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[callarkhamquick]

In defense of Jason Todd
When I first arrived on the comics scene, this was the one character everyone seemed to hate. I thought he must be atrocious, so I never paid him much heed as a character. Over the last two years, I’ve read everything I could get my hands on about this character and I’ve come to the conclusion that most of the hatred about

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[rianax]

I just saw the animated Red Hood and then found your essay-- Jason gets a raw deal and Batman, no Bruce, is an emotional desert. He views Jason as his failure and refuses to give any faith to Jason. Jason Todd was a 'bad egg'; the morality of letting a rabid dog like the Joker run loose again and again runs thin when the bodies keep piling up.

I can understand Bruce refusing to cross the killing line because there is no way he could go into that darkness without losing his sanity and his soul.

But Jason was his /son/.

All Jason wanted was that acknowledgment and affection. Not that Bruce should have killed the Joker, but that he would-- to save his son.