Reverse Robins au - A not great recap of Knightfall
Reverse Robins part 9.5/?
The next post reverse robin post should be Dick Grayson or more Steph, but instead I have some Damian angst. This is a recap of the relevant parts of Knightfall for my reverse robins fic, skip it if you've read the comic or are familiar with this arc.
Fair warning, it's been years since I've read this comic, and I'm summarizing a lot.
Knightfall - the comic arc that makes Dick and Tim the brothers ever.
Bane breaks Batman's back, and Bruce makes Jean-Paul Valley, a reformed cultist, Batman while he goes to seek mystical healing. 14 year old, newly robin, Tim is left to keep watch over Valley, show him the ropes, and take care of Gotham. Alfred is mad at Bruce for taking risks and failing to take care of himself so he fucks off to England. I'm pretty sure that at this point, Bruce is fostering Tim while Tim's dad is in a coma, so Tim is now alone. Tim visits Dick and continuously hints that Dick should be Batman and would make a better Batman than Jean-Paul. Dick doesn't know Tim very well at this point, is still majorly beefing with Bruce, and is offended and hurt that Bruce didn't ask him to be Batman. Tim goes back to Gotham, Valley as Batman nearly kills a guy, turns out the cult programming is still in there. Tim tries to stop Valley and fails. At some point, Valley strangles Tim and nearly kills him. Tim goes to Dick for help, possibly Bruce okays Dick becoming Batman, but I don't remember, they retake the Batcave and defeat Valley. Dick is now Batman with Tim as his robin, the manor is need of cleaning and repair. They clean up the manor and Dick takes care of Tim and is his Batman until Bruce is healed and returns. Somehow, Bruce's custody of Tim is never in question during this arc.
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