jason todd’s life: a summary
grew up as a poor kid around crime alley, one of the worst areas in one of the most crime-ridden cities in the dcu
drug addict step mother and criminal father
dropped out of school at a young age (and given his shitty socioeconomic background what schooling he did get was probably poor anyway)
said criminal father had an obvious history of being in-and-out of prison and was evidently unreliable enough for jason to resent him and be unsurprised when he didn’t appear for weeks or months on end
before the age of twelve he had the responsibility of caring for his mother, stealing food and clothes and blankets for her, only to see her overdose and die and end up alone
by the age of twelve he was living alone and homeless and stealing just to survive even though he didn’t want to be a criminal
forced to develop a defensive, tough, suspicious attitude to survive on the streets
was finally given a stable home by bruce wayne and a chance to turn his life around, but was labouring under the shadow of the former robin and comparisons to the former robin while dealing with the insecurity and emotional problems caused by his difficult childhood
his legal guardian did not pay attention to the fact that jason was emotionally damaged and depressed
tried SO DAMN HARD to be the best robin he could be and be an awesome student at school (despite his lack of education growing up) and managed to be an A and B student, but was also lonely and isolated at school and not close to dick or barbara and probably had no close friends
discovered that his step mother had been lying to him about not actually being his biological mother his entire childhood
was desperate for parental affection and stability and was ECSTATIC to finally find his birth mother, IMMEDIATELY TRUSTING HER ENOUGH TO GIVE HER HIS SECRET IDENTITY WITHIN HOURS OF MEETING HER and trying to save her from the joker only for her to use this selflessly given trust against him by handing him over to the joker on a silver platter to be tortured and killed in order to save her own skin
FUCKING DIED IN AN EXPLOSION
(and this is all before the age of 16)
was brought back to life…in his coffin. buried alive. still bearing injuries from his explosion. having to dig his own way out of his coffin while panicking and yelling for batman to help him
quickly ended up being hit by a car when he escaped his coffin (like jfc how much awful luck can you get) and was landed in a coma for a year
spent three years of his life (half his teenage years) without his higher functions because of damage caused by the explosion, living on the streets and relying on instinct to survive
was healed in the lazarus pit only to discover that a) his attempts to save his mother’s life had failed and she’d died anyway despite him using his body to shield her from the explosion, b) his murderer was still alive (and permitted to live by the parental figure jason had trusted and tried so hard to make proud) and c) he’d been replaced by another robin
this only exacerbated jason’s ptsd from his experiences and the depression that jason had been grappling with since he was at least 15 years old and trust issues
tried so hard to be a good person and a worthy robin despite all the shit he was forced to wade through and yet after his death his memory was CONSTANTLY PUT DOWN and people were always talking about how reckless and abrasive and unskilled jason was
i get legitimately angry about how shitty jason’s life has been and how often jason is blamed for these events and circumstances which were beyond his control and often caused by the bad decisions of adults he loved and trusted
for fuck’s sake cut this kid a fucking break
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