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flashfuture · 3 years

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Red Robin....yum

Sorry I legally had to add the yum. But let’s take a look at the Red Robin (2009) series by Christopher Yost and Fabian Nicieza. I just wanna go over some parts of the series that are misunderstood or maybe misrepresented by people who haven’t read the series.

Yost wrote issues 1-12. Nicieza wrote issues 13-26. Yost is primarily known for his works on the X-Men animated shows. Yep that’s right not only another company but another medium.

That is all he’s written for DC. You might note Battle for the Cowl as it sucked horribly. Why he was allowed to write Tim Drake’s solo series I’ll never know.

And Nicieza is known for wait let me check... X-Force comics. That’s right more Marvel mutants. You might recognize him as one of the creators of Deadpool. Nicieza also wrote for Jean-Paul Valley in his solo series. Again who thought this guy should get Tim Drake’s solo??

Anyways that’s who’s writing Tim for context. Let’s get into the story.

We begin with Dick Grayson telling Tim he’s giving the mantle of Robin to Damian and then Tim storms out.

That’s the scene from Red Robin #1. Okay this is it. Tim’s entire life has fallen apart. Everyone he’s considered a parent is dead. His best friends are dead. And now to Tim it looks like his older brother is throwing him over. Over for a kid who in his eyes is someone who just tried to murder him once.

But Tim is at his absolute lowest at the start of this series. Okay. Dick didn’t really have a choice his father is dead and his brand new child was dropped onto his lap while Bruce cosplayed as a caveman. He needed a way to keep an eye on Damian. And Robin is Dick’s so it is absolutely his right to give and take it. He was the one who recommended Tim to be Robin in the first place.

But Dick didn’t just tell Tim you’re fired fuck off. He wanted Tim to be his partner and to stay with him. Tim ran off. Like Tim is allowed to be hurt by this don’t get me wrong. But the fandom has a habit of saying in an argument one person is right and the other person was being evil. That’s just so not the case.

The other fanon idea is that Tim was abandoned by his family at this time and they thought he was crazy.

Okay yes I can see how Dick turned his back on Tim completely here. No look Tim wanted to go look for Bruce. He didn’t want anybody’s help. Tim was basically running on a gut feeling anyways and Dick didn’t have time for that. As soon as he knew Bruce was alive he offered Tim his help. This is Tim making the active and knowing choice to leave Gotham and his place next to Batman to find Bruce.

In issue #11 Tim returns to Gotham city and immediately begins working with Dick again right where they left off. There wasn’t any lingering animosity towards Dick. Just towards Damian and that started to lessen across the whole of the run.

There is also the issue of The List which I’m just gonna link to another post cause I’ve gone over that before.

As well to completely disregard that a lot of Tim’s behaviors were ooc on purpose because he was going through a time of intense grief with so many of his closest loved ones dying is just not fair to the character. There is a point where Tim is bleeding out dying and all he hopes is that he’ll be able to see Kon again. This is not a comic of Tim Drake at his best it’s him at his worst and then he gets better. So I just hate to see it used as a blanket character sheet for how Tim Drake would act.

Okay that’s it. Those are the biggest things I see crop up in fanfiction. And obviously if you’re going for a specific AU then do whatever. But this is what was going on.

#dc comics #red robin #tim drake #dick grayson #batman #nightwing #damian wayne #robin #robin V #bruce wayne #batfam #long post

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taggingtim · 3 years

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Why I love Pre-Boot Tim Drake and why the Reboot has ruined him

I love Tim Drake. He is my favorite comic book character of all time. I’ve been really upset the past few days about what DC has been doing with him lately, and I thought it would be cathartic for me to write something up about it. (No, this isn’t a rant about Tim being bi/gay; it’s a much larger problem than that. But I’ll get to that in a bit.) Bear with me for a bit of history, first.

When I was a kid I loved the Batman Animated Series. I know this will lose me a lot of internet cred, but I always preferred the fourth season. In particular, I loved Tim Drake. He was fun and funny and I absolutely adored him. I used to beg my mom to take me to the mall so I could buy issues of Gotham Adventures. For my birthday one year my parents got me a subscription to the comic, and I was blown away by the idea that I could have comics MAILED to my HOUSE.

Around middle school I started collecting Marvel comics, mostly X-men stuff. I loved them, but when I started college I quit the hobby for financial reasons.

Fast forward a few years, and I felt I was financially stable enough to start buying comics again. Rather than going back to Marvel, I decided to give Batman comics a chance. I had no idea where to start, and when I found out my beloved Tim had his own comic series, I thought it was a perfect entry point into the Batman universe. I bought the complete series from a local comic shop and dove in.

Tim’s Robin series was exactly what I was looking for in a comic. He was very different from little Timmy Todd from BtAS, but I loved him. I built the rest of my comic collection around him, grabbing up every book that he was featured in, from Young Justice to Teen Titans to Batman, Detective Comics, Nightwing, Red Robin, and many others. I have random books from series like The Demon just because Tim was in them.

So why did I like Tim so much? What about this character made me so excited for more? I found in Tim something that I had never seen in a comic book before: character growth. Somehow, though he was written by many different authors over many different years, Tim managed to have a character arc that is consistent and makes sense. Sure, there were a few small bumps along the way, but on the whole Tim has always stayed true to his character, and he’s developed in a way that the big name characters, like Batman, never can.

When we’re first introduced to Tim, he’s a young teen who has been neglected by his parents growing up. He’s smart, healthy, and strong, but he lacks so much self confidence and has little sense of self worth. Tim notices Bruce’s increasing violence as he grieves for the loss of his son, and Tim knows he needs to step in and help. Batman needs a Robin.

For most characters, this would be the part where Tim put himself forward for the job. But he doesn’t. He seeks out Dick Grayson and begs him to come home instead. It’s only when Batman and Nightwing are in danger and there is literally no one else to help that Tim steps up and dons the cape. And once he does, he’s constantly plagued by self-doubt, terrified he will screw up and leave Batman worse than ever before.

From there, Tim undergoes intense training. He never begs to be in the spotlight, doesn’t push to go out on the streets before he’s ready. His goal is to help Bruce as much as possible.

Here’s where I started to fall in love with him. All that self-doubt, the constant need to be useful? That’s exactly what you would expect to see from a child whose parents had ignored and neglected him. He finally has a parental figure who sees him, who values him, and Tim does everything he can to make himself worthy in the hopes that Bruce will keep him around.

This is the first example of character consistency that we see with Tim. And it continues. When his mom dies and his dad is put in a coma, you see Tim struggle to come to terms with losing the people he loves, but never had a relationship with. Tim almost never mentions his mom after her death, because she just wasn’t present in his life. When his dad recovers and decides to stick around, Tim struggles to build a relationship with him. He’s plagued with guilt because he’s finally found the father figure he needed in Bruce, but he thinks that he’s supposed to feel that way for Jack. It’s a running undercurrent in their relationship that creates distance between them for years.

This is already so long, so I’m going to try to summarize a bit more. We get to watch Tim grow up. We see his awkward relationship with his first girlfriend, Ariana. He doesn’t know how to treat her; he’s never had the opportunity to observe a healthy relationship. But he tries so, so hard. All of Tim’s relationships are awkward, because he’s never had a model of a good one. Steph is a great match for him, because she’s very vocal about what she wants and needs, and she isn’t afraid to call Tim out when he messes up, which is exactly what Tim needs.

Big things happen to Tim. He’s stuck with Jean-Paul Valley, who slowly goes insane, leaving Tim to try to keep the city in one piece. He’s infected with the Clench, a plague that sweeps over Gotham and kills everyone it touches, and barely escapes with his life. His girlfriend is sexually assaulted, leaving him to deal with the fallout. His family moves out of Gotham, and he has to sneak back in during No Man’s Land to help. His relationship with his dad has intense ups and downs, resulting in him being sent to boarding school, punished in a variety of ways, and generally caused a lot of trouble in his life.

Then people start dying. Over the course of about a year in his life, Tim loses his girlfriend, his dad, a close friend, and his best friend, each of whom dies under tragic conditions. Tim’s grief is intense, and he is understandably traumatized by the losses. We see fundamental changes in his character. He changes his costume from something bright and cheerful to something darker that reflects his emotional state. He’s more subdued, his adventures a little more serious.

When Bruce first tries to adopt him, Tim literally creates an uncle and hires an actor to play him, just to avoid dealing with the situation. Bruce has viewed Tim as a son for years, so to him the adoption is an obvious step. For Tim, it feels like a betrayal of his father, and it takes a while before he’s ready to accept Bruce’s love, home, and a place in his family.

When Damian shows up on the scene, Tim really struggles with him, and not just because early Damian is a horrid brat who tries to kill Tim on multiple occasions. Tim has always felt the need to earn his place with Bruce, and Damian constantly throws all of Tim’s biggest fears in his face—he’s not wanted or needed now that the “real” son is here, he’s not worthy of a place in the family, he’s not good enough.

Tim tries to clone Conner, his best friend. He’s lost so many people, and he’s desperate to get them back. Conner was cloned to begin with and fully matured over a very short period of time; the technology clearly exists, so why can’t Tim use it to get his best friend back? And if he can get Conner back, why not the others he’s lost? He eventually gives up, but when he eventually gets access to a Lazarus Pit, he immediately wants to incorporate the waters into his process so he can revive his loved ones. With Dick’s help, Tim eventually decides to let it go, but it’s such a poignant moment for the character.

Then Bruce dies, and Dick takes Robin away. Tim switches to the Red Robin persona as he travels the world, alone, trying to prove that he was right. He has to deal with the trauma of losing another father, finds out that his girlfriend never died but let him hurt so much for so long. His brother and the only close friend he has left both think his grief has overwhelmed his sense and that he’s gone crazy. He’s utterly alone.

The Red Robin series is such a great culmination for Tim. He finds a place for himself as a hero, as a CEO. He gets parts of his family back—Bruce, Steph, Bart, Conner. He finally figures out who he wants to be and creates a place for himself.

This overarching character development is what I love about Tim. His many, many traumas impact his decisions, and you can clearly see how he changes over time as a result of them. I didn’t even go into his development as a leader from his early fumbling with Young Justice to his strong leadership of the Teen Titans, or how his relationships with Conner, Bart, and Cassie develop so fluidly and realistically over the years.

This is why I love Tim. Characters like Batman are static; nothing that happens to them will ever have a lasting impact, because in the end the character always returns to what they were. Tim, on the other hand, has changed and developed A LOT since his initial appearance. His growth has always been consistent and logical.

When the reboot happened, all of that character growth was lost. Tim was replaced with a jerk who betrayed his friends and cheated on his girlfriend. DC has basically retconned all of this and tried to turn Tim back into who he was, but by taking away all of the things that have happened to him over the years, Tim has lost SO MUCH.

I keep looking for my Tim in recent comics, and I just can’t find him. It breaks my heart, because I love him so much, and it feels like he’s lost to me forever. The most recent Young Justice comic series actually gave me hope; I felt like maybe, finally, someone was going to write Tim correctly. He had his primary friendships back, his relationship with Steph was developing (even if they seem to have completely dropped all the development around Steph’s decision to let Tim think she was dead). The actual book itself wasn’t fantastic, but it felt like they were headed in the right direction.

Over the last few days, I read the Batman: Urban Legends books. I actually read the Batman/Red Hood story first, which was fantastic. I was really excited to read Tim’s story (though I already knew how it ended). Jason’s character was handled so well, and he seemed to actually have some character development that will hopefully last. I anticipated the same for Tim.

But Tim’s story was awful. The plot was all over the place—kids are being kidnapped, so Tim has to join a pain cult to get them back? He’s somehow helping Oracle with computer issues while simultaneously questioning witnesses? He’s broken up with Steph, off camera, shortly after telling her how much he loves her, but Steph somehow thinks that they should have a caring relationship where Tim tells her what he’s feeling? Bernard has somehow become a good enough fighter to stand side by side with Robin? Tim STILL doesn’t have a code name? Why is everyone suddenly hounding him about what he wants to do with his life?

It’s just such a mess of a story. If it didn’t end with Tim agreeing to go on a date with Bernard, no one would ever have even mentioned it. There’s nothing particularly re-readable or enjoyable about it.

I actually liked that they brought Bernard back. I really enjoyed him in the original Robin series. It’s been a while since I read that part of the series (I’m actually working my way back through it now). I know Bernard always read as gay to me, yet somehow I felt like he was out of character in these books.

And then, the climax of the story. Tim is bi, or gay, or has at least agreed to go on a date with a boy.

If this had happened in the pre-boot, when Tim was Red Robin and had an actual character arc, I honestly wouldn’t have had an issue with it. I do think it would have needed a LOT more build up than it was given here. Tim has always been a very introspective character, and we’ve been party to so much of his internal monologue over the years. It seems very strange to me that such a huge thing just sneaks up on him out of nowhere when he’s never even thought about it before.

But more than that, this story just feels like the final death blow for the Tim I loved. The whole arc is about how Tim doesn’t know who he is or who he wants to be. What will his hero name be? Will he go to college? What is he going to do with his life? These are all great questions, and his answer to all of them is… date a boy?

Is this going to be his defining characteristic going forward? From here will we just see Tim exploring and discovering his sexuality? The Tim we have now doesn’t have a family, a team, a purpose, or even a code name. Why was this the thing that DC decided to give us? It feels like they wanted to make a gay Robin and decided it would be Tim because they didn’t know what else to do with him.

It’s stupid, but I honestly feel like I’ve spent the past few days grieving the loss of a loved one. The Tim that DC is presenting now is just not the person that I knew. Tim would never break up with Steph that abruptly for what he admits is no apparent reason. He would never say “just call me Robin, since Damian’s out of town.” Everything that I love about Tim seems to be gone, and in its place DC has given me a date with a boy.

Again, it’s not Tim being not-straight that I have an issue with. I’ve never read the character that way, but it’s something I can live with. My issue is the way it was handled. Why not make Tim an actual person first, and then explore his sexuality? Send him off to college! He’s obviously thinking about it! It’s the perfect opportunity to give him his own book. He can move to a different city, choose a new name, and DC can introduce a whole new set of characters. Figure out which parts of Tim’s backstory are still canon, and which have been dropped. Make him a person again, and then let him explore his sexuality.

I know this post is all over the place, and I don’t have time right now to go back and edit it. I just really needed an outlet for my frustration. Right now it feels like there are so many people who are so excited about Tim being bi/gay, but they don’t know anything else about him. I keep seeing people comment how DC has been “dropping hints for years!” with no evidence other than “he and Superboy were really close!” I guess I’d just really like to have some dialogue with other people who are fans of Tim, rather than fans of Tim-as-bi/gay or fans of Tim-as-straight.

Does anyone else feel this way? I’d honestly like to have a dialogue about it with other long time fans.

#Tim Drake #Red Robin #this is a long one #pre-boot vs reboot #this formatting is a little weird #Batman: Urban Legends 6 #Batman: Urban Legends 5 #Batman: Urban Legends 4

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dykerachelsummers · 4 years

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earth-82 batfamily

Alfred Thaddeus Crane Pennyworth (Penny-One)

Leslie Maurin Thompkins

Lucius Reginald Fox

Kathleen “Kathy” Maria Kane née Webb

Selina Emiliana Kyle (Catwoman)

Bruce Thomas Wayne (Batman) - April 29, 1979

Eiko Hasigawa (Catwoman II)

Tala Marzouki / Talia al Ghul

Katherine “Kate” Rebecca Kane (Batwoman II) - March 21, 1987

Jean-Paul Valley (Azrael -> Batman II) - August 11, 1988

Julia Sasha Pennyworth (Penny-Two)

Barbara “Babs” Sofia Velez Gordon (Batgirl -> Oracle) - September 23, 1991

David Zavimbe (Batwing)

Helena Rosa Bertinelli (Huntress)

Lucas “Luke” Justin Fox (Batwing)

Richard “Dick” John Grayson (Robin -> Nightwing -> Batman III -> Birdwatcher) - March 22, 1994

Mary “Bette” Elizabeth Kane (Bat-Girl -> Hawkfire -> Flamebird II -> Batwoman III) - April 5, 1994

Holly Camren Robinson (Catgirl -> Catwoman III)

Cassandra “Cass” Martha Wayne (Batgirl II -> Black Bat -> Batman IV) - January 26, 1998

Jason Peter Todd (Robin II -> Red Hood -> Phoenix) - August 16, 1998

Stephanie “Steph” Suzuki Brown (Spoiler -> Robin IV -> Nightwing II) - August 11, 1999

Harper Zehra Row (Bluebird) - September 21, 1999

Tamara “Tam” Tanya Fox

Timothy “Tim” Jackson Drake-Wayne (Robin III -> Cardinal -> Delphi) - July 19, 2000

Kitrina “Kit” Louisa Falcone (Kittyhawk)

Duke Gregory Thomas (Lark -> Signal) - June 12, 2003

Cullen Scott Row - August 8, 2004

Maya Felicity Ducard (Nobody II)

Damian Thomas Wayne / Hafidh al Ghul (Robin V -> Blackbird) - 2005

Athanasia “Attie” Melisande Wayne / Ariyam al Ghul (Batgirl III -> Redbird)

Carolina “Carrie” Keen Kelley (Robin VI -> Catgirl II -> Cardinal II)

Tiffany “Tiff” Lucille Fox (Batgirl IV -> Batwing II)

Penelope “Nell” Abigail Little (Robin VII -> Spoiler II)

Mar’iand’r “Mar’i” Donna Grayson (Nightstar -> Nightwing III)

Calla Hannah Grayson-Harper (Speedy IV)

Lucille “Lucy” Jolene Quinzel (Batgirl VI -> The Jester)

Helena Mae Wayne (Robin VIII -> Huntress II -> Batman V)

Bo John Grayson-Harper (Robin IX)

Terrence “Terry” Alan McGinnis (Batman VI)

Maxine “Max” Danielle Gibson (Oracle II)

Nissa Anne Peterson (Batgirl VII)

Matthew “Matt” Warren McGinnis (Robin X)

#tee talks #batfamily #earth 82 #my personal dc reboot #dc

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batfamquotes · 5 years

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barbara gordon: I hope paul blart just becomes one of those things that just continues to get sequels for absolutely no reason where the sequels try to be bigger than the last and it gets to the point of where they just send him into space.

dick grayson: Paul Blart Mall Cop.

cassandra cain: Paul Blart Mall Cop 2.

jason todd: Paul Blart Mall Cop 3.

stephanie brown: Paul Blart Mall Cop 4: The Final Chapter.

tim drake: Paul Blart Mall Cop 5: A New Beginning.

duke thomas: Paul Blart Mall Cop 6: Blart Lives.

damian wayne: Paul Blart Mall Cop 7: The New Mall.

luke fox: Paul Blart Mall Cop 8: Paul Takes Manhattan.

jean-paul valley: Paul Blart Mall Cop 9: The Final Mall Cop.

bette kane: Blart X.

kate kane: Paul Blart vs. Larry the Cable Guy.

barbara gordon: Paul Blart (2046 Remake).

#batfam #batfamily #batsiblings #batkids #incorrect batfam quotes #my post

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ao3feed-timdrake · 6 years

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Batfamily x Reader Imagines

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2FJ2gpn

by RedRobynHood

A series of unconnected Imagines, Headcanons and Oneshots from my DC Tumblr blog

Words: 2700, Chapters: 2/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Under the Red Hood, Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics), Robin: Son of Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Tim Drake, Reader, Damian Wayne, Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain, Stephanie Brown, Duke Thomas, Jean Paul Valley, Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Luke Fox

Relationships: Jason Todd/Reader, Tim Drake/Reader, Dick Grayson/Reader, Damian Wayne/Reader

Additional Tags: Reader-Insert, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Tim Drake is Red Robin, Damian Wayne is Robin, Stephanie Brown is Batgirl, Cassandra Cain is Black Bat, Duke Thomas is Signal

read it on the AO3 at http://ift.tt/2FJ2gpn

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #DC #DC comics #Tim Drake #Batman #teen titans #young justice

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avengingangelazrael · 7 years

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Top 5 comic Batsuits:

1: Azrael's "Knightfall" Batsuit

This batsuit first appeared in Batman #500, and was a stylistic combination of Azrael's armor and the classic Batsuit. After failing to defeat Bane in Knightfall Part 18 (with the aid of his new Bat Gauntlets which included a laser guided bat-shuriken launcher, a retractable grappling claw and razor sharp finger claws), Jean-Paul Valley came to the conclusion that an upgrade to his Batsuit was in order. He determined that the best way to defeat Bane where Bruce Wayne could not, was to model himself, and his suit, into a fully functional weapon. This batsuit was the first to feature a cape with gliding capabilities, which has since become a staple of the Batman. While this change began as a stylistic masterpiece, as seen here, after a few more upgrades including a bladed cape, heavier armor, blinding lasers and a helmet with enhanced vision modes and targeting systems (which went hand-in-hand with the Batshuriken launchers built into his signature gauntlets as well as the aforementioned lasers), a decoy "Bat symbol" projector on his chest, flamethrowers, and more, the suit's appeal diminished as it began to look more like a Power Rangers knockoff.

2: Batman, Inc. Batsuit

I haven't read much Batman, Inc. which leaves me with limited information. This was the first main canon Batsuit to feature black coloring rather than blue. Bruce Wayne wore this after returning from the "dead," in order to allow for differentiation between himself and Dick Grayson, who had become a rather impressive replacement for Batman in his stead, with his own interesting, more light weight take on the suit. More tactical in appearance than previous Batsuits, this one featured a raised insignia on his chest and a return to short-eared cowls.

3: Classic Batsuit (1970s-1994)

Batman first donned the yellow oval on his chest in 1964, after deciding Robin, in his bright colored suit, presented too much of a target. The oval was printed over his chest area, where the armor in his endosuit was thickest, in order to draw enemy fire to where it would do the least damage. The Dark Knight continued to wear this bright oval on his chest in the decades to come, eventually enlarging it to draw more attention as well as making other changes to the Robin suit to make the job of being the Caped Crusader's sidekick a safer one, such as re-enforcing the suit Jason Todd wore with additional layers of kevlar, or granting Tim Drake a suit that more thoroughly protected his limbs (*cough* covered up his legs and neck *cough*). Batman only abandoned the yellow oval after Tim Drake went off to join the Teen Titans, post Young Justice, but it has been seen again since then. Most impressive about this suit is how imposing Batman still manages to be even with all the bright blues, yellows, and grays.

4: Zur-En-Arrh! (New Earth - Batman RIP)

Tiano, AKA "The Batman of Zur-En-Arrh!" first made his appearance back in the Silver Age in Batman #113 in the story "Batman - The Superman of Planet X." He was an invulnerable defender of his world and a brilliant scientist with the powers of Superman, and chose to take on the mantle of the Bat after observing Bruce Wayne through an extremely high powered telescope. This original story was retconned in New Earth continuity, as were many of the Earth-One stories after Crisis on Infinite Earths. On New Earth, the phrase "Zur-En-Arrh!" had a completely different meaning. Thomas Wayne Sr, aka Doctor Simon Hurt, was a doctor who had programmed the phrase as a trigger phrase in the mind of his distant descendant, Bruce Wayne, who he had discovered was, in fact, the Batman. Much later, as the leader of the Black Glove, Dr. Hurt activated this programming to drive Bruce mad in a psychological attack. During the activation, Bruce Wayne fell unconscious and was injected by the Black Glove with weapons grade crystal meth and street heroin. Unknown to Doctor Hurt, Bruce Wayne had programmed his own backup personality that would activate in the event of a psychological attack. This was the Batman of Zur-En-Arrh!, essentially Batman if Bruce Wayne was taken out of the equation. Significantly more brutal and aided by Bat-Mite, a programmed hallucinatory Navi-like guide that represented Bruce Wayne's last shred of reason and sanity, this Batman was not to be trifled with. While on the streets with only the Zur-En-Arrh Batman to identify with, he stitched together, by hand, a suit made of discarded rags that was as tattered and disorderly as his mind had become. This suit offered absolutely no protection or augmentations, and yet Batman was still an unstoppable force.

5: Troika Batsuit

I have yet to read Troika so I can't really offer much information on this one at all. This was the first suit Bruce Wayne wore following DIck Grayson's first run as Batman in "Prodigal." A much darker suit than the one he previously wore, this suit was a solid dark color, a nearly-black shade of greenish-blue that wasn't quite aqua, teal, or turquoise and served to augment his stealth for quick take-downs while still recovering from a broken spine, incompletely healed by the healer metahuman, Doctor Shondra Kinsolving. With a thickly armored endo-suit underneath, this suit had a more rubber-like texture to it, and largely resembled the suits seen in Tim Burton's two Batman films. Batman wore this suit for a few years, up through the "No Man's Land" storyline and taking its leave in the early 2000s for the now all-too familiar iconic blue and gray suit, which featured much darker hues of blue and shades of gray than previously featured in the classic 1970s-1994 batsuit. Fans speculate that the suit worn in "Beware the Batman" heavily draw from the Troika batsuit. The Troika batsuit also inspired a remarkable number of action figures, which enjoyed a spike in popularity and level of detail in the late 90s.

Honorable mentions:

Dick Grayson batsuit, Earth One batsuit, Arctic weather Batsuit, Batman Beyond suit, Flashpoint Batsuit, Thrillkiller Batsuit, Batman One Million batsuit

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mistress-of-vos · 1 year

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Some quick edits of my favs!!!

Tim, Ra's, Jean-Paul and Lex are all my dolls. Tho I admit Tim is my favorite Barbie by a long shot... And Ra's as his Ken... 👀😈

#rastim #ra'stim #shipping #ra's al ghul #tim drake #ra's al ghul x tim drake #jean paul valley #jean paul valley x tim drake #lex luthor #clex #clark kent x lex luthor #proship #jean-paul valley

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mistress-of-vos · 3 months

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Okay but genuinely... Who do you think gives Tim the best 🥵😈 of his life? They all have their own talents, sure, yet someone has to be the best!

#shipping #tim drake #bottom tim drake #jaytim #jeantim #rastim #ra'stim #brutim #batcest #ra's al ghul x tim drake #jean paul valley x tim drake #jason todd x tim drake #kon el x tim drake #bruce wayne x tim drake #Tim is a princess okay #honestly I think it's a tie between Ra's and JP #proship #proshippers please interact

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mistress-of-vos · 13 days

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JeanTim: **happens**

Jason: "Jilted for a holier-than-thou hermit? How does Tim dare to refuse me? Is this a sick game meant to torture my heart?"

Dick: "... I think Tim just likes them religiously traumatized, tbh"

#jeantim #jaytim #shipping #batcest #jean paul valley x tim drake #jason todd x tim drake #jean paul valley #jean-paul valley #jason todd #tim drake #proship #my writing #crackship #crack #my poor attempt at a joke

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mistress-of-vos · 8 months

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Jean-Paul, insecure: Can I ask you something?

Tim, half sleep: Hmm?

Jean-Paul: So... Did you accept to date me because I'm some sort of European fantasy American queers have or...?

Tim, opening one eye: Are you asking if I gave you a first date because you're a tall, handsome blonde with long hair, french accent, and who clearly takes out his catholic shame in the bed?

Jean-Paul: ... Yeah?

Tim: Angel, darling, of course not!

Jean-Paul, slightly disappointed: Oh

Tim, going back to sleep: I gave you a first date because it turns me on that we were Batman and Robin and also your hands around my throat were my first unholy dream. Good night!

Jean-Paul.exe has stopped working

#jean paul valley #jean-paul valley #tim drake #shipping #jean paul x tim drake #jean paul valley x tim drake #jeantim #JeanTim incorrect quotes #I'm opening a new section let's go #bottom tim drake #not really but implied #pro shipping #my writing

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mistress-of-vos · 3 months

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It's their turn! 💛❤️✨

(Extra context of the meme below (mini fic?)!!!)

After the events of Red Robin, Babs and Luke inform Jean-Paul of the issues and problems going on among the bats. During a mission, Bruce got hurt again and has been benched, meaning the situation of "Dick covering for Batman" is once again back in town. This creates a lot of tension among Dick, Damian, Tim, Jason and Bruce, making it almost impossible for them to work together.

Having their hands full with actual city saving, Luke and Babs called JP to ask him to go back and help for a while. Luke does apologize for it, since he knows JP is way happier in Europe and working on his own. It's not that JP doesn't like Gotham, but he grew tired of Bruce and Dick treating him like trash, so he left months after Jason had that - violent encounter with Tim on Titans Tower.

Jean-Paul admits that was part of the problem too; he didn't like it that Bruce seemed so at peace with Tim getting hurt. And Tim... Tim allowed Bruce to ignore his pain. That was maddening, btw, and Jean-Paul had snapped a few times against Tim, screaming that he shouldn't let Bruce walk over him.

Whatever. Jean-Paul had left. He went to Europe and traveled, getting rid of the order of st. Dumas by himself alone, and then getting rid of other groups equally awful and cruel. It was a tiring, slow job. He traveled a lot, and from time to time visited Brian in Spain to chat, but mostly he focused on ending the cycle of violence that he had been raised into. Eventually he did, and just months later, Luke and Babs call.

Being back in Gotham is - weird. It has been years, and Jean-Paul feels uncomfortable around Jason and Damian. His dislike towards Dick hasn't lowered, and it has stayed as a mutual feeling, although JP can't help to feel a bit of pity for Dick when he sees how tired and old Dick looks once he takes off the Batman cowl. But hey, didn't Dick argue that JP wasn't worthy? Then perhaps he should carry the weight of the mantle he insisted JP tainted.

Mostly, JP doesn't like being back at Gotham. Until he sees Tim.

Tim, who has - grown into such a smart, beautiful and sassy young man. Tim, who wears eyeliner, mascara and red lipstick. Tim, with acrilic nails as sharp as Catwoman's. Tim, with a perfume even more hypnotizing than Poison Ivy. Tim, lethal and beautiful. Tim, that makes JP's knees tremble as if he's a teenage virgin boy.

And it gets worse when they start working together. Huge news! Ofc JP had been called back because Tim refused to work with the bats anymore, and it's JP's duty to work with him and push him back to Babs (she does understand that Tim doesn't want to be close to the others, but she worries about Tim being alone, and doesn't want him going out without any support). And doing that is hell, because JP falls hard and deep for Tim.

JP is sure that he was completely whipped by the end of the third week working together. Maybe even sooner.

That's how Luke learns about it, since JP is awful at hiding his crushes. And Luke has the nerve to laugh, telling JP to ask Tim out as if Tim wasn't way out of JP's league! Does Luke enjoy seeing him suffering? JP thinks he will go crazy if he has to hear one more phrase about taking risks...

And yet JP follows Luke's advice: He asks Tim out.

He asks Tim out in a chat. A grupal chat. With Luke on it. And maybe he's hugging his cat George all the time while waiting for Tim to reply.

Against all logic, Tim says yes, and then texts JP on their private chat (the one that's supposed to be used for cases only), saying just one sentence:

"You're adorable, Jean-Paul."

For the record, the first date goes great. JP manages to get to third base, and Tim smirks smugly while murmuring "Puppy" on JP's ear, nails holding his long blonde hair to keep him in place: At Tim's mercy.

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