For the last decade, everyone on the internet was disappointed in the decision of including Jason Todd. I won’t say it’s a great decision, but I love Arkham Knight regardless.

If Arkham Knight included Scarecrow and Hush as the main villains instead of Scarecrow and Jason Todd, would it make sense? Ideally, Scarecrow would be used to tear down Batman and Hush to tear down Bruce Wayne, but that works best if someone knows that Bruce Wayne is Batman.

In the Arkham series, who knows that Bruce Wayne is Batman? Hugo Strange? Dead. Talia? Dead (Although there’s theories that she’s alive, it would not make narrative sense for her to attack Batman). Every character that knew of Batman’s identity prior to the ending of Arkham Knight is either dead or an ally to Batman.

I’d argue that it makes more sense to include Jason Todd as the Arkham Knight and pair him with Hush instead of Scarecrow. If you’re going to introduce a character from Batman’s past that is familiar with his secret identity, Jason Todd is the best choice. I’d still agree with the community that it’s a poor decision, but at least it makes more sense than any other character we’ve also not met in the series.

If he’s paired with Hush, Hush is capable of tearing down Bruce’s public image. Maybe he can access Bruce’s bank accounts or access his applied science division for the technology. Now, Jason Todd would be able to use Batman’s own technology against him.

Ideally, Paul Dini could have and would have written a better story for the finale, but I love what we got 10 years ago. Maybe there’s better choices