#timlonnie

[skydrag0n]

AU where Tim Drake gives up all his money and runs away with Lonnie

[malenjoyer]

wip

does anyone know the guy on the left except 3 people hahaha

[cosmicpoutine]

timlonnie art 🤕

what happened to please?

[driftwingz]

xP

[casscainmainly]

This is an appreciation post for evil Gun Batman Tim Drake!

He looks so cool with the gun that killed Bruce's parents <333

He's in a toxic gay relationship with Lonnie Machin! This was before his younger self came out, so he paved the way :).

He's a TimKon shipper!!

He's in tune with his emotions, and cries freely in front of people. No toxic masculinity here!

He apologises and admits he should've listened to a woman. A feminist icon <333.

He thinks Jason is an absolute loser.

Last but not least, he can breakdance! Evil Gun Batman Tim Drake you will always have a place in my heart <3.

All panels from Detective Comics #965 - 968, "A Lonely Place of Living".

[aliteralchicken]

Lonnie: Batman really hates us teaming up

Tim: maybe he’s homophobic

Lonnie:….we’re not gay robin

Tim: we’re not?

[junimo-hexed]

Hehe, spreading the agenda

[lonniemachin]

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

[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.

[strange-0]

Capitalist scum (affectionate)

[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?

[who-always-pays-their-taxes]

when ur hat is so big it doesn’t even fit into frame…

and it should be bigger.

[driftwingz]

timlonnie woooahhhhh

[megaaceofspades]

if you’re a fan of enemies to lovers and also a fan of tim drake (or if you hate him bc of fanon reasons stay here for a minute trust me) PLEASE consider my proposition.

so one of my big problems with timsteph is that it does a disservice to steph’s character almost all of the time, and also they’re not compatible, my issue with timkon is that they give off best friends with no boundaries and that their codependency is lowkey not vibey, AND people are weird about it. my issue with timbern IS THAT ITS BORING.

so! whats left you may ask. lonnie machin aka anarky.

brief history of the character: lonnie was maybe concieved to be the third robin, something that tim drake would go on to do. he’s incredibly smart, and incredibly strong in his convictions. he got caught operating as the vigilante Anarky by Batman and was put into juvie. in juvie, he had a scheme to funnel moneys from corporations into the third world. tim drake ended up spoiling this plan, leading to the infamous-

of course, after lonnie gets out, they keep interacting-

and of course, the two of them and tam fox have some funny moments together.

also, they both fight with staffs and with hacking, and they’re narrative parallels with different morals. timlonnie is so underrated in terms of the dynamic they have and also the potential they have as a enemies to rivals to lovers ship. the potential they could have, not as a couple that changes each other, but as a couple that meets in the middle?

of course feel free to support whatever you want except for batcest, i just wanted more people to think about it!!

[aliteralchicken]

[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.