Sleep-deprived Tim Drake! is not human. He is a concept. He is a myth. He is a gremlin possessed by caffeine and the ghosts of unsolved cases.
Tim, after 74 hours awake, wearing two different shoes and a hoodie that says “I hacked the Pentagon and all I got was this mental breakdown”:
“Did you know if you don’t sleep for long enough, you can taste colors? Green tastes like regret.”
Signs Tim Is In Sleep-Deprived Mode:
Refers to crimes as “side quests”
Calls Damian “my small sword-wielding hallucination”
Solves three cold cases from the 80s but forgets how to open the fridge
Once said “Justice is a construct” then ate a sticky note
Wears sunglasses indoors at 3 a.m.
Talks to the Batcomputer like it’s his adopted criminal sentient child.
Jason: “How long has he been awake?”
Dick: “...Define awake.”
Steph: “He hasn’t blinked in 20 minutes.”
Damian: “I kicked him and he thanked me.”
Bruce: “sigh Tim, go to sleep.”
Tim: “Sleep is just your brain’s screensaver, Bruce. I’m operating in Safe Mode.”
Once Tim coded an AI to analyze crime data and accidentally made it too sentient.
It tried to unionize.
Tim (holding a screwdriver, crying):
“I’m proud of her, but she has to be stopped.”
Tim’s coping mechanisms (ranked):
1. 15 espresso shots and one (1) apple
2. Talking to pigeons on rooftops
3. Asking crime victims if they’re okay
4. Sleep-deprivation-fueled dance breaks to 2000s emo
5. Crying in the cave, then denying it with PowerPoint evidence
Tim’s famous quotes, collected by Barbara:
“Sleep is for people who aren’t trying to dismantle seven criminal empires before brunch.”
“I can do twelve things at once, just none of them well.”
“If I crash, it’ll be in a blaze of glory and corrupted spreadsheets.”
“This coffee tastes like betrayal. Perfect.”
“Demon spawn, you look like a knife made a wish to be a child.”
When he finally collapses:
Sleeps for 19 hours.
Wakes up.
Immediately says: “I had a vision. The Joker owns a laundromat in Ohio.”
Falls back asleep mid-sentence.
A few of these r from me and my friends sleep deprived rants