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Gotta finish rereading The Cult and Batman #424-429 and then I'm completely done with post-Crisis Jaybin for the second time <3 Once again I love that little guy more than anything, Jaybin is my favorite, that's my baby and I love him <3

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Jason's canon (or implied canon) hobbies/interests

Reading (extremely well established in every era, it's his most well-known hobby)

Writing (pre-Crisis)

Video games (pre-Crisis & Rebirth both)

Theatre, specifically tech (pre & post-Crisis)

History (post-Crisis)

Sci-fi (pre-Crisis; movies specifically mentioned but he probably likes sci-fi books too)

Fashion/costuming (post-Crisis)

Museums (pre & post-Crisis)

Movies (pre-Crisis, and not nearly as much as Bullock but he is definitely something of a cinephile)

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That's kinda what I was thinking too! Like, it's just some guy. Once Bruce actually locks in, he figures it out pretty quickly, so I think throwing The Cult somewhere in the middle of it & having Bruce take time off this case via getting kidnapped & brainwashed & traumatized and everything else that happens in The Cult would be a reasonable enough explanation for why he didn't figure it out earlier.

Someone should probably check my math, but the timeline for the Dumpster Slashers arc should last somewhere around seven months, right?

At the beginning of Batman #421, Batman says that there have been ten killings so far and that the pattern is once a week, skipping every third week. He also says that there should've been an eleventh the past week, which should put us at 16 weeks (~4 months)

There are three months between the slasher getting caught & his trial

He attempts to kill again only to get killed shortly after the trial

So that's like seven months, right?

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Someone should probably check my math, but the timeline for the Dumpster Slashers arc should last somewhere around seven months, right?

At the beginning of Batman #421, Batman says that there have been ten killings so far and that the pattern is once a week, skipping every third week. He also says that there should've been an eleventh the past week, which should put us at 16 weeks (~4 months)

There are three months between the slasher getting caught & his trial

He attempts to kill again only to get killed shortly after the trial

So that's like seven months, right?

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Rereading 10 Nights of the Beast and I can't help but think that the way they describe KGBeast is pretty similar to descriptions of the Winter Soldier in his early appearances in like 2005. Deadliest assassin the Soviets have, cybernetically enhanced, super strong, KGBeast even loses his left hand in the third issue! idk. just things I noticed.

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Sit in your parent’s lap like you did when you were a kid

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The one thing about 10 Nights of the Beast that absolutely kills me is when KGBeast cuts off his own hand. Like sir. Sir. You literally could've cut the rope. It would've been less effort probably. You did not need to cut off your hand, dude.

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Many are not familiar with what is called a diva moment. Youre about to learn

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I was wrong, it's Bruce that says they haven't talked in 18 months, but the point still stands! currently rereading Batman #416 and I just. Starlin did you even read Batman #408? I have to assume you did considering the fact that you used the updated Robin -> Nightwing transition but at the same time... they didn't part on poor terms?? Where are you getting this from?? Were they beefing in NTT or something, I'm so confused as to where we got the idea that Batman & Nightwing weren't on speaking terms for over a year.

I know in Batman #416, Dick says they haven't talked in like 18 months but please consider the fact that Bruce & Dick really didn't part on that poor of terms in Batman #408. Yes, Bruce said "hey I think Robin should stay dead," but when Dick was like "well... I mean sure I guess. but I'm not gonna quit being a vigilante" Bruce was like "that sounds great kid 👍" like he didn't even try to talk Dick out of it when Dick was like "welp let's go live full-time in New York with the Titans and a tacky disco suit." The fact that Dick didn't know about Jason for ages & found out from a newspaper and also didn't talk to Bruce for 18 months is just. what. why. It's so out of nowhere. Bizarre behavior from both of them.

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Detective Comics #581 has Batman & Robin caught in a trap with a bomb that would've killed them if they hadn't gotten out... everything is unintentional foreshadowing, I swear, it's crazy how everything lines up before Jason's death is even being worked on.

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I found the panel that mentions Danny talking to Jason btw

Jason talked to Danny a week or less before his death. The panel's from New Titans #52

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damn i wish u guys could read this fic i haven't written and this fic i haven't finished writing and this fic i'm putting off outlining and this fic i outlined but haven't started and this fic i'll never write and this other fic i haven't written and this fic that exists only in vague impressions in my head that fall apart every time i try to commit them to the page and th

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#ive always been fond of the usally silly toned fan theory that this issue is all a hallucination/something tim made up#not because he attacks tim but because of the above. blatantly incorrect everything abt jason and the titans#jason was an actual titan!! not like a core member but he was in the roster. he was in the titans reserve and files to call when needed#and he clearly was in some sort of contact if danny spoke to him just last week before his death#literally why on earth does he not have a statue. that on top of everything else. like id be pissed too dang (via @arcade-confetti)

The idea that this whole fight was a hallucination/dream Tim had might actually be the only explanation for this issue I'll accept. Like yeah sure I'll incorporate that into my belief system 👍

Just read Teen Titans (2003) #29 for the first time. I'm going to have to come back to this one to cover everything it gets wrong but I'm not gonna do that until I get to the NTT part of my post-Crisis Jaybin reread. I'm going to take this issue apart like the CinemaSins guy and I'm going to do my best to enjoy doing it 👍

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I'll also add, from Batman #413:

"[Jason's] first reappearance was enjoyable enough, especially when he hit Batman with a tire iron (which did my heart good), but in his second outing he really impressed."

"I like the idea of Jason as a street-smart punk. This could make for some amusing culture clashes at Wayne Manor. He's also much more interesting and likeable, and a much more suitable partner for the Batman than the immaculately groomed rich boy Dick has always been." (Sorry for the slander, Dick, just copying down what it says :/ you don't deserve the strays you're catching here.)

"Admittedly, the original Jason Todd character read well. He was young. He was refreshingly naive. He made mistakes like all normal people do from time to time."

#413 also has the confirmation from the editors that Jason is 12 years old; in addition, it has a letter asking for Nightwing & Robin to team up the next time Batman gets injured & is out of commission, which I think sounds fun but unfortunately doesn't happen at any point in Jason's time.

And I'm not there in my reread yet, but since Batman #416 is the last Jaybin comic I currently have in my collection, I checked - it doesn't have a letter column 😔 Very disappointing, since I'm pretty sure that one would've been for issue 412 or 413, both of which I quite like.

From the letters column of Detective Comics #546

Letters column, Detective Comics #547

Letter column, Detective Comics #558

Letter column, Detective Comics #559

Letter column, Detective Comics #560

Letter column, Detective Comics #565

Letter column, Detective Comics #567

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I don't have a screenshot of it bc the online version doesn't include the letter column, but in the letter column for Detective Comics #579, there's a letter that ends with "...Finally, keep this in mind. Robin almost got beaten to death in LEGENDS, and now he's almost shot to death by the Mad Hatter. Watch it - some of us fans really like the little guy!" and it's probably my favorite Jaybin mention in a letter that I've seen <3

From the letters column of Detective Comics #546

Letters column, Detective Comics #547

Letter column, Detective Comics #558

Letter column, Detective Comics #559

Letter column, Detective Comics #560

Letter column, Detective Comics #565

Letter column, Detective Comics #567

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The difference between pre-DitF Bruce and post-DitF Bruce is very well illustrated in Detective Comics #570 & Batgirl #34. I don't have the panel screenshots rn due to being on mobile but I do have physical copies so here's the transcription for the important bits:

Tec #570

Jason: You lost the Catwoman, yeah... but you caught the Joker... and you saved the Bensons... saved their lives...

Jason: ...that's something.

Bruce: No, Robin... that's everything.

Batgirl #34

Bruce: Dozens of lives saved. Because of what you did. Isn't that enough?

Cass:

Cass: No.

Bruce: Good. Now you're ready to be a detective.

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“This is the best day of my life!” - JAYBIN 🐦‼️ tweet tweet

im struggling with a red hood drawing at the moment (which i will post once im past this weird art block), so took a break to draw jaybin instead 🥰 enjoy!!

also guys.. do not listen to ‘slipping through my fingers’ or ‘hey jude’ while drawing jaybin, u will cry. oh jaybin u were so loved… Detective Comics comics you will PAY