#privilege princess tim drake

[fagfictions]

Thank God

Roy: It's weird to see all of you together, the four robins.

Dick: What's so weird about it?

Roy: Like I genuinely can't believe that you were all Robin at some point in time.

Damian: That's what passing down the mantle is, Harper.

Roy: Anyway, which one of you went through the most as Robin?

Damian: Richard was with father the longest.

Dick: Damian is Bruce's actual biological son which comes with all kinds of complex issues.

Jason: I'm pretty sure I win by a landslide, death and all. But it could be pretty much anyone, but Tim.

Tim: Excuse me? Why not?

Jason: I hate to break it to you, but you don't know actual real struggle, pretty bird.

Tim, under his breath: Thank God.

Everyone, who heard him loud and clear: ???

[l0vem41l]

the passenger princess playlists

「 tws + notes: no tws, unedited, probably ooc, self-indulgent because we have fun here, author's taste in music is utter shit 」

「 gn!reader, can be platonic or romantic <3 」

↳ ft. these stupid parasites that keep infecting my brain aka bruce wayne,clark kent, jason todd, tim drake, and stephanie brown

author's note: THEY ARE THE PASSENGER PRINCESS!!!! WHY???? because if i projected my music taste on the reader insert we would have many issues. im not THAT self indulgent w/ my stuff i say, posting hcs of character's music tastes based on my own

you decide that it's time to show how much you trust them.

"hey," you mutter, eyes still on the road, fingers absentmindedly drumming on the wheel. "...you can have the aux cord, by the way."

▸ BRUCE doesn't even take it at first. he usually prefers to drive in complete silence himself, so he lets you handle the music. he's pretty nonchalant about what you play, indifferent to most music as long as it doesn't make his ears bleed.

the first time he takes the offer and plays something he personally enjoys, it's pretty straightforward: his main genres are classical, jazz, and dad rock. like... a lot of dad rock. he can read the room er, car?? well enough to know that the classical and jazz songs he listens to aren't exactly driving playlist material. and yes something in the way by nirvana will be played battison i fucking love you

BRUCE's songs include: ♡ she sells sanctuary by the cult ♡ something in the way by nirvana ♡ 1979 by the smashing pumpkins

▸ CLARK is more than happy to share his music! he's always been excited to hear whatever you jam out to and is pretty open to different genres. he definitely finds favorites of his that match the energy of your car playlists. doesn't wanna play anything that's too much of a bummer though, mainly because driving with you has such good vibes!!! he can't ruin that :( unless your in some sorta mood to be upset. then he's got some stuff aka a lot of elliot smith and jeff buckley

he finds a lot to love in all sorts of genres. it's a mix of stuff that he grew up listening to with his parents, stuff that he found on his own from artists he enjoys, and stuff you introduced him to. his music taste is just a mosaic of love for the people around him.

CLARK's songs include: ♡ it's been a long, long time by harry james and his orchestra ♡ cupid by sam cooke ♡ real love baby by father john misty

▸ if there's someone who's going to criticize music without sharing his full music taste? it's JASON. he's actually not mean but he'll make comments which give the impression that he thinks he'd be better with the aux. like bro ask for the aux normally. REMIND HIM WHO'S HOLDING THE WHEEL. YOU BETTER PRAY THAT THE VOTERS ARE IN YOUR FAVOUR WHEN WE DRIVE INTO THIS TELEPHONE POLE

when you give him the aux privileges he's secretly overjoyed. he likes a lot of different genres, rock, metal, indie rock, some punk... but don't ruin his mood by pointing out his music taste is vaguely inspired by bruce's. or make fun of him for listening to sleep token. obviously he likes listening to chill music too— but for a drive? it's gotta be loud and fast. secretly gets happy when you like the songs he plays. the validation gives him a quiet sort of joy.

JASON's songs include: ♡ knives out by radiohead ♡ goddamn these hands by the taxpayers ♡ custer by slipknot

▸ TIM is pretentious about music, but he doesn't intend to be. he's proud of his taste to the point where he's beyond spotify wrapped and stats.fm. i firmly believe he's made his own software to track the music he's listening to and it's thorough. that being said, he really doesn't mind listening to your music. he likes giving recommendations based off of the songs you play in the car.

tim adores branching out into different genres, and the more obscure it is, the more he likes it. given, he's also into some pretty known and loved bands. car seat headrest. radiohead. slaughter beach, dog. the minute you hand him the aux, he's trying to put you on his favourites. a lot of indie. like... so much indie. and midwest emo... american football WILL be played. he also unfortunately cannot hide his love for the pinkerton album.

TIM's songs include: ♡ never meant by american football ♡ oh! starving by car seat headrest ♡ tragic girl by weezer

▸ STEPHANIE is so cool. i've seen swiftie headcanons but guys... pop punk princess stephanie brown is too real. pop punk, alternative rock, riot grrrl— all that stuff. probably got aux privileges before you even gave her permission, she just started queuing up her songs with yours.

when she gets full control, she already has a playlist ready for the drive. it's kind of all over the place, but the vibes are great. you will go from mommy long legs to chappell roan and then to whatever recession pop artist she's into that week. steph is also a big fan of evanescence, kittie, and hole. those in specific are heavily headcanon-y but i feel like she'd appreciate them.

STEPHANIE's songs include: ♡ misery business by paramore ♡ cherry scented by jack off jill ♡ gimmie brains by bratmobile

▸ what are you listening to? you don't know but CASS seems happy at least. when you gave her aux privileges, she didn't really know what to do. she ended up just picking her favourite songs out of your usual playlists.

eventually, she gets excited by the prospect of sharing what she usually listens to and it's... something. so here's the thing: she listens to a lot of ambient noise. like, things that people usually sleep to. you once drove around for half an hour listening to nothing but the noises of rustling leaves and chirping birds through your speakers. and she was happy.

she listens to a lot of music where there's not a lot of lyrics most of the time, but tends to listen to some of stephanie's music as well— usually the more mellow side.

CASS' songs include: ♡ relaxing tranquil day in the forest by nature sounds ♡ healing ritual by whatever, dad ♡ to violet by adrianne lenker

part two... potentially??? lmk which character's you'd want ^_^

— reblogs always appreciated!

[princess-of-the-corner]

This is just my take, https://www.tumblr.com/princess-of-the-corner/755414313197617152/yeah-thats-what-i-meant-about-tim-killing-joker?source=share

Tim can be rather interesting when looked at through a lens of "Willing to do a murder" but only if he's not self aware about it.

What I mean is, when Tim's introduced his whole thing is wanting to see Batman back on the straight and narrow. Tim by and large has an extremely rigid and inflexible morality that he didn't inherit from Batman but his own parents/society.

This is why he hates/hated Catwoman, she is a thief and therefore bad.

HOWEVER

Tim also would lose his shit and try to kill or aim to kill and in one scenario only avoided killing by technicality far more often than people realize. The thing is though the narrative and framing never really... Realize this.

Basically:

When Tim tries to kill someone its because he's feeling so much, and the situation is so hard and even if he did almost or maybe did kill someone it doesn't say anything about Tim!

In contrast when Stephanie tries to murder her abusive dad, and is indifferent to the possible death of a guy who tried to kill her & Tim with a chainsaw, that does reflect her morality. That means she's a problem!

Its a pretty consistent double standard that gets bandied around a lot and can be quite vexing. But as said, to me he interesting way to view it is basically that between say, Tim & Steph, she is actually the one with more control.

IE, she went out with plans to murder her father, he knows her identity and tried to kill her moments before. She could still be talked out of killing him & chilled out.

In contrast, & assuming I remember this right, pretty sure I do XD

Tim tried to kill someone who had killed a classmate he didn't even seem to like that much. Said shooter was in a messy situation and the guy shot had been threatening him before and even brought a gun to school before 'straight as an arrow' Tim told on him to to his father, Jack Drake. Tim had to be forcibly held back from killing him by Stephanie and Connor Hawke.

As before, Stephanie's intro has her framed as a anti hero at best. While Tim, even after like 12 months of Bat training and plenty of case experience almost loses his head over a too personal case and goes to murder.

So yeah, I can see Tim doing a murder, but only in the context of. Tim losing his temper or getting too personally involved in a case and basically having a "My murder is morally acceptable" mentality. While still refusing to see anyone else's nuanced experience.

Honestly, Tim's a fascinating character if one leans into how Tim was very much not cut out for the life he threw himself into.

Hence steadily becoming so bitter and broken and in a "Dark Future" becoming a gun wielding Batman.

While in contrast, characters like Stephanie & Cassandra are kind of used to overcoming horrible shit and so super hero work isn't notably worse than what they're already dealt with.

Or in other words, Tim comes from a place of privilege, both in universe and in the narrative.

This informs how he has a simplistic view of the world and why he fails to register his own hypocrisy or 'moral weaknesses' and why the narrative never recognizes it either.

Which all fed into him not handling it well when he those privilege's were steadily made redundant or simply not enough to compensate for hew new circumstances and challenges, causing his hard lines to waver far more easily than he or the story realize.

That's my take anyway.

makes sense!

[mcmusing]

Contrary to his favorable people skills and warm Midwestern demeanor, there is some irony to Superman forming the Justice League. As Clark Kent, he grew up in the appropriately named Smallville, where he kept very few in his inner circle due to his alien origins. This way of life followed him as he became Superman, who in terms of crime fighting, is more of a loner than Batman. Besides the secrets he has to keep about himself, Clark has a naturally protective nature and would rather throw himself into the line of fire than risk anyone more vulnerable than himself. Outside of his fiancée Lana Lang/SuperWoman, Clark never wanted to take on a sidekick or other partners.

Eventually, a particularly nasty threat to Earth’s survival made him change his tune. Of all the heroes he worked with, Clark became the closest with Bruce Wayne/Batman and newcomer Diana Prince/Wonder Woman, forming sibling-esque ties with them. While Clark and Diana have similar powers and personalities, Bruce is significantly more aggressive and cynical. Instead of letting their conflicting philosophies make them rivals, Clark convinced Bruce that his team idea needed the Dark Knight’s experience and viewpoint as a non-metahuman hero. This incited Bruce to stand as a senior member and, without prompting, finance the operation.

The idea for Justice League Fellowship came more from Clark’s career as a journalist than a crime-fighter. While an unashamed American patriot, Superman always tried to distance himself from politics, wanting to view those around him as human beings as opposed to donkeys vs. elephants. However, when the rise of social media among other events eventually sparked a new age of civil upheaval, Clark wanted to act before the socio-political discourse of his parents’ day could be repeated. When certain media outlets began painting Superman and SuperWoman as overpowered privileged whites, Clark knew his status as the world’s hope symbol would not be enough. In addition to Bruce and Diana, Green Lantern John Stewart, Mari McCabe/Vixen, and Bruce’s oldest son Richard Grayson/Nightwing also joined Clark and Lana to battle for Earth. After their triumph, Clark proposed Justice League Fellowship to everyone. He emphasized his desire not for them to act as an imposing army but to establish a guild of different but equally heroic men and women with the same goals.

As JLF’s founder and commander-in-chief, Superman spends a lot of time in talks with world leaders and making executive decisions when necessary. He leaves the majority of inner JLF delegation in Wonder Woman’s capable hands. Clark has something of a sibling bond with the princess, connecting as “foreigners” with a yearn to help anywhere they can. Whatever their differences, Bruce and Clark are best friends and confide in each other often. Clark also gets along well with Richard along with Bruce’s youngest son, Tim Drake.

As both Superman and Clark, he has a natural rapport with children and the members of Young Justice Fellowship look to him with reverence.

Superman’s powers include flight, strength, invulnerability (to an extent), heat/x-ray vision, and heightened hearing. In addition to led and kryptonite, Clark’s sacrificial quality can be a huge detriment as well. When his shielding ways make him unintentionally overbearing, he has to be reminded that he must trust his teammates to hold their own. Regardless of his faults, the Man of Steel remains a kind and praise-worthy leader.