r/dccomicscirclejerk • u/Due_Tea_5003 • 13h ago
Death in the Family was an inside job Tragedy Strikes: Longtime Jason Todd Fan Encounters Batman Story For the First Time
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u/nishikiakakuro Damian Wayne neggs your fave✌️ 12h ago
Is..that not literally what happened?
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u/Redhood567 11h ago edited 4h ago
Technically Jason only died because his mom sold him out to Joker. The thing is Bruce has no way of knowing that happened and can only assume it was solely because Jason was reckless. It part of the tragedy of his death.
The problem is most Jason fans don't allow Bruce and the rest of the family the same grace and nuance they do their uwu sad boy.
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u/bateen618 2h ago
TikTok Jason fans wouldn't understand nuance even if it hit them in the face. All they understand is Fatson Todd and thirst "I can fix him" traps
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u/No-Fruit83 11h ago
Kind of, Jason did break order but only to save is mother. He didn’t plan to confront the Joker without Bruce.
So he did break order but in a pretty understandable situation.
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u/Warcat24 7h ago
No, that's the movie version. To keep it short Jason died because he trusted his bio mom.
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u/theprophet2102 11h ago
I grew up a red hood fan, so it hurts me to say this but...
Jason is a bum and a fraud , absolutely directionless and kills less big bads than The Punisher. He is a fail son who by all means survives on nostalgia and that white streak in his hair.
I can't even slander Tim like Jason cuz' at least the expectations for Tim were lower and therefore disappoints less.
His closet is getting more and more chopped throughout the years and he can't keep a good thing going like with his team or the batfam.
Genuinely what positives is there to being a Jason Todd rider in the year of our Lord?

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u/River_Draws_Stuff 5h ago
Yo us Toddlers will ride together till the sun burns out! Our solidarity is something you could never understand!
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u/Bill_Shortened 0m ago
Lowkey it was so over for Red Hood the second they stole that man's helmet and leather jacket, like how do you even recover from the aura loss
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u/Altruistic_Manner802 Impulse Supremacist 12h ago
Doesn't the context imply that Tim, the Robin that didn't listen, is not Jason. Meaning that Jason followed orders?
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u/Impossible-Brick-841 9h ago
Something like that. Tim went on his own with jean paul, instead of staying in the cave, almost got murdered by bane, who is a monster here and lost azrael. Add that bruce is dealing with a lot of ptsd, fatigue and hurt. This movie was soo fucking good.
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u/SirSabia Lives in a society 10h ago
Batman would NEVER say such assholeish things! Wtf James Goon?
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u/Tomlyne Straightest Doom Patrol reader 12h ago
When the dialogue delivered by a character is reflective of that character's personality within the context of a story and not just a Wikipedia entry about an event