I Swear That First One ("what If I Cry And Its Your Fault. Whatcha Gonna Do") Is My Bookmark. I SWEAR

i love this addition so fucking much. because yeah. tim knows, objectively, that the batfam must hold some affection for him. he knows, objectively, that they are kind enough to tell him if he was ever unwanted. but he can’t understand it. he thinks that they “love” him and want him because he makes himself useful. he has to be useful, because if he isn’t useful, what is he? who is he? not tim drake, the boy he got everything he ever had by performing a function. the boy who made himself as useful as possible, as efficient as possible, so that he has a worth. so that he has value.

tim drake got everything he ever had by sinking his teeth into it and never letting go. he got everything he had by latching on tight, like a parasite, and pretending it was a symbiotic relationship until he made it become one.

hey. hi. so.

might be a little obsessed with Tim Drake. this is not new. what is new, however, is the idea of timothy jackson drake being raised as a shield.

you know how some children are raised as weapons? that sucks. but weapons have a use. they're sharp, they're dangerous. sometimes they're respected in some capacity. some people have emotional attachments to their weapons. a weapon is valued for the threat that it is simply by being. a weapon is valued for the damage it can do. and that sucks. but a weapon is valued, pretty much automatically, because a weapon has a purpose.

but shields? their entire purpose is someone else. a shield is worthless without someone to shield. a shield is used until it breaks, and then it's immediately replaced. a shield is valued as long as it's stable, as long as it takes the hits meant for someone else. a shield is valued until it takes too many hits and it breaks. no one will repair that broken shield. it's never going to be as stable as it used to be. better to just get a new one.

anyways. tim drake is a shield, not a sword. at first he was shielding his parents reputation. then he was shielding Batman, both his reputation and his health- mental and physical. and he never stopped. he spent a year with the league of assassins to protect batman. to rescue him.

and when he gets back from that year? he's shielding Bruce by taking the brunt of work at WE.

to conclude: tim was raised as a shield instead of a child and i can't stop thinking about it.

On Tim and Dick (specifically Dick giving away Robin):

Dick sees "graduating" from Robin as an honor. That is the source of most of his arguments with Bruce. Dick has spent so much time and effort trying to escape from Batman's shadow. When he "graduates" Tim, he sees it as an honor. An affirmation that Tim is Doing Good and has succeeded.

Tim sees "losing" Robin as failure. This is the source of most of his- I'm not gonna say arguments, but feelings toward- Bruce. He has spent so much time and effort to be deemed worthy to be even in Batman's shadow to begin with. When he "loses" Robin, he sees it as Dick telling him he isn't Good Enough. An affirmation of the bullshit Damian has been spewing about Tim's value as part of the group. (And I could rant about Damian and Robin and Tim, but that's for a different day.)

Back to the "Batman's Shadow" analogy: Dick became Robin in Batman's shadow. He was sheltered from the blinding light until he was old enough to take it on. When he was, Batman didn't want him to go. So he left the shadows himself. He sees being able to 'brave the light' as a victory, so he "rescues" Tim from the shadow.

Tim became Robin without Batman's aid. He became Robin with no one to shelter him from the light. And just when he finally feels secure in his role, just when he's granted a place in Batman's shadow, Dick shoves him back into the unforgiving light again.

Robin is a very complicated mantle with a lot of feelings attached to it, it's a very symbolic thing. Robin is not just a crime fighting vigilante, it is not just a suit, but it is- it is a place of belonging within the family. For Dick, specifically, Robin was to honor his dead parents. From the very beginning, Robin is for family. Jason uses Robin as a way to connect with Bruce and defend his first "family", the people of Crime alley. So in the second Robin, this idea stays clear: Robin is for family.

But with Tim? He wasn't family until the end of his run as Robin, but he still saw it as family. He was there for the origins of Robin, at the circus. He saw how Robin was for family.

And then Dick took it away.

i dare you to writr some soft percabeth fluff

debating whether or not to write some soft percabeth fluff

”acquire” like duke is a fucking pokemon

Damian, entering smog/pollution city Gotham after living in Nanda Parbat his entire life: why am I turning white?

hc that everyone turns white only in gotham bc of the sheer amount of pollution blocking out the sun

Damian thought he was slowly dying at first and also refused to ask for help

Jason, casually crimelording: Damian what are you doing? Damian: Todd. I need help- Jason: what? YOU asking for help?? Are you dying?? Damian: Yes. Look at my skin! Jason: *takes off his helmet out of concern or smthing* Damian, seeing Jason without a tan for the first time: YOU'RE DYING TOO??? Jason: Jason, little shit little brother getting the opportunity to be an annoying shithead older brother: oh yeah did you know-

Damian was actually convinced he was going to die for like a month until he finally cracked and was a little hurt at everyone laughing at him (good thing he has: knife)

this is far far far too accurate for my taste

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ofc???

Just an experiment. Reblog if you actually give a fuck about male victims of domestic violence and rape.

Of fucking course

What sick bastard doesn’t

I think more people need to be okay with disliking characters purely because of vibes. Like no, it’s not because I’m biased towards my favorite character. It’s not because the character I dislike did some horrible despicable thing. I just think if I met this character IRL their personality would make me want to go jump off a cliff bc they genuinely just bother me so much. And it’s just because they have Bad Vibes.

once i got this on a chatfic. a chatfic. yeah, it was a really emotional storyline, it was six idiots insulting each other over text while being incredibly gay.

Heads up everyone, there's a new scam in town!

(Or perhaps an old one and I am late to the party)

Reasons it is a scam:

1) long, but doesn't reference the fic or characters at all

2) wants money - and will only communicate through dms, they don't have a public profile with proof of their work

And finally!

3) I googled this copy paste text and... suprise! It is a copy paste text. Loads of other people have the same ask

Stay safe and don't fall for this all!

ofc you have permission! i am currently struggling with writers block so i cant :(

I just had an Idea. What if Damian met Tim during the time he was training with Lady Shiva? I’m like 90% sure Damian trained with her at some point, and I know for sure that Tim did. So what if they met through her?

then when Damian ends up in Gotham he recognizes Tim not as Robin but as lady shiva’s apprentice. I imagine it would go smth like this:

Tim, opening the door: Hi

Damian: Timothy?

Tim: Damian???

Damian: Why are you here?

Tim: I live here. Damian: *shocked murder baby noises*

PEOPLE.

hi hi hello its me, im back, i breached containment, im here to yap about tim drake again bc hes my favorite and i have latched onto him.

first of all, let’s draw a line between fanon tim and canon tim. personality wise i dont know jack shit about canon tim… but angst wise? oh boy.

the amount of unexplored *angst potential* truly drives me insane.

like, i love lonely neglected gremlin tim. i enjoy reading about the effects of jack and janet being negkectful. but in canon, they werent. ya know what trauma tim DOES have related to his parents in canon? jack dying.

because that was his father. under his protection. and he failed. jack died on his watch, when it was his job to prevent it. combine that with so e sweet sweet angst about needing to be useful? you get tim drake who has dedicated his entire life to being able to protect people, and you get him utterly failing when it matters most. you get tim drake who became useless and it cost him his dad.

i want tim drake who does not believe he is worthy of robin. he forced himself in, and the second he failed people around him started dropping. like. flies. jack, steph, bart, kon, bruce. i always see ppl characterize damian as being insecure abt robin, which, like, to an extent he is. but. but tim, tim who believes he will never be worthy of the title. tim who does not believe he has a place in the family.

i love fanon dont get me wrong. ik a lot of ppl hve prkblems with it (valid ones tbh) but its how i was introduced to the fandom and i love it. but canon is being neglected. and we should fix that.