Summary:

Tim realized Gotham didn't need a Robin somewhere between the electrocution and the water boarding.

It needed something that would be able to compete with all the worst crazies, and still come out on top. Someone even more insane than Joker and less morally bound than Batman. A protector willing to get as ugly as Gotham herself was ugly.

Too bad Bruce didn't agree.
Or Damian.
Or Steph, or Cass, or any of his old so-called friends.
He'd show them then.
They could ban him from the masks and capes but he'd prove exactly why Gotham needed a Red Hood.
He just has to figure out how to help this street kid out first.