Remember when 90's Tim Drake made the concept of Robin cool?

[icon_uk]

Now it has to be said that, with the revamped costume, the quite serious approach to things, and the ninja skills, Tim Drake worked wonders for the reputation of Robin, no more elf shoes or bare legs for one thing...

But let's not kid ourselves



The kid was one SERIOUS geek, and rarely better exemplified than this panel



And off to one side in the Batcave, Alfred is looking at Tim with a raised eyebrow and an expression which silently expresses “You’re just making words up now, aren’t you young man?”

I wonder if this sort of the dialogue should be looked at in the same way as the 1960's Teen Titans, who were written as being terribly "hip" up to the minute teenagers, by people who made you wonder if they had never spoken to a teenager in their life.

Comments

[razsolo]

That's not very nice Tim, I got a nastygram in my homebox once and it took a course of antibiotics to clear it up!

[bewareofgeek]

"I wonder if this sort of the dialogue should be looked at in the same way as the 1960's Teen Titans, who were written as being terribly "hip" up to the minute teenagers, by people who made you wonder if they had never spoken to a teenager in their life."

Speaking as someone who was working in the computing field back then (and still is):

Yes. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that entire speech was derived from a copy of the Jargon File.

[kenn_el]

Bare legs ARE cool!

[icon_uk]

Weel, hi there, you must be the new preacher.. I'm the choir.

:)

[bradygirl_12]

Bare legs ARE cool!

So are pixie boots and spangled panties! ;)

[lieut_kettch]

I think I recognize that panel. The guy with "hackitude" that was "mousing around the link farm" was none other than Microchip. Yep, that Microchip. Frank Castle's Microchip.

[jlbarnett]

And off to one side in the Batcave, Alfred is looking at Tim with a raised eyebrow and an expression which silently expresses “You’re just making words up now, aren’t you young man?”

and what's wrong with that?

[icon_uk]

Embiggening your vocabulary when there are no other words is a perfectly cromulent thing to do.

Making them up to try and impress people who are already impressed by you, less so.

[thanekos]

What really makes this is the visibility of his nostrils.

[leoboiko]

link farm either this or this, magic cookie, nastygram (or this), home box.

[icon_uk]

Thanks, I know they're all real words, but to use them all in the same sentence does seem like trying a little too hard to show you know your stuff.

[ladyvyola]

Oh, Tim!

::resists the urge to pinch his cheeks and pat his head -- I like my fingers attached::

[ar_feiniel]

I'm gonna come right out and say it: Geek Tim was the best Robin. I love Dick, and I like to think he holds a special place in Bruce's heart (as he should), but early Tim Drake was perfection IMO. He was meta but in a way that was so organic to the story and his characterization.