i dont know if anyone finds jack drake as interesting as i do, but his relationship with tim really draws me in.
even without tim as robin, there is still something drawing them apart, like a mutual misunderstanding between the two. jack acts boarderline selfish in his raising of tim, but he's also grieving in the same way bruce and tim are.
instead of solving the root of the problem (even if tim would have nearly never caved), he sends his son away to cause trouble out of jack's sight. obviously, the writers had to do this for the sake of the story, but its still very sad.
people who blindly hate jack drake either see him hitting too close to home or haven't truly read him enough, and that makes me a little sad.
luckily theyre just comic books lmao
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
he’s so intelligent and caring! he always has a plan. granted, i can only speak for robin-era, but i think it all counts
Someone say something nice about Tim :(
everybody deserves bart. his interactions are hilarious and interesting. it's such a delicate balance, and it's done fabulously
(also, the artists in the second one did a fantastic job at making him still look like an adorable goof, but still a teenager. love it)
I couldn’t help myself and rewrote this scene, doing my best to nail Tim’s character but still make him react to his mom’s death like a young child. You can find it here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30682937/chapters/75709541
While doing so, I decided to just start writing little TimBits from comics and fanon for fun, so hop over the and request something if you feel :>
(context: tim is missing in europe? for a mission after a fight with his dad, who thinks tim ran away)
i really want to be mad at jack, but he's not completely terrible, just like he isn't really all that great either.
he somewhat behaves like a father who didn't really want children, but now that he has one that needs him the most, he's struggling to be the dad tim needs.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/32411041/chapters/80359888
Four years ago, Jason Todd tried to kill Tim Drake in the Titans Tower.
Four years later, Tim Drake was going to be a twenty year old high school dropout, with a paralyzed left hand and a chronic sleeping disorder. And he was going to be seeing his entire adopted family back at the Wayne Manor for an entire day of… well, it wasn’t fun, but he wasn’t sure what it was.
fic written by me! i’m so excited to share it!
i used to blog about comic books, but my latest project has been selling my cute lil stickers!
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