Do you hate timsteph. I read your analysis and you wrote god knows the readers don't know why tim loves or is with steph and it came across kinda shitty. We didn't get build up of their relationship in rebirth like pre flashpoint but we do see them being in love and caring about each other. I actually prefer it to the sometime problematic way their relationship was framed pre new 52. But saying god knows why tim is with steph is a mean thing to say.
I mean, yeah? I’ve never been shy about that. I dislike Tim/Steph a lot.
Seriously, no hate to the shippers – y’all do you – but purely criticizing the pre-Crisis canon pairing, it is my hard-line NoTP. And not because it’s “problematic,” but because I think it’s unequal and unpleasant to read. Like, I genuinely don’t know why he ever dated her. It feels like she did nothing but harass, insult, use and betray him for all 180 issues of Robin.
But that is an entirely other rant.
That said, the reason I said “god knows” it because it’s literally true. I know, blah blah new universe and all, but still should’ve been some justification. A get-together story, a flashback, a conversation about their first date, something. Them being generically cute together is very much not enough, especially because a) the last time they were in a relationship ended so badly and definitively and b) they did it by smothering one of his other potential relationships in its crib.
Also, to me, the whole Rebirth thing comes across as lazy writers not knowing what to do with Steph if she’s not either The Girlfriend or a glorified cameo trying to lure back lost readers. Which is honestly really shitty for her? Like that’s just a shit way to treat a female character. And I don’t even like her. I’m genuinely surprised more of her fans aren’t annoyed by it.
