#suneater tim

[deepwinterstrawberry]

so in my jaytimkon fic i wanted Tim to be a foil to Jay in a lot of ways, like Jay is extremely demiromantic and Tim is like "i have fallen instantly in love"; Jay is really uncomfortable with eye contact and Tim is the eyes emoji personified; Jay is fairly shameless and Tim is constantly dying of embarrassment

i just thought it would be neat to see how two people who are very different in some big ways could become friends (and more????????) and how those differences could lead to Drama/Misunderstandings

[deepwinterstrawberry]

my tim drake character guidelines

the following are in effect at all times:

cares about things on a scale of 1-100, in intervals of 100.

grungiest, gnarliest, nastiest little trashcan guy possible. there's cheeto dust in his armpits (spiritually and sometimes physically)

needs a shower

needs a nap

ready to kick himself in the head

inscrutably and irrevocably compelled to help others At Any Cost

rotating poly-dimensional objects and concepts in his head like one of those microwaves with the little spinning plates

every 1-2 hours, roll a d6:

Normal Guy

Normal Guy + insecurity looming over him like a distant thunderhead

he is* the smartest person in any room *thinks he is

he is* the coolest person in any room *thinks he is

neurodivergent time! pick one or more: hyper-focus, "i need to do [thing] or it's over for me/everyone" -> immediately forgets, info-dumping, brain is ITCHINGGGG -> becomes most annoying person possible, needs a strongly-flavored or carbonated beverage for enrichment

depressive episode! he is a wad of used chewing gum on the foot of the world. he deserves to be hit with hammers and shot with ballistas and run over with zambonis and he will never, ever redeem himself but he will die trying

at any given moment, pick 2:

meta-gaming every interaction

kicking himself for not meta-gaming an interaction (often combined with above)

theme music (pink panther, various nickelodeon shows, bond movies, commercial jingles, jeopardy, yakety sax) is playing in his head

self-narrating judgmentally

scheming/day-dreaming

Cool Guy Shit

paranoia

when he is presented with something new, roll a d4

this is the only Thing he cares about. he must and will learn everything about it, document all those things, then tell someone, anyone, everyone

New Thing represents all his failures as a human being. he is obsessed with it. if "normal guy + insecurity" is in effect, advance to depressive episode. If depressive episode is already in effect, add several energy drinks + paranoia.

too busy with his current Thing to notice New Thing

neurodivergent time goes into [dysfunctional] effect. he cannot focus on New Thing and it's going to kill him.