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feeling terrible... I just want him back💔
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Hey, I have a comics question for you—I've seen the concept of Bruce having compared Jason unfavorably to Dick while he was Robin referenced a fair amount in fics, and I feel like I remember seeing you talk about it before? Maybe? So I thought you might know. But I was just wondering if there was a canon basis for it anywhere, because the only time I actually remember any comparison happening during post-crisis was that time Jason was in the hospital and /he/ called Dick better than him and then Bruce reassured him. That said, I really did not pay attention to a lot of the flashbacks/retcons on Jason's Robin run from N52 or Rebirth, so I thought maybe there could be something there?
(Just to clarify, absolutely not meant to be any shade on this trope implied in this question, it's just something where I've seen it across multiple authors and so I'm curious where it came from.)
Hi! I'm sorry this took so long to answer, real life has been kicking my ass this week.
So! I did a quick check of the comics I thought most likely to contain such a comparison - Nightwing Year Zero, early RHATOs, all the various JayDick teamups - and I can't find any panels of Bruce himself directly comparing Jason to Dick either.
But there are at least a few examples in more modern comcis of Jason voicing resentment about Bruce's standards and how they relate to Dick;
Nightwing (2021) annual
Batman Urban Legends (2021) #1
There's also a small mention in Batman Eternal of Babs comparing them when Jason was Robin;
Batman Eternal Vol. 1
I think it's fair to extrapolate that, even if Bruce didn't say it directly to Jason's face, it's plausible that Jason could have picked up on the general feeling of being compared to his predecessor.
Also, I personally kinda like the meta intersection with the way irl fans and writers insisted on comparing him to Dick (which is understandable, given that Jason was the first legacy sidekick. People didn't know how to deal with someone new taking up an existing mantle)
But, yeah, I'm gonna call this one another example of fandom running away with the ~implications~
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Jason in Batman: Gotham Knights #16 (2001)
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the fact that alfred was the one to put up jason's memorial is so important to me
#alfred's military background and his sudden shove into parenthood are things i think about a lot #alfred using the term 'soldier' as something honourable. as something to take pride in. #alfred putting 'a good soldier' on jason's plaque to show his care #the voice in bruce's head referring to his children as his soldiers sounding suspiciously like alfred's #bruce initially refusing to acknowledge jason's existence after his death bc it's the only way he can keep going #& alfred saying 'i will not let you do this. if you will not acknowledge him in your daily life i will make you do so every night' #because alfred doesn't know how to acknowledge the absence of a child either #besides going about your life and praying hoping wishing that they return somehow safe and sound #but he knows how to honour fallen soldiers. #and he will help you in the only way that he can.
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I'm starting to wonder if Jason's helmet has melded into his skin and become a part of his head
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Can we please talk about little baby Jason tho??
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Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn/Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) #25/Batman (2016) #138/Red Hood and the Outlaws (2016) #27/Batman (2016) #148
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This is definitely reading against the grain, but I've been thinking about how in MWSL, Jason's Hyper Anxiety™ was "balanced out" by Joker gas
The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #12
in relation to how weirdly cheerful and forgiving he is in Batman 148
Batman (2016) #148
And just. The idea of Jason continuing to microdose on Joker gas to keep the anxiety in check is making my brain go brrrrr
What do you do when your options are living with the crippling anxiety your dad gave you on purpose, or self-medicating to the point where you literally can't feel the negative emotions anymore?
You kill yourself, obviously
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Jason say that to his face ejajdkdlf
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The way The Boy Wonder depicts Jason’s memory of his murder in this panel is haunting.
He looks at the readers, as though begging them to help. He doesn’t know they’re the ones who voted for his demise. That they chose this.
I can’t get over it.
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Fun Fact: Jason had an erector set when he was young
Detective Comics #479
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Boy Wonder #2
Juni Ba is selling the Red Hood BANNED poster as a print on his shop
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Batman (1940-) #412
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they're calling it the most jason panel to ever exist
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good afternoon jason todd killed the joker in mother panic gotham ad #3 looking like this and i feel god in this chili’s tonight
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i just firmly believe that tim was shorter than literally all of his past girlfriends, including and especially steph
Okay so here’s a cropped page from Batman vs Robin #2–
Wherein Steph and Jason are on the same plane and THE SAME HEIGHT.
Since Jason’s canon height is 6’0, I submit this as evidence that Steph is also at least 6’0.
Just sayin.