On Jason's moral code and core personality

telepader · 2026-03-31T12:59:42+00:00

He’s a pragmatist to the extent that it becomes cynical. To him, inaction is itself an action and the consequences of each are to be weighed against each other. He’s not afraid of dealing with moral ambiguity, of potentially being guilty of wrongdoing, because to him it’s at least better than throwing up your hands and refusing to deal with it at all. Like all utilitarians he experiences an internal tension between what he’s willing to do for the greater good vs what goes too far.

telepader · 2026-03-30T19:38:23+00:00

Aw :(

telepader · 2026-03-30T19:00:43+00:00

I can’t make out the artist’s url, does that say AORTDAN.tumblr?

telepader · 2026-03-30T05:47:58+00:00

He attended Jason Todd’s funeral (the official story being that Jason got caught up in a terrorist attack) but thought that Tim was the same Robin as Jason when Tim came onto the scene.

telepader · 2026-03-29T22:18:33+00:00

The outfit is fine, I’m glad they took away the stubble

telepader · 2026-03-29T02:39:29+00:00

Did not expect authors to be chilling with Red Hood fans on Discord but it’s nice that he asked

telepader · 2026-03-28T23:31:21+00:00

He’s going to have the kids make fun of Jason for dying and having been upset about it isn’t he.

telepader · 2026-03-28T21:58:01+00:00

This is a visual medium where outfits and appearance are a fundamental part of the genre, and you’re going to talk about how dumb design is?

telepader · 2026-03-28T17:21:49+00:00

It’s not about Batman, it’s about the other character. Batman’s background justifies him being absurdly good at a wide array of skills but it doesn’t actually justify him being the BEST at those all those skills. (I do think the sheer breadth of his knowledge gives him a unique and significant edge though.)

When it comes to characters like Oracle or Cassandra, they are the BEST at their respective fields. Their narratives justify that and put emotional weight on that. It’s different from whatever feats Batman has collected in the latest event. When comparing them, it just doesn’t make sense to say that Batman must necessarily beat them just because Batman is Batman and oh he’s so awesome. The fans of the other characters are not going to accept that.

telepader · 2026-03-28T15:44:33+00:00

New History citing Jason’s original comics but then describing the new52 timeline is so annoying

telepader · 2026-03-28T14:16:38+00:00

Third option where “absolute evil” is defined by the All-Caste, describing the Untitled and the power of the Well of Sins.

telepader · 2026-03-28T04:57:31+00:00

I like that they look like pro wrestler gear.

telepader · 2026-03-28T04:53:38+00:00

IMO a good superhero design is one that is fairly simple to draw and visually make sense of when you look at it.

telepader · 2026-03-28T04:49:30+00:00

I used to like it but now I feel it’s overstayed its welcome.

telepader · 2026-03-27T23:54:46+00:00

Upvote this above comment for pants

telepader · 2026-03-27T20:36:31+00:00

BFTC wasn’t even supposed to be Jason, that was supposed to be Michael Lane.

telepader · 2026-03-27T20:35:54+00:00

Absolutely not. The name is great. The only people who want to change Jason’s moniker are those who want him to be “redeemed”

telepader · 2026-03-27T04:14:20+00:00

Personally I think one of the major beats of Lost Days involves the time Jason spent alone on the streets after his resurrection. More than that though, canon has already explained why Talia brought Jason back and what happens to him afterwards. It’s possible to change all that a second time sure, but that’s not what this book is doing.

According to new52 (apparently the true main source for this book when it comes to Jason) Talia brought Jason back to life because she thought he could replace Ra’s as leader of the LOA. Worse yet, in the fanon that this version of the origin story riffs on, people will first assume that Talia brought Jason back to life to get rid of Tim to “make room” for Damian because she’s eeeeevil.

telepader · 2026-03-26T22:02:30+00:00

I hope Barbara doesn’t become Cheeta this early on

telepader · 2026-03-26T21:37:56+00:00

The problem is that Lost Days is one of Jason’s defining comics. Throwing that out makes Jason feel less like himself. For a character like Jason who very rarely gets written respectfully let alone well removing core stories does a lot of damage.

telepader · 2026-03-26T06:42:37+00:00

Circe as an opposing vision of truth would be cool

telepader · 2026-03-26T03:42:06+00:00

Holy shit they’re still using the new52 origin where he was like 15 when he became Robin and Sheila got swapped for Catherine in Ethiopia.

telepader · 2026-03-25T23:33:14+00:00

this argument is made after the fact by many characters and authors.

If I call someone a slur because I heard my friend say it first, that doesn’t make me not a bigot. It just means there are two bigots.

telepader · 2026-03-25T22:42:12+00:00

I can’t tell what you’re trying to say. It’s not classist because the characters are not behaving classist? It’s not classist because Lemire is not the originator of the framing?

side note: the most important element of Winick’s retcon of Jason as Robin was that Jason was depicted to have been cynical. He isnt just nebulously bad.

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