hiiii <33 it's about this ask game i think? https://www.tumblr.com/timdramadrake/820253912643813376/mushroom-cookie-bears-send-me-a-character-and?source=share
i wanna ask about tim drake, bc u (and i) can never have enough of that guy π xD
I will never stop talking about my special little guy, especially with the great news we had about him today!
Favorite thing about them:
I could go on about Tim for a good while, but I think one of my favorite things is how social he is and how often he makes friends. The only time he is not making friends or interacting with them when he is in a crushing suicidal depressive episode and even then he comes out with a bonus assassin friend.
This ties with how set in civilian life and his connections to his civilian friends/life his stories are. It's one of my favorite on going themes that is unique among them.
Sorry third thing. I kind of like the weird patronizing thing he has going on because it is tied into how much Tim seems to other himself from his peers even as he interacts with them. Do I want to smack him, yes?
Least favorite thing about them:
Vampy already voiced one complaint I wholeheartedly agree with about how his characterization/opinion changes to DC mandates and author opinions.
The sexism especially irks me. Like let Stephanie LIVE. It is a character trait that is there in his early days which becomes less prominent as time goes on but it always flares up with Steph and in the late Red Robin run. Part of the Tim package that requires an occasional bricking to reset him. Though I will say it is less prevalent than I'd say other comics were in the same era and it often bites him in the ass, Lynx I is especially memorable.
Not from him but form his PoV in the No Man's Land Novelization because of what it says about my people person Robin:
Batman was good at staying still. Even Nightwing could do it if he really needed to. Tim Drake liked to move, and he liked to talk, and he liked to be with people.
He did not like spying. He especially did not like spying on people he was kinda fond of, and he had to include Huntress in that listβ¦ She was pretty dangerous, he knew that. She had killed people, after allβ¦
That was a hard thing to get past, even for Tim.
But he kinda liked herβ¦
I am not choosing one here. They are kind of Gotham heavy but I still need to crack open and finish Young Justice.
Tim & Ives (His most well-known civilian friend and the first one he makes when he switches to a new high school. He's one of the main guys we get to see Tim be a civie friend with.)
Bruce & Tim (I love their loving but messy as fuck relationship.)
Dick & Tim (These two are the Brothers of all time and I love every possible permutation of this.)
Tim & Helena (I. Need. More. Of. Them.)
Tim & Alfred (They actually have a very sweet and fond relationship I really liked.)
Tim & Pru (They were only together for a short time but I really enjoy this friendship.)
Tim & Steph (These messy exes/friends are great and considering they are written as parallels of course their relationship is fun.)
Jason & Tim (Hater who used to look up to the other so much he hallucinated him multiple times and reformed hater who stalked him and now respects him and keeps trying to manufacturing a team up despite multiple rejections.)
JayTim (Is this a question?)
DickTim (I said I loved every version of the relationship did I not?)
StephTim (They were cute and sweet even if they did get messy.)
TimTam (Their ship name is as cute as they were and it sucked when they broke up.)
Honorable Mentions: Tim/Bernard (I have not gotten to the newer comics that really show their relationship but they look cute and kind of fun.) and TimKon (They are definitely best friends and I can see the vision. I've only read an occasional fic and the fanart is lovely.)
I don't know if I have one. Or at least a ship that is popular enough to comment on? Like there's plenty I can think of an not like but people don't really actively ship them enough to comment.
Not particularly passionate about it but Tim/Lynx. I never really liked the sudden and random development.
Ra's/Tim (This one I see enough, especially one sided, to comment on. I just do not care for it, especially how people portray Ra's in this overall.)
Tim would have been a fan of the Discowing suit. That boy is a Dick Grayson fan first and a Robin (Dick Edition) fan second. A suit that is another homage to the Flying Graysons? He'd eat it up.
Tim's first crush was Dick, but he didn't recognize it for what it was until years later after coming out as bisexual. This is information he is taking to his grave.
I know @vampykitty-kun2 already mentioned something similar but while the fanon is exaggerated a lot of the Tim Fanon does have some basis in the comics when you reread.
Also I hate the Tim is a Cheater jokes and comments about how he "cheated on every significant other" and "he's going to cheat on Bernard". They annoy me. Not sure how actually unpopular this opinions is but I want them to stop.
Song I associate with them:
This is incredibly odd. But for some reason I associate Tim with this specific piano cover?
Favorite Picture of Them:
I have a couple I really like.
I like getting to see the full suit and his smile.
The attempt to look serious when he was in his boxers is jsut so funny to me and very Tim.