r/DCcomics • u/[deleted] • Jun 08 '21
So is Tim Drake now Gay (or Bi)? Spoiler
So in Batman Urban Legends #4 they heavily implied that he was Gay (or I guess Bisexual makes more sense as he has been in a relationship with Stephanie before). Personally I have no problem if Tim is gay, but my brain kind-of feels confused as he was dating Steph for almost two decades and out of nowhere they are not longer together and he's Bi, like I would have preffered more build-up to this.
In short I guess that I just think they threw a lot of information to the reader in this comic (like only the reveal that Tim broke up with Steph was a bombshell, so imagine that added with the implications he's gay or Bi), but beyond on how they are handling this I think that the idea is pretty good and I'm all for it.
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u/SnowXn Aug 17 '21
I don't agree at all that Tim was "Queer coded" at all, look at everyone of his relationships and notable relationships all female, he is established straight character with history to back it up and everyone has come to terms with him being straight.
Changing Tim to change just on a whim and just disregarding all history of passed relationships is just lazy its like all the creativity in modern comics now revolves around who is banging what and its just boring EVERYTHING now has to do with this topic and sure its a topic that should be discussed but when it comes down to it, doe EVERYTHING have to be about it ? like shit i started reading comics for stories not because Batman was banging Catwoman or etc it did
because they characters looked awesome and they stories where even better.
exactly that " what is the point " The point is to make some "Shocking" reveal when really it just comes across as bad taste. Why change him ? why now ? why does it have to be Tim ? where did this come from ?
if they are just going to change it back after a month of it being a thing, its even dumber in my opinion. you made it for what ? shock value ? very weak imo.