#that rhato group hasnt been around for a while

[moontours]

Personally I don't like Roy and Kory being Jason's friends because they're not written like themselves, but more as shallow husk of their characters so they can somehow fit with Jason and being an extension of him, while negating the previous relationships they had with Dick and the titans. I can't overlook that just so Jason can have some friends, if Lobdell was at least half a decent writer, he could bring characters to play with Jay with interesting dynamics (think Donna and Kyle) or even Roy and Kory themselves, but still at least,in character. But he didn't even tried, so the rhato group is soured to me.

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2. anonymous said: I've actually always found it to be very realistic for Dicks friends to also be friends with his Brother .

Jay was shy and didn't really have many friends of his Own but he spent time with Dick and his friends and over time they became Jays friends too.

I mean that's just how these these things Work.

3. anonymous said: People were like “why don’t they just make new characters to be Jason’s friends???????” And you know why not? Because 1) these are characters people are familiar with, and recognition sells. 2) since people are familiar with them they don’t have to do a bunch of groundwork on establishing new characters looks, personalities, skillsets, relationships, backstories, etc. 3) writers??? Are allowed???? To do things with characters??? Sometimes?????? Why relegate beloved characters to comic book limbo in favor of new characters? RHATO wasn’t good and they were OOC (as was pretty much everyone else in the New 52), but it kept Roy and Kory from disappearing into non-existence! Roy and Kory are characters who have been around for decades. Why would you expect any writer to give up the opportunity to use them in a story in favor of having to come up with new characters from scratch to be friends with Jason, who doesn’t have many connections and needs them, who wouldn’t have any of their own connections either, and who chances are would most likely be slam dunked directly into comic book limbo after the series ended? RHATO had a good premise, terrible awful execution on all levels

4. anonymous said: I think Jason should steal more friends. Give Jason Stephanie next

5. anonymous said: I agree with that one anon, I swear rhato wasn't the best thing in the world but it was nice seeing jason have friends like kory and roy 🥺 and I also hate when people say like their friendship isn't valid because they were friends with dick first like ????

i very much agree that roy and kory weren’t being written as themselves in rhato and totally see why that would ruin the whole rhato group for u like i get it but also idk i still like them in theory, if not in practice and i dont see why they cant be both dick’s friends and jason’s friends like absolutely lobdell’s writing is to blame but the premise itself isnt bad. i also do agree that it makes sense and is realistic for dick and jason to have the same friends like some of my friends were my brother’s when we were growing up it just happens ejhbahjsdb and yeah i agree, it’s much better to use established characters than new characters when it comes to creating new relationships like idk why ppl are like “why dont they just create new friends for him” bc if that DID happen, chances are ppl wouldnt care abt them which. i mean is how most ppl feel when new characters are created for one story only. n recognition absolutely sells. like idk i think everyone who does like roy and kory being jason’s friends DOES recognize the fact that rhato isnt good, that their characterization wasnt good but it was still nice to see them and to see jason have friends. people are def not possessions and its fine for them to overlap. and finally, jason and steph would be the funniest duo ever i think