#the batarang scar

[god-help-me-pls]

A list of headcanons I have for Jason Todd that are 100% canon and real trust:

1.) He’s (half) Romani

Dick and Jason are canonically supposed to look alike, and I would also like to see more Roma in media. That, and I think it would be sweet for Jason and Dick to be able to share a similar culture and language thats just for them (Romani culture & language is closed, so only people who are Romani or who married into a Romani family would have access to both)

2.) He was the smallest Robin

Bro was canonically 87 pounds and under “5’0 when he died, he was tiny as Robin and tiny when he dug himself out of the grav

3.) Mans got some INSANE body dysmorphia

The rapid change in his appearance? The scars? He can’t even recognize himself in the mirror most days, its partly why he started out with a full helmet. It wasn’t that people he once knew would recognize him, but out of the fear that they couldn’t

4.) He is the most scarred out of the batfam

I am anti-“lazarous pit healed all his scars,” no, let him be reminded of everything hes lost and been through as a manifestation on his body

Pre-Robin face scars:

The slit on his eyebrow is from when he was five, he got into a swordfight (stickfight) with a few friends while their parents weren’t looking and lost

The small scar on his jaw is from when he was six, he tripped in the playground and busted the skin open on the wall of the sandbox

Robin face scars:

The “J” is from the Joker, a permanent branding

Death face scars:

The small scars on his eyelids are from his funeral, its common for spiked contacts to be placed on the eyes to keep the eyelids from opening. When he was resurrected, he tore his eyelids open and repeatedly kept tearing them until the LoA found him

The little dots lining he inside of his lips are also from his funeral, his mouth was sewn shut (another common practice)

“Lost Days” face scars:

The long scar stretching across his cheek and into his hairline is from one of his trainers

Red Hood face scars:

His nose scars and scars on his bottom lip are all from his fight with Bruce during UtRH, his face was used to break so many things

Robin torso scars:

Scars on his elbows and should rsare from the lack of elbow and shoulder pads in the first two Robin costumes, Dick has matching ones

Scars on his ribs are from the Joker, blunt force wasn’t used on his chest that much, it was mainly puncture wounds that would make it difficult to get far if he did manage to escape

There are a few scars from normal vigilante injuries aross his torso from a mix of his Robin and Red Hood days

Death torso scars:

The ovular scars at the base of his neck and below his belly button are from the embalming process. I don’t think Bruce would have an autopsy done on him for two reasons: a. he already knew how Jason died, and b. if it got leaked it could very easily poke holes in the cover story about Jasons death

The scars on his knuckles and fingertips are from digging himself out of his grave, the skin split over from all the punching and clawing at the coffin

“Lost Days” torso scars:

He has quite a few scars on him that he doesn’t remember getting, so he just blames them on his trainers

The slashes on his back, however, he truly doesn’t remember getting as it was before his dip in the pit. Spoiler alert, he got it as punishment during his stint with the LoA. Whipping and flogging

Red Hood torso scars:

Starting with the most obvious, the scar across his throat his from Bruce during their confrontation during UtTH (comic, not movie)

The scars on his wrists are from a time where he was dosed with fear toxin and tied himself down to stop himself from hurting anyone. He rubbed his wrists raw trying to get out

Like previously said, the other scars hes gotten during this time are from regular vigilante injuries

Robin leg scars:

Knee scars = no knee pads :(. Dick has matching ones

Scars across the hamstrings, back of the knees, and Achilles tendons are all from the Joker. He didn’t want Jason to live, so the easiest way to kill a bird is to take away its flight

Other scars are caused regular vigilante injuries

5.) He and Dick are each others favorites

“Damian is Dicks fav” “Tim is Jasons fav” NO. YOU FOOLS NO. They were auite literally each others Robin, the first siblings in the Wayne family—Dick gave Jason THE original Robin costume, Dick completely lost it on Bruce after finding our what he did to Jason during Gotham Wars, Jason and Dick had an experience with each other that none of the others could have because everyone else got the Dick after Jasons death, Jason got the Dick who was an older brother.

(Am middle child trust I know an older brother when I see one and Dick does not act like one a lot of the time w/ the other bat siblings)

Dick and Jason friendship,,, my beloved,,,

6.) Jason can speak the most languages

Bro went on a whole ass world tour + grew up in a mixed part of Gotham + was raised by the Batman he knows a comical amount of languages:

a. English

b. Romani (Americanized)

c. Spanish

d. Portugese

e. Arabic

f. Tibetan

g. Tamang

h. German

6.5) His accent is all over the place

At first glance (hear?) it just sounds like a real heavy Crime Alley accent, but listening to him speak w/ other Park Row residents makes it clear that it is very much not

7.) Trians,,,,

I trans man,,, so he trans man,,,,

[necrotic-nephilim]

I am always thinking TimJay thoughts related to the fact that they have matching scars from getting their throats slit, and not only that, but Jason slit Tim's throat first in an attempt to threaten Bruce, where Tim was nothing more than a pawn for Jason to use to emotionally manipulate Bruce.

batman (1940) #618

And then, just a little while later when Jason is trying to confront Bruce and do his whole dramatic moment with Joker in UTRH, and Bruce slits Jason's throat to stop Jason from killing the Joker.

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It makes me so Unwell. They have literal matching scars. When do you think Jason realizes it? When do you think, while running his fingers over the scar he has to always remind himself that Bruce was willing to jeopardize Jason's own life just to save the Joker, Jason realized it was the same scar *he* gave Tim? And does it click for him too, that he and Tim are a lot alike? Being used as pawns in Bruce's game? And for the first time he maybe understands Tim Drake, just another kid trying to get Bruce's attention and approval? And Jason did to Tim exactly what Bruce did to Jason? And that's part of what spurns on Jason's obsession with Tim, trying to "save" Tim from Bruce's ideology?

When they finally get together does it make Jason even more possessive? He put that mark on Tim and now he has his own to match. It's the closest to being understood and loved he's ever felt when Tim runs his fingers over Jason's scar at the same time Jason touches Tim's. Mirrors of each other, in a fun, fucked up little way.

[sunayyyy]

One AU that i think has major angst potential is jason todd and damian wayne meeting in the league of assassins, but it's not the way that you think.

Usually, these AU's show that jason and damian had a good relationship, but damian felt abandoned when jason left to become the red hood so he doesn't mention their bond at all, or jason forgets about damian when he gets dipped in the pit, or both of them escaping the league or staying in the league together. And yes, the angst from some of these is amazing, and some of the works are really cute, but what if the angst happens after they've arrived in gotham?

Jason tells damian that he's leaving the league to clean up gotham, and when damian gets upset, he tells him that it's so he can meet his father. And so you go through the whole UtRH arc, except damian goes to bruce before jason reveals himself. However, when with bruce, damian gets convinced that jason really was angry and reckless as robin and got himself killed (even though he probably knows how exactly jason died, jason would trust him with the thing with sheila. He'd intend it to be a lesson as to why you shouldn't blindly trust anyone, even family) After the reveal and the whole fallout from there, damian comes to the conclusion that the best way to get closer to his father and 'show his loyalty' is to bash jason.

Of course, he wouldn't really mean it, at first. I mean, that's jason, his brother, one of the only people who showed him unconditional love and kindness. But then he gets more and more invested in the whole blood heir thing, and it eases his guilt, just a bit. Then he starts rationalising it. Since jason isn't here, he won't care what he says behind his back. Right? This goes on until damian buries the version of jason he knew and replaces him with the failure robin. Damian stops seeing jason as his brother and statts seeing him as a burder or an unworthy predecessor.

Well, jason hears everything he says, since he has access to the security in the batcave. And it hurts, worse than when bruce or alfred or dick say those things, because damian KNOWS better. He thought that his love was reciprocated, that their time at the league meant something to both of them, but he thought wrong.

In my mind, this would make jason grow numb. He'd still do the outlaws thing, but he wouldn't try to get in contact with any of the bats. And if damian held these beliefs, would talia be the same? Would roy and kori? This would cause jason to self isolate and only come to gotham once every few months to make sure his empire is going strong, then dip and do whatever.

Since he prefers being alone and doesn't want any real connection to anyone, i think JayRose would be perfect here. In my opinion, jayrose is best when both of them are super fucked up but end up helping each other heal. They'd see themselves in each other, offering themselves up to their families just to be met with betrayal.

I previously talked about how a fully realised/healed jason could take on anyone in the batfam save cass, and once he finds this out, he just sets up full time in gotham with rose. Rose would be his right-hand woman, and they'd take over. I like jaytemis, i really do, but i feel like jason and rose would just be a better couple here. You could have artemis and bizarro help jason as well. In this au, i feel like jason wouldn't have a strong relationship with roy and kori, even though i love their dynamic, so i don't want to involve them here. Bruce fights jason for the first time since utrh and thinks it's gonna be easy, just to be laid flat on his ass with a broken arm while jason discusses what he wants to eat with rose after patrol.

Once the bats start to realise what's happening, and once they find out everything they've been fed by bruce and alfred was just bullshit, i think they'd get really angry. Jason todd, the supposed failure, managed to get control of gotham while fighting them all off, and has the loyalty of a superman clone and the shim'tar, not to mention slade wilson's daughter. His operation might even be deemed dangerous enough to warrant a justice league level interference. Things would grow really tense, and they'd try to reach out, but jason has moved on, and he doesn't want anything to do with them. The only thing that ties him to them is bruce wayne, and that's really not great for them.

When the illusion shatters, i think the most affected out of all of the bats would be damian. He allowed himself to disrespect and bash his brother just for his father, and it would haunt him. You can have them reconcile if you want to, but i don't. This thing with damian fucked jason up, and i don't think he would forgive him. He'd understand and have sympathy, but he wouldn't be able to trust damian again.

[kindlingkeen]

love that snippet for the Jason & Damian fic! but isn't less than 5 years old a little too young? that would mean he was conceived while Jay was living in the Manor with Bruce

Read the snippet here.

The idea for this AU (and it’s definitely an AU) came from one of the alt endings to the ADitF movie where Jason survives the warehouse in Bosnia and Bruce brings him home to heal. Jason is angry and questionably sane, blames Bruce, and ends up running away. He sets up shop killing off criminals and rogues in Gotham. Eventually Talia tracks him down and gives him baby Damian to raise. In this sequence, Damian looks to be 6-18 months old by my eye. Jason is about 16? In the movie it’s implied Jason plans to raise Damian and turn him against both the al Ghuls and the Waynes.

So, yeah, not the typical comics timeline. The AU I have in mind doesn’t use all of those details (imagine an amalgamation of the above with UtRH and then Lost Days, in that order, hehe 😉), but I stuck with the ages from it.

[aleksei-arts]

have this older art inspired by urth

[bestangelofall]

Jason wanting Bruce to hold a knife to his throat during sex to punish them both using the (psychological) wounds from the batarang incident

or

Bruce gets meaner after noticing all the little things that haven’t changed about Jason. He likes the same foods, he fidgets the same, his voice is deeper but the cadence and accent are achingly familiar. These are the moments where he recognizes the boy he buried standing before him and he can’t handle it. So Bruce takes it out on others since that is the ingrained pattern to default to when his emotions rise up against him.

Dhdidjgdidjhd YES!

I do love the ideas of Bruce paying attention to Jason's neck in any way. Because of the Batarang scar 🙃

Jason telling Bruce to hold the knife over the Batarang scar 😍 (alternatively: Jason pushing Bruce into breathplay, taking Bruce's hand and putting over his own neck, right over the scar, flexing his fingers, applying pressure until *Bruce* is the one applying pressure.)

Anyway... What about knife play with Batarangs? 😏

I already talked about this, but I love the idea of they using *the* Batarang, I just can't justify how Jason would have it, considering he was bleeding out before the building exploded.

Also, Bruce being super careful with a very sharp blade, and Jason pushes and pushes and moves his neck just a little ahead, so that the blade nicks his skin, and Bruce doesn't really want to do that (Jason does push it all along), but he can't deny Jason things :/

And I adore so much Bruce finding the remains of the boy Jason was in the man he became and getting just... irrationally angry at that. Taking it on others because he can't stand the anger he feels at himself - for letting Jason die, for not being able to stop Jason from killing... For wanting Jason now.

Unless I'm specifically writing a specific different thing, my "constant" headcanon is that Bruce tells himself that he never wanted Jason before he died. So he feels extremely guilt for recognizing the past Jason and still wanting him.

Bruce has to believe that in a kinder world, he would never want Jason like that.

But then he sees Jason wearing a band T-shirt that's from a band that Jason used to listen back then, and all he wants is take it off... He can't really handle the self-loathing that comes with that.

Yeah, he's meaner to everyone after that, especially to Jason-but then, he sees something in Jason that reminds him of the Jason of before, who used to look at him with devotion and adoration, and he tones it down, preferring to just distill his sudden fury on others.

Thank you so much for the ask anon! 😊

[weirdo-from-bonesborough]

making a jason todd playlist was a mistake because now i'll be listening to the radio and be like ah yes rolling in the deep by adele is under the red hood core

[batbrainrot]

"omg stop you're not jason todd" oh really? then why do i have a scar on my neck in the exact same place batman threw a batarang at him huh???? explain that

[trashbatistrash]

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[hoodielord]

Batman vs Jazz: Trolley problem.

Her bruised hands rested on the table in front of her. The room was grey and dismal. The cold stare of Batman trying to burn a hole in her or drill the confession out of her. She swallowed the lump in her throat because she knew that she had to do it. It was them or her baby brother. She had to. She turned her gaze back to Batman.

“You know the trolley problem, don’t you Batman?”

He didn’t answer. But she continued.

“On a railroad, there are two paths one person is tied to one of them. Several other people on the other.” She gestures to the left and right. Her cuffs clattered on the metal table.

“There is a trolley barreling toward the two paths. And you're in front of the level that could switch the tract. Do you let it run over that one person or several people?”

Batman’s cold stare remains.

Jazz continues. “You’ve been known to have a “no-kill” rationale for your work. So what would you do? Which track would you take?” 

Still, he remains silent.

“Let’s switch up the scenario. Say that your family was on one track and the person you hurt your family was on the other. What would you do?” 

“Ms. Fenton..”

“Don’t!” She slammed her fists into the table. “Don’t call me that.”

Tears were filling her eyes.

Silent returned to the interrogation room.

“They were going to kill him….I had to save him. He’s my little brother….They were my parents but they …they did this to him.”

“Ms….Jasmine…”

Jazz interrupts him “What would you have done?!” she screams as tears run down her face as she stares at Batman.

“I saved him but I had to… I had to..” her voice softens as she trails off her gaze returning to the metal table.

When she looks up again, it’s to an empty room, her only company is her reflection on the one-way window.

===

“That was from B’s latest interrogation.”

“Thanks, Babs.”

“ No problem, Jason.”

In Crime Alley, Red Hood rubs the scar along his neck where a batarang had nearly killed him.

[benbamboozled]

Yessss Jason torment Bruce, specifically!!

🙌🙌🙌🙌

[ashrayus]

soo my friend asked for jason fic recs today and i made a list (too long! for what!!!) but might as well share it with u guys too so they can get some love maybe ^_^

some bruce&jason and dick&jason and batfam and jim gordon andd jason lets go!!

Bruce and jason:

Really good after the recent issue XD the next two are the same writer i just love it https://archiveofourown.org/works/56374990

https://archiveofourown.org/works/47910520?view_adult=true

https://archiveofourown.org/works/49628566

Comforting Bruce :) https://archiveofourown.org/works/15059693

AU! Very interesting https://archiveofourown.org/works/46348951?view_adult=true

Dick and jason:

Identity reveal!!! Crazy bc of this https://archiveofourown.org/works/55670443?view_adult=true

Robin to red hood jason (and nightwing)! One of the favs :)) https://archiveofourown.org/works/50454142/chapters/127479355

Another fav!! Theres a line in this that i still cant get out of my head https://archiveofourown.org/works/51592174

Cried!!!!! Love this sm https://archiveofourown.org/works/41337654

Dick centered SUCH. A good jason. Murdered me https://archiveofourown.org/works/53898520

Casual!! Very good dialogue https://archiveofourown.org/works/48957529

One of the first fics i read my bar started high bc of this XD its sad !! https://archiveofourown.org/works/50058298

Pre-red hood reveal VERY fun i adore this https://archiveofourown.org/works/47605033

kinda depressing but very nice https://archiveofourown.org/works/36039820

Dick centered. jason is Good https://archiveofourown.org/works/39360381

Really good dialogue! Gets into jasons batarang scar https://archiveofourown.org/works/47224417/chapters/118989448

Dick centered very cute robin jason https://archiveofourown.org/works/37057612

older brother jason?!! :’) https://archiveofourown.org/works/55415734/chapters/140605297

Sad! Open ending https://archiveofourown.org/works/50579647

Really nicely written i love reveals https://archiveofourown.org/works/8593255

Fflufff!!!! https://archiveofourown.org/works/48409618

Jason dies but doesnt kinda fics ft. batfam (both incredibly sad!!!! but happy ending) ⬇️

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43926393

https://archiveofourown.org/works/51749833/chapters/130829599

Honorable mention my fav fic from when i was into dc a couple years ago

https://archiveofourown.org/works/8113246

Jim gordon and jason!! Loved it so much https://archiveofourown.org/works/12803736

[bitter-hibiscus]

what are some of your favorite robin jason headcanons

ARGH DONT GET ME STARTED---

Commissioner Gordon isn't allowed to smoke around Robin!Jason. He WILL make puppydog eyes the entire night to try and get commish to give him one

He's the only Robin who's allowed the aud in the Batmobile because he shares Bruce's music taste

Since his room in the manor is Dick's old one, he found Dick's old Flying Graysons poster and taped it above his bed. He uses it as motivation for Robin because if Dick can still be good despite the tragedy of the Graysons then he can too

Selina is his favorite "family" member because she took him to Wildcat's boxing ring the first time they went out together AND she's the only one in that buys him batburgers

He only cooks for himself, because cooking for Bruce makes him think of Catherine's last years :)

He has a huge scar from his lip to his left eye from where Willis' wedding ring caught on his skin once

His favorite book is The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe

He spends his first two months in the manor sleeping in the closet instead of the bed

His shower in the Batcave has a bird print on the curtain (when he comes back as Red Hood, it's changed to a fox print)

Jason loves anything chocolate and hates anything strawberry EXCEPT for shortcake. Alfred makes brownies very often

Jason took a knife from the kitchen the day he moved into the manor and hid it under his pillow. Bruce knows but never asked him to give it back. Jason puts it back in the kitchen on the 3 month mark

Jason never has any money despite his allowance being hundreds of dollars because he just leaves them in his childhood friends (Max, Numbers, etc) bedrooms every time

Eddie comes over once every 2-ish months and the first time he's there and Dick comes over Dick is CONVINCED Bruce got another one. Jason runs with it and almost convinces Alfred that Eddie is his new brother

Jason has a winter version of the Robin uniform and the cape has 1) a hood and 2) fur lining. He has to replace it often because he gives it to homeless kids as a blanket more often than not. Bruce is glad to buy him new ones

If he goes to Crime Alley as a civilian, every single crook will ask him if he's "Willis' boy" because when he was still alive, Willis couldn't go more than 10 minutes without telling his coworkers about his little prince

Jason uses a leave-on conditioner for his curls that Dick recommended him. It smells like oranges, and becomes the scent that Bruce associates with him

His favorite piece of clothing is a dark red sweater with two yellow stripes that Clark sent to him for his birthday

Speaking of Clark, his Superman autograph is framed on the wall in his room

He makes friendship bracelets when he's bored!! Most of them he gives to children he rescues as Robin (it becomes Gotham Culture to compare how many Robin friendship bracelets you have. The record is 23). The ones he doesn't give to victims are usually given to Rena or Eddie (and, in one rare occasion, to Bruce. it says "Spooky." Bruce still wears it after Jason comes back)

Robin Jason looks like a doll. He has an up-tipped button nose and eyes three times the size they ought to be, big eyelashes and cupids bow lips. He looks like Sheila as Robin, and like Willis as Red Hood

He has a tattoo in the shape of a batarang on his shoulder because of Willis (which I've written about here)

Okay i just realized how long this is oh my god. I didn't even make a DENT on my Robin Jason headcanons. god help me

[solarflare211]

jason should be scarred. in canon. heavily. like i know he does have some especially the autopsy scar but i think the pit shouldn’t heal the scars he got from joker and whatnot. it takes away from the representation of his suffering. i think everyone bruce and the others look at him they should see the road map of his suffering. out of all them it was jason who most deserved to escape bruce’s failings as a father. he didn’t. he was just a boy who desperately wanted someone to want him, wanted to save his mother, and he was disfigured for it. i think bruce’s heart should shatter with guilt every time he even looks at jason even if he’s just standing there. because that’s bruce’s little baby boy. he did that. if he’d been the father jason deserved, or even just thought before he spoke in frustration, jason would’ve trusted him more. he would’ve opened up to him about his search for his mother. because jason had no one else. he could’ve been spared so much pain. bruce did that. every time jason shifts his head or scratches his neck or something i need him to see the scar. the batarang scar. a physical representation of every way bruce has failed jason over and over and over and over and over again. and at that point i think he should have to excuse himself to cry in a room somewhere. i think a character should make some shortsighted remark about how they’ve suffered the most and jason doesn’t understand (bonus points if it’s like physical they broke a bone or smth and now they’re bedridden and they don’t like it) and jason should stand up in his 6 ft+ figure and loom over them and ask them to repeat that. jason’s body is a painting of his story and it is so tragic.

[shmooseee]

My preliminary headcanon's for Jason's face over time:

Explanations and uncensored version below the cut:

TW: gore

1.Jaybin

Headcanon that once Jay was living with Bruce and Alfred, he got a lot of baby fat on his face- he has wavy curly hair in my head. Teal eyes - very smiley.

2. Jaybin :(

No way that explosion and building collapsing didn't do some physical damage. In this the skin below his eye has been torn and ripped open, it was ripped to the bone - and his left cheekbone was fractured- I also imagine tears around his forehead and back of his skull from the crowbar - but kind of hidden by his hair. Also his hair was frizzled by the explosion and smoke.

3. Post revival - pre-utrh

I was gonna draw him at his revival but forgot :( -might draw this later but I imagine his mortician reconstructed his face - and since it was a closed casket funeral it didn't have to be super clean. His skin was kept together with staples -

post revival- in his time in the hospital catatonic, it healed super wonky and (based on my own surgical scars) it keloided in some areas and sunk in in some others - and because he wasn't able to treat them- they're super tough and pull at his skin and don't fade properly to white like they should. The scars from the staples are still there. The scar is also a little shiny where it keloided- idk why but my scars do it in certain lighting.

His face is a lot more masculine and older but it still has a decent amount of baby fat (he's still super young). This is about 2 years post revival so hes around 17 - very recently after his time in the pit. (I feel like 15-17 for a lot of kids has huge body and face changes so imagine mentally 15 yr old Jason suddenly so grown- might revise this to make him more baby looking)

The white hairs just begun to grow - i kept the baby curls because of course i did.

I bounce between whether or not the pit healed his scars or not because I find both so compelling- but as an artist i like drawing cool scars more.

4. Post-utrd

His face is a bit more defined again. - now featuring the batarang scar. I haven't put to much though into his other face scars yet so these may change yet again.

His scar has faded slightly but it still tugs on his face massively - it won't go white. He cant smile without it tugging uncomfortably- sometimes even hurting. He smirks like a loser instead. He frowns as his resting face both because hes a bitch but also because of the position of the scar.

Featuring the batarang scar yayyyyyyy- i also headcanon that the doesn't treat it correctly (do you think he has time to massage it and moisturize that many times a day??) so it tugs every time he turns his head.

The white hair has fully grown out and he got a haircut.

I also did one for his body scars - and one for arkham knight jason but i want to redo them with a little more research - quick preview of that though - arkham knight - dealing with the effects of undernourishment from his childhood and from his year with the joker - only grew to about 5'3. And mainline jason that didn't die grew to about 5'6. Will do a comprehensive headcanon list for different universe jays.

[bestangelofall]

On the subject of Jason's scars: in addition to the scar from the batarang incident, he should have a scar (or more than one) from the time Bruce smashed his helmet in Rhato25 <3 so he stands in front of the mirror and sees all the marks he has from others, and most of them he doesn't even remember where they're from, unless it was a particularly memorable injury... And they don't bother him. But the scars that Bruce gave him? Those he struggles with, simply because they are indelible proofs of what he means to Bruce nowadays.

Whenever he starts to get comfortable, if things are going well, he has those to remember that things will never ever be the same.

And maybe the worst part is that he doesn't even have scars from his (first) death, so it's like it didn't even happen, like it didn't rob him of things that should've been his. So while he has no scars from the Joker, he has a couple from Bruce, and really, it's easier to not even dig into what that means.

Also, Bruce having one scar from that one time Jason punched him in Ethiopia <3. Something small, that maybe no one else knows what it is about. But Jason knows, and the knowledge is something horrible, because it's fair, isn't it? Bruce should also bear the marks of the ways their relationship is fucked up. Jason likes that Bruce has that, is the thing. But he hates that he feels like that, because it shouldn't be like this.

But it is.