#tim is a silly little stalker who's making the best of his hyperfixation on humanity and all of this is new

[a-sketchy-character]

Oh god i just saw it but im asking about ur au so hard🥺🥺

Dude I would be honored to answer it JUST as hard, let me just take this tangential opportunity to talk about terrible terrible Arthur Brown and how much his daughter hates him—

Because (roughly) 1720's, in this world where there be mermaids and sea creatures, a smart morally decrepit man like Arthur is bound to find good dishonest work, right? He's good at what he does, he's educated, good at reading the ocean's clues, he's totally fine killing creatures that may or may not have souls, so he runs navigations to find the beasties. Every ship needs a navigator. Merfolk-hunting ships need better ones, and Arthur is a better one.

(Steph hates this.)

It takes a toll on a family when even a devoted husband and father is gone on a fishing ship 80% of the year, and Arthur Brown is a man of less than sterling character that Steph firmly believes her family is better off without. She's willing to do just about anything to get rid of him at this point, and that includes handling her own dirty work and staging an unfortunate accident at sea. Naturally, meeting Tim provides a welcome and interesting resource for, um. Conveniently disposing of her father!

#this is specifically about steph's insane willingness to straight-up murder her dad for what he's done to their family #it's canon and it's in here too. and tim has no idea how to handle it #cause he's coming at this through the lens of a different culture #tim is a silly little stalker who's making the best of his hyperfixation on humanity and all of this is new #he's studying these silly little humans and wracking his brain trying to figure out if patricide is a usual human experience #it dawns on him very slowly that steph is. not normal. #(but he loves her anyway!!) #anyway the mermaid brainrot has officially consumed me. i have a pinterest board i have a spotify playlist help #mermaids. #tim drake #stephanie brown #whaling au