The Comics Are Calling For Me, Telling Me I Need To Write The Tim Drake Whump I've Been Sitting On

jesus christ, alf. don't pull your punches, do you?

STEPH AND CASS MEETING

THE STARS HAVE ALIGNED

man cass has a badass costume

tim drake and bruce wayne conflict!

dick grayson being tim's protective older brother.

tim drake: the tired robin

poor sleepy robin.

tim has such a big heart. this sequence was so saddening.

the worst part is that this is just before batman betrays his identity to steph.

pssst, hey, you guys want some timkon queer subtext?

tired boy strikes again

they are sharing a moment!

aaand my favorite.

This is monstrous. What she is proposing is a literal crime against humanity.

No exaggeration. No hyperbole. One of the justices of the Supreme Court is proposing that the country should violate human rights en masse.

this made me laugh so hard. these three are hysterical

i mean, they have so much chemistry! timkon is my ship of choice, but im also adoring timcasskon

and tell me tim doesn't look like the ultimate bisexual in this

not a clue! that certainly makes more sense, though. im just going off of this

dick and tim gossiping about bruce. neither of them considered bruce as their dad; more like the weird younger uncle who used to babysit them

you know, realistically, tim brings up a good point. i mean, he wasn't just a lonely child boo hoo or anything, it's implied that his only present family would up and leave semi frequently to the point that it was normalized for tim, who has a VERY strong moral compass.

this panel sequence is just... so much. first of all, it hits the awkward part of tim drake just right. deny it all you want, the boy blurts dumb shit kinda often lol.

then, there is the bond between the two boys. they may not be bruce's sons at that point, but they certainly do act like brothers. plus, that connection to bruce that tim has. man, it produces some good angst.

BAM. comic book proof of tim being left alone. i will never doubt another fanfic writer again. okay, that's a lie.

anyone else laughing at how tim's age makes zero sense?

can you imagine working with someone who you've idolized since the age of seven and have them not smile at you for months? smiling is like the bare minimum for any friendliness or openness whatsoever. i doubt he literally never smiled, but what tim says suggests that the environment wasn't quite easy for a while.

also tim being starved for praise is always what i wanna see. sorry fluff fans.

it is obligation. it's unhealthy and destructive, but it's his obligation.

nice