#we're smart but not like...tim drake

[timdrakemybeloved]

I'm gonna be real, Robin Jason is probably the only one I'd get along with in real life. I would get very irritated with Tim for being a secretive? know it all? - how does he do that - and Damian for being a rude little shit. Possibly Dick. Not sure. He's very charming so probably I'd like him but we don't have much in common.

[chaoticwriting]

Part 1

Gotham New Rogue 2

It's been a few weeks since Danny started to become the Trickster. To be honest, it is working very well. His core is expanding fast as ectoplasm is regenerating faster than ever before. He is also slowly developing new abilities and gaining more control and powers to his already established abilities.

For instance, Danny used to struggle making clones, but now he can easily create dozens of them with just a thought. He can also change his clothes to whatever he imagines using ectoplasm now. His ice power is also stronger and easier to control. His superhuman body is developing and slowly getting stronger and faster.

Overall, Danny will say that make a smart decision to become a rogue especially since no one has caught him yet. Danny is currently laying on top of a building watching the sun slowly set in the horizon. His stomach suddenly grumbles and he decides to hit the shack before he gets to "work" tonight.

Jumping off the roof, Danny lands and walks to the nearest Batburger while still wearing his rogue suit. He has a totally funny idea today and it involves him being seen in public. Entering the Batburger is like entering a library for some reason. As soon as he enters, everyone goes deathly quiet.

Danny slowly walks towards the cashier and orders his food.

Danny: 5 sets of set C please.

Cashier: Ermm, that will be 60 bucks.

Danny: Here.

After paying for the food, Danny gets his food and sits at one of the tables alone. It's only after he is through his 3rd set that reality is set in for the people. They begin to move and contrary to Danny's expectations, approach him to ask for pictures. Danny allows them some pictures and unknowingly raises his status as Gotham's friendliest rogue.

Suddenly, a white man that screams rich guy, a woman with blonde hair and a black guy wearing Signal's merch approach him. Danny has learned a lot of things from his 14 years of life and 2 years of half life and Danny knows when a rich guy approaches you, it's never good (Sam doesn't have the rich vibe).

Rich guy: Hello Trickster! May we have a meal with you?

Danny: Sure.

Rich guy: Ah, how rude of me. My name is Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne. These two are my friends, Stephanie Brown and Duke Thomas. You can call me Tim by the way.

Danny: Sure, Tim.

They sit opposite him with their meals and try to make small talks with him while eating. The trio realize that Danny seems to respond a lot better when Steph or Duke is the one to ask the question.

Steph: So, Trickster. Why don't you like my friend here?

Duke: Way to go in being subtle, Steph. Why not ask who is he really next?

Steph: Hey, I can't help it you know. He seems so snarky whenever Tim asks questions. I wanna know if Tim pissed him off or something.

Danny: He is rich, right?

Duke: Err, yes?

Steph: Let's say he is. Why does that matter?

Danny: I hate rich people. And government. But who doesn't hate the government?

Duke: So, eat the rich?

Danny: Yes.

Steph: Cool cool. We are also here just so we could leech him off anyway. We're not really friends.

Tim: Ow, you hurt me by saying that. What happened to our vow of eternal friendships?

Steph: I cross my fingers.

Duke: I lie.

Danny: Hahahaha. You're like my friends.

Tim: You have friends?

Danny: Of course I have friends. And unlike you I don't need money to have friends.

Tim: Sorry sorry. Are your friends also rouges?

Danny: Wouldn't you like to know? Last I need is Batman investigating my friends. I'm sure Batman is part of you rich people group chat or something.

Steph and Duke: *Snickers*

Tim: *Glares at the two* Why would you think Batman is in contact with the rich people?

Danny: Isn't it obvious? Batman has all these high tech gadgets and is always there fast whenever a Wayne is kidnapped. I would even say Batman is being sponsored by the Wayne.

Danny: I also don't like most heroes in general. They are just the government lapdog doing whatever the government wants.

Tim, Steph and Duke frowned at that statement. From the way Danny speaks, it is clear that he has some history against the government. Him being here also means he is at least confident enough to run away if any of the bats are here. Is it just blind confidence or a truly competent ability will remain to be seen.

Tim is just about to refute him when Danny suddenly stands up. All of them tensed up and ready for battle when Danny turns towards one side of the window, waves and disappears right in front of them. They are very confused and when they turn towards the direction Danny was just looking at, they see Batman and Black Bat right on the rooftop across the building.

Batman and Tim nod to each other and they all return to the caves.

-Batcave-

Tim: So you all hear the conversation right?

Dick: Except at the end where the sound becomes blurred for a moment, we hear everything.

Tim: Good. So what are your thoughts on this?

Damian: It is pretty self explanatory Drake. He has a personal hatred towards the government and that extends to all bodies of government or people he thought is connected to the government.

Tim: But why though? Is the hatred towards the government something as simple because he is a criminal? Or is there something else towards it?

Bruce: There is nothing to find about him currently with our limited resources about him. Return to the manor for today and take some rest. We will investigate it later.

All of them return to the manor and rest for the night.

-2 weeks later-

The Trickster is standing in front of an unconscious and tied up Batman. He is giggling loudly that evolves into full blown laughter.

He takes off Batman's belt and starts to pull out stuff one after another. Soon, he found the item that he needed.

Trickster: Hahahahahahaha. I have finally got it. The strongest weapon in the world!

The batfam that is watching the live broadcast shiver as they watch Trickster holds out the black object high in the sky.

Part 3

[gffa]

Absolutely crying that of COURSE Tim is the one that comes through with a lead. Yeah, yeah, he's super smart and on par with Bruce as being the world's greatest detective, but also you cannot tell me Timothy Jackson Drake wasn't like, "We're on a case to help Dick? Dick Grayson? Light of my life, hero of my heart, idol of the entire galaxy? I AM GOING TO BE THE BEST AT HELPING. I ALREADY HAVE A LEAD, EAT MY DUST, LOSERS, I'M BETTER AT HELPING DICK THAN YOU GUYS ARE." because Tim is a Dick Grayson stan first and a human being second.

[daffydilled]

On using the Robins

Alright, I know I'm preaching to the choir here, but DC? We gotta talk about the Robins and how they're used. For a company and comic universe with a truly spectacular willingness to explore every possible avenue of a character, if you want to really get to the point of Batman, we're going to need Robins used consistently across media and we're going to need the right ones used.

Why? TL;DR: the Robin you use tells us a hell of a lot about the Batman you're using. If you're going to keep using Batman in everything, we're going to need Robins. And they need to be the right ones. Using the wrong Robin is destroying live action DC adaptations.

Believe it or not, this whole rant started with me playing Gotham Knights on my PS5. Normally, anything that distinguishes between Robins and puts them interacting with others is pretty damn good to go in my book. It's not exactly common, after all. But I got about 15 hours into it and realized what was bugging me so much: it uses the wrong Robins.

Let me clarify. Nightwing and Red Hood are nearly perfect. They're exactly where they need to be. But if that game let Tim Drake detect in the role filled by Batgirl, let Batgirl be Oracle, and put Damian Wayne into the 'young Robin finding his wings' role that Tim plays, the story would have been far more cohesive. Why? Because I would have bought the final word Bruce tells them far more and I would have bought Talia's involvement as well.

This particular Bruce Wayne is an older Batman, one comfortable removing himself from the cause and passing it on to the rest of his family. The balance of Robins (and the misuse of Batgirl) upsets this. This isn't a team that is ready for that step yet, and Bruce in-game would know that. One can argue that's part of the tragedy of it, but the weight of the dynamic is still lopsided. The game feels unbalanced. If a story is going to rest on proteges and inheritors, I need to buy their ability to take over for Batman, and I don't. (And don't get me started on the misuse of Babs in this game. That woman has her own team, her own struggle!

Batman v Superman pokes me too. It's the lack of a Robin in these, though, that really grind my gears. That is a violent, brutal Batman that has fallen so far into 'The Mission's' ass, I kept expecting to see a suited memorial to a dead kid in his batcave and an extremely stubborn thirteen-year old stopping him from breaking a Kryptonian's face open before the dread "Save Martha" can be said.

That is a Batman that screams I just lost my son. He is so angry and bitter and walks around with an armory for a suit. That's a perfectly acceptable Batman to explore, when paired with the context of Jason Todd. Otherwise, it just reads like they made the movie gritty for the sake of being gritty and missed out on piles of nuance for both the heroes.

Frankly, a Batman grieving Jason Todd and a Superman processing the arrival of a cloned version of him mixed with Luthor's DNA would go miles to explaining the mental states of both these guys, but nobody bothered to do that, so I'm just bitter.

One of the oddest mix-ups of Robins I've ever seen has absolutely nothing to do with Batman. It's from Birds of Prey or The Fabulous Emancipation of Harley Quinn, where somehow Stephanie Brown and Jason Todd pre-pit get fused into one character and named Cassandra Cain. That is. Odd. I don't even really know how to address it, but I'm going to try.

Fact one: Steph would have been a perfect kid for Harley to meet in that movie. She's whip-smart, tough as nails, survived having a supervillain for a dad, and could, in the right light, even look a bit like Harley. There's this great potential there for her to remind Harley of a younger version of herself before the Joker got to her and wouldn't have messed with the vibes Birds of Prey was going for at all.

Fact two: Jason Todd also wouldn't have been too odd of a fit, especially if this was happening in a world where he did manage to jack the tires. He's immediately recognizable to the fans, though, which I do think would have pulled focus from the Birds in that movie.

Fact three: That was not Cassandra Cain and it was frankly a bit of an insult to her character to name that character Cassandra Cain. That's a rant for another time though.

Why mention it now? It's indicative of the greater issue DC has with adapting its characters to screen. Namely the issue to actually adapt the characters at all and not turn them into some weird Frankenstein'd versions of themselves. There's no Batman in Birds of Prey, but the world he'd inhabit is. And that world, based on our poor scrambled egg mess of Robins, is a disaster.

I think it's important for DC to remember they are adapting comics here, and those comics do not shy away from using Robins in them. Even in the most bat-shit (pun not intended) alternate universes where there's Cthulhu Batman or Edwardian Batman or White Knight Batman, the Robins are there.

How they're living and dying in those universes is one of the reliable ways to judge things like tone, narrative priorities, and themes. There's nothing wrong with trying a few different version of Batman, but Batman without Robin doesn't work long-term. It hasn't before and it will continue to fail if DC, in their adaptations, don't get a handle on their universes' scale. After all, the heroes only work if they have people to pass the work onto.

[ultimate-marysue]

What I headcanon as each Bats identifying skills (obviously they share a lot of them by virtue of being in the Bat niche). Some of this may be canon, some are more my own preference but here we go:

Dick Grayson: his acrobatic fighting style, resistance to electric damage, leadership (on the ground) and lots of field experience. Also, I think he's second best for a lot of the other's skills (like reading people or detective work), which makes him kind of scary.

Barbara Gordon: Hacking, surveillance, cyber security, digital forensics, organization/multitasking and leadership (from afar). Leading from afar is a completely different skill, thank you very much. Also, it's way harder. Like, she has to coordinate all of these idiots most nights.

Cassandra Cain: the best martial artist in the family, stealth, her ability to read people and dedication to the mission. Maybe she doesn't have that many skills in quantity but she's so above the others it's crazy. Like somehow she's still at the top (power-scaling wise) despite struggling to read.

Jason Todd: Intimidation, marksmanship, street-smarts and first hand crime knowledge. He should be like the people's princess of Crime Alley. Jason, Duke and Steph are the ones that have lived Gotham the most, and it should be noticeable when compared to the others. I also think he should talk to ghosts/have some magic. Just a smidge.

Stephanie Brown: disguises and acting, espionage, Intel gathering and tracking. She's one of the best hackers on the team and she also knows how to gather information on the ground. Like I said in Jason's description: she's Gotham. She knows how things work and how to find what she needs. Like Tim and Barbara may blackmail people more often, but Steph has better blackmail.

Timothy Drake: stalking, manipulation/lying, detective work, subterfuge and stealth. To be clear, I'm giving him stealth too because while Cass is better at staying undetected, Tim knows best when to stay undetected. For the rest, very obvious from canon.

Duke Thomas: meta abilities, high speed strategizing, ghost vision, precognition and he's a fast learner. I love the idea of Duke just, stopping in the middle of a fight to explain his new strategy like he's Kuzko. "Okay, that didn't work, so this is what we're doing now"

Damian Wayne: LET MY BOY HAVE MAGIC, master tactician, great with animals, surgical knowledge, ability to mimic voices and escape artists. To me Damian should behave like the only human in the muppets movie while having Looney tunes logic applied to him. He'll be having this combo with his kidnapper and the goons suddenly realize he's not wearing handcuffs. Also, let him have magic, please.

[froldgapp]

may I be really basic, and ask Tim Drake for the first impressions character ask? Thanks :)

Oh yaaaaay! Thanks for the ask! Let's go!

My first impression

I think the first time I ever recognised Tim Drake as an entity separate from my vague notion of "Robin" was in a post where he was holding up a hand-written sign saying, "Batman isn't dead" and the text said something like, "Can a depressed person do this?" It made me laugh and I decided to explore more about this little man. I read Red Robin first, got totally hooked, and went back and read his Robin run from the beginning. Thus began my descent into DC.

My impression now

Nuanced in a peculiar way in that, at first glance, he seems spectacularly vanilla. He's smart, he's an everyman, he's full of quips and ordinary daytime kid issues. He's very Danny LaRusso or Omri Katz from Eerie Indiana. Like very "boy hero of this specific era." Then you see how his character moves through these challenges and interacts with all of these tremendous weirdos in his life, and it's just so gripping and fun. I also read a good comment somewhere that Tim Drake is fun because he's like Bruce but more human. Humanity touches him a little more. He's not as immune to things like lack of sleep or so.

I adored Red Robin on first reading it, but I really only understood its power when I read it after his solo run. All of that tragedy and angst rests on the years of history that brought him there.

So my impression now kid of bifurcates between this Tim, listed above, and the sort of "empty packet of crisps" Tim we have a lot of in recent years. I think he's been grossly underutilised at best and horribly skewed at worst by a cohort of writers who just don't seem so interested in all the little bits that make Tim Tim.

Favorite thing about that character

He's his own person. Despite all the doubts of his Red Robin era, he still absolutely knows who he is–even if he doesn't know what to do with that. I wrote a post recently about how uninterested he seems in being the Best. It just seems utterly unimportant to him. He's also a pragmatist and coalition builder, which also sets him apart from a lot of A-type heroes.

Least favorite thing

A bit more meta, the poor handling of the character in recent years (other than a few bright spots). If we're looking at Tim Tim of yore, then it's absolutely his preachiness and occasional but glaring pedantry. But but I also love it as a flaw as it makes complete sense for him. It also gets him trouble from time to time, which is also great character work.

Favorite line/scene

I just love the end of his solo run. You can feel the screw tighten and tighten as the story goes on. It's glorious storytelling that culminates with the explosion in the warehouse.

And since it was my first introduction really to him, his final confrontation with Ra's in the tower goes so hard! (I'm a whump fan, can you tell?)

Favorite interaction that character has with another

This!

A character that I wish that character would interact with more

After completing my TimxLonnie fic, I would love to see a team up between them again. Let them take on corporate America, damnit!

Another character from another fandom that reminds me of that character

One of the things I like about Tim is that despite his outward appearance as just another protagonist kid in high-tops, he really is rather unique. Look at how he inverts the traditional power dynamic between he and Bruce so often, for example. Or how he's actually quite popular in school, so not at all like a lot of "outsider" types from a similar era. Saying that... I'm doing to go with this little punk (Danny LeRusso, Karate Kid):

A headcanon about that character

He's even more of a control freak than we can possibly fathom but 90% of his impulses he doesn't share. Probably he gives himself a chronic condition at some point because of this. He has a snaggletooth and/or does, in fact, need glasses! (Snaggletooth!Tim truther!)

A song that reminds of that character

I regret to inform you that it's probably something by Jimmy Eat World.

An unpopular opinion about that character

I dunno if it's unpopular, but I think they shat the bed with his coming out story. Big squandered opportunity to do some real storytelling there.

Favorite picture

This for the sheer impact:

This is the winner though for maximum Timmy points (I cheated. Two panels, i know):

Thanks again for the ask. Well done if you made it this far!

[crsssie]

shoujo woes - tim drake x reader (pretty bird countdown #2)

The second time your head hurts, you stay curled up in bed, mood visibly ruined as you call in sick, Tim nowhere in view while he's out for work. The world is ending and you are being dramatic.

"Pretty bird? I brought takeout!" Tim calls from the door, and you get up, blanket dragging behind you as you do.

"Aw..." Tim forces the blanket around your face, arms wrapping around your head as he snickers. "Those two inches are really helping, huh?"

"Shortass."

"Midget."

"Fun sized."

"Inconsiderate." You stick your tongue out, mouth open for air as he finally stops smothering you.

"Would an inconsiderate fun-sized shortass bring you your favorite takeout home?"

"No, but my husband would." You beam, cheek squished to his chest, opening your arms for him. He accepts it, head buried in your chest as you sigh.

"What got you down this time?"

"You're gonna laugh at me."

"Oh, then it was definitely something you read."

You smack him in retaliation, blanket cushioning him from the impact. 

"I knew it." He laughs. "What happened this time?"

"I'm happy I met you." You mumble. "Oh, yeah. If you had a pill to change your destiny, would you do it?"

"Will I get to meet you, still?"

"I don't know." You mumble, cheek squished on top of his head. "Maybe not if you change your destiny."

"We're soulmates in every universe." Tim huffs. "If I can not have you in that one, then it is not worth living."

"That's awfully dramatic."

Tim shuffles out of your embrace, sticking his tongue out at you as he pulls on his bottom eyelid. "I didn't marry you for you to tell me I'm being dramatic when I say I can't live without my wife."

You snicker, throwing the blanket over your head as you fold it. 

"Would you take the pill?"

"No." You hum. "I am where I want to be. If I took the pill and decided to live the best version of myself, I wouldn't have been able to meet you or go manic in middle school. What happens if the end of the world comes and you are not there? Who's gonna catch my ass when I fall out of windows while taking photos of you and your siblings? Seriously."

"There you go." Tim hums. "Your takeout's gonna get cold."

"FUCK." You yell, tossing the blanket to the couch as you unpack the food.

Tim snorts, arms resting over your shoulders as you sit at the kitchen island.

"I'm tired, pretty bird." He sighs. "Those businessmen are assholes."

"I figured. You have so much money from your inheritance, though."

"Yeah." Tim grumbles. "I just... didn't want to squander all the money."

"Fair."

"So... what were you reading?"

"A manhua about this girl who takes this pill to become both pretty and smart and how she gets so tired of living in a lie that she wants her old life back. It's like... high school romance." You offer him a bite. "In the end, the people around her who took the pill also ended up giving up what they got in exchange."

"Yeah?"

"Mm." You hum. "It had me thinking what would happen if I gave up who I actually am."

"Truly terrifying." He swallows, grumbling. "If you didn't run that twitter account for me, I would genuinely kill myself."

"WHAT."

"Joking... I think I'm picking up your humor." 

"That's definitely my humor." You mumble dryly. "Do you find me annoying when I have a mental breakdown?"

"Regardless, we're married now, aren't we?" 

You bite the inside of your cheek. 

"I still love you." Tim hums. "You will never be annoying to me. Not when the entirety of Gotham is losing their marbles over my wedding ring and your tweets, at least."

"I'm so gen z core..."

Tim's face cringes at your words, and you laugh.

[mr-celestial-writings]

Problems

Pairing: Timothy "Tim" Drake x GN! Reader

Summary: You and Tim couldn't be more different. You both had your problems. Together, though, you some how made it work.

Problems By Mother Mother

DC Masterlist!

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You and me, we're not the same

Tim couldn't believe how different you were from him. You were smart, and you could fight sure. But you were cheerful, optimistic. You were like sunshine after a week of straight rain.

He was surprised when Bruce introduced you as an ally. You were just... so not from Gotham with your energy.

I am a sinner, you are a saint

Surprisingly, Tim and you got along great! You're optimism balanced out his cynicism. His realism helped keep you grounded, especially in the rare moments where you feel hopeless.

When we get to the pearly gates, you'll get the green light-

You were good. A Good person, a Good fighter. A Good friend. For Tim, he fell first and hard. How could he not? You were just... so amazing.

Sometimes, Tim felt like shit. He felt like he was wrong for loving you. Not in terms of anything internalized! He's comfortable with his identity.

It was more so in the terms that you were so bright, You were so happy. You were sunshine. Tim felt like he would ruin your light. Tim felt like he would only hurt you.

I'll get an old door in the face, Doo-Doo-Doo

Right now, you two were just hanging out. You and Tim were in his room at the manor, watching some conspiracy videos.

You two normally did this after a patrol. It was your ways of unwinding.

Tim couldn't take his eyes off of you though. He knows he's been staring at you a lot more. He couldn't help it though! You were just... wow.

I'm a Loser, a Disgrace! Yeah!

"So... [Name]...." No time like the present! Tim could do this. He could ask you out.

You looked at Tim, a soft smiles on your lips, "What's up, Tim?" You asked cheerfully.

I found love in the strangest place

Tim took a deep breath. He sat up. He could do this. He had to do this.

Rejection would have hurt, but it would have been better than keeping these things to himself. Emotions have never been his strong suit...

Tim felt like he had to do this.

Tied Up and Branded, locked in a cage.

"Would... you- Would you like to go out with me, sometime?" Tim asked, squeezing his eyes shut. He was prepared for rejection.

He was prepared to hear no.

I say I'm gonna stage a great escape.

You took a moment, stunned. You heart was pounding. Your cheeks felt warm.

Your fall for Tim was slow, a lot less harsh. Hell until a couple weeks ago you didn't even realize you had a crush on Tim.

Let loose and love all, pent up but painfully out of place.

"S-Sure! Sure!" You finally answered.

Tim's eyes shot open, and his cheeks quickly turned red.

"Really?" He asked. Tim fell off his bed, next to you on the floor.

"You really want to go out with me?" Tim's eyes were wide and full of hope.

You nodded, "Y-Yeah! I was working up the guts to ask you out myself," You answered with a shy laugh.

Tim grinned, wide and bright. He pulled you into a hug, laughing. You returned the hug.

This was just perfect!

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a/n: song fic, hell yeah. I love Mother Mother! I also wanted to give Timmy some love.

[akuworld777]

Well I was thinking about my favorite characters from different fandoms and I came to the conclusion that I like the ones with flawed morals or the ones that are too random.

So while I was thinking that I realized that if all my favorites were in the same room it would be total chaos. So obviously I had to think about that even more and decided to think about who specifically would be there, I took the liberty of limiting myself to 2 characters maximum per fandom and well, it's easy to say that either they all end up doing something surprising and probably breaking a lot of laws and I don't mean only legal laws but directly laws of the universe or they all end up hating each other or something like that.

The other thing is that that room would not last there for long, I think that with only 2 of the favorites that room would explode and just thinking about all of them together ... really chaos, but well going back to the thought, those who would be in the room would be

Bsd:Dazai and Chuuya

(Well, I really love both characters and I can't choose favorites between the two. Besides, their dynamic fascinates me. Well, one is chaos, the two together are a force of chaos and we're already filling this poor room with extreme people, so I saw no problem in choosing both.)

Naruto:Tobirama and Kurama

(Well, I really hate that they don't put more of Tobi in the anime, he had tremendous potential, the second Hokage implemented half of the things that there are in the village, he created a system to create solid clones and to revive the dead being that theoretically in his time and area that should be super taboo, he is simply such an incredible scientist and ufff I love him, I live off of fanfics of him and I've probably already read almost all of them.

With Kurama, well I love him, I really would like to see more of his dynamics with his brothers and with Naruto himself in an environment other than fighting, I would also like to have known more about him before they started sealing him in people, I really like his personality and background story and he has some exotic points because my favorite animal is the fox. Unfortunately the room probably isn't big enough for his normal form so he'll be in his chibi form, probably causing more chaos than if he were a being who knows how many meters tall.)

DC: Tim Drake and Lena Luthor

(In Lena's case, it's from the Supergirl series and Tim is from any comic book mix, I don't have a favorite version of him exactly.

I don't have much to say other than I love them. But seriously, I need Tim to interact with Chuuya and Tobirama, god I need the three of them to talk to each other, Chuuya is a clone, Tim has his friend Kon who is a clone besides the fact that he tried to clone him 99 times and then there's Tobirama who can create clones of himself and he invented that, not only that we also have Chuuya who is the vessel of a god, Tobirama who created a justsu that goes against the Shinigami a god and Tim whose world is so screwed up that fighting gods is something normal, Tim and Tobi both have to fight aliens too strong to be normal in theirs worlds, I honestly would love to see their interaction.

With Lena, well I think she could get along surprisingly well with Dazai after making it clear that they don't flirt, the two of them are smart people and would enjoy talking to each other and god I want to see Lena telling how she created a sun for Kara and Dazai telling how he uses his ability to save Chuuya, and later the two plus Tobi and Tim talking about experiments and such and Chuuya watching them because he's kind of smart so he surely understands what they're saying but he can't believe they're about to do something like that, I imagine they're talking about something super random, very dangerous or immoral, you know the kind of thing you said is imposible and then you end like how did you do that?)

Merlin the show: Merlin and Arthur

(I'm not going to lie, my favorite is Merlin, but I also chose Arthur because they are two sides of the same coin, and I thought that since the show ended, at least I would let them be together again in this room. Besides, Arthur would have ended up there anyway, considering that Tobirama is there and Merlin definitely convinced him to teach him how to revive the dead. Other than that, I want to see these two's reactions to Lena. I really want to see how they react, it will be great. And in case anyone doesn't know, the actress who plays Lena is the actress who plays Morgana in Merlin.)

Harry Potter: Draco Malfoy

(There's not much to say, he's my favorite and I'd really like to see him interact with several people here, for example Dazai, Draco is redeeming himself and Dazai too and probably the two can understand each other and maybe help each other a little to improve more, I don't know, i also feel he is treat like the younger here so everyone treats him like a kind of spoiled younger brother, which causes a stir, since Tim, for example, would be younger than him in my opinion. Here Draco would be 19 or 18, and Tim, well, his usual 17.)

Danny Phantom: Danny and Jazz

(I've read too many DC and DP crossovers, now I need to see interactions with many of the people here. I can only feel the chaos of it all and I love it.)

Svss: Shang Qinghua and Shen Jiu

(I love them both so much and I need to see 30 times more of them in any situation and throwing them in this room with all these people is straight up, I'm not sure how the interactions with others would work but god I want to see it)

Tgcf:Shi Qinxuan and He Xuan

(I don't care that the relationship between these two is super tragic, i love it.

I feel like Qinxua would get along well with Shen Jiu and Chuuya for some reason i also think he would talk with Qinghua about novels, He Xuan would end up talking to Lena and Tobirama making friends and Danny would be super interested in He Xuan because he is also a ghost but he is different type and he want to ask quesito ama and that)

Mdzs: Wei Wuxian and Jiang Cheng

(i need Jiang Cheng being friend with Shen Jiu now. I want to see Wei Wuxian talking to He Xuan and Danny to test if his cultivation works on them out of curiosity and the 3 of them end up breaking something)

Marvel: Spiderman and Deadpool

(Deadpool would irritate everyone and somehow he would also manage to make friends with everyone and that is despite everyone complaining about him, the only one who doesn't is Danny and the two of them compete to see who can annoy /name of unlucky person/ the fastest. Tim and Peter end up talking about hero stuff and later Danny joins in too, then Peter talks to Lena and Tobirama about experiments and the 3 of them are super excited and focused on the conversation)

Aftons; Michael Afton

(I need him here like yesterday, he would totally talk to Danny, He Xuan and Wei Wuxian about a way to delineate people's souls so Tobirama interrupts saying how to do it, I can see him watching Draco and remembering his sister and god how I love the dynamics that could be done, he is also the first one that Jazz catches and they end up having a therapy session later Jazz catches some more people and no one is safe from talking about feelings)

Totcf: Cale and Raon

(I don't know what to say, I feel like Cale would try to fly under the radar but at the end of the day everyone when asked who made the biggest impression would say Cale and the guy really tried to do the bare minimum, Raon stayed mostly invisible and then wandered around here and there. Cale should have paid more attention since Roan ended up talking to Tim and Tobirama and probably when they get back he'll be a lot more vicious in a more scientific way, now he'll threaten to clone Cale if he dies or revive him)

Genshin: Venti and Zhongli

(I have a thing with Venti, he's my world favorite and I love his relationship with Zhongli, whether it's just friendship or romantic, it seems to me that all the people there need to have some emotional closure or feel free from certain things like trauma and Venti, well that's his job as a God so he might as well help, the first to know that Venti and Zhongli are gods is Cale and he's not at all happy to know it hahaha, Zhongli spent his time talking with Cale, Raon and Lena, later he also talks to Tim)

Well i think there would be more or less all the people if I'm not forgetting somone.

[gorogues]

it-is-i-zim replied to your ask post: This is just my opinion but Ostrander's revamp of him was the worst thing thing to happen to him character wise. Fans of Boomerang are sometimes straight up harassed for what Ostrander did to his character. Like on one hand, one of the reasons why he was on the suicide squad for so long and we see him AT ALL is because of Ostrander but I'm sick of being called racist because of how my guy was written by Ostrander.

it-is-i-zim replied to your ask post: Identity Crisis was bad for Digger still though. It also made me kinda dislike Tim Drake fans but I also get that for ages their only exposure to Boomer was that comic. And the Knight Terrors: Robin comic bringing that comic back into the established canon did no favors either seeing that it was through the eyes of someone who wasn’t even there. An artistic choice for sure, but it’s also made Tim Drake fans feral about how AWFUL Digger is.

Unfortunately this is more of a fan problem than a writing one. I definitely sympathize with people who love pre-Crisis Digger but hate his post-Crisis self, because modern Digger can be a lot. But people being jerks to other fans because of it is 100% a problem with fandom, and it's got to stop. There's nothing wrong with liking problematic characters as long as you're honest about their flaws, because they aren't real people and they haven't actually hurt anyone real…and just because you like them doesn't mean you approve of everything they do.

It's also fine for people to dislike a character or avoid other fans if they make you uncomfortable for any reason, but it shouldn't get to the point of mistreating a real person over fictional stories and liking/disliking fictional things.

(To make things extremely personal for a moment, it took me over 25 years to figure out why I gravitate to unpopular villains: it was only once I understood that I was the family scapegoat that I realized I like unpopular villains because I'd been considered one/treated like one my entire life. People can have their reasons for liking villains and problematic characters that have nothing to do with the shittiest thing(s) the character(s) have done.)

it-is-i-zim replied to your ask post: And with Owen, arguably his worst characterization was in that one Supergirl comic where he tried to get with a 15 year old Supergirl while being established as an adult man and was like, “I’m not a creep” but then on the same page also called her “jailbait” which uh… Gross. I must say I’m not fond of him because of that and therefore didn’t mind the kinda bad revamp back in Suicide Squad (2016) #47

The question was "the most common way they're written badly", and while that was weird and creepy, it was thankfully just a brief anomaly in the Supergirl book (that's why his strange Rebirth revamp didn't get my pick; it was just one story). I found Owen's intelligence and skill level varied wildly throughout his appearances, and sometimes he was competent and sometimes he was a clueless dumbass. He seemed reasonably smart in his debut story, so IMO him being an idiot was the primary example of being written badly.

it-is-i-zim replied to your ask post: Sorry that my thoughts are kinda all over the place on the Captain Boomerangs.

That's completely okay, it's why we're all here! :)

parkakingrolo replied to your ask post: I'm gonna go a little against the grain on Lisa, and say some of her other characterizations I'm not too fond of are when she's now the moral compass, and I agree The Rogues should have a stronger one, but forcing it on Lisa feels awkward. Don't get me started on when she hinted at feelings for Barry too. Maybe it's just two extremes and they struggle for a healthy middle.

Yeah, that's fair. That one's a problem too, though the one I mentioned bothers me more so I guess that's why I went with it. Truthfully I think both versions are manifestations of sexist beliefs about women, one benevolent ("women are morally better than men") and one misogynist ("women are crazy bitches, especially ex-girlfriends" -- and on that note, I really hate what was done to Magenta by Waid and Johns. She should have been included on the previous list).

It would be good if DC strove for some middle ground between the two, because Lisa should be flawed but not constantly jonesing to slash people's faces.

[gremlin-bot]

Dear God, why do you know that name‽

Jason was going to kill Roy, that orange haired fuck. He had better watch his goddamn back. When he told him that he'd been looking for some low-effort games with romance he could play during the very little free time he had, he didn’t expect to be gifted a bunch of raunchy-ass monsterfucker games.

He hates it even more, now that he's gone and gotten invested! Yeah, the main character can be shitty, but the story and concepts had him hooked!

Who wouldn't be fascinated by the implications of a former death god that tends to their garden! Hikmat deserves better than fucking Allen.

Speaking of the Allen in his life, one Tim Drake was bitching about the plan… again. Sometimes the replacement could be so smart, yet still so fucking dumb. It’s not like he wasn’t going to just go against the plan after the meeting, like he always did.

"Hey, discount Allen, if you don't shut up about the plan-" Jason starts, cut off by Tim slapping a hand indignantly to his chest.

"Allen‽ As in the-'' Tim cries vehemently before cutting himself off. Did… did he get the fucking reference? Jason hopes he didn't but going by that slight glare he was getting, Tim absolutely did.

Well, shit. Looks like his actions have consequences today.

"So, we're just gonna ignore that?" Duke asked the now quiet gaggle of bats. Only to be met with a unanimous yes, it seems like the family is tired of both Jason and Tim's bullshit today.

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Tim has so many questions and frankly, he's not sure if he wants answers to most of them. Finding out that Jason has (probably) played the one visual novel where the main character that looks eerily like him gets dicked down by big hot monster men, was not something he expected would happen during a briefing. And by calling him fucking Allen of all things!

Allen‽‽

Allen was an asshat, but Tim could see Jason's point in calling him Allen. He hates it, but he can see it, even if he would never admit it out loud.

This still begs the question of why Jason plays that game. 

What better way to break the tense silence that leached into the atmosphere? It's not like they had anything better to do during their stake out.

"So Hood, are you gonna tell me why you, (presumably), played the raunchy visual novel with a main character that looks a little too much like me?" Tim asked as he scanned the windows of the warehouse once again.

Jason, to his credit, didn't hesitate to answer.

"I don't know Red, why did you play a raunchy visual novel with a main character that looks a little too much like yourself?" Jason sassed back to Tim, who raised an eyebrow in response

They stared each other down, neither willing to cave. Jason broke first.

"We agree to never speak about Allen again?" Jason proposes. Surprising, but still in line for him.

"Is the rest of the game still up for discussion?" Tim inquired thoughtfully. He hasn't been able to talk about the implication of the game's magic systems with anyone and it drove him a little crazy, he’d take anyone at this point.

Jason scoffed,"Of course!"

"Deal." Tim stuck out his hand, shaking Jason’s. "Okay, so Momo-"

"Of-fucking-course you'd go for him!"

[supervillain-smut]

Hope I'm not being annoying but I have some more!

Stefano Valentini

Ruben Victoriano/Ruvik

Joseph Oda

Kenshi Takahashi

Reptile

Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion

Tim Drake

Barbara Gordon

Not annoying at all! I'm enjoying this.

MMMMMMMy favorite Italian. 10/10. The voice. The nose. His lips. Jaw. His silhouette!

Oh we're on a roll. 9.5/10. Voice. Nose. I wanna lick his scars. I don't even care if the texture is good or bad. Minus half a point for the cold demeanor and the fact he'll never love anyone more than he loves his sister.

You know, it's funny you ask me about him now. I was just working on something for him. 9/10. Cute, smart, probably submissive. And then there's the haunted Joseph. WOO BOY. 9.5. Just... something about it. There's gotta be a screw loose upstairs because they're so much tastier when they're morally grey to completely bankrupt.

Hey-hey! It's can't-see Takahashi! (I'm kidding, I'm kidding!) Love Kenshi. 8.5/10. They really did him good in the new game! His characterization is tricky, though. Makes him a challenge to write. Not a bad thing, I love a challenge!

Humanoid or reptiloid, I can take him. (Not in a fight.) 10/10. Personally a big fan of the MK9 zaterran look, but his human look in MK1? Ohohoho. RRRUFF!

MMMMMMMHMHMHMH!!! I'm gonna use his biceps like chew toys. His MK9 alternate costume is a fucking MEAL. 11/10.

REEEED ROBIN! ... meh. Too young to me. Grew up with him as Robin, still can't see him like I do Nightwing. He's sweet, honest, and a great Robin. Just not my type. 5/10.

(Just to top the whole discussion off since I answered Nightwing previously lol). ... I can see what Nightwing saw in her. Again, though, not really my type, and grew up with her. Lil awkward, lol. 6/10.

[twinhood-2dot0]

My Favourite LGBTQIA+ Characters

It's Pride Month! I scheduled 2 posts ahead of time (Yes, I'm that bored. No mobile, no laptop, and mediocre books, so I have nothing better to do.) and now I realised it's Pride Month :P. Anyways, I could go into the history of Pride month and stuff, but you could read that anywhere, but you can't read about my opinions anywhere else, so this is what you get.

HarlIvy

What better bi representation than a psychopatic-psychiatrist-who-fell-in-love-with-the-Joker-and-became-his-sidekick-and-stuck-in-an-abusive-relationship-then-broke-up-and-found-another-woman-who-has-even-less-regard-for-human-life? Harley Quinn has been a fan favourite ever since her appearance in Batman: The Animated Series and became probably more loved than Superman and possibly Batman too. The Harley Quinn series is a morbidly hilarious series and I love their relationship in it. Kinda sad that she didn't really have a WLW relationship in the DCEU though. Actually, is there even a Poison Ivy? I think her last appearance was in Batman & Robin and wouldn't we all wanna forget that movie ever existed. Harley and Ivy had ties even in BTAS but it wasn't much explored. In the comics, they were also part of the Gotham City Sirens along with Catwoman. The romance only continued to blossom since then, and they've even wed in the Injustice (fighting video game series, in short, Superman becomes a dictator after Lois and his unborn child dies and Batman works to stop him) universe.

I love this art so much.

YumiHisu

YumiHisu is the ship of Ymir and Krista Lenz from Attack On Titan. I don't want to spoil much, but this is the closest thing to a couple Attack On Titan has, and I love it for it. I hate romance in most stories, so I really love that Attack On Titan has so little of it, and the one they do is a really cute one. Ymir and Krista aren't really a focus, but their interactions we do see are very cute, and their story in S2 was awesome.

Batfam characters

Yeah we're back to DC again. A lot of these are going to be DC :P. What can I do? DC has a lot of great representation.

Tim Drake is the 3rd Robin, as I've probably burnt into your memory by now. I didn't really care about him for a long time, because he's surrounded by so many Robins who are all so memorable. I mean, he's competing with Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, and Damian Wayne, so :P. Although after reading more I've come to like him. He's the biggest nerd, his origin story is him figuring out Batman's identity, and he has a great sense of humor. He's not the usual Uber smart character who forgot to invest in the charisma skill. He also canonically has( had? DC's timeline is a mess) a low self esteem, which is why he was never Robin in the New 52 Universe, so I can relate :P. He has dated Stephanie Brown, the 4th Robin and Spoiler and Batgirl and it has been hinted that he had something going on with Conner Kent, Superboy. It was made official in Batman: Urban Legends where Tim agrees to go on a date with a guy he rescued.

Tim comes out to Batman.

I sadly haven't reached that part yet because I'm still at 2018 :P but I've read the Pride one-off comic, and wanna see more of it. Jonathan Kent, Superman's son, also Superman, is also bi, and has a cute boyfriend. I don't care much for Superman so I guess I'll be skipping that tho :P.

Batwoman, Kate Kane was one of the highest-profile LGBTQIA+ comic book superhero. I, regrettably, haven't read much of her, I think I've only seen her in Detective Comics (2016) and Grant Morrison's Dick Grayson Batman run. Although, her character arc in Detective Comics was pretty cool, so I hope to someday remedy that.

Alysia Yeoh, while a pretty minor character, as a trans person, I love Gail Simone so much for her character. Alysia is Barbara Gordon's (Batgirl) roommate in the New 52 run of Batgirl and was such a badass character. She's a professional activist, and she's also the first trans character in comics to get married.

Alysia in DC Pride.

Huh, funny, Killer Moth was also Batgirl's first supervillain in Batgirl: Year One. Don't think that's a coincidence.

Okay, that's enough DC.

Solangelo

Literally the only one of two couples I cared about in Riordanverse. Percabeth is bleugh, even the ship name is bleugh, and Jasper is, well, they ended up breaking up, sooo, need I say more? Sadie and Anubis and Walt seems like a polyamorous relationship? That one is interesting, at the very least. Magnus Chase and Alex is also meh, I love Alex, but the relationship I couldn't care less for. Let's also talk about Alex. Alex is the first genderfluid character and oh do I love them. They're badass and I love their humor so much. Solangelo is such a cute couple and I love that a sun of Apollo is dating a sun of Hades. I just finished reading Sun and The Star today and I loved it so much. They're just perfect for each other. Nico has always been such an intriguing character, and Will's contrasting personality is fun.

Rosa Diaz and Captain Raymond Holt

Bi and gay characters from Brooklyn 99. Rosa was initially shown dating just men, but later comes out as bi and has a whole arc with her parents. Holt has always been gay is also married, and they break up and get married again. I love Rosa's badass character and deadpan humor and basically her whole personality. Holt conforms to 0 gay stereotype. He's not flamboyant at all and not very effeminate. He's deadpan, hates humor, and takes no crap.

Typing on phone is hard and I'd like to stop now thank you, so here's a rapid fire honorable mentions.

Cam and Mitchell from Modern Family, Princess Bubblegum and Queen Marceline in Adventure Time, Nia Nal (trans-woman, played by an actual trans-woman), Stargirl in Supergirl, okay, that's it.

[juniebugs]

very basic immunology stuff if you want to understand my madness

dawh shucks thanks for being interested in my notes. here's some general, not really superhero specific but hopefully semi entertaining stuff for your if you want more immunology info :)

QUICK INTRODUCTORY VOCAB LESSONNN

(Intro stuff, not really superhero analogies, but if you're actually looking to understand my nonsense you need to know this stuff)

Immunity: Resistance to disease Immune System: A functional system made up of many silly guys (molecules & immune cells) that chill in lymphoid tissues and swim in bodily fluids. Wet and constant. Lovely Pathogen Classes: 1.) Bacteria -> Think food poisoning or TB 2.) Viruses -> smallpox, flu, 'a virus has been going around at little jimmy's daycare' 3.) Fungi -> ringworm, thrush, mushrooms in my spaghetti (eugh) 4.) Parasites -> sleeping sickness, malaria

The Lymphatic System: alllll throughout the body. Bone marrow + a hefty amount of structures that contain lymphatic tissues, lymphatic vessels, and lymph. Lymph: a clear fluid -- essentially interstitial fluid-- that is located within lymphatic vessels and tissues.

also like why are lymphatic vessels described as being vessels with lymph and lymph described as fluid found in lymph vessels. the dictionary would NOT approve. jk i'm in engineering i don't know shit about writing.

ANYWAY these circulate body fluids and are defenders. Following?

WHERE IS THIS EVEN HAPPENING???

(This still isn't super hero analogies (bare w/ me) but if you're curious about where this goopy gooey nonsense is occurring i gotchu. )

We can breakdown the main locations / organs (vessels? girl idk) into primary or secondary.

PRIMARY is where pluripotent stem cells (do i sound smart yet?) differentiate and become immunocompetent. these locations are kind of like daycares that potty trains.

RED BONE MARROW (Primary): located within flat bones and the epiphyses of long bones. this is where the stem cell differentiate actually occurs and they become not like other girls. except they are like other girls because they become either mature B cells or immature (pre) T cells. i could so easily make a testosterone joke rn but i'll hold back. THYMUS (Primary): Where B cells can go on and forge their own paths, pre-T cells need to go on a self-discovery journey so they go to T-cell school in the Thymus to mature. (Superior mediastinum between the aorta & sternum).

SECONDARY is where these cells essentially decide to go to boarding school. They get more matured, learn more, and even learn how to ⋆.˚⟡ ࣪ ˖work together ⋆.˚⟡ ࣪ ˖ and coordinate adaptive immune responses. If only engineers worked like that...

LYMPH NODES (Secondary): these are small organs that are distributed throughout the body. these are the generic gas stations of the body. They filter lymph but they're also a hip 'meet-up' for the kids (adaptive immune system) so it's easier to find eachother. SPLEEN (Secondary): believe it or not im refraining from a tim drake joke rn. The spleen is the largest secondary lymphoid organ (wowwww) and it's chillin on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm. it has a big role in removing damaged / defective red blood cells. It's like-- if the immune system was a basketball team, this would be the bench w/ coach bolton having a freakout over gabriella. LYMPHATIC NODULES (Secondary): these are organized masses of lymphatic tissues BUT they are not contained by a capsule #freespirited #authenticallyme. these are commonly associated w/ mucosal surfaces (as all good things are) and tonsils... ig.

INNATE VERSUS ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEMS

OKAY IM FINALLY DOING MY ANALOGIES. that was a lot of text. if you read that all you're a real one. or as cooked for your exam as i am. we're in this together, comrade.

The immune system has many working parts, but they can be broken down into the innate and adaptive immune systems.

and, for the sake of me trying to learn a thousand things in a week, we are going to break this up into two different analogies. INNATE IMMUNE SYSTEM = BATFAMILY (click here fr)

ADAPTIVE IMMUNE SYSTEM = MARVEL (or here :) )

besides these excellent analogies that are gonna be presented to you there are a few general distinctions.

Innate is non-specific and acts as both the primary & secondary lines of defense (including both surface and internal defenses).

Adaptive is highly specific and acts as the third line of defense. Has specific cells types and/or proteins generated that attack foreign substances. Has a memory (which is a bit freaky imo) and can be divided into humoral and cellular immunity but thats for laterrrrrrr.

[arobinwithoutbatman]

((Alrighty! It's Sunday so time to read more Tim Drake with the... 3 different guides I'm using to make sure I do it in the right order... why are comics like this?

Last week I did Lonely Place of Dying (Which covered Batman #440-442 as well as New Titans #60 and #61) And Robin Volume 1: Reborn (which covered Batman #455-457, Detective Comics #618-621 and Robin #1-5)

So I'm starting with Robin Volume 2: Triumphant

...after I've had some lunch

Hoookay DC #465...

Awwww patrolling with Batman and noting that Bruce is doing okay~

Oooooo unfortunate choice of words... I'm sure it's fine, Tim

Oof, slapped by a lady he prevented from going through something awful. Not your fault, bud

Alfred and some rando watching soap operas together while working in the Cave? Fuck yeah!

Ah yes, Bruce Wayne helping where he can as the man himself rather than a vigilante

...is he *actually* dating Vicky Vale or is it s cover?

Hah! Making a stab at the lady's age for kissing Bruce on the cheek! Very cleverly and subtly done, not sure I like the jealousy angle. Also how does Bruce put up with being flirted with and having his boundaries crossed all the time?

Oooooooohhhhhh this Ginny Gray person can't distinguish fiction from reality

Nicely played, Bruce!

Awww Jim's getting married!

Oh shit! Tim's Dad is awake!

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And now #467

Ooooo I see Lynx is back

And King Snake apparently. Looking to set up shop in Gotham and be a nuisance

Sorry Jim, you're forever gonna get ghosted by Batman and Robin

"We're not the only ones who trade in fear. Crimelords run empires on it" Stares loudly in Jason's direction

OH. Oh I don't like that! Tim's still settling and the informant got dressed in a Robin costume and beat to shit?!

Yeah that's one hell of a threat

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Let's go 468

Yup, Ghost Dragons going nuts

And that is *not* what happened Edmund!

...Bruce... Bruce I'm begging you. Just tell him you're worried for Tim's safety after a very clear threat was made and it's low key triggering you a little

You know what? I'll take that. Admitting that Robin has been singled out as a target and wanting him to be kept out of it

And of course, Tim being the clever little shit that he is, using Bruce's own words and lessons to make him finish the night and get some rest. Nicely done

Aaaaaand another threat. More subtle this time. Cause that doesn't look like a robin, I think it's some other bird?

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Aaaaannnnnd 469

Oh Lynx is 100% manipulating Edmund

Bruce, you will keep a civil tongue in your head when speaking to Alfred, I don't care how tired and worried you are

Oh good, Bruce at least knows he's running into a trap

Oooohhhhh that's gonna hit hard

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Robin 2

...oh joy, it's clown themed -.- fucking clown

Nope. Absolutely do not allow the fucking clown to see his mother. Keep them faaaarrrrr apart from each other, nothing good can come from this

Like listen. I'll fight for the rights of the disabled both physically and mentally until I'm blue in the face. But given everything he's done so far, going from a relatively harmless nuisance to a literal murderer and continuing to put thousands of people in danger every time he gets out. He shouldn't get anything other than his meds.

FUCKING TOLD YOU, YOU CAN'T TRUST EITHER OF THEM

Oh God, and it's Tim's first solo patrol?!?!

Good thing Jason hasn't come back to life yet!

...this is the first time Freeze shows up? Huh... that actually goes with one of the Belfry chats

Warlocks and Warriors? Awwww Tim's a dnd nerd!

Hell yes, stand up for your friends! Sucks you've got no time rn tho

...2 years from getting his driver's liscence sooooo... he's 14 currently?

Yes Tim, the guy who killed your predecessor really is that crazy!

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Hm, hologram Batman. Smart idea on short notice

Oh damn, Ives is a great friend keeping Tim out of trouble like that

Uhh Ma'am? You're a local right? Surely you know not to trust anything with clown iconography?

...I'm gonna say that that phonecall wasn't Bruce and was actually Joker managing to get through on the line thanks to the computer scientist he kidnapped and drugged

Tim, honey, just be glad you're not dead because Joker knows you're on your own now

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And this is why you don't give the old clown anything except his fucking meds

Because he may not have a PHD like several other rogues but he's pretty decent at chemistry and he's a quick study. Look at what he's managed to do with just a few books from the asylum library!

Snrrrrkkk Alfred just admit you've come to like the excitement of American Football~ You're still a proper British gent, I promise~

...a billion dollars when the city is boarderline bankrupt? Delivered by Batman? ...I fucking hate the clown

And Tim is venting it out via his dnd game with his buddies, bless him. I've done that too, buddy

Oooooo good catch! The power grid!

...well that's not creepy at all! I might have to make an ammendment to the thread I started with my fiance

Welp... this isn't looking good

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Okay, setting the trap and trying to find a solution to all this

Remote controlling the truck with a Batman suit inside? Smart! Here's hoping the clown isn't expecting conversation

...is that where the Batman version of fucking Jingle Bells came from?!?!

HAH! Every other inmate making fun of the clown! As he fucking deserves!

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I'm gonna start another post from here I think, this one's getting long enough even under the read more

[mzminola]

I don’t know how much Damian real-names people in the field post-Flashpoint, so I don’t know if it’s still an issue by the time Tim tried out calling himself Drake,

But honestly, if the kid is still doing it a lot then it’s a pretty good idea. “Tim isn’t it risky to use your last name as your vigilante name?” Not when he’s being called that anyway.

Like, okay, scenario one, there is a hero called Robin or Red Robin or Batkid or whatever, and while most of his teammates call him Robin etc, one of them consistently calls him “Drake” in the field where civilians and Rogues can hear. Sometimes the capes mess up and call each other by their old mantles (much like the original Titans probably call Nightwing “Rob” a lot), but you, random person, have never heard of any previous heroes called Drake.

Why do you think that one teammate keeps calling him that?

Scenario two, there is a hero called Drake, maybe with a duck theme or dragon theme. Bird themed heroes in Gotham and mythology themed heroes anywhere are pretty common. All of this heroes teammates call him Drake.

Do you spend any time thinking about the name at all?

When you meet a civilian who looks kinda similar to that hero, and his name is Tim Drake, which of the above scenarios is more likely to make you think, “Huh, that’s a suspicious coincidence”?