#death in the family

[paulgadzikowski]

"He knew that's what it would take, Jason. He literally took the world hostage, Jason. He pulled off the only possible way to make Clark stop me, Jason."

world war 3 was on the line, jason

[jekisatsu]

Fanmade Death In The Family Cover Art!

[thelaughingmagician]

Batman: A Death In The Family

[wallflowerproduction]

red x (jason todd) || all or nothing

[batty-baguette]

Take Pity on the Prodigal Son: Religious Imagery in Relation to Death in the Family

This panel below on the left, one of the final ones we see in Batman #428 parallels that of Michelangelo’s magnum opus (besides the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel) the Pieta (c. 1490). It is a life-sized marble statue in St. Peter’s Basilica depicting the moments after Jesus died by crucifixion. His mother holds his emaciated, punctured body in her lap; her face is one of controlled anguish, not wanting to show the extent of her grief in front of the surrounding Roman soldiers. One can infer that beyond the pain Mary must feel some sense of pride; her son, the Messiah, served the purpose for which he was put on the Earth to complete: to protect those who cannot protect themselves. And that he succeeded, but at the expense of his own life. Notice that both Batman and the Virgin Mary are almost positioned in the same way, cradling their sons’ bodies close. Their faces share the same controlled sorrow mentioned prior. Jesus and Jason are positioned almost identically as well; their arms and legs dangle, their heads loll back not fully supported by the hands of those who cradle them. If one looks closely they can see that the Jesus statue has indents in his hands and feet, the places of his body in which he was nailed to the cross. Interestingly and morbidly enough, those are the same places in which the most blood seems to be pouring from Jason’s body. Beyond the physical similarities of the two pieces of media lie the thematic elements. Bruce Wayne/Batman and the Virgin Mary are similar because they are challenged with the burden of raising a child who is born into a world that has already laid out expectations for them to meet. Not only is the challenge of raising a child with a destiny laid out for them difficult to deal with, but in addition is the notion that people hate your little boy and would go as far as to kill him only for helping those who are in a worse position than himself. There is an innate need to protect your child from all the dangers laid before him, even if the contact is inevitable. 

Jason and Jesus are parallels when it comes to their decision to walk the roads placed before them, although Jesus’ fate as the Messiah is decided for him, and Jason ultimately chooses to become Robin under Bruce’s tutelage. Nevertheless, they still choose to follow their paths of goodness and righteousness, even when put in undesirable situations. Unfortunately, they both meet their ends at the hands of those they thought they could trust and paid the ultimate price. Bruce and Mary, reluctant mother and reluctant father, are left to deal with the crushing guilt and wonder what they could have done better.

(The writing is from my own essay that I wrote for a class, and I ask politely that it not be cross posted on other sites, besides TikTok where I have already posted.)

[lylacdrz]

Hehe the death of Jason todd

Notice how he slowly dims yeah he's a lamp

[shyjusticewarrior]

Actual canon interaction:

Dick: If you're with Batman or me you're safe and we won't let anything happen to you.

Tim: Jason Todd.

[fact-dogsarehappiness]

There’s an alternate universe where Jason Todd got killed via tumblr poll where only like 20 people actually voted on whether or not to kill him and the other 20,000 voted the vanilla extract option

[asleep-kat]

REAL ditf leak guys omgggg

[cardinalcheerio]

Half the time I'm like, "can we have jason todd media not all about his death"?

Then I realize. If I died I would never shut up about it.

"Can you get up and grab that for me?"- absolutely not. My legs are tired from death.

"Will you go to the store with me?"- leaving the house?!? What if I die AGAIN.

So yeah, anyone who thinks jason talks about his death too much. Be honest. We'd all do the exact same thing.

[beechfruit]

So in my class we name our glue sticks to stop the kids losing or mistreating them - they're much less likely to lose a glue lid if you're shouting "oh no, Alfred's been decapitated". It's fun.

Now, I'm a big batfam girlie ✨ so naturally I named all our glues after these characters. We have Richard and Bruce and Stephanie and Barbara etc. you see the point.

Recently, the first glue stick ran out. It had to go in the bin so unfortunately it "died", and you'll never guess which glue stick was the first to die...

It was Jason.

You could not conceive the sound I made as I had to throw Jason in the bin as all the children shouted things like "Jason's dead" and "noooo Jason!"

Worst things worse, I couldn't even explain how ironic that was that Jason, the second robin, was the first glue to go!

[magic-crazy-as-this]

I'm not a nice person, I'm putting this on a shirt.

Guys you can get it now! >

[cherrygloomz]

Memories of the Lazarus Pit🥀

[the-overanalyzer]

Artwork by Jim Aparo (Batman #428) and Shane Davis (Batman Annual #25)

Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens (Anastasia, 1997)

[abyss-king444]

I hate hate HATE how little jason and the other birds are shown in the animated shows/movies. Jason got the red hood movies which I love but dammit I want him in a film with his siblings.

I NEED Cass, Duke, Steph, and Tim in a movie. Duke’s “We are Robin” run would be an amazing fucking movie. Or Cass’s backstory. Or Tim’s.

Damn near half the family is benched as far as the movies are concerned and it makes no sense.

[indisputablypercy]

who’s my favourite bat family character? jason todd. who’s my favourite dc character? also jason todd. what’s my favourite comic series? redhood and the outlaws rebirth. what’s my current hyper fixation? jason todd. what was the first comic story i ever read? death in the family. what’s my favourite batman arc? under the redhood.

who’s my favourite robin??? Tim Drake.