Is it just me or has every male bat-family member been raped?!
According to some storyline, Talia actually raped Bruce and ta-da! Damian is born.
According to some interpretation: Dick Grayson (as Nightwing) was raped by Tarantula.
And now: Tim Drake is the latest victim. In Red Robin 024, he is chained and a naked "daughter of Ra's Al Ghul" stands in front of him saying "and you will live on through the child you are about to give me." and Tim looks at her horrified. What's going on DC? These crime-fighters can take down some of the worldest toughest villians, Bruce Wayne (Batman) could fight Ra's Al ghul to a standstill, but they can't take down a villainess without being sexually assaulted?!
Tim Drake
Character » Tim Drake appears in 3201 issues.
At the age of nine, Timothy Drake cleverly deduced the identities of Batman and Robin. Four years later, after the death of Jason Todd, Tim convinced Batman that he should be the new Robin. He would later become leader of Young Justice.
SPOILER (in case you haven't read it): Red Robin 024
The Batman and Talia thing was consensual
The Dick Grayson thing was rape. He was distraught and just laid there while Tarantula took of his clothes and... you get it.
I have not read the Red Robin thing.
Dick has been raped by someone he believed to be Starfire, but was actually someone else in disguise IIRC.
Tim has yet to be raped, but looks like he's about to.
Who did it happen to first? Bruce or Green Arrow?Ollie wasn't raped.
@mrs__tim_drake said:
Is it just me or has every male bat-family member been raped?!
According to some storyline, Talia actually raped Bruce and ta-da! Damian is born.
According to some interpretation: Dick Grayson (as Nightwing) was raped by Tarantula.
And now: Tim Drake is the latest victim. In Red Robin 024, he is chained and a naked "daughter of Ra's Al Ghul" stands in front of him saying "and you will live on through the child you are about to give me." and Tim looks at her horrified. What's going on DC? These crime-fighters can take down some of the worldest toughest villians, Bruce Wayne (Batman) could fight Ra's Al ghul to a standstill, but they can't take down a villainess without being sexually assaulted?!
- That wasn't Nyssa.
- Yes. It was a Mysterious Lady that was going to rape Tim during the Red Robin run in order to have his baby. She didn’t succeed but it still had to be traumatizing.
- Tarantula raped Dick, and prior to that, Mirage pretended to be Starfire and raped him as well.
Also, his interactions with Liu in Nightwing The Lost Year are statutory rape, as well as the fact that she used him sexually at 17 just to try to get information on Waynetech
We’re not actually super-clear on who assaulted Tim in Red Robin, but it wasn’t Nyssa. It was this lady (with an admittedly rad design).
- She doesn’t have a name that I know of, but Tim identifies her as a Daughter of Acheron and half-sister of Ra’s al Ghul.
- Not that this is a super-important distinction, unless you’re a Nyssa fan.
So p.s. her identity is mysteriously anonymous/ambiguous. If anything she’d be the Aunt of Nyssa. The Daughter of Acheron & Mother Soul (Rúh al Ghul). But I suppose this is just a case of Jane Doe.
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