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I haven't seen much fanwork discussing Tim Drake after the whe BruceQuest debacle dealing with the JL fallout.

Like, his reputation was fucked over similar to the way electrical wiring gets fried after a fork gets stuck in a socket. That's a shit ton of damage that is permanent or needs to be cleared up.

Here's some ways that Tim's reputation (being so lost in grief that he is lost to delusions and grasping at straws) might affect him even after Bruce came back and resumed regular correspondence with the JL:

Red Robin is trying to help the JL with missions, but he keeps receiving microagressions from some members questioning his plans or evidence.

Red Robin has to constantly prove himself to new members of the JL or heroes just out and about in the field.

Tim is minding his own business as he runs his shit in another country when someone who's heard the rumors of Tim "losing it" tries to stop him.

Tim, who already had a shaky belief in the JL cause he (a child) had to step up to prevent Batman from killing someone, loses all faith in adult heroes. He justified to himself that maybe the JL just didn't realize how bad it was. Maybe that's why they didn't step in to prevent criminals from becoming Batman's victims. In the end, Tim had trusted them to do what was right when they had the information to do so. The BruceQuest tore that belief to shreds and removed the JL from the respected pedestals he had placed them on. He can't trust them to always do what was right. He had to ensure that they did what was right or that he did it by himself.

Anyways, gossip cultures can absolutely destroy and harm someone. I think Tim would suffer the effects of that. Yes, there's plenty of technology for information to be passed around fast. However, you can't discuss a lot of classified information over tech. The tech they do give out for classified information would ban usage of the tech for gossip. So, how does every hero find out? When they run into another hero who tells them. This could take years for some heroes to find out what has happened.

Combine this with Tim never receiving a public correction for what occurred? People might not realize that him "having a mental breakdown" was actually no one believing in him. They may not understand that he proved he was correct or that the two were even correlated. All the info passed down might just be that Batman's third Robin "lost it."

So, Tim has to constantly fight back against allegations and has to reaffirm that he is mentally sound.

There can be Clark, Dick, and other main heroes apologizing or feeling bad for their actions, but the consequences should go beyond that.

You could tie in other heroes that have suffered from the hero rumor mill. Roy and Tim could have a few chats about it. Heck, Jason and Tim could chat about it.

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DUDUDUU DUDU STEVE

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Worst case of youngest child privilege I have ever seen

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Pony's your bat boys

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the fisher became the fish-ed

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This idea has been rotting in my head for weeks. Bonus Panel:

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"Tim feels abandoned" "he's being ignored" "tim is jealous of the attention they give damian" "tim is-" tim drake would break out into literal hives at the thought of an actual adult monitoring him, he'd starting hissing like a feral cat if Bruce tried to get involved with his business, he'd saw his own arm off if his family tried to demand he checks in more than once a month with heavily coded messages

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dick's version on his family belike

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tweedle dee and tweedle dum

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I... Cannot stop

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the only real robin sorry guys

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Headcanon that Steph is always a bit beaten up. She's life stongest soldier and it shows.

Also, head(??)canon that Cass is cool as a cucumber.

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Driver

Based on this

My fingers are sore from drawing this now lol

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Hear me out for a second. We all agree that Tim is a Short King, right? But what about. 5'1 and not any taller. He's shorter than Cass. Shortest in the whole family. Yes, this does mean that Jason and Damian will one day both be over a foot taller than Tim.

Inspired by the fact I refuse to believe that Twink is taller than me.

In some canon, Tim is 5'6" or 5'5". Cass and Steph are 5'5", and Barbara is 5'7". Damian doesn't count cause he's not done growing.

These are all batfam members that I am taller than (I am 5'7.5" exactly, lmao).

However, Tim being the shortest batfam member is a cute hc. I think he would utilize that viciously for his benefit. He could pretend to be younger to trick some goons or something, he could fit into small spaces, he could utilize his height to make himself harder to hit, and he could wear platform boots. I don't know why the last one is a benefit for him, but he'd make it work.

He would also be picked up by the other batkids. At 5'5", he's rumored to weigh like 125 pounds. A whole 100 pounds less than Jason. I bet at 5'1" he'd be even lighter. Red Hood is definitely throwing Red Robin around on the battlefield. It's one of their favorite joint moves. Just Red Robin suddenly crashing into a group of goons or flying through the air as a distraction.

Tim gets the pettiest of revenges if people make fun of his height. Kon learned that the hard way.

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Idk if it's canon or not, but I love that Bruce just does not want to be the richest man in [basically] the world. He doesn't want to have all that money, no matter how much it benefits him.

So, have this thing that I thought about before sleeping last night, forgot about, and have only now just remembered as I dose off:

Bruce: Tim? How much financial strain would be put on the WE bank accounts if we paid for every hospital bill within Gotham?

Tim: That depends. Major hospitals would take up the majority of it. If you're adding clinics and Doc. Offices and places like that, then we'd probably lose three, maybe four zeroes. Why?

Bruce: Do it.

Tim: Huh?

Bruce: Do it.

Tim: I mean, sure, I guess. Yeah, I'll ...I'll go do that.

Bruce: How long would it take to make that money back?

Tim: I don't know. Depending on sales and stock, I'd guess about six months?

Bruce: Make it a year.

Tim: What?

Bruce: However much it costs to pay off all the medical bills, send that same amount to conservation efforts for the parks and swamp.

Tim: Sure, B.

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krizzzz i want to know about eagleheart please 👀

You might have seen it already lol... to add to it, the title is from a song named Eagleheart by Stratovarius which I relate to Timmy <3. The art is inspired on the chorus:

Heart of an eagle He flies through the rainbow Into a new world and finds the sun Spreading his wings Above all the sorrows The glory of Eagleheart