Tim at least has a far better justification for it in my opinion.
Like, all the Robins who aren't biologically related to him view Bruce as their father but they don't feel the need to have to spell it out just like Bruce and Alfred don't have to clarify their relationship.
Cause he was Robin he can call him daddy? Bruce didn’t raise Tim anymore then he raised Babs. Hell you don’t even see the Robins Bruce did raise call him father or refer to themselves as Wayne’s.
I don't understand how Bruce can be a father for Tim. It doesn't seem the kind of relationship they have.
Honestly, I don't think Dick and Bruce have a father-son relationship either. They are pretty close, but I see their relationship as brothers (even more when the age difference become pretty small).
Barbara has never called Bruce "father". After all, Barbara has a great and alive father (who knows what the writers would do if this was not the case).
However, some recent comics like "Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Rebirth" really wants to imply Barbara sees Batman as a father figure too.
Last edited by Konja7; 09-10-2019 at 12:21 PM.
I found it odd Tim calling Bruce their Dad but then again Damian called Tim Timothy so trhat tells you how out of character the two characters were.
It's strange to me how a lot of people are in to the idea of Bruce being a dad to everyone. The dude isn't even that good a father. The internet likes to believe that all the young uns' in Gotham are adopted kids of Bruce.
I don't like that because those same fans act like Bruce is a spectacular father. The best dad in comics which is simply not true.
I wonder how Bruce views Barbara? maybe as a close niece or something. She appeared in the Wayne family photo in Batman annual 3 so he must kinda view her as important.
They really should clear up how each of the bat teens view Bruce. I guess having them all view him as a parental figure is easier but it doesn't really make too much sense. Im not even sure how characters like Cass, Duke and Steph view Bruce in Rebirth.
Last edited by Katana500; 09-10-2019 at 01:37 PM.
Really, for most of them, the ones that aren't adopted, he's more of a teacher and mentor. Would have made more sense for Tim to refer to Bruce as his teacher.
Because he lived close to Bruce at an impressionable young age and they were together far more then Bruce consistently was with Barbara. Tim essentially had two dads as much as all the other Robins (and maybe Babs did).
Dick has called Bruce his father before. I'm pretty sure he even said his father was dead after Final Crisis.
That surprises me if only because it feels like most writers tend to downplay how Bruce and Babs relationship or how close and important they feel they are to each other.
I think some of his worst father moments can usually just be chalked up to bad writing, but I don't think it's wrong to assume that his dynamic with most of his sidekicks is parental given how overprotective and involved he gets with them and how he ends up raising most of them even when they're not his biological kids.
He didn’t live at the manor (at least not until he got his father killed), and Tim as Robin actually operated away from Batman more then he did next to Batman. He operated much like Babs Batgirl did. His situation was far more similar to Babs then it was to the other Robins. Bruce wasn’t responsible for making sure he brushed his teeth before bed, or did his homework, or picked him up from school or any of the mundane things that parents are responsible for like he became with Dick, Jason, or Damian. Teaching them cool Kung fu moves and giving them fun toys isn’t what made him a father to them.
And Morrison had Dick refer out load to Bruce as his partner, but it was in things like him raising Damian like his little brother where you could see Bruce’s father like influence on him. I can’t recall him flat out calling Bruce his father, but maybe he did and I just can’t remember. But it’s still not a common thing and Dick Wayne was certainly never a thing.
Last edited by Godlike13; 09-10-2019 at 05:38 PM.
He lived close enough to where the difference was negligible.
Bruce and Tim were shown together as frequently as Tim was off on his solo adventures as Robin. They were attached at a hip in a way we usually never see with Batgirl outside media adaptions where she's his main sidekick. Tim was pretty frequently with Bruce and in the Batcave.
And let's be honest...Alfred handled the mundane stuff .
Yet still far enough where Bruce couldn't say ground him or enforce any real parental authority.