Look, I don't know what went wrong with comics, but Bruce "I genuinely like sliding down on handrails while chasing criminals" Wayne would not do any of the shit that's been happening in DC for the last 30 years
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Look, I don't know what went wrong with comics, but Bruce "I genuinely like sliding down on handrails while chasing criminals" Wayne would not do any of the shit that's been happening in DC for the last 30 years
Y a know it's been almost 15 years since I first thought about it and I still think that if they wanted to give Tim a non Robin Identity that bad, they really should have used Flamebird. I know they have since given it back to Bette Kane but she barely exists in costume (also I liked her arcs where she's a civilian more than the ones where they force her back into costume so I admit I am 10000% biased). Especially since it's a kryptonian hero and aside from her relationship with Nightwing, she doesn't particularly has any contact with them.
Meanwhile, with both Tim's relationship to Dick and Kon (and even his friendship with Kara in 1YL if we wanna go there), he's got enough connection and
To want to honor them and for it to work very well thematically. And the color scheme is a good mix of Tim's Robin colors pré and post Kon's death.
I like to think damian used to talk so formally as a kid because talia and ra’s aren’t that familiar with modern english and just taught him what is grammatically correct
(Also ra’s is an eccentric little old man and likes speaking fancy words, something damian picked up on)
If you think about it not every Robin has a Super friend as some of y’all claim, but almost every Robin has an Amazon/Wonder Fam friend
Observe:
Dick - No Super
Jason - Biz
Tim - Kon
Steph - No Super
Damian - Jon
But w amazons:
Dick - Donna
Jason - Artemis
Tim - Cassie
Steph - No Wonder
Damian - Lizzie
And since Steph is the only one who doesn’t have one i present to you the concept of the century: Steph and Yara should be besties. I mean, both of them are pretty much forgotten by dc editorial and only making some small cameos here and there, so they should at least unite forces and be forgotten together💀
The differences between the civilian and vigilante identities:
Batman: An emo but kind girl's dad with twenty children and a lot of baggage
Brucie: Local bitch boy, prince of Gotham with way more children than he can take care of
Oracle: Done with her life. Doesn't know your name and won't care enough to find out. Is convinced that all her co-workers are lesser beings of low intelligence
Babs: Cop's kid, always taking care of others, tries her best to be a good influence on Gotham's youth
Nightwing: Sunshine boy, helps old ladies cross the street, cares more about other people than himself
Dickie: Road rage, protect sibling, kick ass, kiss wife
Red Hood: Tough boy with daddy issues, if you're not a child he won't take it easy. Be prepared, he has killed before, is killing now and will kill again.
Jaybird: Daddy's special fucking boy, literature kid, can and will make you feel dumb during any normal conversation
Batgirl/Black Bat: Scary af, "Nobody dies tonight", must be protected from all the evil in the world >:(
Cass: Hugger, looks like the nice one, is not the nice one, hits everyone that gets near her, is all the evil in the world
Spoiler: Sarcastic, a little shit, daddy issues at it's finest, "no kill rule who?", anger issues, zero respect for anyone or anything
Steph: This one doesn't actually change much
Red Robin: Lamest hero ever, definition of loser, bullied on twitter by thirteen year olds, got beat up by a man in yellow tights
Timmers: Cool kid, sunglasses, rich af, has a bunch of fangirls
Signal: The personality and the winning smile, cops hates him, tries to look cool but always laughs and breaks character, disappears like Batman so he won't have to listen about property damage
Duke: Moody teen, acts so dumb that it looks like he's trying to die, always messing with people but he's so cool that no one actually gets mad, only one with power to annoy everyone in the family at the same time
Carrie: "But, dad!!!", theatre kid, that one friend your parents actually like, has cool fun facts of any subject you ask them about
Catkid: Currently counting how many grenades they'll need to blow up the White House and take control of the USA government
Habibi: The most polite someone could possibly be while describing how he would commit atrocities, he is literally three apples tall, cute af, gives the best gifts
Robin: "Language my ass, you dumb fucking bitch!"
Something kinda funny that ppl forget is that Maps is older than Damian, she’s def smaller than him but she’s still a solid one and a half year older and I think she should be scolding him as if she was the adult in the relationship when they’re both clearly idiotic children w around the same level of maturity
Also, Damian is 15 now, that makes Maps 16/17 whih is kinda wow??? Shes so small and excitable that i forget shes a teenager
Also also, Maps and Bruce as Batman and Robin were so ughhhhh
Theyre the perfect Batman and Robin duo!!! A happy go-lucky and determined kid who’s set her mind on becoming Robin regardless of what Batman has to say and this tired bat who has already raised so many children but can’t get her to stop no matter what she does and ends up welcoming her into the field because, well, what else is he gonna do?
I love the concept of bruce having civilian friends as batman, or js doing normal person stuff and interacting with gothamites. Like no one likes bruce wayne, that guy is a billionaire, fuck him, but batman is just some buff autistic guy, he means no harm if you dont deserve it, he payed for my window when man-bat broke in why would anyone dislike this man
Tam: Tim, do you smoke?
Tim: Wait, what?! What made you think that?
Tam: Well, it's just that when you came back from the "bathroom" earlier your breath smelled like cigarretes.
Tim [sighing]: Okay, you got me. I smoke sometimes, but it's only when I'm stressed out or angry.
Tam: Tim, you're always stressed out AND angry.
Tim: Huh, I guess that's why I'm always smoking.