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    "It's 1914 when he first meets another immortal. Two of them."

    "It's in 2005 that he meets Pitch on a battlefield again, in a place he'd never thought he'd find himself: a place too hot for Jack and too bright for Pitch, but there they (awkwardly) are."

    Two times that Jack encounters Pitch on the warfront: once during a surprisingly peaceful Christmas between trenches; once while watching over Captain Jamie Bennett, a Marine stationed in Afghanistan who still believes in the spirit of winter, and whom Jack intends to keep alive long enough to spread that belief to children of his own.

    At each of these meetings, the Nightmare King manages despite his better nature (or worse, as the case may be) to ease Jack's fears of what that enigmatic spirit called War may bring in the future.

    And maybe Pitch does it just because he wants what anyone wants:

    To be understood.

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    Jason’s heard some pretty out-there requests. But this is the first time he’s been approached by a child. And this is the first time he’s been approached for hugs.

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    26 Jun 2025

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    Tim is grateful Hood leaves promptly, in any case, because that means he doesn’t see Tim crawl the last few feet into his house.

     

    [Jack and Janet die uneventfully— at the hands of a home intruder, at 3:41 in the morning on a Thursday. Two gunshots. Tim’s entire world comes to a screeching halt at 3:44, when he finds their bodies.]

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    20 Jun 2025

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    Young Justice Batman decides that he is the Superior Parent and Tim Drake ends up along for the ride.

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    20 Jun 2025

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    When he ends up ditched in Atlanta after a fight with his dad, Tim decides to do the only sensible thing: Tell no one and make the 800 mile journey back to Gotham on his own.

    Because the "call Batman when you're in trouble" rule only applies when he's Robin, right?

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    20 Jun 2025