'why?'

This is so important to me

This reminds me of Batman the animated series. Like idk how to put it. But … the hero not just being someone to point out in the sky who comes and goes. but the hero being amongst the people and knowing them in an almost casual sense. Not hey it’s Batman jumping from roof to roof it’s hey Batman nice to see you again. Like yeah Batman can still be that cryptic being but seeing batman can also be like seeing an old friend, or greeting a good neighbor.

… and seeing the red hood / Jason be like that is everything to me. Makes me wanna cry. Dammit am I about to rewatch the animated series!!!??? Yes

Nothing in common >:(

Jason: Gothamites are the most masochistic group of people on the face of the earth.

Tim: Gothamians

Jason:

Jason: what

Tim: Gothamians.

Jason: The fuck are you saying? Gothamites.

Tim: Gothamians.

Jason: Stop it. You’re wrong. Gothamites.

Tim: Gothamians

Jason: Do I need to go into the whole etymology of the fucking word, you little goober? It’s Gothamites. No one in history has ever said Gothamians. Shut up.

Tim:

Jason:

Tim: Gothamians

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Bruce: Where’s Tim?

Jason: don’t worry about it

Bruce: …Now I’m worried about it. Where is he?

Dick, running into the room, distressed: Bruce, Tim has a dictionary glued to his head—

i do really love the idea of Time Shenanigans leading to ~13-year-old Damian meeting all former Robins at the same age, because every single one of them is just the exact opposite of what he’d expect.

Dick, who Damian expects to be the cool nice supportive one, at thirteen is fucking furious at the idea that there are any Robins after him. Stephanie, far from the perky optimist he knows, is a hardcore cynic who thinks Batman is super cool and hasn’t even become a vigilante yet. Jason, who has previously interacted with Damian mostly via bullets, is a sweetheart who’s exceptionally insecure at the idea of Bruce getting another Robin.

And meanwhile Tim at thirteen is like “oh you’re the next Robin? Heck yeah, that’s awesome, glad it worked out.”

in the trenches fighting Jason's reputation everyday

best part about comic tumblr is that it is the only fandom i’ve been a part of where no one says “i just love the fandom so much we’ve created such a safe space here 🥺” like i have never seen even one post about how much someone loves the dc fandom. this is not a happy family this is a cold war and im just glad we all know that

Jason: why is it that when I eat cold leftover pizza for breakfast, its “understandable” but when I make a pizza from scratch for breakfast, its all “what the fuck, Jason?” and “there’s clearly something wrong with you”?

Remember that Jason is a ginger and speak spanish fluently?

While yes, canonically, Jason is a ginger in the original comics, I absolutely hate that fact and just choose to ignore it simply because of the reasoning behind why he dyes his hair.

Bruce is in no way an ideal father figure, but the thought that he found this kid, brought him home, and had him dye his hair just to look more like Dick did as Robin.....that's a little too far for me. Besides, I think they kind of retconned this with the New 52 and Rebirth.

As to the language thing, I think he speaks a few languages besides just English and Spanish fluently, but I am not sure which ones for sure. I think German and Italian?

A god saving the one others have forsaken is my favorite trope

when a ship involves one character being so utterly devoted to the other that its borderline religious????? when the devoted character is written to be seen as a sinner, or damned, or a non believer??? and the other character an angel or god-like???? i simply eat that shit UP how can you not??

under the red hood