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if I was with dc I’d just keep drawing nightwing with subtle demisexual flag backgrounds until someone caught on or dc editorial assassinated me

#please.

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tim: look i’m sorry i implied everything bad that happened to you was directly your fault, but it wouldn’t have happened to nightwing :/

#tim to jason todd.

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This is part 1! Here is part 2

#i’m an eldest daughter in a messy family #what has tim drake done that i also couldn’t in the same scenario. #gonna be real it’s gonna take a lot more for me to snap

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“Bruce is emotionally incompetent and can’t step outside his own morality” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“Dick is extremely stubborn and thinks he’s right all the time” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“Jason has hypocritical tendencies” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“ Tim is entitled and doesn’t think about people when seeking results, and often acts uncaring” yeah it’s a character flaw.

“Damian is rude and bratty” yeah, it’s a character flaw.

Also, some people may not even regard everything listed above as flaws.

Having negative traits allows incredible flexibility within your characters, what makes them intriguing, what makes them easy to relate to. If you want to write people, then write people. But they can’t be good and clean all the time.

#… tim is not so much ‘uncaring’ as he is hyperempathetic #which makes him act on what *he* thinks is right for ppl instead of what *they* want #like his biggest ‘uncaring’ is like. in regards to jason or it’s kid foot in mouth disease. #i cannot emphasize enough how being caring is like a vital part of his character LMAO #he 100% has flaws it’s just definitely not that lmao #this could be true for post nu52 for all i know tho i only deal w pre stuff #why does everyone think tim’s this uncaring unemotional person lmao he’s not moffat’s sherlock holmes

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#they’re both aroace so i don’t care who wins #but also greta sweep pls 💜

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#damn if i thought this through a bit more and realized that injury would sweep i would’ve gone emotional damage lol #i go back and forth depending on people involved and the scenario

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reading things where people try to make tim allo is so funny. like babe you’re definitely failing bc i’m ace and it just reads like a caricature of what ace people think allo people think, but it is definitely funny. tim was known as the virgin robin for years in the fandom for a reason his ass isn’t allo

#‘mmmh his MUSCLES’ sir pls tell me this isn’t what allo people actually think when they’re attracted to people #anyways. tim was carded as the virgin robin for years and as an ace who grew up w this shit we deserve more ace robins. #i am not only taking tim but jason and dick and duke as well. they’re all aspec. #anyways. the aphobia in fandom and like in society just in general will be my villain origin story #especially bc it’s never recognized and when it is ppl say we’re just being dramatic 👍 #‘do u think… he is INCAPABLE of LOVE?’ pulcheria alexandrovna ur son is a murderer u have bigger concerns don’t u

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Im really curious how people know about Esperanto. Since its a relatively recent language (from the 1880s), its obviously not going to be as widely spoken in the world as other languages (altho apparently it is the most widely spoken constructed language). I assume most people are introduced to it later in some way?

If u know what Esperanto is, feel free 2 reblog this and say how you learned about it in the tags.

#i think i 1st learned of it in lang. class in hs but it didn’t stick until i read a batfam fic that mentioned it

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#last i checked i was 6w5 👍

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blog too stressful as of late so fun question time: what fictional characters have made you go "they are canonically transmasc even if its not canon. i know because they told me personally. the writers dont know them like i do"

#tim drake 👍 #largest one off the top of my head. he’s 100% trans no matter what flavor u think he is

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curious : how did yall get into reading dc comics?

#cassandra 👍 #idk i saw a picture of her and was fascinated #year or so later i dropped back into dc and was captivated by whatever the fuck tim has going on

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some of y’all really feel like you’re reinventing like, 1950s gender roles

#stranger things #as someone who really only goes into —> #byler #tags. like please. is this a trait that says something about the character or is it ‘masculine/feminine’. pls learn to be normal about this #is the ‘will byers is more feminine bc he cries/has a flight/freeze instinct’ in the room w us right now. #is him potentially using a gun indicative of ppl trying fo make him ‘more masc’ or is it bc he has complicated relations w lonnie #like sure *lonnie* would see using a gun as a masc trait. but nancy uses one consistently without any of the same backlash. #what does *will* think about it. WE DONT KNOW LITERALLY ANYTHING. abt wills feelings about lonnie. #like pls. is this masc or fem or are you just reinventing gender roles. jesus christ

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The other reason I think Red Robin 12 is a moment of trust between Tim and Dick is that Dick catches Tim.

Dick has a lot of issues with the concept of catching or failing to catch someone who is falling. It’s haunted his dreams.

(Nightwing #4)

It’s not so much the fall itself - Dick is fine with heights and with throwing himself off high places.

(Gotham Nights #10, Nightwing #140)

It’s about the fact he doesn’t make the catch.

One of my favourite bits of the Freefall storyline is Dick catching the Mother of Champions’ baby. Because it ties back to this fear of not getting there in time.

(Nightwing #6, Nightwing #146)

Nightwing catches the baby and is able to hand him to his mother. Wu Mei-Xin has never held any of her children before, it’s a lovely moment. It really caps off the growth Dick goes through over his solo.

(Nightwing #146)

And similarly, Dick being there to catch Tim is important imagery in their relationship.

Dick catches Tim when they’re playing around, train surfing:

(Nightwing #25)

Dick ‘catches’ Tim when he’s depressed. “You’re not catching me at a bad time”.

(Robin #156)

Dick is there to catch Tim as he falls apart after pouring out the water from the Lazarus pit.

(Nightwing #139)

And Dick is there to catch Tim as he falls from a building.

(Red Robin #12)

Dick’s grasp has never missed, when it’s Tim. It’s IMPORTANT to Dick that he make the catch for anyone, when they’re falling in front of him, but it’s especially important to him when it’s a child (and when it’s his baby brother).

Tim can honestly say to Dick “you’ll always be there for me” because a little part of him, deep inside, trusts that no matter what, no matter how impossible it might seem, Dick will be there to catch him.

#i think someone somewhere once described it as ‘answering a question [tim] already knew the answer to’ or something like that #shrödinger’s cat where tim simultaneously knows dick will catch him but also doesn’t #(could also. make connections w tim & dick both witnessing dick’s parents fall to their death. dick & tim’s relationship is so fascinating)

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anyways i have an extensive headcanon that damian doesn’t prescribe to any particular religion up until he starts doing family history research for a school project and he learns that his paternal grandmother was jewish. so he goes to tim for more info because bruce unintentionally acts like a kicked dog whenever someone brings up his parents, and damian knows that tim is jewish, and that’s when they first actually start bonding

#i am a jewish damian & tim truther first and foremost #tbh i think that tim isn’t particularly religious either. & his dad was christian & his mom never did much w him outside holidays #but he starts doing research bc damian asked him & it becomes something they can do & research together 👍 #tim drake #batfam #dc #damian wayne #damian al ghul #timothy drake

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WHY are so many of the bats Halloween/Thanksgiving/Christmas sex babies??????

#tim. damian. steph. duke. jason. babs. #like. who. is arranging this #there should not be that many leos in any household. just saying #dc #batfam #i also think there’s a dick bday that puts him in august too but i normally change that #bc. no one household deserves that many leos #tim drake #damian wayne #stephanie brown #duke thomas #jason todd #barbara gordon

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i think tim should be a wedding planner in his civilian life tbh. can be high stress, get the adrenaline moving, involves extensive planning & research skills & networking, low stakes in the ‘world ending catastrophe’ category (hopefully) & he has no real reason to be stressed beyond Getting It Right which seems a lot less stressful than ‘if i mess this up a person dies’.

#i cannot explain why this is such a funny & fitting concept to me but i also know i’m right #tim drake #dc #batfam

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Thinking about that nightwing Tim tweet again and I’m gonna be doing that for the rest of my life

#i am so sorry we could’ve had momentary nightwing!tim (to get him comfy w being a name outside robin) AND brotherly bonding #and instead ?????