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Just remember that feeling when Bruce is making you go undercover for the 90th time as a club kid wannabe.

:D

never have i been happier to have spent my later teen years dead, catatonic, and being trained by killers

You haven’t been traumatized until you’ve been hit on by a male doctor while stealing records dressed as a female intern.

Edited 2024-03-13 03:43 (UTC)

pretty sure i couldn't have pulled that off, even before i hit my growthspurt
though i also would have been quick to beat the shit out of them so even if i could have i would have been shitty at it

Apparently, no one would’ve believed me as a male intern. Being Robin continually messes with your head.

[ He still has a confusion reaction to that exchange. ]

if we remember this when we go back you should point them out to me
i'll beat the shit out of them belatedly

i'll beat the hell out of bruce too because what the fuck

He didn’t know. Take it as a success. I passed. I’m the one who asked for more undercover work.

how old were you?

I don’t know. Maybe 16. It’s immaterial, nothing happened.

i'm pummeling all of them

I was expecting to be mocked. Dick had nothing to do with it. For the record, my objections had more to do with it exacerbating and confusing things that I was already struggling with.

you were a child being thrown into shit you shouldn't have ever had to deal with

i am not okay with any of it

You could say that about any Robin. Look, I I appreciate that you want to. I mean that. I thought I was the only one bothered. But you know it’s not the worst thing that’s ever happened. You can’t go around pummelling everyone who made me uncomfortable before I turned 18. Some of them were normal. Some of them were Ra’s al Ghul sister. It’s not worth it.

( robins get thrown into a shitton of messes. jason remembers several of his own, knows dick had countless close calls, steph has. so has duke, and damian. but this isn't the same as that. it's different and jason can imagine the mindset that went behind it and it makes him sick. )

i can, i will, and it's completely worth it

He thought I was cute and asked me out to dinner. That’s it. I don’t want to be a victim. I was a closeted mess and I hated how the costume felt like drag, because it felt too close to things I was trying to bury, but I only complained about it afterwards. I could’ve refused, and Bruce and Alfred were listening the whole time.

Edited 2024-03-13 04:54 (UTC)