hi im new to the whole batfamily and i read that one of the anons wrote jason and tim are brothers. i thought they arent related by blood or i thought wrong? sorry for the stupid questionš
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Hi Nonnie! This isnāt a stupid question at all. DCās canon is kind of all over the place.
First. Jason and Tim are not related by blood, at all. Never have been, probably never will unless their stories went through a huge retcon.
Second, Jason and Tim, prior to theĀ ācurrent timelineā which we know asĀ āDC Rebirthā (and the New52 timeline) were both adopted by Bruce on different occasions. They have never co-habitated, and I would argue, never considered each other to beĀ āfamilyā. In the current timeline (Rebirth), which follows the massive retconĀ āNew52ā² in the early 2000s, Tim was never even formally adopted⦠so we have yet another degree of separation.Ā
Third, I would never argue thatĀ āadopted siblings arenāt siblingsā⦠obviously thatās a ridiculous argument to make. However, Jason and Tims relationship, at least the way I have always read it, is notĀ ābrotherlyā, and they havenāt spent any amount of time growing up together where they would develop familial bonds.Ā
Lastly, itās a ship, about fictional characters - In real life I would probably not encourage someone dating their sibling with whom they grew and shared meals and memories etc, the same way I donāt support child soldiers⦠and yet how many animes/comics etc willingly send (and even encourage) children to battle⦠And thatās just the way I see it⦠Fiction is Fiction is Fiction. And youāre welcome to draw your own conclusions :)Ā
I hope that helps, and thank you for the compliment!