Everyone assumes that Jason and Damian are the feral and insane ones of Bruce's boys while Tim and Dick are the normal sane nice ones.
Sure Jason and Damian will threaten to chop off fingers and heads and won't hesitate to see that threat through.
Sure Bruce would prefer less blood stains to be washed off their uniforms but at least it's not theirs. Plus they can act insane and walk in guns blazing, katana ready because they know they can handle it. They are better at it than anyone else.
Bruce doesn't have to worry much about their personal safety, they're not really harming themselves.
But Tim and Dick? They're insane.
There's absolutely batshit (ha) crazy. Have no sense of self preservation and they will walk in guns blazing, grenade ready with weapons they discovered 2 minutes ago.
Dick and Tim can't patrol together. It's forbidden for everyone's sake.
Dick once licked a drug from poison ivy's plants and Tim let him. And then did the same.
Tim wanted to study the effects of Gotham bay water and Dick volunteered. They both ended up hospitalized.
They decided to break into area 51 and were severely disappointed so they left a bunch of fake signals on their radar and a cardboard alien cut out.
They've made villains cry using bad puns and access to their search history.
Dick and Tim were called on a mission and grouped together by the other heroes since Batman wasn't around to stop them.
The mission was a success. Dick learned how to differentiate between hallucinations and real people in a fight, and exactly why alien narcotics are not for the weak, Tim learned all of the heroes secrets, and a new way to break a bone.
These two are menaces. They have nothing protecting them, and despite Bruce's many tries, nothing stopping them.
