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inspired by this post by @freakly-fungi + a little extra timber

also starting to draw more long hair Tim bc drawing an undercut is taking years off my life

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today i am thinking about how tim is the only human (post cissie leaving) on the yj team. no powers or nothing

bart isn’t invulnerable but is fast enough to dodge almost anything and heals super fast, anita has magic, slobo, cassie, and kon are all super-strong and near indestructible, and greta is made of mist so not really an issue

which is how “code r” is born

short for code red, and also code robin, it is the protocol for keeping squishy, human tim alive in the field. it’s not that he’s not capable, but it’s the simple fact that the rest of them can survive things that tim very much can’t. imagine an explosion going off and tim being tackled from three different directions (bart, cassie, kon, in order). he hated it at first because he thought it meant that they thought he wasn’t capable, but has since realized

there’s nothing he can do about it, no matter how much he complained he can’t actually stop them

they aren’t exactly wrong, and it’s better for him to be able to remain on the field than get serious injuries

most importantly, he will be able to lord over jason that he has never died in an explosion

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I love the headcanon of Tim and Cassandra being very similar

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I love this trio Soo much because they are like the gay cousins in a Christmas dinner

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The irony of fanon treating Tim as the introverted, antisocial, loner robin when he probably has the most friends in and out of the mask.

I mean people just love this guy. He's charismatic the way Peter Parker is charismatic. Awkward and nerdy and authentically himself and it just draws people in. I mean he had a pretty large group of friends in Brentwood Academy. And in Louis E. Grieve he manages to impress the school jocks in a way that makes him essentially popular (in the sense that he's well liked and well know but not popular popular). And let's not forget the fact that he regularly ran DND campaigns and like actually socialized outside of Robin, and maintained those friendships for years.

His canon boyfriend was someone he knew explicitly as a civilian throughout his junior year.

And that's not counting the way people just like Tim in the mask. He's the natural leader in young justice (98) and several people who objectively hate batman will cooperate with the bats because they like Tim (Helena comes to mind here). Tim's friendship with Anarchy starts from the very beginning of his run as Robin when they both reflect on the fact they're very similar: two incredibly clever and talented teenagers who love to be challenged.

Tim is just that guy.

When Damian tries to restart the teen titans while Tim is presumed dead, Beast Boy especially is constantly talking about Damian could never measure up to Tim. While yes that's largely because Damian is abrasive and hard to get along with. A good part of that is because Tim was just that likeable.

Like yes Tim might be more introvert coded but he is not antisocial or a loner or whatever.

I mean let's bffr y'all. You can't tell me we're just going to ignore the Tim outsmarted Ra's in red robin because Ra's was relying on the bats' hyper independence and Tim just goes "I'm not like Batman. I have friends" Like bro violated Bruce so hard and I feel like it's just such a pivotal part of his character that people ignore. Like yes Tim pushes people away when he can't deal with his emotions but he's also wayyy better than Bruce at relying on others.

Idk I feel like half of fanon infantilizes Tim while the other half treats him like a mini Bruce clone with the added risk of going rogue and it's neither.

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robin 1993 #110

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Damian is 3 seconds away from being crushed under the weight of his siblings.

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FREAKY TIMBREN! FREAKY TIMBREN! FREAKY TIMBREN! FREAKY TIMBREN! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

BACK! BACK YOU BEAST!!! *Shoos you* Lucky it's pride month or it would've been the hose on ya!

Ahem, so anyways.

18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+ 18+

—

Tim, slamming open the door to his bedroom, sweating, panting heavily: I need your d#&$ more than I need air. Right now. Please. Thanks.

Bernard, who was listening to a horror podcast and actively just had a miniature heart attack he thinks: WHAT happened?!

Tim: Ivy. Pollen. Sex fix it. Gimme.

Bernard, pulling down his pants: What? She has like, sex pollen? Aphrodisiacs?

Tim: Remember when I wore my first Robin uniform for you?

Bernard: The one with the leotard and tights?

Tim, climbing into Bernard's lap and placing sloppy kisses along his jaw and neck: Yeah, mhmm. That horny. Like, when you saw me? That horny.

Bernard: Oh god I'm gonna ruin you.

Tim, pushing him down: Not before I make sure I'm the only thing you ever wanna ruin.

Dick, over comms: TIMOTHY JACKSON DRAKE, TAKE THE F#-$&#- COMM OUT AND BURN IT!

Damian: I am repulsed. Todd is having no reaction to the substance!

Jason, asexually vibing with an apple juice as Bruce performs several blood tests:

—

Damian: —And that's when grandfather! —

Dick: HEY! We don't talk about Ra's around Tim, baby bat.

Damian: ??? Why not?

Tim: Yeah, why not???

Bruce: . . . Uh . . .

Dick: Y'know? Because of what he did to you?

Tim: I don't. Care to elaborate?

Damian: I, too, wish to know.

Tim: If it's about the window thing then that's just whatever, happens, y'know?

Bruce: . . . Well, there's the fact you've referred to him as a "total creep" on multiple occasions.

Dick: His sister tried to...

Tim: . . . ? Oh! That! Yeah, trauma. Ha. Yeah, anyways, nothing to do with Ra's. He's cool. We play online chess now.

Damian: Tt, I still do not believe you have bested him even once.

Tim: I win! I totally beat him!

Damian: He argues otherwise, and I still remain the favorite grandson.

Jason: WHAT!?!? I'm his favorite!

Tim: He's most proud of me.

Dick: . . . What?

Bruce: So. Ra's never... Assaulted you?

Tim: He kicked me out a window? But, like, I did blow his s#&# up and told him his food was to spicy, guess that offended him.

Dick:

Bruce:

Jason: I'M GONNA CALL HIM AND HE'S GONNA SAY I'M HIS FAVORITE!

Tim: HE THINKS YOUR AN ABOMINATION!

Damian: HE MET ME FIRST!

Tim: WHICH MEANS HE'S HAD THE MOST TIME TO THINK OF ALL THE REASONS HE HATES YOU!

Jason: YOU TRIED TO KILL HIM WITH A GIANT PENNY!

Tim: AND HE LOVED ME SINCE!

Dick: So. Tim. He... He never wanted to... Be romantically involved with you..?

Damian: . . .

Jason: . . .

Tim: . . .

Damian: HOW DARE YOU MAKE SUCH ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT OUR GRANDFATHER!!!!???

Jason: DOES SELINA WANNA BE "ROMANTICALLY INVOLVED" WITH YOU!! HUH!? HUH!? EXACTLY, YOU SICK F3&$!

Tim: HE SENDS ME A VIAL OF LAZARUS WATER EVERY YEAR FOR MY BIRTHDAY SO I DON'T DIE FROM BEING SPLEENLESS!

Everyone: What?

—

Bernard: . . . Can I have one of your whips?

Selina: . . . For?

Bernard: Sex.

Selina, handing it over: Remember, if the Wayne boy don't walk away with a limp, his pride shattered, and satisfaction written all over his body, you didn't do it right. Trust. I'm experienced with the man who made them...

Bernard: Ma'am yes ma'am! Also thank you for getting Batman pregnant with Tim.

Selina: Was my honor to help with the impregnantion and delivery. It was twelve hours long. Each time.

Bernard: You're my idol and hero.

Bruce: ??? Selina???

Tim: Bernard!?!?

—

Bernard, kicking open the bathroom door with a phone in hand: We're pregnant!

Tim, bent over the toilet, clutching his stomach: No we are NOT, stop doing that. I have the flu.

Bernard: I know. And I made you chicken noodle soup with chamomile tea.

Tim: Thank you.

Bernard: Of course. Sorry I gave you the flu... Probably because we had sex while I had it.

Tim: Should've had safe sex.

Bernard: Oh my god... I got you pregnant with the flu.

Tim, throwing a toilet bowl scrubber at him:

Bernard, dropping his phone as he screeches:

—

Highscool

Darla: Stop telling girls how big your d#-$ is, Bernard. Nobody cares.

Bernard: They ask!

Darla: Because you started a rumor! I bet it isn't even eight inches.

Tim: Six and a half, actually.

Bernard:

Darla:

Darla: You know this how?

Bernard: I would also like to know this!?

Tim: . . . Remember when you asked for my step Mom's number?

Bernard: Oh god.

Tim: I gave you a fake one.

Bernard: You didn't.

Tim: And pretended to be her.

Bernard: You monster.

Tim: You didn't even warn me before sending a nude!? I got no warning! WE WERE TALKING ABOUT PROTEIN SHAKES And you go "I can show you a protein shake" aND SENT ME A NUDE!?

Bernard: HOW LONG WERE YOU STARING TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW LONG IT IS!?!?

Tim: I. Like. Measuring. Things. You know this! I stopped to measure that caterpillar earlier!

Bernard: YOU'RE COMPARING MY D#$$ TO A CATERPILLAR!?!?

Darla: This is the best friend group I've ever had.

Bernard: SO YOU— WHAT!? IT WAS A PICTURE!

Tim: AND I MADE THE CALCULATIONS! SIX AND A HALF INCHES WHILE FLACID!

Bernard: I would've literally shown you in real life if you asked!

Darla:

Tim:

Bernard:

Tim: . . . For real?—

*Later*

Tim: I think I'm bisexual, Steph.

Stephanie: You're attracted to bicycles???

—

Bernard, watching as Red Robin and Red Hood get into a shouting match across the street from his university, surrounded by his friends: Would.

Friend: Would what?

Bernard, looking right at Red Robin: Smash.

Friend: He's a vigilante, probably has daddy issues and unresolved truama.

Bernard: A Daddy kink, praise, and bondage would fix that.

—

Bernard, completely unprompted: . . . In high school when you got your tooth knocked out by a jock I kept it and did a ritual on it to make you fall in love with me before burying it in my backyard and crying to One Direction because I thought I was breaking the spell after Darla died and you didn't contact me.

Tim, who was watching a movie with him and not conversing at all prior to this: When you lost a heavy amount of blood I kept the bloodied clothing and smelt it while you were in the hospital to have your DNA stain my hands and let me smell your death until I knew you'd be okay.

Bernard: . . . I need to be in you right now.

Tim, already throwing off his shirt: I need you to make our sin the reason God abandons this world.

Bernard, pushing him down and quickly sliding down his pants: I've done something so wrong if our sex hasn't made him abandon all hope for his creation by now.

—

Tim, texting during a W.E. meeting: Send nudes.

Bruce, immediately getting a text: . . . Wrong number, Tim.

Tim: Oh, s#-$, my bad, ignore that.

Bruce: You can't... Do that, in the middle of a meeting, Tim.

Tim: Have, will, am.

Tim, texting again, to Bernard's number this time: Send. Nudes.

Bruce: Timothy Jackso—

Tim: Shh, we're in a meeting.

Bernard, texting back: I need that pretty face first.

Random CEO: Is something wrong, Mr... Wayne's?

Tim: I'm sexting my boyfriend, god. Carry on!

Bruce: Ha, teenagers... Tim. Please!

Tim: I'm not stopping till I get the approval for more free clinics!

Bruce: That's not how this works.

Tim: Okay.

Tim, continuing to text, muttering under his breath: Anything for you, Daddy—

Random CEO: Y'know what? Approved! We'll fund more clinics! Please, just stop. You're making everyone uncomfortable.

Tim: Glad we all agree! Now I'll be going to have amazing, mind blowing sex that you elders couldn't dream of providing your dissatisfied wives.

Tim, walking out:

The entire room:

Lucius, trying not to laugh:

Bruce: . . . I did worse at his age.

—

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I love young justice because we have yuri, yaoi and Bart

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to get revenge on Tim for being a little stalker back during his Robin days, Jason just decides to stalk Red Robin. the problem is that Tim realises Red Hood is stalking him and just goes ‘ok that’s fair’ and instead of getting annoyed about it he starts treating Jason like his own personal twitch chat.

Jason: *hacking into Tim’s apartment’s security cameras*

Tim, trying to cook in his kitchen: -so what do we think, chat? is this good or should i add more salt? and what should i make for dessert, any requests?

Jason:

Jason, seeing the rest of the apartment completely empty:

Jason: we really need to give him an MRI scan.

after a while Jason just starts going along with it and it becomes less of a revenge attempt and more of a keeping-an-eye-on-my-little-brother attempt, because it’s literally the only form of surveillance on Tim from the batfamily that Tim doesn’t immediately find and destroy.

Tim will be out on patrol with no coms connected, completely alone, and he’ll still pause outside a sting job and talk to nobody just like ‘chat do you think i should go in?’ and after a moment his phone will ping and it will be Jason who as far as he knows is in fuckin italy or something on a job, just ‘do it and i’ll donate 10 dollars’ and Tim will just be like ‘bet’ and it’s completely normal for them.

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actually can we have Tim not being adopted into the batfamily and instead after his parents go broke and then die leaving him with nothing he just decides ‘well i know where the batcave is’ and starts living in the tunnels underneath Wayne manor because of the logic that he can’t get kicked out bcs 1. squatters rights and 2. whats Bruce gonna do? call the police and say ‘this guy won’t leave my secret lair. no im not Batman wdym’? and he manages to go unnoticed for like. a good fucking while. not even Alfred realises bcs wtf would he be snooping around down there for?

even better is this happens after Jason dies so Tim still becomes Robin and Bruce is so overwhelmed with grief that he literally never realises that Tim has never once used the front door to come over. he just kinda sneaks up from somewhere in the cave. he assumes that Alfred’s letting the kid in without telling him. Alfred assumes Bruce is doing the same.

Damian finds out first because that’s so much funnier. he gets to Gotham to 1. gain his birthright and meet his father and 2. do some reconnaissance/avenging of this replacement Robin that’s been the centre of Jason’s angry rants at the league for the past 6 months. he follows Tim ‘home’ and finds him fucking. golluming it up a 15 minute hike through the cave system and he’s like. wait what.

Damian, reporting back to Jason: Drake is a mole.

Jason, vindicated: like he’s working for the enemy?!

Damian, standing in front of an indignant Tim in the middle of his ‘camp’, phone pressed to his ear: no like he lives in a fucking tunnel.

Jason:

Tim, mumbling: slightly harsh,

Damian, angling his face away from the phone momentarily: i watched you dig a hole to unearth the protein bars you’d buried there.

Tim:

Jason, rapidly changing his opinion on this kid: ok actually lets not kill him because thats fucking hysterical and i want to know more-

Tim really likes living alone in the tunnels because he’s a weird little guy and he’s gotten used to the independence and lack of sun, and Damian grew up in the league where ‘wilderness training’ was monthly, mandatory, and from the age of three. so he really doesn’t see the issue in it. he just kinda shrugs and accepts his brother lives in the cave system. Jason is so delighted and amused by the vibes these two kids have going on over in Gotham (he gets video calls from Damian just. in Tim’s camp while they hang out together sometimes. Damian brings him water bottles and various sustenance offerings like he’s appealing so some ancient deity living under their house. Jason thinks it’s incredible) that he decides fuck the league, he needs to see this in person. killing the Joker is a side quest he did on the way; he really only came to see what his idiot little brothers had going on under Bruce, Dick and Alfreds nose. he visits Tim’s little cave home while waiting for his new Crime Alley apartment to be ready.

eventually Bruce and Dick are working on a case and they’re following a lead to do with a criminal escaping via cave systems that they theorise may connect to the batcave, so after Damian’s gone to bed they suit up and start searching around. they come across Damian, Tim, and the fucking Red Hood chilling around a small fire just casually eating leftovers Damian snuck down from the kitchen, just quietly enjoying each others presence in this clearly years old campsite, quietly discussing whether or not the weather will be clear enough next week to go to the new art museum together. Dick shines a flashlight at them and they all snap to attention like that scene in ratatouille where the human comes in the kitchen and the rats all freeze and look up. nobody says anything for a solid three minutes.

eventually Tim is just like “I have squatters rights. you can’t evict me.” and Red Hood nods and points at him.

Bruce, desperate to gain some kind of thread of understanding here: “Damian, you’re supposed to be in bed. …Tim, I’m actually not sure where you’re supposed to be, come to think of it, but I don’t think it’s here.”

“He just said he has squatters rights, father.” Damian responds instantly. “Keep up.”

Dick: “And does the Red Hood have squatters rights?”

“I have a gun,” Jason points out cheerfully. “Same thing, ain’t it?”

Dick and Bruce are so confused they become convinced that they’ve been dosed with something and only figure out whats going on after putting on gas masks and testing everybody’s blood.

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drawing the core 4 being the friends ever will fix me

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Reverse Robins

POV: you disturbed Dick and Tim’s tea party

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one of the fun tim and dick reqs I got was for tim to be lowered headfirst down an alleyway to retrieve something they dropped. Probably something stupid like a boot 😂 nightwing’s just up there holding the grapple with a bare foot braced on the parapet.

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batkids age reversal: jay & dickie

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More Dick and Tim please? <3 maybe with huntress as well lol.

A robin cuddle like would be cute as well!

Your art is lovely!!

batburger

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It took me a little while to warm up to his style but Jorge Jimenez is now one of my favorite artists for Tim. He can go from having Tim's Robin look like a bad-ass in one panel then let his youth and innocence shine through in the next. Wonderful!