#Jason Todd apologists

[dc-and-damirae]

bruce: My son would never, how dare you officer. jason: Actually bruce, I did steal that car. bruce:...... bruce [throwing his hands in the air]: What do you want him to do, not steal it when it's right there!

#bruce is a jason todd apologist #jason be like: #fuck the police #incorrect dc quotes #incorrect quotes #dc incorrect quotes #dc funny #dc comcis #dc comics #jason todd #red hood #robin jason #back in the day #incorrect batfamily quotes #dc batfam #batfam #batfamily #batfam headcanons #batfam shenanigans #the batfamily

[omgbookjunkielovetodance]

reading under the red hood right now and I simply can't take batman seriously🙄 "noOOooOoO Jason you killed the nazi villain that's not what we do here🥺" be fuckin for real

#Jason was right #we been knew #oh no he put some heads in a duffle bag #OH WELL #I can't even call myself a jason apologist bc I don't think he should apologize #bitch was right #jason todd #under the red hood

[graveyardgremlins]

danny phantom: is enemy number 1 in amity park, allegedly tried to kill the mayor, pretty much a terrorist at this point, evil future version of himself killed the justice league

jason todd: ✨️ everybody makes mistakes 💃💅

#danny phantom #dead on main #dp x dc #jason todd #pretty much the whole fanfic tbh #even funnier if you think about how bruce was CERTAIN that danny was a red hood apologist #only to find out danny is MUCH worse lol #tsdloo

[mintacle]

M not even gonna defend Jason Todd. Baby did nothing wrong.

#psh. jason todd apologist. as if. whate fucking for #u apologize to him

[myebix]

I'm just saying that if jason and harley broke into arkham to murder the joker, they would never get in trouble.

some inmate: what? the joker was violently murdered to death and died? last night? why, last night, I slept like a baby. I didn't hear a peep. must've been some freak accident.

jason and harley: hm? the joker died last night? damn that's crazy, we were playing lazer tag and getting drunk. just ask the game attendant! I think his name was roy... or maybe ray. doesn't matter, we're cleared.

#jason todd #harley quinn #arkham's terrible security #batfamily #i refuse to tag the joker bc i hate him actually #im a jason todd apologist and i hold a heavy grudge #I'm sure bruce would be seething bc he knows everyone is lying through their teeth #but he can't (and knows better than to) find evidence. #do i tag this as #dc incorrect quotes #sure why not #i just think these two absolutely deserve this murder with no repercussions #they've got rightful beef w him and they'd be doing gotham a favor

[mikeylivesattheend]

Hi, I love Red Hood, Dimension Travel & Time Travel fics. Here are a 5 I enjoy that aren't immediately showing up if you sort by kudos on A03, basically. Don't forget to look at the tags! A lot of these have dark/angsty themes.

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The Passing There by Ginevra_Benci

Dimension Travel, incomplete, 15k

Jason Todd awoke one morning from troubled dreams and found himself transformed into a monstrous—

No. God, he wished.

Metamorphosis, he could have handled. An easy fix. Hell, magic insect transformation was practically an everyday occurrence, in Gotham.

Just… not in this Gotham.

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Jason Todd awakes one morning in a Gotham that “doesn’t like chaos”, and finds his feet.

I love the writing style here, it's updating regularly, and the plot is interesting without being too complicated.

This is the only incomplete fic here btw.

PLUTO. by Orpheusaki

Dimension Travel, complete, 22k

"I kill so others don't have to," Bruce states firmly and clearly. This entire situation didn't seem like it could get any more bizarre, what with Bruce sitting in the dark and polishing guns, but somehow it just has, "While you are here you will not kill."

Jason's throat is scratchy and dry with terror, but the insatiable feeling of being talked over and disregarded is a fresh wound. He can't back down from this if he tried, "I've killed. I still kill. Who the fuck do you think you are to stop me?"

Bruce gently sets down his gun, and picks up the blade beside him with practised ease. Jason's blood runs cold when the man wearing his father's face says, "You will die by my hand if you try."

(Jason meets a version of Bruce who has manifested his fears very differently.)

Honestly if you haven't read any of Orpheusaki's fics you should- immediately. I love fics that explore Bruce killing, and the vibes are so so right here.

This author also has another AMAZING dimension travel fic but it's abandoned I think so I cannot rec it in good conscience, sorry 😭

ghosts by roseworth

Time Travel, complete, 5k

Steph startled as a kid in a bright Robin costume jumped onto the roof in front of them.

A Robin costume she had only seen inside a glass case. A mop of curls she had only seen in pictures.

This was fucking Jason Todd.

Shit.

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(Robin!Steph and Bruce get sent back in time to when Jason was alive. Everyone has some realizations.)

Chef's kiss, Steph gets to see Jason & learn what he was like. Not super long, but it's great

Sisyphus by EventualToast

Time Travel, complete, 8k

"Jason Todd is, for the second time in his life, sixteen years old, mortally wounded and trapped in a coffin. And this time, he takes in all the details that scream it’s reality. In his memories, he can always see the white of the silk, feel the worms crawling through his skin, even though neither of those things were possible. Now, he’s in sterile darkness. He needs to get out of here."

Or Jason and Essence get stuck in an infinite timeloop.

I love love love fics that use Jason's All Caste backstory & the time travel is wonderful. I've reread this like 5 times ngl

Ad Infinitum; Modified by familiarities (twistsandturns)

Time Travel, complete, 9k

Tim is hunched over his computer, bouncing between a report for B (Batman, not Bruce) and a spreadsheet for B (Bruce, not Batman) when Jason stumbles into the cave. If it weren’t for the fact that Jason had been in a somewhat good mood lately, Tim probably would have been a little more concerned about this fact. Still, it’s weird when, instead of ignoring Tim’s existence like he usually does, Jason walks over to him directly and says, “I'm in a time loop and I don't know why. Fix it."

The outsider pov on a time loop is so well done, and I love seeing Jason change from afar

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Uhh yeah that's it. I've read a lot more than these, but there are better rec lists to get those. These are just ones that tickle my brain. A lot of these authors are on Tumblr too, so thats neat.

#time travel #dimension travel #fic recs #red hood #batman #alternate universe #fanfic #jason todd #jason todd apologist #ik the formatting is shit #you came here no one can judge me #my post

[jasontoddssuper]

Ngl the concept of Jayr*y with Titan!Roy is fucking terrifying to me as an eldest sibling.Imagine you grow up being best friends with someone and you save the world together so many times as superheroes and you introduce him to your little brother and they become friends and then years later he ends up dating him despite knowing him since he was a tween and when he had a daughter at the time.That shit would break me,i'd never forgive myself for being the reason they met and trusting him for so long only for him to prey on my own damn kid brother

#yes i am calling j/r shippers who ship them in this context ped///o apologists <3 just like sl*dick fr #antijayroy #roy harper #jason todd #dick grayson #roy harper deserves better #pro jason todd #dick grayson defense squad #grooming cw #dc critical #anti rhato #letters from summer

[agnesandhilda]

me and the gworls on the review page for batman: under the red hood on goodreads

bonus

#bolo liveblogs #god works hard but jason todd apologists work harder ig

[dietheslashaddict]

I feel weird entering a fandom that I have never consumed anything but the most popular media for, and generally don't care about... But it's all Jason Todds fault!

#Jason todd #fanfiction #batman #red hood #robin #batfam #ao3 #why so many tags #why am i like this #jason todd apologist

[hauntingblue]

I wanna write the most self-pitying, angsty and apologistic jason comes back to the family post-utrh fic that has ever existed because wdym that you died and came back to life after experiencing the most horrifying shit known to man circumstances that btw you were just thrown into and absolutely didn't deserve and you are just trying to cope with everything in your own way and then your dear family who were supposed to protect you and deliver justice in your honor just deem you as a villain and your literal father kills you by batarang to the neck. What. And you're telling me that not an ounce of Jason's heart wants to be with his family again? That this means nothing to him because his quest for vengance is all that drives him? That he doesn't want to go back to the most idyllic part of his life but that's impossible because he and everyone involved is a different person now because of his death? And that he doesnt want to fill this family shaped hole in his heart that weighs on him? Really?

#apologistic as in jason todd apologist way #not sure if thats a word but anyways because apologetic doesnt work i think #anyways if batman was about second chances and everything he would have given jason a second and third and four chance #even if jason is just killing people on a whim which he is not because thats HIS SON. HIS DEAD SON. #it doesnt sit right with me anyways #jason todd #red hood #batman #utrh #jason todd apologist #<- at this point i have no excuse lmao #no but i cannot write and the kind of conflict that would need to happen here... no chance lmaoooo #it lives in my mind #talking tag #this would be therapeutical to me tho #the fact that jasons best part of his life was with bruce but even that is tainted by his death.... im out

[ivyppoison]

why did i squeal when jason showed up

#txt. #i have so much love for him i swear #‘m the biggest jason todd apologist ever

[perseusannabeth]

The way I've accidentally got my friend invested in the batfam despite her hating superheroes and comics. Shout out to lego batman, you will always be iconic.

Also, get you a bestie who will watch batman and robin (1997) with you despite you warning her it's so bad George Clooney apologised for it

#lb life #my irl bestie does not care for comics or superheroes at all #and yet shes here being a jason todd apologist with me #and deeply invested in bruce wayne accidentally adopting children #shes in so deep #batman and robin 1997 was a brilliant movie idc what they say #it was cheesy but fun

[mintacle]

Tim Drake stans up in arms to defend him because of my post saying that I dislike it when people woobify Tim to the point of spitting on Jason. I realized later I didn’t specify that the post was about the fandom’s representation of the Titans Tower fight between Jason and Tim, ut it’S still fairly obvious from context.

I hate that I have to repeat it but: Jason never tried to kill Tim, never intended to, Jason was 18 at the time and Tim was 16. The only run in which Jason is a mass murderer is from a decade ago by Morrison who had the agenda to push Jason from an anti-hero into a pure villain character. It was an experiment and it didn’t go well. It’s not so much a part of Jason’s canon character as a weird thing we don’t talk about. Something like pink kryptonite or the people that Batman actually totally did kill, but it was just slightly off-camera. So no, Jason is also not a crazy mass-murderer, he does murder, but not randomly or just for the heck of it.

Also @ all Tim stans, idk man, I prefer my Tim to not be rendered completely helpless and empty because of his traumas, but to understand him as a conflicted character with his own agency. I am completely in support of writing fics and reading fics with helpless characters at times to satisfy one’s own craving to be saved from a situation you are powerless in, that’s just fanon indulgence and 100% cool my dudes, what I take issue with is when this happens at the expense of only extending understanding and the privilege of being saved to victims who are deemed agreable, such as Tim, while condemning victims who are unagreeable, such as Jason.

However it is also more compelling to me to see Tim as a smart and constantly trying character. I think in canon he is highly self-reliant and has purposefully built a support system of friends around him to not have the same flaw as Batman to end up alone and dependent. I personally prefer stories of Tim attempting to save himself from whatever the situation is and seeing him using methods that should have worked and seeing it not being enough, because I can relate to that more than having given up in an abusive situation, BUT! I deeply understand that my experiences with abuse are not universal. When I was stuck with my abusive father I kept trying to negotiate or find a way to move out and nothing would ever work and I’m more familiar with needing a Deus Ex Machina sviour because everything I did wasn’t enough to save me, than needing a savior because I cannot ask for the help I need. Sometimes speaking up is more dangerous than trying to endure, sometimes speaking up is terrifying, sometimes you are not aware that your situation went across the tipping point and should be understood as abuse. Fans that relate to Tim for any of those reasons or others have my full compassion to indulge in Tim whump however much they want to, God knows I have too. The only thing I take issue with is the demonization of Jason in the Titans Tower incident and the misrepresentation of canon without disclaiming it as headcanon/fanon just to elevate Tim’s victim status. 

Because that is preferential treatment of one type of victim over the other. And that is what is so hurtful to me, personally. 

#also I am consistently and 100% a JAson Todd apologist wtf do you expect from me?? #Jason Todd #Tim Drake #fanon #fandom debate #putting on my discourse costume #it's a red clown nose that goes honk everytime an anon ask punches me in the face #some of you people's reading comprehensions are just... mmm #please don't misread my posts. let's have some good faith discussions friends. I'm chill with that.

[panakina]

I bet Jason Todd is a Mrs Bennet apologist and a Mr Bennet hater. He’s in jane Austen fan groups starting arguments over mr Bennet not getting his daughters proper educations and only helping his family when it cost him nothing or was already too late.

I bet he wishes there was some rescue for Lydia even from her own mistakes, and hates that all the good guys can come up with is basically selling her off to Wickham and washing their hands of her.

His favourite scene in the whole book isn’t the proposal or even the dance at Netherfield, it’s Lizzie standing up to Lady Catherine de Bourgh when she refuses to swear off Darcy even though she has no reason to think he even wants her still.

#my two favourite things have this one point of crossover i can’t not investigate #he’s been a jane austen fan so long he’s gotta have hot takes #pride and prejudice #jason todd #red hood #batman #dc #jane austen

[oifaaa]

Jason Todd apologist?

What is there to apologise for my boy has never done anything wrong in his whole life and definitely nothing you can prove

#Ask #Anon #Ask game #I am very against murder #Unless it is Jason doing those murders #Bc he deserves to commit it #Only him tho #Me bias never

[jasontoddssuper]

Me:I don't project onto the Batkids

Also me:Dick is transmasc,Jason is afrolatino,Tim has adhd,Stephanie is black mixed,Cass is bi,Damian is autistic and Duke is genderfluid

#batcesters/barjokies sl*de apologists and people who make 'parental issues' jokes dni #dick grayson #trans dick grayson #nonbinary dick grayson #jason todd #black jason todd #latino jason todd #afrolatino jason supremacy #tim drake #adhd tim drake #stephanie brown #black stephanie brown #blasian stephanie brown #i'm half white but yeah #cassandra cain #bi cassandra cain #damian wayne #autistic damian wayne #duke thomas #batfam #too many personal tags to tag #letters from summer #genderfluid duke thomas #*batjokies