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I was just browsing a Jason Todd centric blog and suffering through what is canonically his disheartening relationship with the Bats and then I remembered a fic I read:

Jason finds out that Jaybin accidentally wound up in the future and just knows things are going to be shit when he sees Bruce being all chummy and possessive of little Jaybin

Jaybin all bright eyed and optimistic so he hasn’t reached the stage where he’s disillusioned with B

Jason thus avoids any interaction with him which in the end makes him feel a little guilty so he winds up spending some time with him

Then he starts to notice that he’s starting to feel weak and all that, clues in the reason why and goes to the bats to ask if there’s been any progress in getting Jaybin back to his time

He finds out they don’t intend to send him back

Doesn’t matter that he’s suffering for it, they’re seeing this as a second chance

So here is the heart breaking scene of Jason learning that they would readily throw aside the hard work they put into improving their relationship with him and him as he is now in favor of a “clean slate”

They don’t care that he is essentially dying

Don’t get me started on him turning to Alfred only to have the man try rationalizing it to him

Damian is the only person to comfort him

So he leaves, I don’t remember if it’s to get things in Crime Ally sorted out or to find the most obscure safe house to ride it out

It ends there

Author did comment that Jaybin winds up getting taken back by the past!Bruce who obviously wasn’t going to take his disappearance sitting down

So yeah, they spit on and discarded what relationship they did have with Jason for a lunatic scheme that didn’t pan out in their favor in the end

And one is left wondering about the aftermath

I know Jason is heartbreakingly forgiving and the Bats are more than likely to downplay it to get him back under their wing

But I just loved thinking that that would be the final straw for him. He’s out, take him out of the will for all he cares, he’s officially done with them

OW????????? you want me dead.

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genuine question for the steph fans: why does she not want bruce to be her dad?

i've read like 2-3 comics but a ton of fanfiction, and they always have steph say that she doesn't consider herself bruce's daughter. was it taken from one piece of dialogue and just became the norm for writing her, or was there a comic dedicated to this specifically?

like i get not wanting to replace your dad, but didn't steph have a shit father? or does she love him still, despite it? or maybe she doesn't want a father at all for fear of being abused again? (was she abused??)

i need answers so i can give my bby girl justice 😔

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big bro & bigger bro

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Hossam Al-Qazzaz and his family were finally able to move into their newly rebuilt tent... And now, it looks likely they will be displaced yet again.

Images: Hossam Al-Quzzaz rebuilt his family's tent after it was destroyed in an airstrike on the night of March 17/18, 2025.

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Written by @rumiandroses

In the early hours of March 17/18, 2025, the ceasefire in Gaza collapsed. Airstrikes lit up the dark night, killing over 400 people.

Sleeping in their tent in the Khan Kunis displacement camp, the Al-Quzzaz family had a nightmarish awakening: their tent collapsing on top of them, their belongings catching fire from the blast.

Hossam, his wife Hanan, and their four children—Bashar (9), Hani (8), Diana (4), and 4-month-old Habiba—managed to scramble out of the wreckage.

Video: Clip from a ten minute Al-Jazeera video, featuring Hossam, as he recounts the night his family's tent was destroyed in an airstrike.

Original Video: [LINK]

"Miraculously, we survived," Hossam wrote to us the next morning, assuring us he and his family were unharmed. The tent, however, was completely destroyed.

“By the grace of the Creator, we were not physically harmed, but we are psychologically and morally broken,” Hossam wrote in the March 19th update on the family's GoFundMe page. “... our hearts are still trembling until now, because we have lost everything. Our tent was completely destroyed, just as our house was destroyed before, and we are now homeless, without food, without clothes, without money…”

The devastating blow was softened a little by the kindness of others; thanks to everyone who donated to the Chuffed campaign our founder, Bethany Grace, created to help the family rebuild, we were able to send the Al-Qazzaz family $788 (€697.48 after conversion)—enough to start constructing another shelter out of sturdy materials.

Hossam, skilled in construction, has been hard at work for the past few weeks, clearing out the debris and reconstructing the family's shelter with materials he was able to obtain.

Every day, Hossam toiled to rebuild his family's shelter. And every long night, the family could barely sleep as brutal airstrikes continued to light up the night.

“The sounds of bombings are everywhere,” Hossam wrote to us one evening. “And the planes fly at a close distance. And fires everywhere.”

A few days ago, the family was able to move back into their shelter together.

But today, Hossam sent us a message that made our blood run cold:

“The tanks are approaching and are almost a kilometer* or a little more away. If [they] come any closer, we'll get out of there because we'll be within range of [their] fire.”

*Kilometer = 0.62 miles

This precious family, already displaced multiple times for over a year, now might be displaced again, under threat of fire. With no stable income and essential supplies priced beyond reach, the Al-Qazzaz family is fighting a daily battle just to keep their children warm, fed, and safe.

The Al-Qazzaz family is one of countless in Gaza enduring wave after wave of trauma, displacement, and loss. And yet, through it all, they have held onto their dignity, their love for each other, and their will to survive. The support of the online mutual aid community has been a lifeline for them—allowing them to feed their children, find temporary shelter, and begin again each time everything is taken from them.

If you are moved by their story and wish to help, the family has a GoFundMe campaign that directly supports their daily essentials—food, medicine, and immediate needs. Every donation, no matter the size, helps them meet the most basic requirements to keep going in impossible circumstances.

Additionally, a Chuffed campaign, organized by the founder of Gaza Giving Tree, is helping to raise funds specifically to aid the family in either rebuilding yet again or evacuating to safety if that becomes possible. This effort is aimed at long-term stability and survival—a future where the children can sleep without fear.

Please consider contributing to one or both campaigns. Your generosity can be the reason this family has a chance at life beyond war and rubble.

The Al-Qazzaz family's campaign has been vetted by @gazavetters and is (#287) on their list of verified campaigns.

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not many know this but you can actually headcanon neurodivergencies other than adhd and autism. yes, even the Big Scary disorders like DID, schizophrenia or narcissism. no, not only for villains. yes, for the main characters, the important characters, the characters that you love. yeah!!!

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never forgiving Tim for cutting his hair

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Dick is to Jason that very successful older cousin who your Asian parents always compare you to but whom you only actually see during big holidays. Yeah it makes meeting them again a little awkward, but mostly it just makes you frustrated with/resentful towards your parents.

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ok so basically. i saw this and went “omg! that is so funny i need to do this.” so i did. and i know it’s not exaaactly what you wanted but if i drew their bodies i think you’d actually start convulsing

because i draw too good (haha…ha…☹️)

anyways i hope i lived up to your dream 💔 @bibbitybobbitybackoff

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Some people need to get off their high horse and off the JT tag

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Everyone keeps talking about "the writer's barely disguised fetish". But I still haven't heard about "the writer's barely disguised huge ass pet peeve"

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Bruce blaming Dick for Jason's death doesn't make sense at all, but I'm fucked up off of wrong meds that are making me drowsy and haven't slept in like 2 days so I'm gonna angst it up

The reason Bruce blames Dick is because of projection. Canonically, Bruce sees Dick as his true successor, often saying that Batman should be more like Nightwing. Shit like that. Bruce failed Jason as a father, yes, but the final straw was as Batman.

Bruce isn't able to criticise himself. He's incapable of that. To him, if he's wrong, then he loses all credibility. The most he'll do is feel guilty, then make shit worse for himself to make him feel even more guilt, such as ordering an autopsy for Jason or constantly cleaning the gun that killed his parents. I SHOULD feel bad, but I don't want to acknowledge the reason, so I'm gonna make myself feel bad for a different reason.

To Bruce, it's so easy to make it so Dick failed as well, since Dick at that moment is an extension of Bruce. When he kicks him out, it's his own subconscious way of saying that he doesn't deserve to be here, that he failed his parents.

To add to this, a mutual said that Bruce sent Jason to the Titans so that he had a safety net outside of himself. If it worked for Dick, why wouldn't it work for Jason? Bruce tried making Dick Jason's safety net, so to him, Jason died not because he pushed him off the ledge but because the safety net wasn't there to break the fall.

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I think paid and official comic writers should have required reading where they read the stories about the character they're writing before writing them

And, vitally, these required readings aren't exclusively a major event. A major event that goes out of its way to say the character in the story is acting out of character. They should, perhaps, read comics before this major event that intentionally writes the character out of character due to events of the event, dare I say

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yeah.... dc might try to erase all the fondness and warmth from jason's robin days and they can reboot him to be violent and make him talk of his childhood with bitterness but there's still so much proof left that love was there. they published a book with a definite statement that there was never trust between bruce and jay but even in the worst of the worst of canon they have so many expectations toward each other that their motivations and actions would make no sense if read through these retcons. the desperation that lingers will forever remain as evidence of their devotion as father and son.

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https://www.tumblr.com/mrfandomwars/779995067342618624/the-true-reason-why-the-joker-killed-jason-wasnt

This is funny and yet kind of sad to think about “ray of sunshine” Jaybin making Bruce laugh that hard!!

But definitely an interesting and cute premise for Jason to come back and make it his life mission to make Bruce laugh more especially in front of Joker once he finds out the real reason the Joker hated him LOL

a tragedy-comedy at the best, but imagine if he starts that even before the reveal. Bruce tries to hunt down Red Hood, and Red Hood suddenly turns out to be so funny that no matter how Bruce tries to scowl, he starts laughing. he hadn't laughed like this since Jason... a brief idea of adopting the random criminal lord crosses his mind until it turns out it IS his son.

from the other side, imagine this:

Talia: so, what is your revenge plan?

Jason: Joker will kill himself by the end of it

Talia: that's interesting. but how? he is not the most stable person already, so—

Jason: watch it!

*a few months later*

Talia, staring at the newspaper with a "Joker killed himself because his punchlines weren't that funny for Batman... more of that in the article" title: ...Jason Todd. you smart fox.

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I really do feel like after everything, Jason would be a better social chameleon than even Bruce. Can blend into any social setting and flourish

Think about all the changes in his life. From a homeless child to a billionaire's son to the pseudo son of the princess of assassins to the Red Hood who lives out of safehouses.

He can talk business with the best of them or reminisce over his time on the street. He's had enough experience, and was trained by the LoA, so that man can code switch in the blink of an eye.

It also really helps that he doesn't really have any expectations from anybody. Dick is supposed to be the flirty one, Tim, the smart one, and Damian the heir to Wayne enterprises. He's the most flexible, and you KNOW he abuses that fact. Can go from talking about a merger with another company to being a waiter in the same gala, and the only people that realise this are the bats, and that's hours later

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Need a fic where Jason and Damian are forced to run from the league BEFORE Jason gets dunked in the Lazarus Pit so Jason with half a mind takes Damian to the one place he considers home that he thinks they wont be found in and it’s crime alley. Jason and Damian end up living like street kids with mainly Jason running around and thieving shit since it’s essentially second nature to him. Jason starts jacking tires once he gets his hand on a tire iron and ends up making the genius mistake of once again trying to steal tires off of the bat mobile. Something in his mind vaguely registers that this seems very familiar but he doesn’t get why so he just ignores it. Anyways, Batman returns to his car to see a teenager trying to get the tires off the batmobile and he’s like surely this can’t happen twice. When he drops down and looks at the kid his heart stops as he stares at his son that he thought was dead. (is dead. he should be dead right?) Anyways. Jason panics at getting caught and books it to where him and Dami are hiding and obviously Bruce follows and its a whole thing idk pick ur ending and like idk i want dick to be involved bc i love jason and dick brotherism.

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37 people were illegally detained in Bellingham, Washington for the ‘crime’ of speaking Spanish. This is so fucking inhumane and cruel