tim drake chose to be a hero again and again, paid the toll of heroism so many times, it has cost him so much and yet he cannot leave
which is why he should be allowed to have the worlds most stupidly elaborate polycule. let the man get one thing out of being a vigilante and let it be his new relationships including his:
normie boyfriend conspiracy theorist who is actually damn good at figuring him out. I'd say freak 4 freak but no one is normal here
co-dependent teammates including: "guy he went insane for trying to clone when he died," "co-leader who thought she was choosing this life just like him," and "impulsive but smart as hell speedster who ALSO died for a bit"
potentially extended polycule including the rest of young justice and some titans, who knows! the titans are a mutable polycule all on their own
wicked smart GF who hit him with a brick, got fridged, and came back, able to work soooo well with him
listen if the batgirls invite you along for a fun time sometimes you go. that's not something you say no to. usually steph's +1 but sometimes cass or babs want him there and make the move too.
whatever the FUCK all the robins have going on. no matter what relationship a robin has the robinpile is also there. that's just a fact of life for robins. oh, you're a robin? congrats! all the other robins are going to be weird about you and you'll start getting weird back (if you haven't already)
like little tim alREADY had SUCH a thing for Dick. no further argument needed
Jason as a warning and impossible standard, leaning up against that case going oh jason we're really in it now, only to get to be snarky as hell while getting beat up, and becoming the one guy jason respected and chitchatted with
[gestures at tim and dami] dami's ENVY and SELF WORTH ISSUES DISGUISED AS LOATHING versus TIM'S ISSUES WITH BEING PUSHED OUT
duke ALSO making this choice. Duke had tragedy, but like any robin he consistently sought out ways to deal with injustice and fix things. tim seeing him with the we are robins SOAR. newer but reliable and someone he can help
yeah none of them are normal about each other. other partners for all of them have to just sigh and go "hey rob? oh you're spending time being abnormal with the other robins? yeah sure. don't think that's the best for you but as long as none of you die. permanently."
oh also enemy/rival/ally anarchist kid his age. can't forget lonnie. they're so funny
