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sing-me-under · 9 months ago

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DC horribly missed the opportunity to give Tim a new hero identity with TDR. I don’t mind Tim Drake: Robin from like a character or plot standpoint, but I think it could have greatly benefited from leaning into the “coming of age” aspect that is often associated with moving out to build your own life as well as coming to terms with your sexuality. Tim should’ve been allowed to move on from the Robin identity. I believe that he more than any of the other Bats deserves to move on from Batman and from Gotham and be whoever he wants to be.

Anyway, this is just me thinking that Pilcrow would’ve been a pretty neat name for Tim.

Pilcrow: (n.) a symbol (¶) used to mark a new paragraph or section of text.

A new paragraph in life. A new start.

It also sounds like Crow, to acknowledge the bird theme.

#personal #dc #also on the topic #i think that Damian deserves to keep Robin #the other Robins started out as the epitome of hope and joy and all that jazz that’s usually associated with youth #and then they take on a new mantle when it no longer fits them #the same does not hold true for Damian #Damian resembled the symbol that is Batman far more than the symbol of Robin #he is given Robin as an opportunity #to learn what it means to be a hero and have compassion #Damian embraces the role of Robin and cements it into his identity as a hero #I think he deserves to keep it #… and then the world has an apocalypse and everyone dies #that’s when he can become Batman #there’s too many bird name DC characters #there’s literally like several characters who go by Crow #and like two or so who go by Cardinal

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