#jason's stories simply resulted in him being a cute sweet tiny loveable boy

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WHY JASON TODD IS THE SWEETEST CUTEST TINIEST ROBIN

(but like in terms of meta / out-of-universe / story-telling reasons)

When Dick as Robin was first conceptualised, it was more of a person to let Batman talk to so that the readers knew what was going on, sort of a Watson to Batman’s Sherlock. It was also fun to watch a little boy wreck shit up for the villains, no insanse “is a child hero okay” thing going on, just plain simple fun and don’t think too much about it.

By the time it reacher Jason’s era, DC has been running for over 40 years. Overall, they have moved away from the very episodic storytelling and started to have more overarching storylines and more theme explorations (not that there weren’t before but they were of different types).

One of the themes I felt like they were exploring a lot during that time was about how young and vulnerable Robin (Jason) was as a child, specifically probably to explore Bruce as a father. I’m not saying that they didn’t do this with Dick ever, just that Dick didn’t start out with that intention, whereas this was a heavy theme for Jason right from the start. Seriously, they hit you over the head with it every few issues.

A copy of Dick at first or not, Jason opening storyline would inherently differ from Dick’s because of being 40 years apart and because the thematic focus and purpose of Robin shifted during this time. As a result, a lot of portrayal of Robin Jason would have him being more young / cute / sweet / innocent / vulnerable in general because it was needed to portray Batman Bruce as a father. It was essential to the story they were trying to tell that Jason was a sweet little boy who was easy to love (I’m pretty sure Bruce essentially said so in his own words when talking about Natalia).

Tim was created to be Batman’s partner. Steph... I don’t know what the comic writers were thinking with her treatment (and will probably come to better conclusions when I read about her because I don’t know who to trust about her stories). Damian was created in an era where comic felt the need to give “justifications” for why a child hero was okay and was hence a super-trained child assassin. 

None of the other options really gave space to be or showcase them as properly young or vulnerable as often (and mostlly required the exact opposite), whereas Jason’s storyline happened to require him shown in that light quite often imo. Basically, the same reason why Bruce was his most fatherly with Jason is the reason why Jason gave the tiniest vibes.

#jason todd #bruce wayne #dick grayson #tim drake #stephanie brown #damian wayne #batman #robin #dc thoughts #mypost #they are all of course product of their times and the stories that dc happened to want to tell at that time #jason's stories simply resulted in him being a cute sweet tiny loveable boy #and i simply think this is important to acknowledge #i think all the time about the other robins seeing jason robin and being like :O #(besides dick of course) #this is just my opinion feel free to disagree lol #would be interesting to hear other people's take but this is just what i've gathered