nyx

any pronouns. audhd.

[fantastic-nonsense]

people who don't believe me when I say Bruce is 50 now....y'all I've charted the Batfam's timelines out possibly better than Mark Waid has. Bruce is 50. Babs is vaguely 34-35. Dick is currently 31. Cass and Jason are both 24 (though Cass might possibly be 25 by now, depending on how long it's been since Absolute Power). Steph's 23. Tim is 22. Duke is vaguely 19-20. And Damian is 15.

[nonstickwaffleiron]

as an archivist I am begging you

put dates on everything

don’t believe digital stuff is preserved forever - if it’s really important (documents, photos, etc) print it out

name your files accurately I know it sucks but please

don’t destroy the original just bc you scanned it

rubber cement is the devil’s adhesive use photo corners and quit gluing shit

you will NOT remember write it down

if you staple things to the inside of a folder I will find you

your public library probably has equipment to digitize old media for free or can at least get you connected with somewhere that does!

[obfuscus]

If you see more worms than usual on your way to work, start stocking up on fire extinguishers.

Always check your collegues against old photos you have of them - better safe than sorry.

If you physically cannot quit your job, i am sorry (at least you get to kill your boss though).

[batfamcraze]

I’ve heard some people say that they hate the “caffeine addict” Tim head canon but I’d like to remind people that the head canon actually has roots to the comics:

Tim is known to have a lot of sleeplessness due to stress and his perfectionism

We don’t really see a lot of coffee cups lay around the batcave or whatever

But it’s safe to say that he definitely stays up late at night for detective work

If Tim says in a future comic that he’s a “caffeine addict” it wouldn’t be a stretch

I don’t know if fans understood Tim’s character that well that they coincidentally headcanoned him loving coffee but it definitely holds merit

Hopefully this stops unnecessary debates ✌🏼

[fantastic-nonsense]

So here's the thing (well...three things):

One, that coffee panel is one of approximately 3-4 times across the entirety of Tim's appearances that we've seen him buy and/or drink coffee on panel. This is, mind you, despite Tim having a 183-issue solo series as Robin, a 26-issue solo series as Red Robin, and co-starring in both Batman comics and two team books (Young Justice and Teen Titans) regularly for 33 years. It does not, in fact, "have its roots in the comics."

Canonically, Tim enjoys tea (which is coincidentally what he's taking from Alfred in your first panel, if I remember correctly) and loves Zesti soda, which is (more-or-less) the in-universe equivalent of Pepsi:

Tim definitely has sleep issues, but they are not the result of a coffee addiction; rather, they're the result of purposeful, forced late nights to engage in case work. Actually, frankly his chronic "falling asleep in random locations" issue wouldn't be possible if he were a coffee addict.

Canonically, Barbara is the coffee addict of the Batfam, to the point where she has canonically been teased about it. Babs' ever-present coffee cup in her hands and/or next to her computer was a running gag for quite literally years, even in the New 52 era when DC refused acknowledge Oracle existed:

So like...if you want a coffee addict, Babs is right there.

Two, the problem is not necessarily the fanon that Tim loves and is slightly addicted to coffee. The problem is that fanon warps that otherwise harmless headcanon into a personality trait, where Tim's depiction in fandom content revolves around coffee and his love of it. It's obnoxious at the best of times, and significantly worse when it (as it often is) the harbinger of several other fanon!Tim traits. Which of course, brings me to...

Three, the backlash to coffee addict!Tim isn't actually about whether or not he actually likes coffee, but because it's an effective shorthand for all of the stuff that encompasses fanon!Tim, which people in the fandom who actually read comics tend to REALLY dislike. It was a small but obviously noticable thing people could point to that signaled to comic readers that so many fans not only don't read comics but go "fuck reading comics, all my homies hate reading comics," especially when it came to a) characterizing Tim and b) depicting canon events in fan-produced content.

The point is not really "does Tim actually canonically like coffee" or "is there a basis in canon for saying so." The point is "this is a small but very visible sign that you are probably about to encounter a version of Tim Drake written by someone who genuinely has no fucking clue how Tim Drake actually canonically acts, nor do they understand the actual context behind certain canon events and interactions they are about to attempt to depict."

To put it a much simpler way: comic readers think fanon Tim sucks, and fanon!Tim's coffee addiction became a flashpoint for how we talk about our dislike for fanon Tim because it's a very simple and obvious thing people can point to and say "that's simply wrong."

[that-chaotic-queer]

ok i'll just Die i guess

[that-chaotic-queer]

why do duolingo notifications sound like a desperate ex trying to crawl back into my arms lmao

[lmk-vibes]

Get a job? The thing that killed Jonathan Sims?

[that-chaotic-queer]

i count down the hours til i can reasonably go to sleep.

it’s stupid, i know, but some say sleep is just death being shy and i count down and i count down and i count down til i’m left with 8, then at an early but decent time i go to bed, in the same ritual of these past few weeks, hoping as i close my eyes under my blankets that i don’t open them again.

[that-chaotic-queer]

well well well if it isn't the consequences of my own actions hello there

[that-chaotic-queer]

evil laughs

i have convinced my partner to get sdv so she plays it with me

[that-chaotic-queer]

i'm so i love with the fact that the tag "canon typical worms (the magnus archive)" exists it's hilarious

[that-chaotic-queer]

dating someone is so weird wdym i think about u so much and miss u so much what

[that-chaotic-queer]

having significantly older older siblings with barely any age gap between them means it's like being a younger sibling to twins, but if these twins were used to being only them for a whole ass decade n then u showed up n ruined everything so yk rlly fun all around 🙃

[that-chaotic-queer]

like they had THEIR childhood together n THEIR inner jokes meanwhile i grew up as an only child w closed doors as siblings

[that-chaotic-queer]

having significantly older older siblings with barely any age gap between them means it's like being a younger sibling to twins, but if these twins were used to being only them for a whole ass decade n then u showed up n ruined everything so yk rlly fun all around 🙃

[that-chaotic-queer]

ok but it makes so much sense that puss in boots is an orange cat fight me on that u cant

[mag184]

my intellectual tma comic

[undergroundwubwubmaster]

Local discount seaside Hozier.

[that-chaotic-queer]

i want so bad to play stardew valley co-op with someone