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What are your hot takes/unpopular Tim Drake opinions (within the fandom)?

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I say "within the fandom" because I feel like a normal/common Tim Drake opinion within the fandom could be seen as a hot take in another fandom. For me personally:

  1. I'm not a TimBer shipper. I prefer Tim with another superhero (very rarely do I like hero-civilian romances), but it's kinda hard since there aren't a lot of MLM superheroes around his perceived age-bracket, and him being an underrated superhero kinda excludes him from dating a well-known female superhero. I imagine they'd have to do something like they did with Jon and make a new superhero character for him, though since most of the Batfam isn't superpowered and having a non-superpowered superhero date one of the Batfamily members would give one more person to share the spotlight with, I guess this isn't super feasible.

  2. Tim has never had a good adaptation done to him. I don't think I've seen every Tim Drake media, but the ones I have either conflate his personality and fighting style with Jason and/or Dick, use him in a limited capacity, or have some other design/writing issue to me.

  3. Tim should be going for a psych degree. I know with the Batfam it's pretty much standard practice for everyone to be tech-savvy and great detectives, but I like getting back to the idea of Tim becoming Robin to help others, and maybe even wanting to be a psychologist (I kinda want him to team up with Harley, but at times she feels flanderized and DC rarely uses her psych past).

  4. I don't want Tim "moving on" until he gets more popularity. A lot of people with more reading knowledge than me point to his previous successful solo runs, but I feel like at this point, DC is looking for an excuse to axe him, and taking him away from Batman and putting him on his own (especially after his LAST solo; if Travis Moore isn't doing the art for his next solo, I'm pretty sure I won't love it) would be further detriment to his character if DC doesn't know what to do with him. Tim's had the most obvious case of comics just throwing ideas at the wall to see what sticks. That said, I don't mind him doing team-up stories with other heroes, ie Nightwing and Red Hood to get a better grasp on their dynamics.

  5. Tim's Savior suit is one of his best and I love the codename. I will die on this hill--but remove the cowl.

  6. Tim should be allowed into the Titans by now. I know it's mainly made up of OG Teen Titans and characters who have been in the TT since the last 20th century, and it'd probably be weird to have both Nightwing and Robin on the team, but I do think it's a step closer to having Tim be shown as more mature and growing rather than DC just jumping back and forth between throwing him into obscurity.

  7. Tim should've never been an orphan. Is that a hot take? In any case, I like the idea of him choosing to become Robin and not being Bruce's adopted son. Tim being skilled and likeable enough to make his way into the Wayne family and the Batfamily should be enough instead of the "dead parent" prerequisite that Dick and Jason had.

  8. I don't like the characterization of Tim as indecisive and insecure. I've been told he was like this from the get-go, but during DC's various attempts to give him more attention, it feels less like he's indecisive and insecure and more like DC is wishy-washy but doesn't wanna sweep it under the rug and so puts the blame squarely on him. Pretty sure this wouldn't fit Tim based on character history, but I would like to see him as a bit more of a confident and bubbly character--nothing cartoony, but the emotional anchor who knows how to calm down the atmosphere.

Posted Oct 10, 2025, 2:38 PM UTC

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