Jason Todd is Batman's reminder.

Jason Todd is not Batman’s Achilles heel.
He’s his reminder that he has one.


His biggest failure, that’s the household label.  Not the knife, not the weakness. The scar. Still red. Still tender. Still screaming ‘you failed’ every time Bruce suits up.


How in god’s name are you given such a complex character, with so many stories yet to be told, so little journeys to discover himself, and do the same thing, over, and over, and over again?

Why is he painted as a villain with literally less depth than one of the penguin’s lackeys?  (ok i’m exaggerating it now)

Jason Todd is one of the original characters in the DCU. and original original. He was there when batman, dick grayson and joker and barbara gordon were!

While the other robins (unfortunately not Jarro...) are allowed to grow, Jason is forced to grieve. Over and over and over. Why does DC think that he’s.. Unseasoned? No. He’s unresolved.

DC writers would rather re-break him over and over and over, than reckon with what he has become.

Dick grayson becomes a leader. He steps out of Bruce’s shadow and stays out. Nightwing commands respect from Titans, the League, even Superman. He led the Justice League Dark. He’s trusted with strategy, diplomacy, and war. The world sees him as his own man—not Bruce’s shadow, not Batman-lite. Dick Grayson became what Bruce never could: approachable, loved, human.


Tim drake became a detective. Tim was built to replace Bruce in brainpower. And DC let him. From Young Justice to Red Robin, he solved cases Bruce couldn’t, hacked systems Batman couldn’t crack. He grew into a mind as sharp as the Batcomputer—only more adaptable. He wasn’t weighed down by trauma the way Bruce was. He’s the heir to Batman’s mind, not his demons.

And Damian? Damian Wayne became Bruce’s heir. The legacy child. The bloodline. The biological son. His growth is about mastering control—violence into discipline. He’s trained by the League of Assassins and the Bat. But over time, he leads the Teen Titans, makes choices Bruce never dared, and tries to build his own moral code. He’s the future Bruce dreams of but doesn’t know how to build.

Where does Jason Todd fit in this jigsaw?
He’s got a soldier’s experience, a martyr's trauma, and he has the insight of someone who knows what won’t work. Why is he still being written like a ticking bomb?

Hell, he could lead black ops. Train defenseless kids to survive Gotham without needing to wear a domino or a helmet or any mask. He could dismantle the underground from inside.

So why is he caught in loops, always? They keep him in red and angry and alone. Why? Because a free Jason Todd means Batman’s myth cracks.


Jason Todd is the glitch in Batman’s system.

“No killing.”

Each and every Robin proved that Batman’s mission works. He can take broken kids, turn them into symbols of justice, hope, better versions of themselves. Dick, Tim, Damian. They fit into that.
Damian wasn’t a symbol of hope at first sure, but did he not eventually become better than the boy he was before?
Tim changed drastically too. And most especially Dick.

Jason died doing what Bruce trained him to do. Around 16 years worth of issues later he came back,
Jason is his own form of justice now. And he definitely shows hope to kids. Does Bruce think that Jason is a better man now? Has he not just.. Become worse in Bruce’s eyes? Maybe even the man Bruce swore not for him to be?  He threatens the myth. But it’s not just about saving Gotham it’s about proving that pain holds worth.

IF Jason heals outside of Batman’s system, thrives, even. If he rejects the Bat, denies him and he lives, leads, protects and does it his entirely own way, that would mean Bruce was wrong. It would mean that Bruce’s way wasn’t salvation, but a trap. Jason’s story isn’t Bruce’s weakness but it consistently reminds him that Bruce is not immune. He tried to pass that ideal down, that your pain can turn into something much more great. He held onto that, built a legacy out of it, trained others on it. Jason followed that creed,, he was killed for it.. When Jason Todd stands in front of Bruce it’s a painful reminder that his pain isn’t his power. His method won’t always save but shatter.

And when he came back he was angry. Unstable. Questioning Batman’s system, his code. It directly challenged Bruce’s foundational belief:

‘That trauma, when weaponized, can save others.’

Jason’s existence disproves that.
He’s evidence that Batman’s way doesn’t guarantee survival, healing, or redemption.

He reminds Bruce that Batman isn’t immune to failure—he’s just been avoiding the consequences

1. I'm also gonna be blogging about my worries for the coming comic soon.. there might be good stuff from it though! just what the writer's other books were about, and how they keep on talking about the sex appeal of jason todd, and... the art.. it's got me anxious... 

2. there might be some wrong stuff here. just wrote what i thought, maybe not even believed. i love all the robins so so much, if anything here sounds like i was putting any of them down im sooo sorry cause i really didn't mean it to.

3. this wasn't beta read. do blogs get beta read? or is that just for fanfiction? hm.