#I blame Bruce for the War Games case with Dick -- I think he might've confided were it not for the Ominous Expression

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Dick and Tim being "fine"

Another reason I like Dick and Tim in post-Crisis comics -- I enjoy their parallel terrible coping mechanisms!

Please enjoy this compilation of panels where Dick claims to be "fine."

After his apartment building was blown up, the circus was set on fire, Blockbuster was murdered in front of him, and he blames himself for everything (War Games):

All that, plus having just barely recovered from getting shot and being in a two-week coma (War Games):

Recently drugged with fear toxin and clubbed with a crowbar until unconscious, and still kinda hallucinating (Black Mirror):

And here's Tim being "fine":

Blaming himself for a kid's death and about to contemplate suicide in the next issue while grieving his dead mom, dad, girlfriend, and best friend (Robin 155):

On a plane with two dead dads, two dead best friends, blaming himself for a ton of murders, half-convinced he's crazy, just off a big fight with his brother and now running away from home (Red Robin):

Dick and Tim being "fine" and "okay," respectively:

After everybody Dick knew was murdered and Dick blamed himself and gave up being Nightwing and sorta kinda joined the mob, and Tim's dad and girlfriend were murdered and his stepmom was institutionalized and Tim faked an uncle and dropped out of school (Nightwing 110):

Tim: How are you? Dick: I am totally fine. But enough about me, let's talk about you. Tim: I am also totally fine. Where are you living now? Dick: I'm gonna answer that question in an evasive and misleading way. What about you? Tim: I'm gonna just straight-up lie.

#why i like dick and tim in comics: an incomplete list #parallels #I blame Bruce for the War Games case with Dick -- I think he might've confided were it not for the Ominous Expression #but I had to include that panel b/c of the long spiraling inner monologue + ''I'm fine'' #part of the problem that both Dick & Tim have is being very very selective about who they're willing to confide in & when #and also needing to be physically tracked down by their friends when they run away and isolate themselves #I didn't put it in because it wasn't a direct ''I'm fine'' quote but #Tim also does the ''look! I'm smiling! nothing to see here!'' thing w/his friends when grieving his dad #& also does not tell them that his dad is dead #naturally #asking for help: it's not their strong point #in Black Mirror later in Dick's inner monologue he admits to himself that Tim is right and probably he should take a break #but does he take a break? OF COURSE NOT #i love these two idiots #dick & tim #long post #tim drake #dick grayson