#which i feel like says something about how fic writers view parents lmofa
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I loved NewWave and it's nominated for my top reads 2023, BUT THE JASON FICLET??? I thought it was going to be a light read but it hit me full force in the face because I didn't expect to identify so much with Jason! When I read your Jason it was like I was reading myself and I want you to know that I started reading it early at night and finished it at dawn because I constantly had to stop and cry because of how much my heart resonated with his! loved it
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I'm glad you identified with him! Jason is very much a character who's a little like me too. He's a born writer, and his way of using fiction to put the world in a framework that he can understand is very relatable. It leaves him a little out of touch with the reality of situations, but that's a feature and not a bug.
I can't relate as much to the racial undercurrent in the story, but I don't want to understate it. It has to suck for Jason to feel constantly compared to the blonde haired blue eyed 'perfect sidekick'. She provides something seen as valuable and ideal that Jason never could. Coming from Steph's viewpoint (and considering canon) the idea of her being unattainable perfection is deeply funny, but it's very real to Jason. Adding in Tim - who's identical to Bruce and comes from the same social strata - makes Jason feel like it's every man for himself.
That's what makes his connection with Bruce even more important, though. He's the polar opposite of Bruce in every way, but although Tim and Bruce are similar in a lot of ways, Jason and Bruce have a deep connection and understanding that Tim and Steph don't. They're both dreamers who make the world a stage, their need for justice comes from a place of great pain, and they love in quiet ways.
Jason's a special kid. Like Steph, he has so much value that he doesn't see. Unlike her, he wants more - he's hungry for it, that life with meaning and kindness. He's finally attained something good, and he's scared of losing it. He has so much to offer that he can't see, and the happiness of the story is when he's seen.
New Wave was my way of giving a character who's been routinely fucked over by canon and sidelined by fandom the spotlight. She's special and perfect and loved and recognized and important because...she's none of those things 'in real life'. I wanted to give that to her. Steph's a character I related to when I was her age, and I wanted to give that to myself too.
Jason came from a similar place. I do think canon & fanon are like...overly obsessed with him lmfao. There's a billion 'Jason joins the manor' stories and it's why I almost didn't write the story lol. But he's rarely given the chance to be a kid, one who exists in his own right - to join the Batfam out of his own choice, which is something bizarrely rare in fic. And kids like Jason are the forgotten ones, and it will always be Jason's dream to show the forgotten children that they're as much Robin as he is.
I'm glad it meant something to you ;-;. This story meant a lot to me too, which is why I can go onnnn about it lol. Thanks for reading and enjoying! <3
#tbh the only reason why the jason story was written besides my demons was the fact that#ive read a ton of jason joins the manor stories and its kinda nuts how in none of them#jason and bruce are like. friends#jason is always downright kidnapped to the manor and he's terrified of bruce until bruce Dad Proposes and theyre happy#its always 'jason realizes bruce is a good dad' and not#jason likes bruce as a person and wants to be around him and decides that this is where he wants to live his life#same on bruce's end. i never feel like there's an actual reason for why he shares his ID with a random street kid#it's always written with an element of soulmates if that makes sense#what makes jason so special? well he's jason todd the second robin#theres no actual in unverse reason why bruce picks jason#and i dont like a kid being someone you 'picked'#anyway similar to how i didnt want bruce to be a straight up father figure to steph and tim#this story was meant to show how bruce is now ready to be an actual father#and how thats shown by him forming a genuine connection born from friendship and resonance#i feel like bruce is chronically assigned Good Dad and not rly given an internal life#he wasnt ready to legitimately parent tim it was something he had to learn#idk the minute a nonPOV character is parent coded they lose all inner life and motivation#which i feel like says something about how fic writers view parents lmofa#that's another rant though#my writing#my asks
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