#Robin Kelly

[timmydraker]

During a patrol in Gotham one night, Red Robin comes across a strange sight.

A young woman stands over a crumpled body with a sling shot primed and ready, aimed a man with a rather large hand gun. It’s clear she’s protecting the woman who looks like she’s been hit over the head and had her bag nabbed, as it’s ripped and contents are spilled everywhere.

The girl sits shaking, she isn’t scared at all, standing strong with a shard of glass aimed at the man’s crotch.

Tim jumps down and disarms the man smoothly before turning to the young girl, who upon closer inspection seems to be around thirteen years old.

“Are you hurt?”

She shakes her head and stares at him for a moment with awe in his eyes before her eyes widen and she turns to the person behind her, “But she is! That guy was cornering her and I tried to help but he hit her and-“

“Alright, I understand. Would you like to help me get her to the ER a few blocks away?”

The girl nods with a determination Tim remembers seeing in Dick and Jason in their Robin days and he smiles.

He doesn’t ask her what her name is because side he knows he’ll follow up and find something to feel guilty about, but the girl seems to have her own plans.

She shows up a couple of days later, standing on a tall building with a cheap Robin outfit on.

Tim is confused before he drops down and she gives a big grin and mock salute, “How can I help?”

Tim smiled a little before shaking his head, “Taking the title of Robin, are you?”

She nods, now more bashful, “Well, I want to help people. I don’t want to fight exactly, but… well, sometimes you bats are too busy with the villains to notice the little guy and- bro to say you’re a bad hero-“

“You’re right, it’s okay. We can only do so much and sometimes preventing more damage being done saves more lives, but there will always be a cost.”

She smiles, bright orange, and impressively curly, hair getting in her eyes and sticking to the poor quality glue of her fake domino.

“I want to help. I… can help, please.”

Tim answers after a solid minute of silence, “What is your name?”

She frowns, “Aren’t I supposed to have a secret identity?”

He smiles in answer, “Yes, but I know what you look like and I can find out, I’m asking out of politeness.”

The girl looks like she could pout and Tim feels strangely old at the sight, even if he’s still got a few months before he can even legally drink.

“Carrie. Caroline to be specific.”

Tim smiles, “Well, Carrie, here’s the deal. I will meet you here or somewhere like here every night and until, and only until, you can land a hit on me will I agree to let you help.”

While Carrie doesn’t look pleased she nods, a clear sense of hope in her eyes even as she looks nervous.

She looses the first fight, and the second and third and fourth, but she gets better and better.

Tim doesn’t tell anyone about Carrie Kelly, nor does he tell her that he does end up doing a back ground check and finds two dead beat parents more focused on weed than their incredibly skilled daughter.

When she proves to be relentless in her desire to save lives he sends her to a teacher to help her stay hidden and safe. He’s not like Bruce, he doesn’t send her overseas to some dangerous people, but close by and to someone he trust to not hurt her nor tell anyone else about the strange young girl whose managed to give him a taste of his own medicine.

Selina Kyle is more than happy to take in the girl when she watches her sling shot fire crackers at muggers.

When Carrie comes back and meets Tim on a rooftop, she not only manages to hit him but knocks him off his feet.

Tim grins at her, pride filling his mind and making him understand Bruce just a little more.

But unlike Bruce, he isn’t throwing her into the fight at all.

Tim Drake is the one who pays for her school pills while her yippie parents refuse to work or spend money on her, and sends her real time footage of medical lectures in various collages across the country.

Carrie doesn’t become Robin, nor did she even wear that suit after the second night and he gave her a basic training outfit that properly covered her eyes and hair, but she does become something else.

She becomes Cardinal, the vigilante that swoops in to save civilians and provide the medical care that saves hundreds of people and allows the ambulances and hospitals to have a chance.

When she makes her debut the other bats worry about a new kid making bad choices, probably inspired by them, but Tim ignores it if only because he’s actually proud of her and trust her in a way he hasn’t trusted teammates in years.

After a year of this, a young girl asks for a meeting with Mister Tim Drake at his company and, purely so he wouldn’t have to do more pointless numbers, he lets her in after she passes the security check.

The girl who comes into his office is barely ten, cute little clips in her dark bob hair and a big book bag almost half her size behind her.

Tim recognised her instantly once he sees the bright yellow shoes she’s wearing.

This little girl, name Mia Mizoguchi, has been stalking him and Carrie for a few months now.

After he enrolled Carrie at Gotham Academy, the young girl nicknamed ‘Maps’ had been asking Carrie a lot of questions. Carrie had been good at avoiding incriminating answers, but had fallen for the younger girls clever trap as she casually spoke out infomation that could help with cases and Carrie delivered it back to Tim.

As soon as he realised that Maps had done exactly what he had done and figured out who Carrie was he was impressed. Because even if Carrie was new to the game, she had a skill for tricking people into looking away from her and had done well to stay low.

Maps had made the connection back to Tim, apparently.

Luckily, unlike Bruce, he wasn’t ignorant to their little stalker and actually knew her family from a few galas and charities. To be fair, Tim also wasn’t clouded by grief, but as he lets the girl explain how she totally doesn’t know who Red Robin is but if she did know who he was she would want him to know that a new drug trade route was actually being covered by a cotton candy company and she has over sixty pages worth of proof.

When he shows up to The Nest (named by Carrie) with Maps behind him, he finds Cardinal waiting with an excited gleam in her eyes.

Due to her being so young, Tim doesn’t allow Maps to go into the field until she’s the same age as both he and Carrie were, but she’s quick to show her worth taking over coms and doing an insanely detailed level of detective work that Tim can’t help but be a little jealous of.

Just like Carrie, who has been trying with Selina about only becoming Catgirl if Catwoman stops being a criminal for a few weeks now, he sends her to someone else for mentor ship.

Maps is a sweet girl, but she loves to talk and has a lot of friends who have most of the same interest, so he sends her to the one bat member he trust most.

Cassandra Cain immediately tells Tim that he has to adopt both of them and can’t quite understand why them both having living parents matters.

It’s Cass who gives Maps her vigilante name, Sparrow.

[dailydccomics]

nostalgia done right Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic #4 by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Max Dunbar

[batcavescolony]

Julie (Bruce's ex Fiancée from the 40s): Dick Grayson is that you?

Dick: JULIE! How have you been? *hugs her*

Julie: oh great, have you seen my new movie? I think it's gonna be big!

Dick: I'll have to see it!

*they talk for a bit*

Julie: well I better get going, it great to see you Dick, you've grown so much. Bye

Dick: bye

Jason: who was that?

Dick: oh, Bruce's ex Fiancée.

Jason: WHAT! Why am I just hearing about this? Who is she?

Dick: you know Portia Storme?

Jason: the actress in 'Dial M for Murder'!

Dick: yeah that's her!

Jason: BRUCE WAS ALMOST MARRIED TO PORTIA STORME?! AND I'M JUST FINDING OUT!

[mylifeingotham]

This is so random, but I feel like Jason went through a Heathers phase

[renaissance35]

Stephanie: Worst thing about dating a Batfamily brother, on three. 

Cass: Okay, easy. 

Steph: One, two, three: 

Carrie: The emotional distance-

Barbara: Jason!

[paintedimagery]

Had this done for like a month now lmao

[mintyok]

my robin designs and who I think their favorite superheroes are (excluding Batfam heros)

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in my dc verse Carrie is Kate’s Robin for the period of time where Bruce is missing from Gotham

[elephantlovemedleys]

Elizabeth (1998) dir. Shekhar Kapur

[shadowland]

☆ Laurie Forman ☆

THAT 70s SHOW 2x20 Kiss of Death

[harleycao]

The thing about hbo Titans is they had the PERFECT cast and then they ruined it with horrible writing.

I was able to enjoy (some of) it because i watched it back before i knew (pretty much) anything about dc comics (or good writing in general & i was just young/naive enough to enjoy it).

(I never finished season 3).

But, like, teagan croft as rachel roth/raven? Perfect! I loved Brenton thwaites as Dick Grayson/Nightwing! Curran Walters did really well as Jason Todd/Red Hood/Robin Ii, especially when considering what he had to work with! Anna Diop as Koriand'r/Starfire was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! Also perfect (at least imo): Alan Ritchson as Hank Hall/Hawk, Minka Kelly as Dawn Granger/Dove, Ryan Potter as Gar Logan/Beast Boy, Connor Leslie as Donna Troy/Wondergirl...honestly, what casting wasn't amazing!?

But the writing freaking sucked and ruined the show!

(I am willing to debate these points and if there's something i don't know, please don't be afraid to educate me! That being said, be nice about it, please).

[sourw0lfs]

[truetgirl]

So, with the understanding that all of them are good and all have very real redeeming qualities...

[that70sshowgoldencouple]

Who Knows

Is it just me or does this scene have the same vibes to the Friends 'They don't know that we know that they know' scene. No? Just me? lol

Season 2, Episode 19: Parents Find Out

[onceabluemoonthoughts]

What if Teen Titians go is actually in the Dark Kight returns universe?!?

This is a crack headcannon but just bear with me… I HAVE PROOF!!

This started off as: hmm… robin goes through some hard times here, he’s even got a rat in his room, kinda makes me feel as bad as the All Star Batman and Robin: The boy wonder series… WHAT IF?!?!

Then the obvious stuff comes to mind like Carrie Kelly:

She’s in the Robin roster! Sure Tim Drake is also there and he doesn’t exist in the dark knight universe… or at least we never see him. But he’s a more popular Robin. And why would they put Carrie instead of maybe Steph? Damian? Or even Jason?!

That cutesy one isn’t Jason, it’s golden age Robin, which is still Dick Grayon!

This helps my theory actually because why would they have 2 DICK GRAYSON���S?!?!?

Because one of from a different universe, along with the Tim Drake there. Both from the mainline comics (or at least the golden age Robin would be) meaning TTG Robin could be based on different comics altogether!!

I might add more to this…

[puppiesandnightlock]

okay hear me out

the robins but with the musical six