#i'm glad you asked this bc i rly was like wow they're so different but then i thought on it more

[jostenneil]

What are your thoughts on how Jason and Dick’s anger is portrayed. Seen you mention it before about how Jason lets people know while Dick holds it in until the worst outcome comes out. It’s almost as if Jason is better at just saying outright what he needs or how he is feeling while Dick holds it in.

so like, i've thought on it more and i kinda still agree with what i said prior but i've also come to realize that i think the reason for that difference is that dick starts to suppress more as he gets older and has to deal with more serious problems on his own under the guise of adult leadership. he's actually pretty verbal about things that upset him when he's a teenager and visibly butts heads with bruce on more than one occasion, but it's when wolfman writes him on the new teen titans and starts to really contend with him as a fully fleshed out character whose continuity and character arc are important that his contention with anger genuinely evolves. he has increasingly bizarre circumstances loaded onto his plate, he grows distanced from bruce and can't rely on their relationship to be a buffer for his emotions the way it used to be, and the expectations of being a good, dependable leader are far more pressuring than they ever could have been in the more campy 1966 teen titans run. to me at least. in a way, the anger and how he deals with it are almost a reflection of growing pains. with jason, i think bc he's still in that position of ultimately being a child when he dies and is never allowed to truly "grow up" into a set of responsibilities, the emotional outbursts we see from him are almost always immediate and uncontrolled. he's not responsible for anyone but himself, and that applies not just when he's a child going through tumultuous changes and reacting to the only other person in his life, but can also apply (to an extent) to the way he's written after his resurrection. i'm obv not a fan of a lot of his writing following it but i do agree that his initial reactions and decisions should be very emotionally charged (but still smart obv. i don't agree that he's reckless. just absorbed in his own grief) bc he hasn't really had the time or atmosphere to mature properly