#(utrh and lost days)

[kittykatninja321]

My less popular opinion (and what I believe to be implied by the art in Lost Days) is that rather than waking up in a fully grown body Jason didn’t actually complete his puberty until after his Lazarus pit dip while he was on his murder tour. Imagine you’re tied up in a basement in Berlin getting interrogated by a teenager and his voice is cracking the entire time and if you laugh he’s going to shoot you

[sang-i-fetge]

List of Jason Todd/Red Hood's weapons/gadgets/touys

Note: This is mostly from comics written by Winick, as I refuse to acknowledge most of n52. Feel free to add more, though!

Note2: This post was originally formatted in a different way, as I foolishly forgot about the image limit.

Blades

1— His iconic dagger!

Can cut through stone, and most of Batman's gear. It's been heavily debated what kind of knife it is; wether a kris, a parrying dagger, or a third secret thing.

2— The blades he gives Mia to defend herself!

I'm not sure what kind of blade they are, they vaguely look like wakizashis? Their size varies from panel to panel so idk😔

3— The katana for the 'duel' with Oliver!

4— And to link with the next section, the exploding katana!

Yes, it's a katana that explodes. Jason baits Oliver into holding it.

Explosives

— First of all, he blows up many many things and it's not specified what exactly he uses. So the unspecified explosives that only appear as a cool fireball panel get a bullet point.

5— The jumble of explosives in the Final Confrontation™️, we can see some dynamite, C4...

6— Bomb in a crate

7— Small bomb. Not lethal!

8— Bigger bomb. Yes lethal.

9— Continuing with this absolute icon: the bomb under the Batmobile (should I capitalize that?)

10— Small Rocket, used against Brick

11— Grenade?

12— Small, cylinder-shaped explosives. Detonated upon impact?

13— Small explosive that attaches to flat surfaces, used against Dr Freeze

14— Grenade.

15— Molotov Cocktail

16— Enough C4 to destroy a whole building, modded so it explodes if its temperature reaches one point, countering Batman's method of freezing bombs.

17— My absolute favorite, the exploding helmet!

Even if it's listed under 'explosives', it's also an important piece of technology in the Red Hood's arsenal.

Firearms

18, 19— The guns in the wall from Annual #25, there's surely more.

20— Machine guns hidden in crates!

21— Machine guns hidden in cars!

22— Rocket launcher, used against Black Mask

23— Even more hidden machine guns! This time in an electricity pole.

24— Machine gun (also hidden, but surprisingly not attached to anything)

25— Handgun👍

26— AK-47, you know the panel from where it's from

27— Submachine guns, I think 🙂

28— When out of ammo he uses his guns as blunt weapons, which I wanted to note

Tasers

29— The nazi-killing taser

30— The reason for the creation of this post! The grapple line taser! Attach it to a grapple line and it will shock whoever is connected to it. Noticed it in a reread of utrh and needed people to see it

31— Bonus: the bat-symbol taser. Iconic enough to be here.

Tech & Surveillance

32— Monitor and microphone?

33, 34— cameras :)

35— thing to see the feed of the cameras

36, 37— phones :)

38— his little tech den in #650

39, 40— computers :)

41— whatever this thing is

42— The surveillance device that looks like he taped a canon camera to his face

43— Wiretaps!

44— Bugs!

He also has his evil lair in B&R2009 bugged.

Miscellaneous

45— Does his crowbar count

46— smoke bomb!!

47— Injectable adrenaline. He just has that in his utility belt.

48— His batmobile-evade suit.

49— Is saying his belt buckle mean

50— Unspecified poison! Goodbye Egon

51— This thing that attaches to its target and launches them off

Not pictured:

The fancy weapon dressing he gives onyx to patch up the shoulder wound he inflicted (I forgot to screenshot 💔)

Also, he has this whole hq-ish thing in Annual #25

(Edit: That rectangle in the gun wall kinda looks like an anti-drone gun now that I think abt it)

It has a murder board, which I think is cute.

[kindlingkeen]

Resurrected post-lazarus pit Jason Todd is like the world’s angriest teenager and he makes it everyone’s problem. He says fuck you to anyone telling him to take his trauma laying down and starts blowing shit up instead. I just think it’s neat. It’s the catnip to my metaphorical cat and I’m going to keep rolling around in it until I’m so high I can’t see straight. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.

[laufire]

jason's lazarus pit was golden jason's lazarus pit was golden jasonslazaruspitwasgolden jason's lazarus pit was golden JASON'S LAZARUS PIT WAS GOLDEN

AND PIT MADNESS IS *NOTHING*

[aalghul]

Thinking about Jason's outward expression of emotions. He tends to only get angry as a response to perceived injustice (the same way Bruce, Dick and most of the others do). But unlike some other characters, Jason rarely every gets wound up in it, nor does he get angry even when he sees injustice if the situation doesn't call for it. Some characters get angry first and then manage their response to whatever's more appropriate, but my interpretation has always been than Jason doesn't need to because he doesn't often begin with the rage. It's not a default, instinctual response for him in most situations. It seems to be that he becomes angry when there is a perpetrator (and specifically, of a crime that hurt people with less power than the perpetrator has, in some way) towards whom he can direct that righteous anger (righteous as in the cause is his drive for justice. I'm not discussing the rightfulness right now). Can he hurt the man who was about to hurt a woman enough that he doesn't dare to try imposing his power over another woman again? Can he do something, anything to stop a serial rapist who has already caused the suicide of at least one woman? But he doesn't possess the sort of blinding anger that could become a driving motivator for his actions outside of someone in front of him to punish. He doesn't need the anger (mostly because he will instead fixate on the crime without rage to fuel him).

The notable exception to this being his behaviour preceding his death (which is explicitly referred to as atypical for Jason by both Bruce and Alfred. The whole reason he's forced to take a break from Robin is because that anger is so unusual for Jason that Bruce and Alfred are worried about Jason's mental wellbeing).

We see in Lost Days that Jason’s default state has become (to the concern of Talia and Ra’s) seemingly unfeeling, and he shows signs of a persistent flat affect throughout Lost Days, with exceptions for when he sees injustice (which is responsive, as compared to the aloofness he uses as a constant state of defence -> see: his and Talia’s conversation after he killed for the first time, Talia being glad that his sense of empathy and justice were able to overcome his general coldness). Jason's aloofness was entirely a conscious defence, but at times he was consciously exercising it (his reaction to Tim in front of Talia vs alone).

We see him cry for himself a few times, which tends to be how Jason first reacts to what hurts him deeply. Then there's his cold hatred for Bruce, which can be taken as anger in the face of heartbreak and perceived betrayal. But that anger never goes very far: Jason couldn't even make himself blow up the batmobile. In the end, it's Jason's belief that he hates Bruce and must make demands of Bruce to force him to redeem himself in Jason's esteem that fuels him. Because Jason wants Bruce to redeem himself, even if it's unlikely that he will.

All throughout Lost Days and UTRH, Jason uses teasing/biting humour in a very Robin manner to direct attention to whatever he pleases, whether that be pulling attention away from vulnerabilities or drawing attention to distortions of the truth. This habit returns to Jason strongly around times when he breaks out of his apathetic state (when he’s killing people who hurt others, pretty much), but the undertones of coldness and derision even with that humour don’t leave. We can see in this habit especially how Jason's become a distortion of who he was as Robin. He's still witty and he still teases people and you can hear the humour in his voice. But now he's using that wit to say cruel things to Batman, deceiving him constantly, and his voice no longer has a youthful kindness to it.

One of the most Helena-esque character traits that Jason’s picked up (in fanon and reboot canon) is anger as an initial defence and reaction, actually. It’s nearly the opposite of Jason’s pre-flashpoint defensive state but is essential to Helena’s. It’s actually not surprising that this happened (even ignoring reboot kicking Jason’s character into a closet and superimposing much of Helena onto him) because of how DC pushed “angry” as Jason’s defining trait, and how fans have believed it for so long. It seems almost natural for a misconception this severe to happen, even in the face of evidence to the contrary, because every action of Jason’s is misconstrued as proof for an angry temperament.

[s-darling-art]

New Jason Design?!? 😱😱

[eiitsuya]

as someone who's just starting to read batman comics... does jason actually brings his death, like, every five seconds in canon? or is a fanon thing?

[blackbatest]

Talia, pushing Jason into the Lazarus Pit: I can fix him (Bruce) by fixing him (Jason)

[thejasontoddarchives]

This is the core of Jason’s character.

Again they try to hammer in that Jason is brash, arrogant, and reckless; that he jumps before thinking. However you can’t really attribute reckless behavior to arrogance or carelessness when he only ever becomes instinctive during very specific instances. The few times he’s “stepped out of line” or just threw himself into an unknown/dangerous situation it was always to protect someone from predators and sickos. Otherwise, keep in mind the number of times he’s been praised for his intelligence and judgment; for being meticulous, calm, and cooperative.

Batman #424 (1988)

[gece-misin-nesin]

It's really weird when people make the lazarus pit revive jason when they don't want to explain the whole "superboy prime punched reality 🤷‍♀️" thing when the ghost symbolism is standing right THERE. if it were ME i'd have him come back because his soul can't rest while his murderer is still hurting others. Makes so much more sense trust me+spoopy factor

[punkeropercyjackson]

Jason makes it his life's mission to be Duke's number one support.Duke's hungry?He already has things like food bars,drink boxes,etc with him he started carrying specifically for him and if there's a kitchen near you bet your ass he's going to it to cook him a full meal.Duke needs a sparing partner?He's already in a fighting stance before he finishes the sentence.Duke wants to play video games?Jason either joins him as his Player 2 or carefully listens to him enthutiastically infodump as he plays.Duke's feeling insecure about his Robin status?Jason tells him what a paragon of the mantle he is and how no matter the time or reality,he'll always choose him and no one else as his Robin.Duke can't sleep?He lays down with him as his weighted blanket and dosen't leave until he's slumbering safe and sound.Duke needs backup on troublemaking?Jason had The Outlaws' tech build them matching beepers so he could have him on speeddail.Duke needs anything for any reason or just wants something?Jason will give it to him and refuse not to no matter who or what tries to stop him.Duke is Jason's whole not world but multiverse bro.His lil Sun Pocket

[shrugemojiidk]

Can I say something fucked up. New Earth!Jason is such Slade-bait. He’s young, he’s socially isolated, he’s already highly trained and willing to kill, we don’t see him in contact with Talia post utrh so we can assume he’s got no support system, he’s in desperate need/want of a father despite being too angry to go back to the bats and Slade is very daddy shaped. Slade wouldn’t even need drugs to get his claws into him the way he did with Cass all he would need to do is pat Jason on the head and call him a good boy and he could have him bouncing and moaning on it within a few weeks time. If you’re looking at sladejay happening from an apprentice type angle Jason is both incredibly easy and hard to recruit. Easy because of all the weaknesses pointed out before. Hard because as vague as they sometimes are, Jason does have his own plans and he very much walks to the beat of his own drum, he’s not easy to hold down (Talia couldn’t control him if she wanted to, she had offer him training to convince him that staying was for his own benefit). Interesting dynamic to explore. I can’t stop thinking about it 😵‍💫

[bluelotuswrites]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Red Hood: Lost Days Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne Characters: Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Mystery, Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Geocaching - Freeform, Past Character Death, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Adventure, Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Jason Todd Returns Home, Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings, Lost Days-Era Jason Todd, Canon Divergence - Comic: Red Hood: Lost Days Vol. 1 (2010), Canon-Typical Violence, Jason Todd-centric, Bruce Wayne-centric, Manipulative Talia al Ghul, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Human Trafficking Summary:

Bruce receives a mysterious text message on his phone. There's a video of a burning building, snow, and trees in the middle of the night. That is already concerning, but what catches him off-guard is the laughter of the person behind the camera. It's one that has haunted his dreams for three-and-a-half years by this point.

Jason.

But that couldn't be possible, right? Bruce had seen to his burial personally. So who was the person behind the camera?

Determined to find answers, Bruce sets out to find the culprit, only to be left with a trail of clues in the form of geocaches that provide more questions than answers.

[laufire]

my kingdom for a jason todd run where he kills people and he doesn't make stupid mistakes and missteps that are absolutely beneath him nor acts like a brainless brute and also where every little detail of characterisation I care about is precisely how I want it and his philosophy is showcased and challenged in an interesting way and

[aalghul]

jason everywhere for those with eyes to see

[rubydubydoo122]

DITF, Lost Days, and UTRH summary

Jason: How Am I Supposed to Live Laugh Love in these conditions?