I didn't realise who Tim could be, and it's a crime that's not who he is in his title.
My ginormous order of Robin back issues arrived yesterday. I only managed to read the first 14 issues last night, but damn, that's my Timmy. The one who will stab Azrael with a birdarang, the one who trained with Lady Shiva, the one who can take on KGBeast
while protecting an unconscious Detective Bullock in the middle of a raging fire
while ALSO saving Gotham from
KGBeast's nuclear device.
My Tim resents his father as much as he loves him, and maybe absence made the heart fonder than reality, because he filled that empty place where his family used to be with Bats. My Tim cannot flirt to save his life. My Tim is insecure, fiercely proud and has a temper, but he's pretty good at keeping them in check when he's working. My Tim keeps secrets from Batman. My Tim has towel fights with Dick in the laundry room of Stately Wayne Manor. My Tim can be hanging upside-down from a jumpline twenty stories up while risking his life in some wildly dangerous way, and he will ask himself seriously, "What Would Batman Do?" My Tim has a sense of humor like the Sahara. My Tim has to pretend more when he's out of the suit than when he's being Robin. Even my Tim's
nightmares
need therapy.
My Tim wears fifteen-layer nomex and his boots have toes.
My Tim resents his father as much as he loves him, and maybe absence made the heart fonder than reality, because he filled that empty place where his family used to be with Bats. My Tim cannot flirt to save his life. My Tim is insecure, fiercely proud and has a temper, but he's pretty good at keeping them in check when he's working. My Tim keeps secrets from Batman. My Tim has towel fights with Dick in the laundry room of Stately Wayne Manor. My Tim can be hanging upside-down from a jumpline twenty stories up while risking his life in some wildly dangerous way, and he will ask himself seriously, "What Would Batman Do?" My Tim has a sense of humor like the Sahara. My Tim has to pretend more when he's out of the suit than when he's being Robin. Even my Tim's nightmares need therapy.
My Tim wears fifteen-layer nomex and his boots have toes.
Just needed to see that again. Because YES. TIMMY.
Can someone give me a rundown on current Robin? I'd read it, but, you know, rage.
Okay, I've seen Willingham rage--what's going on? What's with the hate-on?
Brutal mischaracterizations and piss-poor writing all around.
Yeah. All around. Really no need to shout.
In relation to IC? Or just on it's own?
In relation to IC? Or just on it's own?
Willingham has nothing to do with IC--that's Brad Meltzer. Everyone just hates his Robin, which I don't read. His Fables, on the other hand, is amazing.
Willingham doesn't do IC -- that was Brad Meltzer. The Willingham-rage is aimed at Robin (which a lot of people feel he's really ruined since he came on the title) and War Games.
Okay. I don't think I'm getting the connections I should be getting, but no big. I'll read it in January.
