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americankimchi · 2 days ago

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realizing my recent jason posts makes it sound like i hate his character when that could not be farther from the truth. i love my unhinged toxic self sabotaging king. he has so many problems and over half of them are directly his doing. watching people grind down his sharp edges until he's a misunderstood softboy is what gets me up in arms like leave him alone he's doing absolutely horrible things to himself and everyone around him and you're going 2 accept that buddy!!

#personal #granted that goes for most people in the batclan. but especially jason #if u do not want to engage with him beyond the fact that his death was a tragedy then power to u #but im more interested in the immediate aftermath + continued clash of morals wrt. killing/murder and how it reflects #jason's unwillingness to accept bruce's hardline stance on no killing and how it has no bearing on how important jason is/was to bruce #“why didn't you kill him for taking me away from you” the real crux of the matter isn't that the joker is alive. but that jason is still #grieving himself and the life that was stolen from him. he's just lashing out in the one way he knows will grab bruce's instant attention.#“but bruce should've just killed the joker” no he shouldn't have because that goes against everything the batman stands for #“the joker should be an exception” misses the point. there can't be exceptions to the rule. if there are exceptions #then the rule stops being a rule and more of a judgement call #and that's an extremely tenuous line to walk in a family of people who work in and are surrounded by constant violence #they CANNOT be judge and jury because that leads to becoming executioners #which is a slippery slope into becoming the monster they fight to keep off the streets but WORSE!!!!!#because the people trust the sign of the bat! there's a fucking LIGHT BEAMING IT INTO THE GOTHAM SKYLINE. A SHINING BEACON OF PROMISE...#i digress.#anyways. jason my beloved. my little bastard. i love you ugly ass helmet and all

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