For The Ask Game Ra'sTim (yes Predictable I Know But I Just Adore How You Write Them To The Point Where

For the ask game Ra'sTim (yes predictable I know but I just adore how you write them to the point where I want more information)

Ra'sTim

SHIP IT!!! 💚💚💚

Okay yeah I'm very loud about them but I'm still so so happy you asked about Ra'sTim! I'd talk about them all day. This is probably gonna be long 😅

P.S. Thank you! I'm happy you enjoy my work ❤️

1. What made you ship it?

Okay this is such an easy yet complex question. I have looked back and realized I was writing past/implied Ra'sTim on my fic notebook back on 2014 (give or take) when I was newly done reading Red Robin. I'm unsure exactly *how* is started because before 2020 I had been on an extreme Transformers fixation, and my memories are fuzzy. I believe I was shipping Ra'sTim as a background ship without fully realizing I was doing it (it should also be noted I started as a KonTim religious fan, and grew into a JayTim girlie). I actually read two of my fav Ra'sTim fics back in those years (around 2014-2015), which were in Spanish, but they had a Ra'sTim portrayal that would mark my views, as the characters make the dynamic very different to the most popular ships in fanfom.

It was at the beginning of 2020 when I went back to DC, and funnily enough climbed quickly from JayTim to BruTim and started writing an ongoing fic. While doing so, I re read past fics I remembered I used to love, and went back to read comics as well. Suddenly, after reading Red Robin again, I was looking at Ra'sTim through different glasses. And it was something happening to me in many levels, as I was also getting a bit away from Kon & Jason and more into characters as Babs & Jean-Paul. I wondered what *more* there could be to Ra'sTim, and started reading more of Ra's. As I read and explored Tim in my writing, I realized I wanted them together.

I'm unsure about how to call it. The feeling was almost of enlightenment, like suddenly seeing something that has always been there yet for some reason you couldn't distinguish its shape. Perhaps being a Megatron/Starscream shipper helped, because I saw the potential of Ra'sTim and decided to explore the possibilities and their tones of gray.

At first Ra'sTim wasn't my main ship (although I was already writing it), but as I explored them, the more I felt it was a dynamic that came naturally to me, and scenarios I found more enjoyable.

The more I read their comics and explored them in my writing, the more they felt *right*. Perhaps it was meant to happen, as I can admit they fall a lot more into my tastes in fiction. Ra's as a character drives me insane with his potential and lore, and Tim stays as my favorite bat boy and who I believe changed the Batman mythos.

And yet, everything was born from a simple panel. "You are a very dangerous young man."

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

Oh, this is a tricky one!

I like their dynamic a lot, as I'm an open immortal/mortal sucker. And that does play a huge thing in my view of them and why I come back to Ra'sTim again and again despite having other fixations. The fact that Ra's has such a complex background and is not your usual western interpretation of an immortal (let's say a vampire) is also a fav thing of mine, as I think it allows stories with him to leave usual storytelling and challenge beliefs about good & evil. The fact that he believes he's *good* and a hero is particularly tasty as well, and mixed with Tim's need for helping others and guilt when he's not useful to the world (and Batman), gives a wonderful meal.

Their size difference is extremely hot too.

Aaaaand having a canon mutual interest where they are connected in a mysterious, unavoidable way, it's a cherry on top.

Lastly, I adore their contrast as characters and how they will allow the other to win a little battle in order to win another. It's a game of cat and mouse.

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I have unpopular opinions on most characters and ships. Some of them I feel comfortable expressing and others... Not much.

With Ra'sTim I have many of them, but mostly, it's that I loathe how other ship fandoms use Ra's as a random villain to hurt Tim and prop up another ship. For me, that's almost insulting, as Ra's is already a hurt character broken by many writers at DC. For me Ra'sTim it's never about "evil, mean Ra's hurting Tim because villains do that" and even less would I do it for another ship. I enjoy dark Ra'sTim, but never to hurt the characters.

My unpopular opinion then would be about the characters, perhaps. I don't see Ra's being cruel to Tim without reason, because in my mind, Ra's feels *love* and he cares for Tim. And Tim loves him back. They are just messy and won't communicate well, but that doesn't mean Ra's will go full evil and that Tim is a damsel in distress needing saving.

I don't see Ra's as an abuser. Neither do I see Tim as a helpless victim. And I believe this narrative hurts all characters involved without real motive besides wanting to prop up someone else and being too lazy as to read a less known villain or writing an original one.

my idea was Starscream taking his bf glorious leader out to a date in planetarium and going 'ME AND YOU???777<3333333' at one of the exhibits

Hey just saw you have asks open! 👀

Cool.

Are you taking requests or..?

I have always taken requests! 💚

Like, I don't promise to write a whole fic for AO3, but I definetely do my best to incorporate the ideas somehow somewhere. Tumblr allows a better format for this tna Twitter so yeah, feel free to send requests!

Also in general I have my asks open cuz I like the concept more than the idea of allowing DM from everyone on Twitter (there's too much spam there as well) and I think the anon option helps ppl be less shy and interact more. I am aware sometimes we all feel ashamed of sending stuff like fic recs, vents, head canons or whatever, so I believe the anon format really helps to thin this barrier 🫂

You guys can ask whatever you want, specially if it's fandom related. I might not always answer but trust me that I'm not awkwarded by people asking about where I have been, if a fic is coming back or anything like that. As long as we are all kind to each other and understand boundaries, I see no reason to not interact with other fans. I hope this helped!

IT MAKES ME FERAL HE'S SUCH A DIRTY MAN & HE HAS HER TRAPPED IN HIS HANDS!!! 😩

I was always so caught up on Sladin I also somehow never really processed the line about Terra like:

"What did you do to her?" "Nothing she didn't want."

BRO

in my ceaseless quest to find the queerest girliest most transsexual joker design made available by a dc artist i stumbled upon kristafer anka’s joker. by god

this has EVERYTHING. the coiffed hair.. the collar.. the novelty bomb earrings.. the glass eye.. the cinched waist.. i fear this is the gayest joker on the net we’ve peaked its all downhill from here

one of my fave Jean-Paul Facts is that he's a Computer Science major. buff nerd. iconic

If asked, he would answer that he doesnt play any games on his computer.

Its all a lie though😭💕💕

His favorite anime is Fruits Basket while we are here