#so I come off on a scale from Striving For Righteousness to downright Kindly depending on how much I'm trying

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speaking of fictional characters who have committed atrocities—

#truly the most tim drake thing about me #is that I'm capable of atrocities and know it #but I'm strict with myself about Not Going There #so I come off on a scale from Striving For Righteousness to downright Kindly depending on how much I'm trying #and how well I'm succeeding. #like I'm decidedly not on the side of the atrocities. but I do *somewhat* live in a world of moral grays #so I can be friends with the Jason Todds of the world. #rereading Young Justice number 36 and 37 and discussing it with Rebekah made something CLICK in my head about Tim #and it was: he wants to be a paladin but he lives in a world of grays. He's jealous of people who live in black-and-white #such as Kon #but he is incapable of doing that #and part of the reason is... compassion. #He can empathize too much with darkness to completely condemn sinners.