"DICK GREW UP AS AN ONLY CHILD AND GOT HIS FIRST SIBLING AFTER HE WAS A FUCKING ADULT! HE DOES NOT HAVE

i’m so normal about them

omg didn’t tim make some sort of promise to ra’s to get his help during the BruceQuest??????

hi!!!

AU Idea: fae!tim drake who very specifically treats promises as sacred. why? the ✨angst potential✨.

plus all the other stuff with tim being a fae, but i had the idea abt promises specifically

Hi!!! 👋

Fae!Tim has my entire heart and soul. The promises side of this is a wonderful addition. So, let's get into it ^^

For this AU, let's say Tim can lie. He's fae, but he can lie. The only issue he has (and other fae have) with lying is that it's painful, considered rude, and fae can usually tell when someone is lying to them. The pain and offense of the lie increases with how great or important the lie is.

The fae, however, keep this as a tightly guarded secret (that they can lie and that lying hurts them). Barely any non-fae know about it.

Unfortunately, Tim found out the hard way that not keeping promises, even when he intended to, counts as lying to their biology. He was in a considerable amount of pain when he found that out the hard way. Perhaps there's even a magical binding element to promises where he has to keep them or pay some price.

Tim thus very rarely makes promises. He doesn't do white lies, and he won't say comfort lies/promises of "you'll be alright." There are loopholes he utilizes, and he is very good at misleading or misrepresenting himself.

Nobody else in the batfam is fae. Only Tim. So, the Bats do not know that Tim can lie. Because, again, he rarely if ever does and it usually causes him pain.

The Bats do know that he's very careful with promises. Perhaps there was a moment where someone tried to use promises as a way to guarantee Tim would do something (like take care of himself), and Tim was hella pissed off for this.

Anyways, I think the others would have varying opinions about promises. Some say them off-handedly, some try to only mutter them in serious or important moments, and some try their damndest to uphold any promise they make.

The only batfam member to take it as seriously and sacredly as Tim is Damian. Whether that's because of how he was raised or because of his nature (dragon, angel, siren, or whatever), is up to you ^^

I just like the angst and relationship potential of Tim and Damian, who start off as enemies, learning to trust the other when it comes to promises. This one aspect they see eye to eye on.

i despise when people say that tim is boring

because, no???

people have just decided that all of tim's character traits are just favoritism.

literally had this exact fucking conversation with someone a few days ago:

"i don't like tim because he's boring."

"oh, why?"

"he doesn't have any character traits."

"yes he does. he sees himself as a sentient tool, consistently chooses others over himself, is one of the few characters who actually understands the symbols of batman and robin separate from the people in the suits, is a detective equal to and sometimes better than batman, he's great at hacking, he constantly makes new allies and is a big part of the reason batman has a support network."

"no, that's just from runs where tim was unfairly favored."

"ohhh. i see. you decided that tim doesn't have any character traits because when he is respected as a human being and not just a Tool for the characters you like better and can, you know, show his character traits, you have decided it is favoritism and doesn't count. let's not think about the 10~ years when tim was a fucking background character and basically Didn't Matter in comparison to the more popular characters. that wasn't favoritism towards anyone at all."

forever pissed that dc made tim's coming out about steph for some stupid reason. like. how. why. and i don't think anyone wanted that.

it wasn't to appease steph fans, because afaik most of them don't like it anyway. so what was the point. what was the point of making tim coming out about steph???

i just. why, dc? why.

elaborate????

I can't tell if this is a healthy distraction because I am stabbing myself but it's not on purpose

ao3 is being slow lately and its pissing me off because there’s a 50/50 chance when i click “kudos” nothing happens like let me appreciate a fic smh

*rubs hands together evily* new crossover in the works yall

the world wouldnt last a second if stephanie brown and sadie kane met

struggling because i actually wrote the fucking fic i said i would write but now i CANT FIND THE POST WHERE I ASKED TO STEAL THE IDEA AND NOW I CANT GIVE THEM THE FINISHED FIC. WHAT. WHY. AGONY.

he’s batsexual.

I saw a post about homophobes complaining about Joker being confirmed as bisexual.... But like, that's not new?

Harley is the third wheel to Joker's one sided relationship with Batman.

In the Arkham Knight game, Joker legit says, "What are you really scared of, Bats? Me in a thong?"

Joker has been pregnant before.

That man is not a cishet guy and never has been.

i swear that first one ("what if i cry and its your fault. whatcha gonna do") is my bookmark. i SWEAR

Some bookmarks I've gotten that have either made me laugh or smile