that happened and no one can stop me.

Look at me canon, I'm the writer now.

Edit: removed and corrected a few mistakes.

[shyjusticewarrior]

[spawnnfrog]

"One of us is a grown ass man in underwear, and it definitely isn't me..."

The entire tower scene is very brutal, but also very funny. Jason really thought he was doing something wearing that get-up 🤨.

Tim had every right to make fun of him (give me less "oh woe is me" Tim and more "you sucked as Robin") like damn some of those lines gotta stung. Did not blame Jason for beating him up after those comments cause Tim was asking for it ngl 😭.

[lostmelodies]

“jason breaks into titans tower and nearly kills tim” outdated. bland. childish.

“jason tries to break into titans tower and accidentally becomes the team dad because these kids wouldn’t know self-preservation if it hit them in the face with a brick” fresh. exciting. added bonus of horrified jason realizing he’s become his father.

[ghost-bxrd]

i, living ghost

[ekat-fandom-blog]

On Dani's tour of the world, she crashes through a weird T shaped building. It's a strange enough building that she decides to snoop around a bit. It's pretty interesting. There were planes and rocketships and a helicopter on the top floor. The next floor was storage. Then there were bedrooms. And bedrooms. And another set of bedrooms. Then there was a library and den. Then a rec room and a kitchen. Then a bunch of boring rooms. For how many bedrooms there were in the tower there was a surprising lack of occupants. She decided she'd bunk in the mostly empty bedroom for a few days before she moved on again.

A few days in, a boy in a red, green, black, and yellow outfit came. And a few hours later, another guy in a red helmet joined them. Both were unaware of their invisible guest. But then again, it seems the boy wasn't expecting anyone to be in the tower. And it was only made more obvious when he went on the defensive as soon as he saw the other boy.

the layout I used is this one

[fancyhandsbakery]

I think people forget that Jason and Tim have a very small age gap. They are less than 3 years apart. Closer to 2.

Titans Tower could have happened in a high school parking lot.

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

Let me preface this by saying that gaslighting is an extremely abusive behavior, and should not be attempted if you want to keep relationships intact. Having said that:

AU where Tim, upon Jason confronting him in Titan Tower, decides to gaslight gatekeep girlboss his way out of it.

Jason: You stole the Robin identity. It should have been retired when I died in it!

Tim, master at bullshitting: But you said I could have it.

Jason:

Jason: What?

Tim, digging himself deeper: Remember? At the Winter Gala? I was crying in the coat closet, and you came by and gave me some cookies you had taken, and I showed you all my photos?

Jason, vaguely remembering this Tim kid but not this specific incident: Uh...

Tim, just really committing to the bit: And I showed you my investigative reports, and you said I could be the next Robin if I kept at it. You inspired me!

Jason, not wanting to admit that he doesn't remember this at all: ... well, things changed.

Tim, pulling out the crocodile tears: So you didn't like my photos?!

Jason is left bewildered and trapped by social convention because he can't just admit that he doesn't know what the hell this kid is talking about, and by the time the tower is back up and Batman and Nightwing come swooping in for a rescue, Jason is left sitting awkwardly on Tim's bed with a mug of hot chocolate in his hands as Tim details everything that happened after Jason's death in DITF.

Jason, Bruce, and Dick, now all individually and collectively panicking:

Tim: Nailed it.

[benbamboozled]

May I present to you…

TIM DRAKE AND JASON TODD’S CONFRONTATION IN TITANS TOWER.

AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE EXPERIENCED.*

*(As explained in this post.)

[ditzybat]

jason: wearing my suit, the one i died in, taking my name - it’s basically stolen valor

tim: i don’t think you know what stolen valor is…

[meliake]

If I read one more fucking fic where Tim begs for his life in Titan's Tower I'm actually going to explode like?? READ IT????

Tim is a little fucking shit the entire time, fully confident in his abilities until the very end. And Jason didn't try and kill him, just gravely injured him to send a message, hence the bloody writing. Like guys- he could have killed him but purposefully didn't to prove his point.

There was no moment of regret for him because the 'pit rage' got to him, he was in full control of himself all throughout electrocuting Cyborg and Beastboy, putting Raven to sleep. LIKE GUYS PLEASE JUST READ THE ISSUE I STG

[shyjusticewarrior]