Just Another Day Of Calling Big Murder Men "babygirl"

just another day of calling big murder men "babygirl"

William Shakespeare

I always see people saying that Bart Allen is the social butterfly and Tim Drake is the socially awkward one. And while I do not know enough about Bart to have an opinion on him, y'all are so wrong about Tim.

Ma boi was raised by Jack and Janet Drake. People who can afford to buy the manor next to the Wayne's. They own a multi-million company. They're old money.

What I'm trying to say is, Tim is a socialite kid. He knows what to do, how to talk, what smiles to give to old ladies in diamond earrings and the strength with which to shake possible investor's hands so they don't feel threatened or underwhelmed.

Just like Bruce has his Brucie Wayne persona, Tim has Timothy Drake, good convertionalist, straight-A student, the perfect heir and eventually the perfect CEO/shareholder/whatever he is to WE because at this point I've lost track.

Also I love the idea of Damian seeing this at their first gala together finding it absolutely bewildering, because as a person Tim is barely a functional human being and as a vigilante RR has the social skills of a wet paper bag unless dealing with victims, but as Timothy he is this smooth talking, charming bastard who can win everyone's heart at a gala in a couple hours. Damian had gone into that gala expecting his brother to make a fool of himself over and over again, maybe even make it to the magazine covers for falling into the chocolate fountain or something. But for the first time in years, Damian is scared because it has to be some sort of witchcraft to change personalities so easily and Father, run a tox screen on Drake because there is clearly something wrong with him–

Just. Socially competent Tim Drake + little gremlin Damian who is in awe.

Thinking about Mortis and how Anakin was supposed to take over the Father’s role. Thinking about how Ahsoka was held by the Son and Obi-Wan by the Daughter—it what it might’ve meant that the Daughter chose Ahsoka, Anakin fell to the Dark, and Obi-Wan walked a different path.

The Father wanted Anakin, yes, but why were there three of them there?

What if Ahsoka was meant to fall, Obi-Wan meant to cling to the Light, and Anakin the bridge between them in lineage and all things—Except Ahsoka made a choice, and Anakin made a choice, and Obi-Wan didn’t choose at all, and nothing went as it was meant to.

Thinking about how the Father’s choices inadvertently triggered the Son to try to kill him, instead accidentally killing the only person he loved. Thinking about how the Father sacrificed himself as distraction so the boy that should have been his successor could kill the Son that had betrayed him. Thinking about the Daughter that loved them both and did not want to leave them.

Thinking about Ahsoka in a temple and Obi-Wan on a Death Star

They had paths. And then they had choices, and the choices chose the paths, and nothing went as it was meant to but everything went as it could have. Dirt roads and wheels and putting one foot in front of the other, conscious and aware.

Fate and choice. Neither happens without the other. You have a path. You must still choose to walk it.

Thinking about archetypes and paths and what it means to twist fate

Agents of Shield text posts part 5!