Abyss of Hyperfixations

LOVE AS VIOLENCE VS LOVE AS SOFTNESS

99% success rate with Dick and Damian.

76% success rate with Tim who has not killed anybody, but has contemplated it way too many times for Bruce to be comfortable with.

“Do you think you can forgive?” my therapist asks me. I shrug. “I don’t see the point,” I say. 

Tim honestly DOESN'T understand WHY this is the choice Dck is making. Not just because Robin means everything to Tim and is pretty much his last tie to the family with Bruce gone.

It's because Tim has ALWAYS viewed Batman & Robin as Partners, as Equals. The other Robins see the role as a sidekick. Like Dick says Robin = Protégé,

Tim has NEVER been Bruce/Batman's Sidekick. He learned from Bruce, yeah, but Tim became Robin because Batman was killing himself without a partner. Tim is the only Robin to regularly lie, keep secrets, scold, or otherwise treat Bruce like they stand on equal footing. Batman and Robin are Co-Leaders, and Tim straight up falsified a human being in order to keep a work-life balance!

From Tim's perspective, Dick is Literally telling Tim that he's breaking up the team and rebranding by demoting the Role of Robin. Dick HATES being Batman, but is Tim were his Robin, they would be unfucking stoppable. Because Tim wouldn't let Dick take on everything.

Tim's unshakable faith in the idea of Batman and Robin is that Robin is not only Batman's equal and the brighter side of the duo, but also there to remind Batman to Chill The Fuck Out. A good Robin counteracts the weight of the Cowl. And you know what? Jason knows Tim is a perfect fucking Robin.

I mean yeah okay he's kicking the shit out of Tim but that's just how Jason and Tim are for now. Jason is a little fucked up but he's got the right idea. and Honestly? Jason is just Bruce gone too far at this point. Basically just what Tim took up the Mantel of Robin to prevent Bruce becoming.