Not Tagging The Other J Cuz His Fans Are - Something - Tumblr Posts

I keep seeing very weird takes about Jean-Paul and J*son T*dd being "Tim Drake haters" and I am thinking about doing that analysis I have always wanted to do about how despite Azrael taking over his mind during his era as Batman, Jean-Paul was showing (messily) that he believed Tim was a kid who should not be out there as Robin as Gotham was a cruel city that would *kill him*.

But in summary, I think it says a lot that even at his worst moment and being fully taken over by his brainwashing, Jean-Paul still managed to wake up from it before hurting Tim irreversibly (the infamous choking scene). JP not only stops himself, stopping Azrael from hurting Tim, but he even apologizes and tries to speak about what's happening to him. And one can argue how the distance he puts between himself and Tim later in Knightfall is, in JP's subconscious, a way of making sure AzBats won't hurt the kid.

Hell, there IS a panel of JP saying to Catwoman how he doesn't want to hurt Tim, and implying that him (JP) is scared of endangering Tim again. Jean-Paul explicitly tells Dick that he likes Robin, and shows certain jealousy to the bond Tim and Dick have.

And this is only New Earth, in n52 Jean-Paul liked all the bats (except Dick, supposedly). Although perhaps this is taking it too far, as n52 J*son also seemed to liked all the bats. INCLUDING TIM.

So, to summarize: Jean-Paul has never hated Tim, in fact, he seemed to be the only character written as recognizing Tim was a kid who should not be doing vigilante work. And this is CONSCIOUS Jean-Paul saying these things, vs a very conscious J*son being the one deciding to take out his anger on Tim as if Tim were to blame for the whole Joker thing.

Comparing JP to J*son in any way has no objective, as their circumstances are very different and they took very different paths regarding their anger. But implying that JP is a Tim hater because people want J*son to have someone who's also taking their anger out on Tim for no reason? I'd say Damian is right there but tbh I don't want my baby bat being labeled like that either.

(Huge disclaimer: This isn't meant as J*son bashing. His character is canonically the way he is and that's fine. My issue is people wanting to turn Jean-Paul into something he ISN'T to fit another's character's narrative. In fanfic is okay but please stop pretending those ideas are objective)