#yeah the new-52 suit *looked* cool and all but it lacked the history and significance of pre-flashpoint
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not enough TimJay content takes advantage of the fact that the Red Robin mantle and suit were Jason's first, and Tim effectively stole Jason's shit that Jason wanted to throw away. Tim took Jason's name, his suit, to go on a one-man crusade when he's at odds with the Batfamily. You're telling me Jason wouldn't be weirdly offended but also weirdly turned on by that?
robin (1993) #177
robin (1993) #178
And yes, Tim only knows about the Red Robin suit's existence because Ulysses Armstrong stole it for a hot second, but the fact he stole the suit from Ulysses and fucking kept it? Even before he had any reason to? Like before becoming Red Robin, Tim just kept a suit he knew belonged to Jason despite openly disliking Jason for. Reasons. And later on, it's explicitly confirmed Tim's wearing it because it's Jason's legacy? That's the most toxic gay shit I've ever seen.
adventure comics (2009) #3
Tim's punishing himself with Jason's image. Jason, who has been constantly trying to get Tim to see things his way and work with him would lose his mind over that. There's such a potential for a toxic possessiveness to it all, Tim branding himself with Jason's suit and name. The assumptions Jason would make about Tim because of it. The way Jason could hold that over Tim's head, that they really are one and the same, and deep down, Tim must know it to some degree, if he became Red Robin when he felt replaced as Robin. I truly do not think Jason would ever shut up about it. As a fan of 'possessive/weirdly obsessed with Tim' Jason, I think this would take Jason's weird feelings about Tim to the next level. And if Tim will punish himself just by wearing Jason's legacy, imagine how much more he'd punish himself for falling for Jason too. Weird freaky little masochist who tortures himself through Jason seems exactly Jason's type, tbh. I'm feral about it.
#jaytim#tim drake x jason todd#jason todd x tim drake#timjay#batcest#necrotic festerings#even without the weird batcest dynamics of it i'll always be a pre-flashpoint red robin suit truther#yeah the new-52 suit *looked* cool and all but it lacked the history and significance of pre-flashpoint#the cowl. the legacy. the way it doesn't quite fit. all that is symbolism babey#also the fact jason got the suit from an alt universe dick grayson can add some weird jaydick to the mix of it#just for fun#anyway ppl dunk on red robin a lot as a mantle and suit without acknowledging it's history which is odd to me#yeah yeah some ppl don't read comics but the comics bring it up constantly you'd think it'd have seeped into fandom-only spaces by now#i've used robin 177 twice now for timjay metas which shows you what comics i'm partial to.#it's a good comic for timjay thoughts man.#one day i'll begrudgingly post my thoughts on new-52 (and rebirth) timjay too bc. there's material there for sure#i just am annoyed by it.
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