No no you don't understand. It's not about Jason being always right or the person who suffered the most. It's that he's a victim's power fantasy. It's that he's fundamentally changed. The tragedy of Jason Todd is that he was the best goddamn kid - he was kind and thoughtful and smart and passionate and caring - and that that was taken advantage of, and that's what got him killed. It's that he can't ever be that kid again because his trauma is all consuming and yet he has used that to create a new identity where he is in control. That trauma defines him. It also leaves him frozen, incapable of true character development, makes it so he can never cross that gap between him and Bruce. He cannot separate being Bruce's son from being Robin, and therefore if he is not Robin, he is not Bruce's son. He cannot move on from being a victim, not ever, and therefore he is always going to be representative of victimhood being utilized for something else. When the anger consumes you and you mourn your past self because you can never be that person again. When it's the happy memories that hurt the most. That's where his narrative is the most powerful. It would be so satisfying on a certain level to see him grow past that. But he would no longer serve his purpose, not in challenging Bruce, and not in representing that need to empower yourself after the worst thing that ever happened to you.
I see many people saying Damian is Bruce's, baby boy.
THAT IS INCORRECT.
Jason todd is. Jason todd is bruces baby boy because when he died, not only did bruce change, but so did batman.
I mean, bruce didn't even what Tim to be robin because of what happened to Jason. bruce succesfully went about with no robin for two years. he became a hard shell that smiled and laughed a lot less then he did when his baby boy was bouncing around causing touble.
so i made something ....
-The Sword Catcher-Cassandra Clare
I find it hilarious that this is accurate
Luther and Vanya have the most ‘I don’t know what’s going on but I’m just happy to be a part of something :)’ energy. Ben has the most ‘I know what’s going on for the most part but can do nothing but watch’ energy. Klaus has the most ‘idk what day it is but I don’t think he should be doing that’ energy. Allison and Diego have the most ‘I think I know what’s going on and I’ve chosen to do something about it’ energy. Five has the most ‘trying to defrost a whole chicken in the ten seconds it takes mom to walk up the driveway’ energy.
BOTH
does Ty wearing the heron necklace in Julian's mural mean he wears it everyday, so Julian just had to paint it or does it imply that Jules ships Kitty
Only one more SOBH update to go... WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO AFTER THAT ON EVERY MONDAY??!!
Dru: Unbutton your shirt a bit. Three buttons at least.
Ty: Why?
Dru: um, fashion?
don't leave me!
Roy: Batman doesn’t kill, right?
Jason: As we have repeatedly established, no, he does not.
Roy: Not for any reason?
Jason: Well he’d better not have reasons now.
Roy: So, hypothetically speaking, if I were to marry his child, I would not, in fact, die?
Jason:
Kori, in the background, banging her head against the table: *internal screams at these two idiots*
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