· · ─ · ☠︎︎ · ─ · · , ⸻ 𝑱𝑨𝑺𝑶𝑵 𝑷. 𝑻𝑶𝑫𝑫: an overall view on his aesthetic somewhere in the early 2000s. it's just one of those days when you don't wanna wake up ... everything is 𝑭𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑬𝑫, everybody 𝑺𝑼𝑪𝑲𝑺 ⭑.ᐟ
not pictured but just as important: red ghost roots, regular and second lobes pierced, scarring on the left side of his face: starts at his temple, travels down the side of his cheek, expands over the bridge of his nose. nerve damage on his left eyelid, electronic bionic leg prosthetic, crutches and cool canes, occasional painted nails, the very few electronics he owns.
· · ─ · ☠︎︎ · ─ · · , ⸻ to love jason is to suffer jason. ... template. ⭑.ᐟ
i don't remember who all originally tagged me, but here this is for anyone curious about jason's lover boy status. he wants to give honest love and receive honest love.
opening up to someone with full sincerity scares him terribly, but he's absolutely one for romance. he won't admit how lonely he's come to be at this point, even surrounded by many different walks of life does not mend the type of isolation that lives in you without romantic prospects. though, it's not for a lack of trying.
once jason is locked into a commitment he's stays in that commitment. he may be afraid of them leaving, under the assumption they may see him for who he truly is, or who he'll never be for them, and leave. but they can't say jason didn't put his all into the relationship before that moment. it's also fair to say that there are times selfishness will come into play. he can't necessarily say he'll stop being a vigilante if the person he loves begs him to do so, not until he feels ready to drop the mantle himself and live a different path. he'll have to be with someone who is fully accepting of his use of guns and his desire to get his hands dirty with blood every once and a while.
· · ─ · ☠︎︎ · ─ · · , ⸻ i can forgive my father for all of his wrongs against me / if only he had treated my mother differently. ... THE TODD'S. ⭑.ᐟ
⋆ WILLIS PETER TOVAR TODD. › STATUS: deceased.
willis todd is a gotham native who came from nothing, born to salvator tovar - todd and selma tovar - todd; of whom migrated to gotham, new jersey at the end of the great depression. eventually dropping tovar from their name and replacing it with todd assuming it would provide them and their son with better opportunity. willis is an only child, a loved one, and he did the best he could with what he had since he was born. ⸻ for a majority of jason's childhood, willis was in and out of prison. due to their economic status, he had to find petty ways to provide money for his family. this eventually led to him working with the known criminal two-face, and it got him locked away for the rest of jason's adolescence. ⸻ they didn't have a great relationship when jason entered his pre - teen years. for what it's worth, jason understands the predicament his father was in, but he still wanted a better parent. could you blame him?
his anger towards him as a child changed the older he got, empathy and understanding plagued him, but there will always be a sour taste in jason's mouth when he remembers willis' anger. when he remembers how he treated catherine. how many nights jason would have nightmares after hearing gunshots outside of his window; he just wanted his father, and his father was never there. ⸻ while in prison willis would parent a young boy who reminded him of jason back home, would tell himself that this was his redemption for being a lousy parent. willis would eventually pass away in prison, a few years after jason passed away unbeknownst to him.
⋆ CATHERINE CARMEN TODD. › STATUS: deceased.
catherine's family had moved to gotham from new york when the economy crashed. it's a reason she got along with willis in the first place. they had a lot of similarities and fell for each other hard. due to economic decline, they got together fairly quickly, their puppy love causing them to move in together quick and do what they can to provide for willis' son, jason, who has been born about a year before catherine found herself in the picture. she loved him. couldn't have asked for anything more. ⸻ she herself didn't come from money, but had been better off unlike willis. she had a support system until her parents passed, a hard working mindset, and beauty to help get her by.
for a long time she worked at a diner in the heart of crime alley. a family - ran establishment that aided in providing funds for rent and doctor visits. they gave jason free food and catherine free babysitting when willis was out "working" and catherine had to work late nights. ⸻ he'd find himself in a corner booth with coloring books and pancakes, catherine outside with her coworkers chain smoking cigarettes and complaining about customers. it was alright for a while.
but then she got word of her condition, stage four cancer, and not enough money to try and treat it, one thing led to another. before catherine knew she was self - soothing her symptoms with street drugs. what was once pain management quickly transformed into addiction. she could no longer work. she was weak and sickly in bed, and only a young jason could take care of her. she passed away shortly after her diagnosis.
⋆ JASON PETER TODD. › STATUS: reanimated.
gotham native, born in crime alley. we've been over his story before. it's bleak.
⋆ ( DR. ) SHEILA HAYWOOD. › STATUS: deceased.
another gotham native. always been smart, but extremely reckless. sheila was a medical student who met and "fell in love" with willis in gotham, eventually (reluctantly) having his child, but was forced to leave the city when she was a resident after botching an illegal operation that left a teenage girl dead. for what it's worth, they were never a match; their relationship was toxic and one - sided. her parents hated him. she was a good girl who was bored of always doing the right thing; a young woman who had a career lined up, she worked hard, had money coming in. she didn't mean to get pregnant, and she didn't mean to leave jason.
some say she was selfish and self - serving. ⸻ one thing had led to another, and with the hand of the joker who got intel of her backstory and why she ran away from home, she was manipulated, blackmailed, and brainwashed into using her son for personal financial gain. she's the reason joker succeeded in kidnapping jason once he became robin. she's the reason he was in that asylum, tied up and tortured until his eventual death. ⸻ joker eventually murdered her, too. using an explosive that he had planned on using on robin, but instead killing her in an abandoned warehouse outside of gotham city.
› 𝙲𝙸𝙶𝙰𝚁𝙴𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚂 (he's not picking on the brand). ⋆ 𝙲𝙰𝚁 / 𝙱𝙸𝙺𝙴 𝙺𝙴𝚈𝚂 (he doesn't bother with key chains, unless in a specific verse or dynamic with a muse. if they give him one, he'll wear it. only as jason, never as red hood). ⋆ 𝙰 𝙲𝙾𝙾𝙻 𝙻𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃𝙴𝚁 (emphasis on cool. he has a mini collection of unique lighters from over time). ⋆ 𝙱𝚁𝙾𝙺𝙴𝙽 𝙾𝚄𝚃𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙿𝙷𝙾𝙽𝙴 (what does he look like buying the newest ﹠ latest? unless it serves him a specific purpose he keeps the one he has until it breaks... which is often. he keeps the same phone until it's obsolete. why doesn't he have a case? a pop socket?). ⋆ 𝙰𝙽𝚇𝙸𝙴𝚃𝚈 𝙼𝙴𝙳𝚂 (take as needed!). ⋆ 𝚂𝚃𝙾𝙻𝙴𝙽 𝙲𝙰𝚂𝙷 (we all can't be a saint). ⋆ 𝙲𝙰𝙽𝙳𝚈, 𝙼𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙻𝚈 𝙲𝙷𝙾𝙲𝙾𝙻𝙰𝚃𝙴 (self explanatory. if not candy then gum or mints. something to aid his oral fixations). ⋆ 𝚆𝙸𝚁𝙴𝙳 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝙳𝙿𝙷𝙾𝙽𝙴𝚂 (he prefers them wired. big music quality nerd. he'll use bluetooth if needed). ⋆ 𝙰 𝚆𝙴𝙰𝙿𝙾𝙽 𝙾𝙵 𝙲𝙷𝙾𝙸𝙲𝙴 (pepper gel, never spray, spray is useless. a taser. a pocket knife. he doesn't leave home without something).
with my interpretation taking place during the early 00s, jason's fashion is entirely inspired by the influences of that time and previous. mid - late 90s [his childhood] to the early 00s [his tween to late teen - hood] and late 00s [young adulthood]; his fashion reflects some of the "rebellious" icons of the era. nu - metal and punk bands [linkin park, deftones, limp biskit, and system of a down to name a few], early reality tv stars [particularly the cast of jackass / viva la bam], and other trends of the time [big brother magazine, mtv]. music is huge for him and makes up a lot of his personal fashion choices.
we know jason was not rich, a majority of his personal wardrobe was thrifted or stolen. a lot of his clothes are oversized. when in the manor he stole from dick's closet a lot or used bruce's card for new clothes. obviously. some items that you'll find: cargo pants, baggy jeans / jnco jeans [thrifted or knockoff], military print, hoodies, knit beanies, leather jackets, oversized graphic tees, flat caps [but not a big fan of them], chains [made himself, of course], beat up / over - worn vans or converse, combat boots.
some other notable features to my interpretation not pictured that make up his personal style: ghost roots, usually red. an eyebrow piercing he did himself. as jaybin, silly temporary tattoos.
hi everyone who clicked below the cut. i figured i'd add some additional inspiration so you can see fully where i'm coming at here.
⋆ curly hair with heart shaped bangs. there's noticeable strands of vitiligo that often falls into his eyes. he keeps it on the longer side in front, preferably mid - length. he inherits his hair from his father.
⋆ facial scarring. as noted, his scars aren't in the shape of a "J" per say, but his scars do vaguely resemble a "J" by chance. they're deep but healed without issue due to the pit. as shown, it does curve along the slope of his nose and down his cheek and down his jaw. you can't see but the left side of his face has minor scaring comparably so.
⋆ eye color. despite the edit his eyes are actually a hazel color, a mixture of his original eye color (dark brown) and the inherited from the pit (a bright green).
⋆ side profile. he's very handsome and resembles bruce closely. from the side he has boyish, albeit, masculine features. he's still young in the face, being only in his early 20s, but the angles of his features are striking. he doesn't sport any facial hair, chooses not to, but if he did it would be as shown above or as his face claim wears his.
⋆ piercings. eyebrow piercing he did himself as a pre - teen. various earlobe piercings he's gotten over time. he has these on both ears; three on his left, his helix (a small hoop) and his regular lobe on the right (a stud). due to work he doesn't stretch his piercings at all, though he'd love stretched ears. he also has clear studs he'll wear while patrolling just in case.
⋆ vitiligo. in addition to his hair his left eyebrow has a swipe of white on it and his eyelashes are black and white. his eyebrows are also on the thicker side.
this will be jason's current arc on this blog until further notice. what this means is that any thread, especially non - plotted, will take place here. everything you need to know about this arc and how to interact in it will be written below. this will include any NPCs that are important in this arc, the key points, and where it fits within jason's main canon.
⋆ 𝐮ltimate 𝐫ed 𝐡ood, year four the revolutionary: at this stage jason todd, also known as red hood, previously known as the arkham knight, is in his early twenties and is looking to make a bigger difference in gotham than anyone has before. he knows she's not the perfect little playground the elites claim it to be—not to mention, this has been the first time since revival that his mental state is stable, by his standards. he harbors a mess of resources from his various endeavors and he knows he's equipped to make gotham a better place with them, even if the people around him underestimates the fact. on the surface, he comes across as a young man with a mean streak, the taste of blood on his tongue, and severed heads stuffed in the back of his closet. but he's so much more than that.
in the short of it, gotham is being taken over by those with extreme views. they want to turn gotham into something she's not, and they're using any means possible to do so. some think reform is on the horizon, throw 'em in the can for life, make 'em think about the shit they've done, all they tried to do but failed. but jason knows it'll take more than that to save the city at large.
⌖ HOW TO PLAY THE GAME ...
inspirations: one battle after another.
location: mainly gotham city, they may have to travel elsewhere.
time period: early 00s.
occupation: mercenary.
⋆ jason has had his arkham knight gear for a while. it's being repurposed for the sole use of leading an underground rebellion against a group of villains, similar to when he led his militia. he knows how they operate, he knows how to dismantle them from the inside out. he has various suits and not just his typical red hood one, that would be too obvious. these are not kind people, not that any villain in gotham are. these people have big guns and small brains, lots of hatred in their hearts for the types of people jason looks to protect. he's not playing games with them.
⋆ jason's underground rebellion operate under various code names and secret passwords. if your muse is involved, they know each other by answering riddles and such. they're very secretive.
⋆ he may appear as a shady bad guy so he can do good things. he may agree to take someone for ransom, but he's playing along to save them and take the money. the money will be repurposed for children's donation funds or something of the sort. he uses this money to give back to gotham while making sure everyone who must die ... will! he's always three steps ahead.
⋆ guns attract the police, they're trying to be as stealthy as humanly possible. the government doesn't like people like jason and the revolutionaries. that said, jason still uses them when needed and still kills, he's just very creative in how he goes about it. that person simply slipped off the cliff, jason didn't push him or anything... he can't leave traces of himself or his people behind.
NPCs: right now the only NPC is my oc levi whitlock, he's a senior police chief who transplanted himself from new york city to gotham. he's very intelligent but a dickhead, able to decode and figure anything out, but he hates his job. he hates everything about the government and politics. jason hates him but they help each other out. he would help jason and our muses in any situation and may get brought up from time to time as an resource for them.
CONNECTION TO THE BATFAM: i would have to talk to my affiliates for the details but for right now it's the same as it appears in my portrayal notes.
additionally, this is jason's era of "odd jobs" so to speak. he still has his mechanics but is not in dire need of money considering where he's currently getting it from. if your muse needs to get in contact with jason, and he's not in hiding or on the run, you'll likely find him at his shop with his bikes or at his apartment (he won't let you in. what are you the feds?) otherwise he's with the revolutionaries, somewhere on the road.
note: while my jason is primarily based in the late 90s / early 00s and is horror adjacent, that does not mean every interaction must take place in that time period, but it is a baseline for anyone who has not plotted with me or hasn't specified a time period for our plot; this is especially true for any elseworlds based verses. i love to take the core elements of jason's story [abandonment, death, rebirth, trauma, abuse, insecurity, etc] and place them in other time periods, eras, and genres. don't be intimidated if you reference this post and don't see anything that your muse may be included in, i'm sure we can figure something out.
⋆ please let me know if you need any additional information. anything can be tweaked depending on need and as of right now these are open to all mutuals. i have these written in order of events. please understand the nature of jason's story, triggering topics may be mentioned below.
⋆ you're on your own kid, crime alley, gotham. › OO.
a "verse" for plotting purposes, i rarely, if ever, write jason here. this is an insight of who jason was before robin and what he was doing in that time. key points: willis was unkind and doing what he could to provide for his family. with the amount of stress he had he couldn't be the best parent all the time. eventually he gets arrested, sent to prison, and jason and catherine are on their own. catherine gets diagnosed with cancer, can't afford treatments, and self - medicates with drugs. jason begins taking care of her, stealing food and resources to keep them alive. catherine eventually passes away, leaving jason alone. he does his best to stay away from police, living alone in a decrepit apartment building as to not get sent to an orphanage.
⋆ look at me, the boy wonder .ᐟ, upper east side gotham. › O1.
any point in time after jason gets taken in by bruce wayne. most likely, he is already robin here and is fighting crime. this follows jason's main canon, where he was only in the manor for about 3 - 4 years [including training] before taken by joker. key points: jason goes to gotham private middle and high school, about 7th to 9th grade. he's officially adopted by bruce wayne and is living in the manor. he meets dick grayson in this time, they have a close relationship and dick is helping jason transition into being robin. his physical, mental, and media training is with bruce and dick. threads include his time training, his early years as robin, any times he gets to kick ass as robin, leading up to his kidnapping, and during his kidnapping, if the plot calls for it.
⋆ arkham knight, somewhere in gotham. › O2.
jason has died, betrayed by his birth mother, and he has been dead for two years. by a miracle he's brought back to life, in a comatose state. he has severe brain damage, a profound amount of trauma, and his a lost limb. he's taken in by talia al ghul, and brought to the league of assassins, where she pushes him into the lazarus pit and taken care of; retrained and fit for... revenge. see this and this post about jason's mental health to get an understanding on why he's on a hunt for revenge. in this time, he builds a militia for the sole purpose of killing his father, batman. key points: operating under a state of mania. has military - esq gear and goes on a killing spree he later regrets. he realizes his wrongdoings in the end, sparing batman, and disappearing into the gotham shadows to prepare for his comeback as red hood.
⋆ MAIN: things exist long after they're killed, crime alley / various areas in gotham. › O3.
this is typically my main and assumed written verse for jason's threads. after several months of living in the shadows of gotham, full of guilt and regret, he returns as red hood. medicated, sarcastic; finding his old voice, and a vigilante looking to clean up gotham in his own way. not a brute, not a rage - blind killer looking to kill any and everyone. he's strategic and intelligent. still in use with his previous military gear but for better use this time around. key points: making amends with the family, there are moment of under the red hood that appear here, but to assume he's not cool with bruce or any of his siblings is incorrect. they're complicated, contradictory, and filled with poor communication. but he loves them. jason takes up various side gigs, legal and illegal, to obtain money. you'll likely find him as a car / bike mechanic. he's quite handy and enjoys picking apart mechanics of all types.
a versatile au. jason's in gotham city when the apocalypse breaks. being a kid on the streets he has a very strong sense of survival and has innate skills with guns. he lost his mother to raiders, a gang that looted the area in fear. he took what he could and left on the first train out of there, looking to make camp upstate. he's heavily inspired by the likes of carl grimes and clementine everett, able to survive the unlikely both alone and with a group of strangers. to keep the nature of death and rebirth, jason is also immune in this situation, though keeping this information to himself just in case others get the wrong idea about him. he sleeps cradling a rifle and will eat the meat right off deer carcass if he has to.
⋆ the batman, gotham. › ages 15 - 18.
a mix of movie canon and arkham knight canon. this is a gotham without batman, at least early on, and jason is just a kid fighting minuscule crimes by his own hand. eventually, by willis making deals with the unkind, jason is instead taken by riddler in this verse, broadcasted on electric gotham billboards. sorry to be crass but, he is of the likes of liveleak and rotten.com; his torture meant to torment a young batman and lure him closer to riddler and his games. there's a time, where he gets saved, but he isn't taken in by batman as a sidekick, and instead, with his built up trauma and resentment, he creates the street gang "the red hood's" using batman as inspiration.
⋆ cyberpunk 2077, night city. › ages 18 - 22.
please forgive me as i tighten this verse up. the lore is a bit shaky. jason has lived in night city since the kress administration. right in a rundown, derelict apartment where his mother passed and his father disappeared one evening. his eventual mission? to undermine the cops and eliminate wayne corp. he's looking to take them down from the inside out. he becomes an underground merc, working with fixers and netrunners to dismantle bruce wayne and his associates. a medtech builds jason a suit [his arkham knight attire] and he's running through the districts, obtaining money through side jobs and small missions as he makes his way to wayne corp. thing is, he has no idea what's actually happening within the walls of those buildings, that bruce wayne is closer on jason's side than he thinks...
⋆ fantasy / asoiaf, westeros. › ages birth - 22+.
a very basic fantasy verse affiliated w. @ boystark. again, i'm working out the kinks. jason lives in house wayne. he is not to be the next king, but is merely a prince. in case anything goes wrong with the eldest, he is next to take the throne. each of bruce's kids are to obtain and maintain various parts of the kingdom for when bruce wayne passes. but jason has always been the black sheep of the family. he doesn't necessarily like to partake in all the riches, feels weird about the placement of "peasants" and has a fondness for knights, wanting to be one instead of a prince. he doesn't care to do prince - duties, and would rather take his horse to winterfell to spar with the kids and associates of house stark. there's a time, once the war of the five kings breaks, where he's away from house wayne and his siblings, presumed dead, [very similar to jamie and brienne] but is with pirates, or pretending to be a knight, depending on what the plot calls for.
⋆ gotham elites, upper east side gotham. › ages 13 - 22+.
self indulgent au. jason never died here. he has a bit of a god complex because of it. it gets to his head. he made it out and still has his father's money. yeah, bruce is mad at him for being reckless, but he saw his heart and knew he did it to try and save his mother. this is a jason todd that was raised in the manor and used money as therapy. this is a jason todd that was in the public eye more often than in canon. his heart is still kind, he's not a complete asshole, but he does mimic bruce more than he did before... particularly in personal actions [see: how he acts at galas, public events, etc] than emotional beats.
𝑻O 𝑩E 𝑫ATED: METROPOLIS, THE HUNGER GAMES, SOUTHERN GOTHIC / LIFE IS STRANGE, ABSOLUTE JASON TODD, JUJUTSU KAISEN, MARVEL, BOXER AU [find the post here].
| | | ⋆ INDEX: JASON PETER TODD, THE PREVIOUS BOY WONDER. A WRITTEN GUIDE ON ♯r𝔢𝓀𝐧เ𝑔𝕙т .
⋆ to make understanding my jason as easy as possible, i will be breaking this document up into two parts pre and post. who jason was in his adolescence, up until his time in the manor. we'll then get into who he became post - death into adulthood. if at any point you have a moment of contention ( see: this wasn't comic compliant... ) i know. there are some creative liberties at play here. i'm not entirely a fan of how some writers write jason these days so some things i ignore completely, hence this post. long post below the cut.
⋆ PRE , we'll start with how your muse immediately perceives a young jason. before death he was quite the short kid. he's around five foot ( 5 ft. ). below average for his age. he has a very thick jersey accent reminiscent of a young 80s ralph macchio; it's thick and slides off the tongue easily. he has tanned skin, his hair is dark, his eyes are brown, his hands are calloused already for a boy his age.
› i go by the post - crisis adaptation of jason's backstory; he steals the bat - wheels, gets sent to a boys home, eventually becomes robin, all that. his father was in and out of the home working for two - face. he's not a bad guy, just a product of his environment; he wants to put food on the table, keep his family safe while living in the shit - stain of gotham. despite this he's not what you'd consider a kind man. jason knows him more of a guy in and out of the prison system than a father. his ( step ) mother was his "guardian", though plagued with sickness without the finances of a possible cure, she found aid in drugs. she died by the time jason was twelve.
› because of his circumstances, jason has been extremely independent and defiant since he was young. he's not a bad kid, he's not a bad apple, he didn't "always have something dark in him" he was failed by the systems in play. he doesn't mean to be unkind, i'd argue he doesn't even like being so feisty, he was just looking to survive the best way he knew how. he grows accustomed to this and can't shake the way he was raised, to be on guard, to be a bit paranoid, to look out for himself.
› prior to living in the manor jason stole heavily as a way to earn a living. not a lot, but the best a kid can do. his father also gave him money if / when he was around.
› important * i hate the version of the story where bruce tells dick he can't be robin anymore after a near death experience and dick just leaves for new york ... i prefer ( and write along with ) the story in which dick helps jason adapt to the role of robin; dick was going off to college, aging out of his position as the boy wonder, and so he helps train jason when bruce takes him in, becoming a brotherly figure to him, before becoming nightwing. they're both living in the manor at this time and dick 100% affects jason in the earlier months. at this time jason is about thirteen and dick is around seventeen.
⋆ DURING , jason falls in love with being robin, he loves having a new life he can depend on. so much so that he really adopts the role of robin as a second skin. he loves fighting crime. he loves working out and getting stronger. he loves all the sights he can see; the galas as jason and bruce; loves playing up the lie, loves knowing who batman truly is. he enjoys running around the house, messing with alfred, solving the mysteries before bruce can. he ADORES his role as robin and there's no second guessing this.
jason has a similar build to a young boy getting serious in school sports. you know the type. strong for their age, extremely determined to become captain of whatever team they're on. he moves in the air like it's nothing. was taught acrobatics from dick. knows how to fight like a master from bruce. he also is learning emotional intelligence from alfred.
one of jason's strong suits is his passion for cars. this plays a huge role in how i portray jason both in is robin days and red hood days. he knows car brands, car parts, how to rip apart a car or bike and put it back together blindfolded. a criminal can't get past him in a new vehicle. hell, a criminal can't tie him up and throw him in the trunk, he knows his way around.
› my jason, while he understands his birth father and misses him from time to time, absolutely sees bruce as a father figure and wanted to be adopted by him. this is extremely important to him. this is the first time in jason's entire life where he felt safe enough not to hoard food or steal his wants and needs. since he's used to his ( birth ) father not being around, bruce keeping busy with crime, work in the cave, or being asleep doesn't entirely upset him. does he wish he could spend more time with him? for sure. but being his robin means the world to him and he wants to make him proud.
› a big part of my jason's time as robin is making bruce proud. he wants to prove to bruce, and himself, that he's able to be the perfect robin, even more so than dick.
› important * jason DOES get jealous of dick from time to time but at this moment it's brotherly love / jealously. grayson is his cool, older, big brother who has it all and jason wants to amount to the same as him. he doesn't hate him.
⋆ POST , i feel like this is where it gets a tad complicated in regards to jason / batman / redhood / joker. there's so many different plots and continuity changes that i just combine them to make something a bit coherent and easy for writing purposes. i admittedly don't really like the "death in the family" comic, the plot line at the very least, and would rather focus on the arkham knight game and under the red hood.
in terms of appearance: jason now stands at six foot two ( 6ft2. ) and, while his hair is still thick and dark in color, he now sports white bangs. his eyes are no longer brown, but a mix of his original eye color and lazarus pit green, a hazel - ish hue, and his face and body house multiple scars and bruises. due to his time in the lazarus pit, his accent has soften greatly, helping him conceal his true identity whilst under the monocular red hood.
› joker comes up with a scheme. this is to capture robin / jason and mess with batman in the long run. unfortunately, this scheme involves jason's birth mother, and so he decides to go and save her without batman's blessing. he gets captured, taken to arkham asylum, and is tortured there for two years; brainwashed into hating batman, suffering from head trauma, waterboarded from harley, amongst many other avenues of pain. since joker has the upper hand, he makes the decision to manipulate jason into becoming one of his sidekicks ( though, this does not work out and joker ends up killing jason with an explosive ).
› jason's comeback is pretty aligned with the comics at this point. please see my docs for more information about the lazarus pit. ⋆ i heavily utilized the " came back wrong" trope in this instance.
› jason's does have disabilities!!!!!! that he has had to learn to work around in becoming red hood. my canon divergence is that while, yes, the lazarus pit does work in healing all alignments and restoring someone back to full health, this just didn't work on jason 100%. joker broke him, physically and mentally, so bad that he now uses high tech mobility aids and the use of his helmet and bikes to operate. see my doc for more about that!
› jason does have multiple jobs in the comics. my jason is one part "bat for hire" one part car mechanic post his time in the manor. his current blog arc is him as a revolutionary working underground in gotham. he's a combination of working as red hood and as jason, similar to bruce and his philanthropist activities vs. him in the cowl. jason still steals from bruce, lol. "sorry i got you killed" tax, okay. but it's like... petty things. a car part. a box of cereal; things to let everyone in that house know that he's still around.
⋆ FUN BITS , random headcanons that are important to my characterization so they're put here instead of a separate post.
› jason doesn't hate bruce. he doesn't hate any of the family. my affiliates are very important in this case. he has a pretty decent relationship with them all things considered. he's very, deeply hurt, traumatized, and confused. his father didn't save him, he's okay with that, understands his role in it, but joker being alive doesn't sit right with him. that's where the anger lies. not in bruce's failure to be a hero towards him.
› jason only kills people he deems as bad. he's not just shooting people to shoot. don't be a shit head, don't get popped.
› okay that said... there is a moment right after his resurgence where he goes a little manic and does kill to kill, but! it's because his mental process isn't fully thought out yet. meaning: he kills who he thinks is a wrongful person, but he may not know the full facts of the situation or may not think it all the way through so... they may have been innocent. he does feel guilt and remorse in these times, and that's when he becomes a better hero later on. think of this as my "redhood: year one"
› jason and bruce are mirrors of each other. jason is who bruce would be if bruce actually killed people, and with less money. jason is bruce wayne if he was apart of the same systems jason was. JASON IS A HERO. he is not some mean, booktok boyfriend, dark romance loser... he has a big heart and does save people the "noble superhero" way sometimes. he's not all guns blazing. not all the time.
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