Return Of Tim, The Drama Queen. Dislocated His Thumb To Free Himself

tired boy stikes again

ives in the background lmao

"you fricking clown"

as a side note, i actually really like tim's hair in these. the middle part always makes him identifiable to me. maybe its just because of red robin, but i like it nonetheless.

REDBIRD REDBIRD

but for real, this blows for tim. im kind of surprised people dont use this plotpoint in fanfiction more often.

YES! YES! I PREDICTED IT! IM A MASTERMIND! the whole 'mature for his age' thing! i had it pinned from the start!!

i probably shouldn't be celebrating, but im so proud of myself right now lmao.

in all honesty, this scene is so heartbreaking. if my dad did this to me, i think id be bitter for a couple of days.

kickass steph is something i like to see :D

it annoys me that she had so many out if character 'damsel in distress' moments, but at least she gets her moment to shine here!

look at him, being a teenager. don't you love it?

Could anyone tell me how old at least one of the Batboys (jason, tim, dick, duke, damian) were when Alfred died, or if any of them didn’t exist? I’m blending new and old comics for my writing and I’m having continuity errors. 

baby kon is picking up chicks. baby tim is playing chess.

this has no significance. i just thought it would be cute

BRUCE YOU DINGUS. :sigh: another poor father firgure for tim. makes me so sad

bruce certainly isn’t perfect, but he isn’t terrible either. i think one of the fandom’s difficulties in writing bruce is that he isn’t just good dad or bad dad.

now, im not saying i write him perfectly, but i really do try and get the layers of his relationships down. 

it’s so obvious that bruce cares a whole bunch. he loves his kids (i just sort of ignore the bad-bruce-characterization in some comics lol). the small interactions and chats of batman and robin get these across wonderfully. it’s a shame that some comics completely reduce these soft moments through poor writing. 

i got into dc through fanfiction, but the more comics i read, the more i just fall in love with the fandom. the way tim acts older than he is- the way he tries, but there’s always something deeper simmering within- it’s so incredibly. 

also, the whole contagion story line? is that just completely unexplored by the fanfiction community? because ohh-my-god it has amazing potential and i’ve never seen anything work with it other than half-heartedly addressing it. 

so yeah, im writing a little oneshot for it lol

dick and tim gossiping about bruce. neither of them considered bruce as their dad; more like the weird younger uncle who used to babysit them

you know, realistically, tim brings up a good point. i mean, he wasn't just a lonely child boo hoo or anything, it's implied that his only present family would up and leave semi frequently to the point that it was normalized for tim, who has a VERY strong moral compass.

this panel sequence is just... so much. first of all, it hits the awkward part of tim drake just right. deny it all you want, the boy blurts dumb shit kinda often lol.

then, there is the bond between the two boys. they may not be bruce's sons at that point, but they certainly do act like brothers. plus, that connection to bruce that tim has. man, it produces some good angst.

BAM. comic book proof of tim being left alone. i will never doubt another fanfic writer again. okay, that's a lie.

anyone else laughing at how tim's age makes zero sense?

can you imagine working with someone who you've idolized since the age of seven and have them not smile at you for months? smiling is like the bare minimum for any friendliness or openness whatsoever. i doubt he literally never smiled, but what tim says suggests that the environment wasn't quite easy for a while.

also tim being starved for praise is always what i wanna see. sorry fluff fans.

it is obligation. it's unhealthy and destructive, but it's his obligation.

nice