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casscainmainly · 4 months ago

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Jason and Cass' opposing views on murder is so interesting. Their conflict is not purely moralistic - that is to say, it's not purely that Jason thinks murder is okay, and Cass doesn't. It's their identities, their original and most fundamental worldview. Jason is a murder victim and Cass is a murderer. Yes, Jason kills people as Red Hood, and yes, Cass dies multiple times, but this never truly erases how they see themselves. Jason will always have been murdered, and Cass will always be a murderer. They are unable to fully extricate themselves from those roles, and thus will never approach life or death the same way.

#cassandra cain #jason todd #so i may have spent thirty minutes reading jason meta #cass will always be my fav but damn if jason meta doesn't hit on a spiritual level #that boy is messed up #idk if this post makes any sense?? jason experts feel free to correct me #it's interesting too how so much of their trajectory is trying to change that identity as victim or villain #jason becoming red hood is creating the autonomy being a victim denied him #cass becoming batgirl is creating the autonomy being a (forced) murderer denied her #yet they both are unable to truly let go of what the world made them #thus both being perpetually haunted by their past selves #meta

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