Tim Drake (suffering and aching)
Pain in inevitable, suffering is optional.
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He hesitated, hesitated but nonetheless replied, “I got blasted by cuddle pollen. It’s why I tripped. It’s why I got caught.”
The line went dead silent.
Tim clenched his fists as the pale figure uncovered his face. “I’m sorry.”
The line split off into a cacophony of sounds. But Tim couldn’t hear any of it, because the stone and crumbles of cement and wood slipped off the purple suit and the pale man sat up, a hand going to his sickeningly green hair.
He was trapped. Trapped within a building’s remains with a conscious Joker, dipped head-to-toe in cuddle pollen which was already starting to become close to unbearable without human touch.
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A cuddle-pollened Tim gets stuck in a collapsed building with the Joker.
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No Longer You by SeaSkate
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics), Young Justice (Comics), DCU (Comics)
07 Sep 2025
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Tim Drake was someone that knew a lot of people, both in his civilian identity and when wearing his mask. He was someone that knew a lot of people, but not someone that people truly knew. Sure, there were people in his life that knew bits and pieces of himself, but no one knew everything and very few knew the same things if he could help it.
He was a puzzle that only himself held the answer key to.
So, what if his family and friends were given a cheat sheet?
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Or, The Batfamily and the core members of Young Justice find themselves watching Tim Drake's life...as told through songs from Epic the Musical
[Goes from him becoming Robin to the end of the Red Robin run]
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This fic now has a playlist on both YouTube and Spotify, that updates as the fic does:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSTESD1PfprR6RuIOFgT2g-uRUAGz01R&si=jgxl9WCD-aPYkmuW
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WRYcCfdSYJe70jo6qtvoj?si=9DesZkkiRqmI0sI7KLRE0w
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Podfic: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSTESD1Pfpo7LkK8OJ-bWX0aqU3FRhBI&si=hG0io8S-la3y5Lg2
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- Part 2 of Tim Drake AUs
- Part 1 of but it’s no longer you
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the world's my oyster, i'm the pearl - no ordinary girl by ivorylight
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Red Robin (Comics)
08 Jun 2025
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Tim is salty.
Very salty.
Ra’s picked the wrong day to fuck with him because he hasn’t slept in 53 hours and he’s out of coffee and honestly Tim might just say fuck it to B’s no killing rule because he’s about to murder this sonofvabitch-
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Have You Heard (About the Flightless Bird) by SeaSkate
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
01 Jun 2025
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When Ra's al Ghul reaches out to the bats, asking for them to mediate a meeting between the high ranking members of the League of Assassins that he wanted to hold in Gotham, they agree, hoping for a chance to gleam information from the shadow society.
Tim doesn't show up though, at least not in the way that they had expected.Podfic: https://youtu.be/faovYgxa2ts?si=Yn4I1H_H0oNh960m
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- Part 5 of Tim Drake AUs
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Tim spares himself just a moment of grief, for all the people who aren’t going to live through the coming fight, for maybe the whole city. A dragon that large is powerful enough to drop Wayne Tower and the entire block surrounding in about a minute, to level all of Gotham in hours. There are going to be casualties, and all he can do is pray to things he isn’t sure he believes in that his family won’t be among them.
He shoves those feelings down, though, as quickly as he can. He lifts a hand to his ear, voice urgent as he bolts towards the Batburger. “Oracle, issue a city-wide evac order now! Everyone else, do not engage!”
“Is that a fucking dragon?!”
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Two Voices, One Name by MilkyWay2000
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Batman Beyond
26 Dec 2025
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Tim Drake doesn't think he's afraid of the Joker.
He tells himself it's Jason. Old ghosts. Secondhand trauma.
But fear doesn't explain missing memories, unfamiliar hands, or the way his body reacts before his mind can catch up.
When he finally confronts the joker, everything breaks.
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JJ exists for one reason: to survive.
He remembers what Tim can’t. Carries what Tim shouldn’t have to.
When the Joker returns, JJ can tell things are going to go south real quick.
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all the jokers dressing up as kings by Violettavonviolet
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
24 Oct 2023
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“Well, if it’s that importan’ puddin’, it was way back, when the angry one was still Robin. We’d just gotten out and a boy literally tripped over ‘r way. And Joker, he really wannted ta keep him, so we did. ‘was a real slip of a boy too. I think his name mighta been Timmy once, but Joker really wanted a son, so we just- ya know. In any case, he escaped, was a real smart one too— used a plastic fork and some tape. I never looked for him, figured he’da had enough of me, but if ya do find him, tell him ‘m sorry.“
Tim froze. Go figure she’d remember his stupid name years down the line. His hands were shaking. Damian had turned to look at Tim, eyes as big as saucer pans.
Yeah, there was no way he could convince them that wasn’t him.
Absently, he rubbed at the make-up concealing his scars. They’d paled further with age, but Tim could tell they were there anyway.
“RR, stay exactly where you are. Robin, use force if needed.“
or: an unfortunate run-in with the Joker leads to Damian asking questions. Questions Tim really wishes he wouldn't ask.
DAY 24: I'VE GOT A HEAD FULL OF CHEMICALS; MOUTH FULL OF RIDICULE / NEGLECT
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- Part 21 of whumptober 2023
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"Where was that at the Tower, huh?" Jason gritted out, breathless from his pitiful escape attempt.
"I was trying to be kind," Tim brushed his fingers against the sides of Jason's face and reveled in the way he tensed up. "I'm not anymore."
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Jason did more than break Tim's bones at the Titans Tower.
Junior decides to return the favor.
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“I want to know how he died!” Jason snapped after a pause, scowling. “I’ve gone through everything in the system. All the files B has on it says that he died, but there’s no details! There’s no description of the scene, no suspects, no cause of death, no anything. All it says is that he’s dead.”
“Maybe it’s not something you should look into…” Dick trailed off but Jason’s reply was lost to Tim’s ears.
‘That’s not funny.’
Despite his best efforts, a giggle escaped Tim’s lips.
Or: Tim just wanted to drop some information off to the Cave, not talk about the Joker.
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- Part 11 of Dc drabbles
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The Ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus's Paradox, is a paradox and common thought experiment about whether an object (in the most common stating of the paradox, a ship) is the same object after having all of its original components replaced with others over time.
Or: Tim’s parents have been slowly replacing parts of his body since he was eight years old. Tim knows he was always meant to be a tool more than a child, but when his parents start to cross lines, he finally snaps.