#timber did happen during my non tim drake hating era

[devine-fem]

I don’t go here but I’m sorry. The way that fandom treats Timber does not sit right with me.

Unlike things like Jayjon, Timber was made with good intentions and slowly eased you into the idea of Tim being queer. Then how it was dealt afterwards was not all that bad, it was very much a comic book romance and appeared in some of Tim’s comics outside of things like pride specials, and it appeared as a casual thing, like yes, Tim was dating a guy at the time and they didn’t make a big deal about it.

Also, there’s plenty of straight romances of two characters that get put together, go through the motions together, it’s very much a new thing for them and does kind of feel unnatural because these characters haven’t shown much interest to each other before but that’s kind of just how comic romances are sometimes, we only care now because it’s gay and now vulnerable to a lot of scrutiny.

I can’t deny that Tim Drake needs something healthy like a Bernard right now. I’m glad they went through with this type of romance for him lowkey. He needs someone he knows he can go home to.