Alright, you answered one ship question. Here's another- Jason Todd and Raven (Rachel Roth [?])? What??? I'm pretty sure people are just out to mess with my mind now.
Regarding your question mark… Rachel Roth is a name that she came up with to attend college, but her true name is just Raven.
Jason and Raven…
Pre-Crisis!Jason (the one I don’t care about lmao) met Raven while she was brainwashed, and they barely interacted outside of this panel. Not much to say there.
Post-Crisis!Jason liked Raven, to the extent that he didn’t want her to get caught in the crossfire during his showdown with Tim (this is the issue in which Jason tries to beat the shit out of Tim for “replacing” him) and he wanted her to be happy during those six hours. It’s thoughtful and sweet, if you set the bar really low. Drugging someone is generally frowned upon.
While Jason was clearly fond of Raven, even if she lectured him all the time, Raven did not feel the same way. She interpreted his behavior as wanting to be better than the rest of them, which simply isn’t the case. The only person that Jason wanted to one-up here was Tim, because Tim “replaced” him. And the only reason why that bothered him so much was because he’d tried so hard to live up to Dick’s legacy but always fell short. With Tim, Jason definitely was…aggressive, haha. With Dick? Jason internalized his feelings of inadequacy and simply strove to do better.
Basically, this commentary by Raven simply reinforced the fucked up retcon that Jason “deserved” to die, so I don’t like it.
In terms of shipping…I imagine people mostly rewrite canon to make it work, and simply find their potential dynamic interesting. This issue, Teen Titans v3 #29, is a…very weird issue for Jason overall. Regardless, nothing within the comics themselves suggests romance between these two.
As far as I’m aware, Rebirth!Jason has not interacted with Raven whatsoever.
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