"oh I just use they/them on everyone"
No you don't. You're lying to my face. How do I know that? Because you have never once referred to a cis man as they/them. Not your boyfriend, not the mailman. None of them. It's just me. And I know it's because you don't actually see me as a man and even putting in the effort to memorize my pronouns is too much for you, but I'd honestly rather be misgendered as a woman at this point because at least those kinds of transphobes can say it with their chests.
"oh all men are just horrible like that"
Gee, thanks, that makes me feel so good about myself. Oh, what was that? Oh I'm not like that? So it's not all men? Or did you just conveniently forget I was a man again. And by the way, that's a shitty thing to say about anyone regardless of their genitals, just so you know... so am I horrible like all men are or am I not a man? You've backed yourself into a corner and you know it
"oh but now I feel guilty"
Good. That's your conscience. Put in the damn effort or call yourself what you are: a transphobe. Commit or quit baby.
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Helloooooooooooooooooooooooo. It was Timmy's bday yesterday! So here's a question:
What do you think are some things about Tim that Jason is fond of ?
Also, what are some of your favorite things about Tim??
(you can answer either or both or neither upto you!)
Happy Birthday to my baby boy Timmy! 🎂🎉🥳
Oooh, interesting questions.
Jason: I think Jason would have a fondness for Tim’s geekiness because it often complements his own nerdiness quite nicely. He's fondly EXASPERATED by Tim’s pitiful physical/mental self-care habits, and he'd never admit it, but taking care of Tim makes him feel useful and proud -- it's proof he can still heal, he's not reduced to harm. He secretly admires Tim's strength of will. This kid figures out what's necessary and come hell or high water he does that thing, from becoming Robin to NOT becoming a supervillain. Jason's made peace with his own moral code by now, but I don't think that stops him from wondering who he'd be if he were more like Tim, or who Tim would have become if put through Jason's experiences. Jason is fond of watching Tim interact with Damian because the mix of catty rivalry, roundabout empathy, and ferocious love is something Jason's sure Tim learned from HIM, not Dick. But most of all, I think Jason's fond of Tim's forgiving heart. He will never really understand it, and sometimes he can't help but call it naive, but the way Tim can look Jason in the eyes and tell him "I forgive you. I love you" even after everything Jason did to him... It might just be the most undeserved and yet most treasured gift Jason's ever been given.
Me: My favorite thing about Tim Drake is how much I can torture him 😁👍
Ok, I'm mostly kidding. Tim Drake... is complex and interesting. He contains multitudes. There's fanon and canon, and different writers' fanon and canon. Who the fuck is Tim Drake, like, actually?
As I understand it, DC designed him to be the Everyman Robin. As fic writers, we take certain details and hints and blow them up for that sweet sweet angst, but at least in the beginning of "Tim Drake" he actually was a pretty normal, albeit genius, kid. And as much as I enjoy making his early life hell, I want to actually celebrate the Everyman origins today.
Because here's the thing. Not many of us are orphaned circus performers. I hope and pray not many of us have fended for our own lives homeless on dangerous streets at young ages. I highly doubt we've had to go to war against our own fathers, and I'm pretty damn sure none of us have been raised by immortal megalomaniacs in assassin cults.
But being raised by two working parents and sometimes a nanny in a stable household, balancing extracurriculars and grades? Yeah. A lot of people, at least in what I assume was the target demographic for Tim's comics when he was created, can relate to that.
And that's what I love about Tim. He's so normal, a self-insert for the handwavy general reader, AND YET.
He becomes a superhero.
He didn't even set out to. All he set out to do was give the other heroes pep talks and a reinstated sense of purpose. But when that wasn't enough, when the heroes weren't strong enough, this little everyman boy decides that he's going to do it, and then he DOES.
Not for glory. Not for vanity. Not for his own sense of purpose. Just because it's needed. Just because he wants to help make his world a little less broken.
I love Tim Drake because he is proof that you don't need to be great to have a great effect on your world.
Are any of us gonna become superheroes? No. Are we gonna lose spleens to supervillains? God, I hope not. But can we look around and decide to roll up our sleeves and care for others, no matter whether the Greats are failing? Yeah. Yeah, I think we can, and if we have the strength, we should.
Tim Drake, at his very core, is just a normal kid who loves others and wants to help them. Even when it's hard. Even when it hurts him.
If he can do it, I can too.
And that is an encouraging thought.
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