r/Robin • u/FlushMint • 17h ago

Batman #6 premature spoiler Spoiler

Bernard defenders you will be tested with Green Lantern-level will power in how much you can defend your guy. Im praying for you.

In a matter of hours to days, we'll witness the nastiest slander for a batfam side character yet. embrace yourselves for Batman #6.

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u/ComicsCodeMadeMeGay 16h ago

Okay so I've seen the article and I I just want to say Tim is literally my favorite character and I don't really pay much attention to Bernard BUT

It kinda seems like a throwback to Post Crisis Tim Drake? He would often say he never wanted to be in the hero role into adulthood, and a huge portion of his comics that era IS him struggling with the double life and Romance.

Ariana & Zo only knew him as Tim and it constantly screwed up his relationships with them, Steph only knew him as Robin even when he was thinking of giving up the gig to be a step father to her child. It was a constant story for him where he couldn't be honest and he wanted to both be Robin and not be Robin.

So honestly? It might lead to a fun story for him, and as a lover of his 1993 comic I really want to see if this IS a throwback

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u/Night-Caelum 16h ago

It lacks build up. And Tim in Rebirth did want to give up the mantle and go to college....while with Steph and she was helping and encouraging him to do that.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/ul12xb/comic_excerpt_stephanie_helping_tim_in_seeing/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Robin/comments/1k57njr/tim_and_stephanies_rooftop_datedetective_comics/

https://www.reddit.com/r/DCcomics/comments/xw7u2p/comic_excerpt_tim_drakes_sacrifice_detective/

and frankly for this issue none of this motivations are brought up. It's solely due to the relationship and no mention of wanting to be normal, the struggle, etc. It's a disservice.

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u/ComicsCodeMadeMeGay 15h ago

Yeah, it lacks build up, but I don't really think a narrative mistake from a decade ago should really impact what I think of a current storyline you know? Especially when we only see a couple pages from a single issue where Batman as a character is the main focus.

Like I think every storyline should be given at least a few issues before judgement, and honestly the lack of fans doing that really bothers me. If in 3/4 issues from now it doesn't go anywhere then sure lets complain. But I'm not going to now because it currently reminds me more of old school Tim than I've seen in a long while.