#tim 'dick grayson stan' drake

[bitimdrake]

You know that popular Fanon about Jason being Tim's favorite Robin, Tim stalking Jason, and Jason being Tim's favorite? Personally, I think Dick is Tim's favorite Robin. What do you think? I don't read a lot of comics, but obviously Dick and Tim are brothers, and I wish there was more Canon. Ps. English is not my first language. I'm sorry.

Okay I wish I had the energy to give a full comics panel breakdown of this in pristine incontrovertible detail, and have been silently hoping since I got this ask that motivation would appear. But it's become clear it won't so I will instead take the easier path to say:

YES DICK IS 100% TIM'S FAVORITE ROBIN THIS IS VERY EXPLICIT VERY DEFINITELY CANON.

Tim's backstory is all about how he saw Dick's parents' die, felt incredibly concerned for Dick, and instantly developed a lifelong attachment to him. And this connection remains a foundation of his character. Dick is the person he first reaches out to when he sees Batman slipping. Dick is the person who becomes his reliable big brother. And Dick is the person he will end up consistently going to for personal advice, vigilante visits, and let's-complain-about-batman chats.

He thinks Dick is the coolest person in the world, whether that's as the kid acrobat, or Robin, or an adult vigilante, or just Oh My God It's Dick Grayson (!!!!). His biggest hero is not Batman, it's Dick Grayson. He explicitly calls Dick the best. He doesn't think he can be as good as Dick--though Dick, in turn, thinks exactly the opposite. (There is actually something interesting to be said about their relationship in how Tim does put Dick on a pedestal in a way that can be helpful, but can also lead to unfair idolization and leave Tim unable to process when Dick does truly fail.) And their relationship is really one of the cornerstones of the 90s and 2000s batfamly, before the New 52 reboot.

Also, while there is no canon about Tim stalking Batman and Robin as a kid--he makes it pretty clear he kept up with their exploits via the news, not in-person--in his first appearance he does track Dick down to New York, break into his apartment when Dick turns out to not be home, and then follow him to the circus. Which, like, damn kid that is some serious stalking. You could get a felony for that.

(Meanwhile Jason, while he was dead, Tim mostly thought of either in conjunction with Dick as a past Robin, or on his own as a cautionary tale of what not to be like. It's just nowhere near the same as how he idolizes Dick.)

[thy-valhallen]

i like the idea that it's understood in the Batfam that Bruce has a favorite but no one's really sure who it is-- all of them have their own guesses, and it's never themselves (except Steph, who's here to laugh at their theories)

Dick is convinced it's Jason because of how he saw Jason's death destroy Bruce-- like, he knows Bruce would cry for all of them, mourn and all, but... well, he's pretty convinced Jason had a spot in their dad's heart a bit bigger than they did

Jason, if asked, will swear to hell and back it's Dick-- the Golden Boy, the perfect son, the one he had to compare himself to growing up. Secretly though? he thinks it's Tim. Tim, the best detective of all of them, the steadfast kid who stepped in to fix everything without the slightest bit of thanks or appreciation, the nerd who dedicated himself to their crusade with nothing to gain from it. who wouldn't favor that kid??

Tim has known since the first picture he ever took of Batman and Robin who the favorite was, and has never wavered. Dick Grayson, his first son, the one who's pain was reflected so sharply back at him in a twisted mirror that he had to take the kid in-- Dick was the one to bring the Dark Knight to life in the daytime. Dick is his everything-- the boy he loved enough to slow in his life's work to help. Tim was certainly never worth the time, but Dick? Dick is impossible not to love, and to love Dick Grayson is to love with your whole chest

Cass bases her guess off of Bruce's body language, not Batman's, and for that, she thinks it's Duke. Duke is softer than the rest of them, less sharp edges from a childhood shaped by misery or death, and Bruce is less of a drill sergeant with him for it. after all, Duke doesn't struggle with directions like the rest of the Batfam (he so does, he's just the best at hiding it), so he gets less of the terrified, furious leader and more of the tired, worried dad

Damian has no doubt in his mind it's Cass-- at first, because she's the best fighter, and therefore most deserving. she's far more skilled after all, so in this insane family where adopted children upend the hierarchy he knows, it must be dictated by skill, no? no, actually. but then, he sees how Bruce doesn't yell at her, the implicit trust he has in his daughter. the way that they're so very in-tune with one another, it's like looking at a man and his shadow. Cass has to be the favorite, because no one else can look him in the eyes with the same sort of heartbreak he has and comfort him without a word

Duke was an only child before joining the Waynes, so it was a shock to suddenly see sibling favoritism so blatantly when Bruce so carefully and kindly talked Damian down from a rant about his classmates in the middle of patrol. no one else would've been allowed to talk about something so personal and revealing on a Gotham rooftop. it was just continually proven from there; shoulder pats and hair ruffles answered with little scowls, utterances of "son" that were lost to shuffling capes and tiny smiles tucked away in darkness

[theerurishipper]

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[erinwantstowrite]

people underestimate how close tim and dick are and it is driving me NUTS

you get me oh my god,,, alighterwood and i talk about this ALL the time

like, i do love the dynamics between jason and damian and the rest of the bats!! do not get me wrong, i think they have lots of potential and the writers did us dirty in some cases. it's fun to explore them. however, tim and dick's brother relationship is so impactful to the entire story between them that it's insane no one talks about it more? or practically no one??

tim learned their identities through dick grayson, robin, not batman. he looks up to both of them but robin was his hero. when jason died and tim knew something needed to be done, he went to dick first above all else (technically, he went back to the circus). he trusted that nightwing (his robin) would be able to do something about it. he wasn't aware of just how deep dick and bruce's fight went but he knew who to go to about it. dick brought him back to the manor and tim became robin because of it. he was involved in tim's time as robin, he was the person that tim could go to about his insecurities, he was the one that tim went to about his relationship/family/friendship/life problems. he learned how to be the hero he is because of dick (and bruce, but this is about him and dick).

they were brothers before jason came back, before damian, before tim even met steph, etc. when tim was, in fact, going a little crazy (even if he was RIGHT, that doesn't mean he wasn't losing his mind at least a little bit, Tim Stans) about bruce being alive, dick was WORRIED about him!! because that's his brother!! he didn't threaten to send tim to arkham, he wasn't even the one who planned to give damian robin!! dick picked up the batman mantle because he felt there was no other choice (do not get me started on how gotham does not actually need BATMAN, but his spirit) and with that came the responsibility of looking after BOTH of his brothers. brothers. not children. dick can do a lot of things but he is not infallible. it was a shitty situation and it does not soley reside on his shoulders. tim had a right to feel hurt that no one was listening to him, but... y'all. he dropped out of school, he was kind of going off the deep end with how many other people died in his life around that time (his BEST FRIENDS) so of course dick was like "hey dude..."

tim is the closest to dick in the family, he looks up to dick as if he IS infallible in a lot of ways. that's his BIG BROTHER and also his personal hero. his favorite person. and dick cares about him just as much

can you tell alighterwood and i have such strong feelings about this?

[enticeless]

#WayneVegasWedding Part 1

[fluffyspaceball]

Tim dkrake was abused and overlooked by everyone in the hero community and dickwad Grayson was cruel to take away the only thing Tim had in his life.

Damian wasn't even chosen by bruce to be robin and has no skill over than being a greedy bitch to Tim for no reason and it's fact that dick tried to send Tim to Arkham because he thought the Tim was reverting to joker junior which isn't fair because tin was just looking for approval after being abused by his parents.

Nest time educate your self before coming for the only good robin

1)his name is Tim drake

2)he has a (valid) mental breakdown because of his mentors assumed death which others in the hero community understood and literally just gave him space to grieve

3)Dick Grayson is robin. He always will be as it's stated in his backstory and it's his mantle to pass down because (you would know this if you looked at a comic instead of fanfiction) he took on the Job as batman and needed to be able to care for Damian at the same time so ofc he named Damian robin and the fact that you think robin is what defines a charecter tells me all I need to know about you

4)Damian was raised by fucking assassins in a cult which want to improve the future (very grey definition of improve) he has cultural literature intellectual knowledge and combat skills that are overlooked by Tim drake dick riders like yourself

5) you must be fucking stupid because if you read a comic instead of living is petty fanfics you would know Dick Grayson never sent Tim to Arkham and he recommended grieving therapy like the fucking amazing person he is (yes I am a proud night wing glazer)

6) where the fuck did you get the impression that Tim was regressing into joker junior like bitch wtf are you on (probably shitty fanfics💀💀)

7) why the fuck are Tim stans so convinced Tim is a uwu abused baby because he really isn't and was never abused (give me a cannon DC comic where tims parents abused him)

8)Next time spell next probably and don't quote fanfiction

Conclusion: Jason Todd is the best character PERIOD

[shipsdoishipidk]

Jason: Dick isn’t really Daddy material when it comes to the bedroom but holy Lazarus he’s a really fucking good mommy. Mommy kinks with him are a one way trip to a blackout orgasm.

Tim, forever scarred and knowing he’ll never look at Dick the same way again: I never wanted to know.

[batboopp]

the difference between Tumblr batfam fans and Tiktok batfam fans is insane bc TikTok fans will swear up and down that batman hates his “kids” and only trains with them to carry out his legacy and to get an excuse for beating the shit out of them while Tumblr fans are like “oh yeah Bruce and his kids go to the park to feed the ducks and they all have waffles on Sundays”

[robinhuntr]

Trying to explain to BatFam fans that hope and joy are good things and not every character needs to be tortured in order to be interesting:

[bruciemilf]

Bombastic Hot Take: Yara Is a Batman fangirl (swiftie coded)

[badghostwriter]

Tim: You know that feeling where you just want to rip the skin right off your forearms with your teeth?

Dick:

Jason:

Bruce:

Cass:

Damian: …unfortunately I do.

[batcavescolony]

I know the fandom trope of "Tim hates Dick for what he said in Red Robin" but like

He probably felt hurt for a minute but the second he saw Dick again it was instant forgiveness. He is in awe of his big brother, he thinks he has it all together (even though he very much doesn't), he thinks the world of Dick. in the alt universe vampire comic Tim probably forgave Dick for crushing his scull in. Tim at his core is a Dick Grayson Stan first, human second.

[cephalog0d]

I was rereading A Lonely Place of Dying for Reasons and I just want to point out how in the infamous Photo itty bitty Timmy is just grinning hugely at Dick while everyone else looks at the camera.

[ruestheday]

duke thomas as stan twt moments

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idk how to explain it but duke thomas feels like he’d be on stan twitter

[kimberly-spirits13]

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[allthegothihopgirls]

all of the robins bear the same burdens etc etc, except tim will never understand the constricting feeling of not being able to escape the mantle of the bat.

sure, he felt within himself that he had to step up as robin after jason's death, but past that? he could probably leave the business and live a normal life almost completely guilt-free. by any logic he's still the one who chooses to tie himself in with batman, not the other way around.

dick? he's the eldest, as long as he lives he'll feel a weight of responsibility for his siblings. if there was no flying grayson, there would be no robin, in his head that makes him fully accountable for anything that happens to them. he needs to stick around to glue together broken pieces, and make sure every cog rotates in sync. also.. after you've undertaken the cowl once, that's when you're stuck for life.

jason? he's the one who sees the faults in batman's system. he knows that if he steps down, or distances himself from gotham, no one will ever get the things done that no one wants to do. even when he's trying to move away from under batman's wing, he still finds himself in close proximity, as long as he's in gotham the bat will seep through his veins. no matter how many times he screws up, he's still family, it grows painful.

and damian? he's bound by blood, and the rightful + (theoretically) only real successor to the cowl. he feels responsibility over gotham, knowing that it needs a batman, and that if he doesn't step up, the system they've built will all come crashing down on itself. unlike the other kids, he has a legacy to live up to, expectations. the other kids got freedom over who they were, choosing their own vigilante identities after robin, damian has shoes to fill. the only future he can see is batman, there's no other realistic path for him.