![]() I’m actually tentative about including that fight, though, because I feel like a lot of people take it out of the greater context, and also take everything Tim says very literally. Tim ultimately does decide he wants to try with his dad, but they end up fighting in Robin III: Cry of the Huntress #4, with all Tim’s resentment bubbling up: ![]() “ When I was a kid, I used to dream-to pray-that you and mom would stop traveling, forget business and just settle down,” and, “Funny how once you never seemed to care-at least, you never showed me that you did,” and, “I’ve no idea who you think I am, Dad-but I’m not that boy.” To Bruce, he says, “ I’ve never felt I was part of a family before.” Tim is really hurt by this! In Batman #480 (soon after his mother’s death, just after his father has recovered from his coma) he writes a “letter” to his dad to get his feelings out before burning it, about how it hurt when they traveled, and how his dad doesn’t really know him anymore. But we do know from Robin #100 that they have been traveling at least since “grade school.” We never get a straight up number for how much time the Drakes spend out of town or if it’s always been at a constant level. Tim makes this clear in Detective Comics #618, after getting a post card: “‘Or the week after.’ I guess that sums them up! Never know where they’re going to be–or when–or even how long!” And, considering that they aren’t in town for the entire period of weeks/months he spends in training, we know they take very long trips. Tim references his parents “always traveling” for work in his introductory storyline in Batman #441, and in Robin vol 1 #1 muses: “So many times they traveled the world and left me behind.”Īt least by the time Tim is training as Robin, he doesn’t always know where his parents are at any given time (see Batman #444, #445). True! Things changed with Jack after Janet died, but before Tim became Robin, these two spent a lot of time out of town, and not much time with their son. ✓ Tim’s Parents Were Absent & Traveled Regularly And finally some notes on what characterization I think can be pulled from/connected to this!.I’m gonna get into a full examination of how well supervised Tim was.Tim did not spend a bunch of time alone in a big house with no one looking after him (boarding school!!!!!).Tim’s parents did travel a lot and leave him behind. ![]() Sure thing I’d love to! It’s been less than a month, so this counts as prompt, right? The fanony picture of Tim’s childhood is built from a couple pieces, so I’m going to go through each of them with as much citation as I can get.
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