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question-why-not · 2 years ago

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Jason’s full song, had Tim not changed its course:

I killed a guy, and I liked it-

Eight drug lord heads in a basket~

I killed a guy, and I liked it-

Took over the local drug trade

Don’t sell to kids, don’t sell to poor, stick to my rules or die~

I killed a guy, and I liked it-

Don’t you dare abuse sex workers~

All the pimps and johns, all the gangs and mobs, better not cross the lines, I laid out

I killed a guy, and I liked it-

No firefights near civs~

Making shelter for kids, the community, I’ve got their back so they’ve got mine

I killed a guy, and I liked it-

All the working girls, my allies

Got a network, vast, got a network, wide, Crime Alley is all mine~

I killed a guy, and I liked it-

Can’t eradicate crime, so control it~

Jason, singing to the tune of I Kissed a Girl: I killed a guy, and I liked it- Dick, whispering: Should we call the exorcist? Tim, also singing: The taste of his cherry chapstick. Damian, appalled: Call the exorcist.

#forgive me I suck at rhyming #Jason is a literature & theater nerd his actual song would be much better written than this #but yeah something along these lines #the thing I love about Jason is that he’s not a glorified cop like the rest of the batfamily #like #sure the batfamily aren’t abusive to the community the way actual cops are #they go after the drug lords mob bosses and white collar crime #and after serial killers and such #not after the local kids stealing to survive #but Jason actually grew up in the poorest parts of the city #he knows what’s it like to actually live in the community in a way none of them do #he actually works closely WITH the community #and does actual harm reduction on organized crime #instead of trying to slap band-aids on the problem like the rest of the batfamily does #the best versions of Jason Todd are the ones where he works with the community #and isn’t just another vigilante like the rest of his family #most of the batfam are rich kids or weapons engineered from birth rescued by Batman #Jason Steph & Duke are the only actual gothamites there really #Duke lower middle class with a relatively normal life before shit hit the fan for him #Jason & Steph being proper poor with both drug addicted and criminal parents #Jason’s dad being a goon having to do crime to survive #Steph’s being an abusive minor supervillain #Steph doesn’t go Jason’s route but still works with the community more than the rest of the batfam if im not mistaken #Which i very well may be #aside from my hyperfixation with Jason Todd i don’t know a ton about the batfamily individuals in general #i love Jason having a completely different perspective from the rest of the batfam due to actually living in the poorest parts of it #knowing what it’s like to be a poor kid in a poor exploited family #and then knowing what it’s like to live on the streets as a child after both his parents died #the batfamily views Jason as violent & ruthless due to his willingness to kill #but in reality he has more compassion than all of them

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