#tim & lonnie

[fantastic-nonsense]

insane how Red Robin is "the loner Tim Drake book" when he had friends and family just popping out of the woodwork like daisies asking him to come home and enjoy hugs like he used to 😭

[sol-sketchz]

red robin

I had to reblog because I found a mistake and it was making me crazy.

Anyways, I still miss lonnie.

[cosmicpoutine]

timlonnie art 🤕

what happened to please?

[lesbianjonouchi]

xP

[junimo-hexed]

Hehe, spreading the agenda

[peacerisendove]

Also just while I'm thinking of TimBern and Tim's sexuality. I don't think we talk about these pages enough. He just charms the hell out of these three jocks and looks like he's having fun.

Like Tim could have pulled so many guys he knew in high school: Ives, Bernard, Danny, (maybe even Lonnie too if they met again during then), and maybe one of these guys if he wanted to.

[do-you-ship-this-comic-ship]

propaganda:

The chemistry. the banter. Being a hacker and bisexual are too coolest things in 1995. The way years later Tim created an entire vr suit/world for Lonnie when he was fully paralyzed so they could team up to defeat DC's darkweb the Ünternet.

(second propaganda is very long so it goes beneath a read more)

Lonnie is the first vigilante peer Tim interacted with and a major part of Tim's first solo detective case before becoming Robin - their histories are connected inside and outside of the comics, as Lonnie was the third Robin that never was and Tim is the third Robin that was. Tim maintains the myth of the Bat and Lonnie works to render the need for it obsolete (despite admiring Batman to a degree) which makes for interesting contrast. Tim's been at least somewhat interested in talking to and understanding Lonnie since their first interaction despite their couple of clashes, offering to discuss Anarchist politics with him, and Lonnie is someone often misunderstood by the wider vigilante community. Their banter is fun when they're up against each other, and Tim arrives at the conclusion that they'd make a good team the second time they meet. Tim makes a few comments here and there about how Lonnie's motivations are right and how his heart's in the right place, proving a sympathy with his cause even if it chafes against Batman's. Later on, Tim saves Lonnie's life when he's about to die after getting trapped attached to a blimp set to explode. Tim saves Lonnie's life again when Lonnie's kidnapped by Ulysses Armstrong at the end of his Robin solo, beforehand starting to correspond with Lonnie to try to track him down and rescue him and then actually rescuing him with Ulysses makes Tim choose between apprehending him and saving Lonnie. Tim in Red Robin shows signs of liking Lonnie, teaming up with him, being very concerned about his well being, even calling him his "best friend" a few times, even if sarcastically. Lonnie uses the fact that Tim understands him and how he operates to convince Tim to let him deal with the Unternet. Tim defends Lonnie's character. There's a lot of potential for the two of them any way you slice it (because there is some rivalry, annoyance, mistrust present), but I think they're people who are both similar enough to each other and different enough from each other in ways that would challenge each other to reflect on aspects of themselves, and there's nothing Tim loves more than someone who challenges him. Lonnie's painfully lonely and often needs others to drag him back down from the clouds when his well-intentioned schemes get out of hand as well as thoughts that he's the only one who can actually save the world, and Tim tends to connect or connect well with others, working well with a team. Lonnie is someone who has big, alternative ideas about society and how to deal with societal issues and has the drive to get things done, which I think would be good for Tim who is so averse to becoming like Batman, and they make nice conversation partners. There's more I could say but this is already getting so long. TL;DR timlonnie sweep forever.

[lonniemachin]

if you stick with me then you won’t ever be so lonely

[strange-0]

Capitalist scum (affectionate)

[froldgapp]

I'll write a one shot with the "winner." It'll be sad and nostalgic and hopefully a little fun too.

[cosmicpoutine]

timlonnie had potential to be the opposite of "my bf can't know im a superhero". lonnie can't find out robin is tim drake, can you imagine the disappointment? the drama? the lovers to enemies?

[aliteralchicken]

what I love about Timlonnie is that yeah it’s hilarious but it’s also plausible

[lesbianjonouchi]

yeah...

[junimo-hexed]

please your honor, i NEED them… i’m almost finished with Red Robin and every time they interact i ship them a little more. i need them to play HOI together and discuss political theory.

[domnorian]

They are best friends, your honor.

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