#fitzmartin is kinda like a reincarnated didio if you squint

[tjmsteph]

what did more damage to tim’s reputation: new 52 or fitzmartin

whether the new 52 or fitzmartin did worse damage is a really tricky question. from one side, many of the modern misconceptions come from the new 52 misunderstanding the red robin era as a natural progression for tim as opposed to the traumatic regression it was. however, new 52 was always meant to be 'a different take on the characters' so i really only blame future editorial and tumblr fans for taking the new 52 content at face value instead of a glorified elseworld. what is enraging about fitzmartin, that isnt just the rampant misogyny in her constant undervaluing of steph's character and relationship with tim, is the fact that the content is supposed to be about 'the real tim'. even post-fitzmartin, the content seems to bring up stuff related directly to post crisis tim (note: the valentine special using ariana and acknowledging her relationship with tim) but really only doing so by omitting key character traits of all the characters involved and to empower a white blonde man of all things (tho bernard fans will never admit it cause god forbid you call out a white man benefitting from editorial misogyny without being called 'homophobic'). in the end, i think new52 started the beginning of the end but fitzmartin took the final blow in dismantling any chance for tim's character to recover after rebirth tried to salvage the damage