Originally Posted by
Fergus
No Krusty, Oasis was mostly accurate in his assesment.
Tim is getting anther chance at Robin, A role which now belongs to Damian but he is now forced to share because tim Drake and his fans have this just won't let go and act like it belongs to him. Damian deserves to have the same chance and privilege and respect that Tim when he came in the role. he deserves the chance to serve without fans calling for his death, hoping he fails or just the former guy hanging around dressed as him.
Another legacy character would have been retired. But not Tim Drake gets a pass. Forget that it undermines Damian and encurages Tim's ire against the character.
It feels like Tim Drake is morphing into a MECA ROBIN/BATMAN. He is all of them combined and his writers keep trying to stuff parts from other Robins into him
1, Greatest detective - That's Tim now
2, A Wayne with Al Ghul connections - there a character who is the son of Bruce and grandson of Ra's lets have Tim change his name to Wayne and suddenly have Ra's interested in having him.
3,Orphan, Everyone is an Orphan so lets kill his folk's
4,Sex on legs Dick is popular with the girls so lets give Tim a Harem
5, Batman with guns - Red hood has two guns. BatTim has Joe Chill's gun's
6, Ra's elevates Dick to Robin - Ra's not only calls Tim detective but now want's him to be his Heir a role that belonged to Bruce and Damian.
7, Dick is an acrobat - Tim is a gymnast.
8, The Robin's have angst - Tim has all the angst he had more than just his folks killed
9, Jason has PTSD - Tim is suicidal. he falls out a window.
Tim writer's say hold my beer..... we'll one up.
It just keeps happening. They keep trying to inject life into a stalled character by augmenting him with details and traits and abilities from other bat character's . And at times shamelessly as was the case with Red Robin.
It feel like because DC invested so much time in crafting this perfect Robin they are reluctant to give up. They keep sabotaging the others for his sake.
The thing is they've added so much to his character that he's gone from an everyman to a cheatcode. He is so skilled to the point that now it's a turn off.
Tim is the least skilled and yet he beats Lady Shiva and took down Batman and all the Robins in one go. Which is it? It's like they want us to think he is just normal but really he is fanfiction gone amock. He is worse than a marysue and regular insert characters. Tim is like those characters from Twilght and 50 shades. The embarrassingly indulgent side of compensation and selfpity that lacks awareness.
The only Robin with better media exposure is Dick. Tim has years of syndication in BTAS he has YJ. Animated movies are no match to a long running series.
It's always interesting to hear how fans interpret thing's. I feel that DC indulges Tim fans which is why they have this entitlement. This is why they have no qualms outright calling for a character t be killed just so they can benefit. It's why they can make claims like Tim is the most Iconic Robin or how he invented the modern Batfamily.
i'm not a Tim fan but you know what I gave him a chance to Robin. I didn't loudly complain that Dick wasn't Robin or that Tim was the worst character [even though he is a subversion of Robin] that's more curtesy than Tim fans have given Damian or Duke.
Tim Drake is favoured. The fact that he is back to Robin when a more popular character is already in role is proof enough. Jason Todd barely gets any feature time, Dick Grayson is fighting to keep his head and Damian isn't even handled by the batman editoral. Who did DC take the tie to features alongside their biggest star in one of their widely read titles? Tim Drake. The least popular of the Robins that's who we should features for over 2 years. Even after that push failed. Who did DC pick to feature in their Walmart specials? is it the Current robin or the current young heroes? Nope. It's Tim. Who has been chosen to be the face of DC young heroes. The smash hit Superson's or any fresh young stars? Nope it's forever16 Tim Drake and his band of 90's bro's. The same ones they tried to launch as the face of young Dc in the new 52 that failed.
What is on paper contradicts what we are supposed to believe about Tim. He isn't the physically inferior Robin. He is a Meta human. A fantastical Power Fantasy.