Apr 6, 2025
When it comes to the batfam discovering that Tim Drake is missing his spleen, it is typically portrayed either as an injury or illness becoming very problematic due to his lack of a significant part of the immune system, or some kind of argument about Tim feeling that the batfam doesn’t care about him in the same way he cares for them. While both of these are entertaining, I find the more mundane conversational bombshell approach: someone is missing their appendix, another has had their tonsils out, someone still has all their organs, and… what do you mean you don’t have a spleen??
#spleenless#tim drake’s missing spleen#is it really missing if you know exactly where it is?#batman#dc comics#dc#tim drake#robin#batfam#there are only some organs that are socially acceptable to lose#tonsils#appendix#maybe one kidney#part of your liver#etc etc#not your spleen though#you can technically live without it#like having only one lung#but it’s generally less than ideal#idk#conversational bomb drop#whoops#why don’t you have a spleen?#where did it go#do you want it back?#I know you can’t put it back in#but that seems like the kind of thing you don’t want to leave in the hands of someone capable of cloning#yes I know Tim is capable of cloning too#but he has low self worth#why would he want to clone himself
