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AU: Reverse Robins, written with @avisxe

BACKGROUND: Tim Drake was the second Robin Shadow, a partner to the Big, Bad Bat, trained for stealth and speed, following on the heels of Damian Wayne, and, ironically– getting stuck in his shadow, or, at least, that was how it felt. After all, how does one compete with the person who founded such a legacy, who created such big shoes to fill?

The answer, from Tim’s perspective, is that he didn’t.

Rather than come into his own through safe and healthy means, the universe decided for him that he was to be dragged forcefully into competency.

Only 15 years old at the time, he was slain by The Joker, and he was laid to rest for four years. Until, for reasons that he still doesn’t know to this day, he woke in his coffin. Unable to think, and very much not himself, he wandered Gotham, where Ra’s Al Ghul happened to be stopping by to torment the Bat, when a very interesting opportunity rather fell right into his clutches.

21 years old, now, and affected by a Pit dip and all of the emotional turmoil that comes with that and outright dying, Tim has returned to Gotham as Caligo, an ex-project of the League turned murderous anti-hero.

PRESENT: Caligo now works both in Gotham as a tentative part of the family once more, and globally, with the Core Four of Young Justice, who, through their own tragedies, outgrew the shiny, bright team of the past, and moved forward to form The Outlaws.

MORE INFO + VISUAL REFERENCES BELOW:

Tim's hair does have white streaks in it, thin little lines of white, almost as if he were greying prematurely

Tim can't feel anything on his back due to nerve damage

When he experiences strong emotions, his eyes go a sickly neon green

He and the Outlaws are in... a tentative polycule, by default, though if shipping comes up with him, he can easily be on a break from the polycule; they tend to be very on and off anyway!

Tim's primary weapon of choice is the rifle, due to the long-range advantages it can offer. That said, he fights via multiple disciplines, and still keeps up with the bo. One could say that he misses it, even, though they may get a glare for that

Tim mostly avoids the rest of the hero community outside of the bats and the core four, and he tends to be prickly to those he's unfamiliar with

The only times he's ever fully unarmed are when he's with the core four, and even then, it's rare

His method of being killed by the Joker takes after Batman Beyond, but instead of being successfully reprogrammed as a son, he was instead killed for resisting as long as he did. This results in random bursts of laughter when a particular trigger gets him too deeply. This is incredibly rare, and can really only be triggered by Joker-related trauma

Tim uses he/they pronouns in this AU

Tim's usual control and paranoia issues in canon are turned up to an 11 in this AU, so he's got a lot of character development and growth left to do; your muse does not at all have to let him get away with his controlling or distrusting attitudes

That said, on the positive side, he is far less judgmental than his canon persona, and if one does gain his trust, he is remarkably caring, just in his own sort of way/language. He's rather loyal, and he will do anything to keep others safe

As much as he likes to pretend that he's changed, he is still interested in all the things he was when he was a teen: skateboarding, bugs, video games, DnD, puzzles, forensics, etc. He will deny this, though, because god forbid he show humanity

More details can be discovered via threads and interactions, so come say hi if you're interested!

#[revamp for caligo's info! woo!]#{woke up on the wrong side of paradise – reverse robins}

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