#tim drake's coffee addiction

[lena-thinks-too-much]

I headcanon that Tim's caffeine problem functions like my friends caffeine problem. In that he actually hates caffeine but he'll chug 3 red bulls when he needs to lock in. He's going to stay up regardless of the caffeine thanks to the insomnia. But without it he's not going to brain very much. He likes coffee less but it's an acceptant substitute of energy drinks are not available. He'll drink the energy drink over like a really sweet frappaccino because it's the only thing guaranteed to keep him alert and at peak mental condition. He doesn't drink it as often as people think he does but when he does drink energy drinks, he'll consume and ungodly amount in one sitting. Then he'll crash at like 5 in the morning and complain when he has to wake up 3 hours later.

[robintimate]

I know fanon Tim is practically like, the opposite of canon Tim, and the coffee addiction is one of the notoriously opposite things considering canonically Tim doesn't even like coffee, but the fact that it was started because Tim would fall asleep in places?? like, there is such a golden opportunity here and ppl decided to project their coffee addiction on him instead???

Cause imagine Tim who falls asleep anywhere. Tim who works and works and decides that he'll go to sleep after this one last bit but accidentally falls asleep in front of the Batcomputer. Tim who is found by Bruce, who goes all soft, picks him up and takes him up to his bedroom.

Imagine Tim having movie nights with Jason with the worst horror film that Jason arranged just to see Tim get scared except he doesn't react to any of the jumpscares because he fell asleep 5 minutes in. Jason doesn't know if he should be offended or impressed about the whole thing.

Imagine Tim just dozing off while he's trapping Damian so that he can't stab him and Damian doesn't realise until

Dick: ...and I wish you would stop but you– Tim?

Tim: ....

Dick: Is he... is he actually asleep?

Damian who has been trapped in his hands the whole time and thought that Tim was also listening to the lecture is more furious than ever because how dare Tim leave him alone in this.

New plan to murder Tim in his sleep coming up soon. (Because how dare he let himself be so vulnerable around Damian!)

[daydreamerwonderkid]

Tim giving his debrief post-Red Robin/Time Masters/Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne/etc.

Reference under cut

[monstera-modd]

It’s a Front for Drugs

Another DCxDP Café AU #3

After the Nasty Burger incident, Dan, Dani, and Danny had no choice but to flee their home universe. With nowhere else to go, they settled in Gotham, New Jersey.

They opened a small café called "3D’s Coffee House", located right on the edge of Park Row, between Newtown and Pinkney. It was the perfect place—busy enough to blend in but not so crowded that they’d constantly be in the spotlight.

Dan took charge of the kitchen, handling all the baked goods. (Jazz had once suggested baking as a good stress reliever, and surprisingly, it worked.) Dani and Danny ran the front, chatting with customers and making killer coffee. (Heh.)

Business was steady, the atmosphere was cozy, and best of all, no one suspected they weren’t exactly normal.

Until, on an otherwise uneventful, cloudy day, the one and only Tim Drake-Wayne walked into their little shop.

Danny barely looked up from the espresso machine as the guy—clearly running on fumes—dragged himself to the counter and ordered an Electric Delight.

"Three extra shots and two pumps of caramel," Tim mumbled, rubbing his eyes.

Danny raised a brow but didn’t comment. "Coming right up."

He crafted the order with expert precision, sliding the cup over with a friendly, "Enjoy your liquid death."

Tim didn't even hesitate. He took the cup, downed the entire thing in record time, and let out a slow exhale.

And then—

He felt awesome.

Like, heart-racing, brain-on-overdrive, seeing-sound-levels of awake.

None of the usual coffee shops he frequented could make him feel this alert this fast. This alive.

Curious, he mentioned the café to Dick.

Who, of course, mentioned it to Jason.

And since 3D’s Coffee House was in his territory, Jason took one look at the situation and immediately came to a conclusion.

"...They’re using drugs."

Dick frowned. "What?"

"Think about it," Jason said, crossing his arms. "Some no-name café opens up on the edge of Park Row—already suspicious. Then they start selling ungodly strong coffee that makes people feel invincible? That’s not caffeine, that’s drugs."

Tim, sipping his second Electric Delight, blinked. "...I mean. It could just be good coffee?"

"Wake up, Replacement," Jason scoffed. "This has front for a drug operation written all over it."

Dick sighed. "We should investigate."

Tim groaned. "Why do I feel like you guys are going to ruin my new favorite coffee place?"

Jason cracked his knuckles. "Because we are."

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my brain was so fucked while writing this guys

(Edit: I’m thinking of redoing this whole idea so there’s that, I’m not happy with how this one turned out lol probably because I wrote it at like 4am but… ANYWAY!)

[renirae]

these guys really do have a shocking amount in common, huh

inspired by this post by @spiralling-stranger!!!

(and then ofc I realized there are similarities between Jon and Jon too - I can't count the number of times I've confused these four on my feed lmao)

[jade-e06]

TIM DRAKE IS NOW MY FAVORITE ROBIN ITS OFFICIAL I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART

guys the fics are getting to me the tim drake centric fics are my favorite i love him so much he deserves so much more 🥺🫶

[robintherobiner]

Forever crying over Jack Drake. That man loved his son and i HATE what the fandom made him out to be.

Jack Drake who used his last words to not only tell his son he loved him, not only to find someone to care for his son, not only to remind him that his mother loved him too, not only to admit the work he does is worth it, but also to tell him that it is not his fault.

Jack Drake who knew his son, his precious boy who gave up his childhood to help people, would feel guilt if he didnt save him.

Jack Drake who knew he was to die, and could only think of his sons safety.

[oifaaa]

The way some people act like coffee addict is the most outrageous piece of fanon regarding Tim is so funny to me bc idk about the rest of you but I hardly actually encounter people who genuinely think he's addicted to coffee or if I do they don't constantly bring it up but you know what people do constantly bring up baby 7 year old stalker on the streets of Gotham with a camera Tim

[contaminateddonut]

This is just Bruce and Tim

[undertheredhood]

i don't get why people headcanon tim drake as the one in the batfam who's the sleep-deprived coffee addict when that description can apply to almost everyone in the bat/wayne family

[ruoshik0]

Tim is a dragon. P2

See above for p1

Tim, as a proud representative of the dragon race, does on the regular.

Normal caffiene doesn’t work on him. He has to keep pouring in energy drinks after energy drinks after coffee after tea after magic caffiene to wake himself up. As you can probably guess, this would freak out the family if they knew.

Cold cases are fun! Coupled with morbid fascination of murder itself, and the fun quest of finding the whodunnit, Tim’s stack of solved cold cases are nearly triple that of Bruce. Dragon brain power had a lot to do with it. (Bruce is jealous and Tim finds that a funny bonus. Arrogance would be the death of him but who says he cant have fun?)

Toying with businessmen and women alike. Backhanded compliments and playing the victim are his favourite past-time during galas. Building connections gets boring after a while

Morals mean nothing to him. Following batman around, tim learned humans put a lot of weight on killings and such. It helped with bringing batman back to himself but tim never really saw any point in saving villains and the like. (‘C’mon Dick! Let em die! It’s karma! It’s not murder if we didn’t do anything to save them!’ Tim thought as he calmly and regally explained that that clone was basically him with his mindset)

In a family of detectives, Tim barely even tried to hide nature. Having the ability to turn invisible at any point in time with his magic, Tim plays a game with the Bats that only he knows they are playing. Which is; Find out what is wrong with Tim! Featuring! Tim himself!

Dragons are beautiful. It’s no wonder girls were so willing to change themselves to fit his type. While Tim does like that he is pulling, he could do without all the forced kisses, he’s not really the romantic type most of the time.

Superboy and Impulse never died. What do you mean they died? They didn’t.

Everyone else still died though.

Sometimes, dragons like to hibernate. Sometimes, Tim’s family and friends get worried because he has now reached hour 23 of uninterupted sleep. They think Tim has some kind of illness when he doesn’t wake up no matter how hard they try.

No one can hack through Tim’s firewalls. No one but Tim himself. And master hackers who has a Sorcerer or Sorceress Supreme on speed dial. (His dragon magic is a very good asset in his technology ventures)

His appearance as a dragon is very very VERY majestic. Sometimes, he likes to scare wizards and witches in the Wizard world with his sudden appearance. (Dragon appearances are rare, almost all records are only about Tim too)

He likes to tweet. Most of his tweets are just him making fun of the Waynes. (He is a hater at heart. He will always be.)

[graysonsmullet]

dick: isn’t that your fifth cup of coffee

tim:* holding a take away coffee* they don’t count if you make them yourself

[yj-polycule]

Is... Is Dick pouring brewed coffee into the water section of his coffee maker?

[myeyebagsaredesigner]

Tim: *Fulled only by coffee and spite* "Huh.."

Dick: "Huh what?"

Tim: "I don't know.. I feel kinda weird."

Jason: "You are kinda weird."

Tim, going fully numb and collapsing face first onto the floor

Dick: "Should we help him?"

Jason, already pulling his phone out for a selfie: "Hell no!"

[imsaunteringvaguelydownwards]

On the topic of the tim drake coffee addiction thing bc Im thinking about it again. I’ve seen loads of people make arguments for both sides and tbh both sides have valid points (tho I will say the comic people have considerably more valid points).

Like on one hand, yes it’s fun to play around with their Fanon characterizations, yk the whole Batfam schtick, Bruce Wayne being a good dad (tho that’s a whole other issue), tim and his fucking coffee, blah blah blah. I won’t lie, sure I joke about these characterizations bc it’s fucking fun. It’s alright to enjoy a media in a lighthearted manner bc fuck if life doesn’t suck rn. HOWEVER I think it’s equally important to be able to acknowledge the canon characterizations.

because in all honesty, a lot of the Fanon characterizations butcher their canon versions. Tim CANONICALLY prefers energy drinks (if you want a coffee addict I point you to a miss Barbara Gordon), he CANONICALLY is a chronic napper, and CANONICALLY is more of a skater boy than your typical smart nerdy boy. Yes, dc is a sandbox of canon, you Frankenstein what you want half the time with all the different authors and characterizations, but this doesn’t mean we should completely ignore how they act in canon.

yes, some of them in canon ARE badly written, but some of them are also people just wanting their favorite characters to never fuck it up. Both can be true.

long story short I think comic fans and fanon fans need to find a happy medium. Comic fans can try and get off their high horse and find what they like in these fanon versions, maybe even work to make the fanon versions more canon. Fanon fans need to read some comics and maybe watch a few more shows than just young justice (yj ily but there’s DEFINITELY some inconsistencies there) (kon im sorry for what they did to you) (give this boy his jacket and sunglasses back please god) (I’m not saying fanon fans only watch young justice but it’s certainly a trend I’ve noticed)

anyways yeah this isn’t meant to be serious if you wanna engage and continue this conversation just try to have an open mind and take a step back. A couple of fictional characters we all love are not worth pulling teeth.

[just-blahh]

Tim was made so the burnt out college crowd would feel seen lol