Ok, so I know in Dark Knights of Steel, all of the Robins met each other on the streets… but like… did they all have to? It changes their age gaps and what makes elements of their characters unique to them, so I’m going to fix it so it stays similar to canon.

First, with Dick. You can keep his circus background. You can keep the murder of his parents. Maybe an individual with magic casts a beam at his parents and they die. And Bruce sees himself in Dick that he takes him in. And Dick trains to be a knight from the moment he’s in the castle because he wants to protect the kingdom.

You can also keep Jason’s background, but him and Cass being family friends (Willis Todd having that connection with Lady Shiva) but Jason is recently orphaned and Cass is running away from David Cain. They have to steal to survive, but if they have extra, they try to help out other kids their age. They then meet Steph, who saves them from her Dad, (idk what was going on tho— he was probably trying to steal what they stole or smth) and they’re all really close. Maybe they meet Duke. Maybe they don’t. Who know

Jason steals from a Bruce who’s in disguise, and Bruce takes him in, but Jason’s like ‘wait! I have a friend’ and Bruce takes in the rest of them. (Not Steph, because Steph has parents, but she gets free training as a knight)

Tim comes from a noble family, so I would like to think they run the same circles, but they all stray to get to know each other in training.

Damian is a surprise baby. Like usual.