Iād like to imagine that Tim has Tourette Syndrome. Walk with meā¦
Since you have to have had symptoms as a minor to be diagnosed with it iād like to imagine that his situation was pretty similar to mine.
As a child it was mostly just random shivers that he couldnāt really explain. They were never that noticeable to otherās so he didnāt think anything of it.
When he got older and more stressful events started occurring the tics became more intense and even vocal. (Now iām not a comic reader so all my impressions about his parents are from other fans so this could be completely out of character) but again iād like to imagine that Jack and Janet would react kind of like how my parents did at first with denial.
āWhy are you doing that? Stop itā When he grabs something hot and has to jerk his hand away and whistle.
āNo Tim these arenāt tics youāre just frustrated with the situation.ā After he continually snapped his head to the left while his parentās were having a particularly heated conversation at the dining table.
They werenāt saying these things out of malice, it was just them wanting to believe that there wasnāt anything wrong with their son. They just wanted to protect him and being normal and proper, especially in high society, was the best way to do that.
Tim being his stubborn and resilient self wouldnāt let his tics keep him from doing what he wanted. Because he enjoyed following Batman and Robin around at night and taking pictures he decided to learn how to manage his tics so that they wouldnāt give him away.
I will say that because of the way his parents reacted at first to his tics once he becomes robin he refrains from telling Bruce at first which causes some conflict and mistrust down the road.
But i think Bruce as well as the Drakes with time would see how able and capable Tim is despite his disability.
idk this isnāt fully fleshed out and i also think things would be different if we were talking about the Junior Joker universe but I like the concept and I feel like out of all the wayneās it fits him the most.
iām open to any and all constructive criticism because like i said i havenāt read any comics and i donāt want to be too out of character.















