Obviously the whole ‘little Tim Drake is left all alone with only a housekeeper Mrs Mac who just comes briefly a few days a week” thing is often just for people who want that specific angst, not canon accuracy…
But I feel like a lot of people simply do not know that not only did Mrs Mac not work for the Drakes until Tim was already a 14 year old Robin, but she was a live-in maid. She lived at Drake Manor. Far from only popping in every few days, she was at Drake Manor almost 24/7 and Tim had to sneak past her to go on patrol sometimes.
Mrs Mac literally does not seem to have a place to live in the US other than where she is meant to stay in Drake Manor, because her husband lives in Kilkenny, Ireland and that’s where she goes back to when they had to fire her.
When Tim’s dad is gone she’s home with Tim making him meals and cleaning. When the Drakes briefly move across the country she moves with them because she lives with them. From what we see in comics Tim is rarely intentionally left home alone and when he is, not only is he already a teenager but also his dad is very conscientious of Tim being home alone.
(This does not, however, mean that Tim does not sneak away from supervision. He does that constantly. Case in point: when Bruce was looking for a kidnapped Jack Drake and Tim got away from Mrs Mac by claiming he was going on vacation with Ives when he was actually sleeping in his dad’s penthouse to do Robin stuff in the city.)
i’m going to ask my students to read 68 pages from incidents in the life of a slave girl in one week and i just know they’re not going to do it. and i know they all have busy lives and demands on their time but i just want to hold each of their faces in my hands and say, “read this. it is good for you. it will nourish you. it will enrich your soul.”
wow the weather might be so bad that i, the office PA whose entire job is to physically be present to do shit for people who aren't, get to work from home tomorrow. lol
julian casablancas has NO business writing such relatable songs like he's literally a born millionaire 45 year old straight white man while im a 21 year old middle class bi mexican girl and yet we are literally the same person
my kids are not gonna have phones til they’re like 13 or until they are going out with their friends without parent supervision. they can have like ipod touches or whatever to tide them over but no maam i am not having jam handed ipad obsessed mouth breather kids. they better open up a book and create vast worlds in their minds eyes. i just want my kids to be curious and creative, not idle consumers
what if there was somebody out there who went to a posh english school their whole life and now wanted nothing more than to let me pick their brains for walp fic 🤔 🤔 🤔