#instead of. yknow. whatever 'fake evil batman' thing was going on in bftc and b&r

[bistephs]

Thank you for your tags. It always rubbed me wrong when other stan complained "JaSon sTaN aRe alWays cHoosE and pIcK tHe CaNoN tHuS tHeY'rE tHe WoRst" like 1. as if other stans doesn't do that 2. Look at the way Jason is written by canon. He's the most inconsistent character.

While i don't like how fanon wrote Jason most of the time, can we really blame them? because i belive every Jason's version is canon at this point, i can't even count.

hey thanks for sending this!! i always feel kind of embarrassed after posting one of my tag rants so i'm glad you liked it!

and yeah, comics in general are so inconsistent w/ each new writer just changing whole events and characterizations around that i don't fault anyone for picking and choosing things they like vs dislike. imo that's like... the only way to actually enjoy comics, especially with characters who have years and years of baggage and inconsistent writing. personally i think the original under the hood/lost days jason is the most interesting characterization (and i don't think either story is like 100% perfect or that winnick is the perfect jason writer, just that at least it's an INTERESTING story that sets up an interesting character), and it just sucks how little that's actually carried through with other writers. jason has so much potential to be such a great character and late post-crisis storylines like battle for the cowl or morrison's batman & robin just kind of ruined that by making him a boring one-dimensional villain as a lazy contrast to the "good" robins. like i said in the other post i'm not really opposed to jason being a villain/antagonist, but at least make him a GOOD villain, you know?

i'm hoping we get some better jason stories going forward to shake off some of that (and his new 52 characterization which i'm also not crazy about but that's a whole different rant), but i feel like a) no one at dc really knows what to do with jason as a character rn so they just keep throwing him into different storylines and seeing what sticks and b) his current characterization is pretty entrenched and isn't going anywhere. which is really disappointing.

but yeah definitely fans of Every Comics Character Ever pick and choose their interpretations. ppl who liked original jason are pissed that he was downgraded into Generic Murdering Bad Guy Who Shoots Kids For Attention so other characters could monologue about how he's ""too far gone to be saved"". sue us i guess

#imo it would've been a MUCH better dyanmic between batman dick and red hood jason if jason had kept his utrh characterization #like dick having jason as a sometimes ally sometimes enemy who can be either very helpful or a huge obstacle depending on the situation #and at the same time both of them dealing with their respective baggage about bruce and his 'death' #(which would also be a really good opportunity to show contrast between them that isn't just 'jason evil dick good') #like i wouldn't even want them to get along i would want them to argue and fight with each other #but then in some cases end up working together. and be GOOD at working together #and have a story highlighting their similarities and differences and the different paths they've gone down as bruce's kids #and the way that being robin kind of really fucked both of them up in different ways #instead of. yknow. whatever 'fake evil batman' thing was going on in bftc and b&r #once again my tags have very little to do with the post but please know i've thought a lot about this one #dc hire me to rewrite your entire canon i'll do it Right this time #dc negative #jason todd