Tim Drake Is Deranged (affectionate)
Place for me to collect my favourite fics where Tim Drake makes insane decisions, acts unhinged, or is generally deranged due to his upbringing/low self-esteem/insert other reason here.
Alternatively: this is a place for me to collect fics that explore Tim’s character in a unique way. There’s just something wrong with him and I think it’s neat.
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Apparently, Mr. Oz decided psychologically torturing a 15 year-old for six months was no longer "cool." And now Tim's paying the price for that, because instead of killing him like any good, self-respecting villain would, he's dropped him back on Earth with an apology and a snack.
Or,
It's been six months for Tim. It's been 10 years for Tim's family.
I'm sure it will all be fine.
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“I have time.”
Tim does not, in fact, have time.
But it’s Nightwing who is calling. What’s he going to do—say no? Preposterous. That's a crime in and of itself. Tim would rather swallow nails and kiss his mother goodnight than say no to Dick Grayson. “How can I help you, Nightwing?”
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or, when tim is three people at the same time, jebaits the bats into joining their family twice, and might be accidentally running the city as an emergency hotline operator. not necessarily in that order. -
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Tim Drake never actually wanted to become part of the Robin-Batman-vigilante outfit. No, really. But the last Robin up and died, and now Batman is going crazy, and no one else is doing anything about it, so...Tim decides to become Robin. He might as well, right? At the very least it'll give him something to do while his parents are gone.
Still, Tim's not taking up the mantle until he can put a couple of things in order. Step one? Making sure the Joker can't get it into his head to kill another Robin. Not ever again. (Good thing Tim's not the one with a 'no killing' rule.)
And then after that? Well, after that it's only just a matter of keeping Batman from learning Tim's identity and subsequently chasing him off. Not until Bruce can get back on his feet and pick a new Robin, a real one this time. Easy-peasy.
Sort of.
(Updates Mondays and Thursdays)
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the party’s not done ‘till the disco stops (and brother, we’re on repeat) by liverobinreaction (bugbee)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), DCU, Batman (Comics), Disco Elysium (Video Game)
25 Aug 2024
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He wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of who he is, why he’s here, or what he’s meant to be doing. All he’s got is an empty wallet, twenty-something voices arguing in his head, and a woman called Pru who insists she can help him get his memories back if he trusts her.
This is so not disco.
(Or: Tim gets amnesia during BruceQuest, and goes on the worst backpacking trip through Europe in history. Featuring Tim as Harry Du Bois, and Pru as the world's most reluctant Kim Kitsuragi.)
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Crack Your Molars While You Dream by liverobinreaction (bugbee)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
14 Apr 2024
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Jason walks into Titans Tower expecting a fight and the satisfaction of beating down the new Robin.
He walks into a suicide instead.
(After multiple back-to-back missions, urgent reports that needed to be filled out, and the stress of a new hostile player in Gotham, sleep has not come easily for Tim. Fortunately for him however, his inability to die has given him a unique, but effective, way of dealing with insomnia.
Unfortunately for everyone else, Jason decides to invade the Titan Tower at the exact same time.)
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- Part 2 of bury the dead where they're found
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Apparently, Mr. Oz decided psychologically torturing a 15 year-old for six months was no longer "cool." And now Tim's paying the price for that, because instead of killing him like any good, self-respecting villain would, he's dropped him back on Earth with an apology and a snack.
Or,
It's been six months for Tim. It's been 10 years for Tim's family.
I'm sure it will all be fine.
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No (Contingencies) by natcat5
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics)
04 Nov 2024
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“Of course you have contingencies for me,” Tim says, in a tone that suggests Bruce even pretending otherwise is both annoying and an insult to Tim's intelligence. “You have contingencies for everyone.”
“Not everyone,” Bruce says. “Not you.”
Bruce keeps his breathing even and measured, doesn’t betray for a second the relief he feels when Tim believes him. When Tim doesn't find the uglier, unsaid truth beneath Bruce’s carefully considered words.
The lack of contingencies for Red Robin does not mean that Batman trusts him infallibly.
The lack of contingencies for Red Robin means that a compromised Tim Drake is one of the things Bruce fears most.Bookmarked by liverobinreaction (bugbee)
22 Feb 2025
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Holy shit this is THE Tim character study
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Tim Drake never actually wanted to become part of the Robin-Batman-vigilante outfit. No, really. But the last Robin up and died, and now Batman is going crazy, and no one else is doing anything about it, so...Tim decides to become Robin. He might as well, right? At the very least it'll give him something to do while his parents are gone.
Still, Tim's not taking up the mantle until he can put a couple of things in order. Step one? Making sure the Joker can't get it into his head to kill another Robin. Not ever again. (Good thing Tim's not the one with a 'no killing' rule.)
And then after that? Well, after that it's only just a matter of keeping Batman from learning Tim's identity and subsequently chasing him off. Not until Bruce can get back on his feet and pick a new Robin, a real one this time. Easy-peasy.
Sort of.
(Updates Mondays and Thursdays)
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Bookmarked by liverobinreaction (bugbee)
20 Feb 2025
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I am FROTHING AT THE MOUTH THIS IS AMAZING
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Waver by natcat5
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
31 Oct 2025
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Tim doesn't really want to have a therapy session with his own subconscious. Especially since his subconscious seems a little...off. Still, he doesn't regret the choices that led him here. He doesn't regret the role he had to play.
But Tim doesn't know that there's a timer ticking down over his head. A timer that Bruce and his brothers are trying desperately to beat.
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- Part 19 of Dark Month 2025: Bat-tober
- Part 4 of Heart and Soul
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Bookmarked by liverobinreaction (bugbee)
20 Feb 2025
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Losing my mind, this is beautiful and guttural.
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Black Bird Singing in the Dead of Night by Alectric
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), Robin (Comics)
09 Jun 2025
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Turns out robins aren’t the only birds one can befriend while hanging around Gotham rooftops.
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Tim becomes the god-damn crow lord and somehow ends up with a whole new family as a result.