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Tim Drake’sRobinmade waves this week amongst fans ofDC Comicsand beyond after a story inBatman : Urban Legends#6 ended with Tim agreeing to go on a particular date with his friend , Bernard .
A third episode in the story , " The Sum of Our Parts " by Meghan Fitzmartin , Belén Ortega , Alejandro Sanchez , and Pat Brosseau , followed Timas he struggle to find the courage to ego - reflect on his living and what he actually want . Because Tim has had romantic family relationship with adult female in the past tense , most notably with Spoiler ( Stephanie Brown ) , a former Robin and Batgirl , the third chapter of " The Sum of Our Parts " seemed to confirm that thethird Robin is bisexual . While writer Meghan Fitzmartin has state that Tim does not yet have a label for his sexuality , the news that one of the Robins was officially gay add up as a shock to some fans .
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That said , much like the other news report inBatman : Urban Legends , " The Sum of Our Parts " builds off of years of strip account for Tim Drake . While his most high - profilerelationship has been with Stephanie Brown , Tim has also had a very snug friendly relationship with Conner Kent ’s Superboy , laying the cornerstone for him coming out as queer inBatman : Urban Legends#6 . The accurate nature of Tim and Conner ’s relationship has long been mull by fans , and Almighty themselves have confirm both on the page and online that Robin ’s love for Superboy went beyond the kingdom of friendship .
What is important to recognize here is that " The Sum of Our Parts " portray Tim twist with the fact that his aroused self - mirror image will lead to some time of change . That is , he has left his feelings comparatively unexplored in the past because of the ramification that openly acknowledging them might bring . This speaks toTim coming to damage with his romantic feelingstowards Bernard and his history with Conner Kent . If anything , him going on a date with Bernard is important because it reorients how he has expressed his feelings in the yesteryear . In this regard , Tim Drake ’s characterization inBatman : Urban Legends#6 is logical with ten of his publishing history .
Tim ’s beneficial friend has almost always beenConner Kent , a ringer of Superman and Lex Luthor , and the particular of their relationship power point to the fact that he had already been queer long beforeUrban Legends#6 formally confirm it . While the two never explicitly said that they screw each other , Tim ’s action mechanism and the situations in which both fictional character were placed bestow to this significance . In a tantrum from 2003’sTitans / Young Justice : Graduation Day#2 , Tim and Conner were inexplicably shown in a wardrobe together , where Tim chastises Conner for nearly vex himself killed after he impulsively attacked Indigo . suffice a devotee ’s query about why the two theatrical role were in a loo , author Judd Winick squeeze , " I saw this as an opportunity for them to both come out of the press . # liveyourbestlife . " This was in 2018 .
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In look at Tim ’s chronicle with Conner , it is also necessary to know the restriction that may have been placed on writer from an editorial standpoint , leading to several incident where the trammel between Conner and Tim is gesture to , but not outright state . after on , inTeenTitans#34,after the death of Superboy , Tim went as far as to on the Q.T. attempt to create another clone of Conner from the DNA of Lex Luthor and Superman . He try ninety - nine sentence but was ultimately unsuccessful in bringing Conner back .
Enraged when his last trial flush it , Tim smashed up his lab , punching an image of Conner so intemperately that the CRT screen cracked . When Wonder Girl ( Cassie Sandsmark ) , Conner ’s girlfriend , discovered the commotion , she said , " You were feign all this sentence that you ’d moved on . But you have n’t . " This keeps up with the pattern of Tim directly hiding his feeling , one thatUrban Legends#6 finally resolves with him deciding to be open about his romantic belief for Bernard .
similarly , inTeen Titans#92 , after Conner regress to recover thatTim is no longer Robin , but Red Robin , he observe that he refuses to call Damian Wayne by Tim ’s honest-to-god codename . Conner says , " I do n’t care what costume you or him wear . As far as I ’m concerned , you’remyRobin . Always will be . " In response , Tim sour around to look at Conner and say , " And you ’ll always be my ringer male child . "
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OnceConner was removed from the main DC continuity , his presence in Tim ’s life was still alluded to inDetective Comics#967 . In talk about an alternate , one-time version of himself that he had meet , Tim said , " He speak about afriendthat I should have … someone named Conner … and I feel that name tugging on my heart , but I do n’t knowwhy . " Clearly , after all of this time , Conner still has a special presence over Tim ’s life and is someone he still feels sexual love for , even if he does n’t commend who he is . While any one of these instances could be read as the result of a in particular strong friendly relationship , the cumulative effect makes it percipient that one or both of them has amorous spirit for the other .
Tim Drake ingest romantic tactual sensation for military man in accession to women may come as a surprisal to some buff , but nearly two decennium of comics have , with varying degree of subtlety , alluded to this fact . Thus , Tim formally coming out as queer is not a primal change to his character , but rather an ultimate reflexion of it . Because he had already had these feelings with Conner Kent , his going on a date with Bernard let him to pursue a amorous boulevard that he had previously been unable to . This not only signifies a incontrovertible change forLGBTQ+ representation in DC Comicsand beyond , but also for Tim Drake’sRobinhimself , as a young person find his identity .
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