#all-blades

[dragonpyre]

Do the bat's know about the All-Blades? Cuz if not, Jason has an opportunity to do the funniest thing

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[autisticrosewilson]

I kind of like the idea of Jason having a connection to magic long before Bruce/seeing things others don't from a young age because like. Yeah Robin didn't give you magic you were always magic. The magic wasn't a hand-me-down it was always in you, you made your own magic, your own luck, your own odds. Bruce made you Robin and your teachers made you a weapon and the All-caste turned your natural skill into something focused but it was always yours. They tried and they'll keep trying but they can never take it from you. The magic is you it loves you it's always there even when you're too scared to lean on it.

[ilostmygenderalongwithmydignity]

Jason All-Caste reveal, but it happens because he’s being recruited to the Justice League and he’s like “ok but which section tho” and they’re all like ??? because why would the (mostly) reformed crime lord even be considered for the Justice League Dark, but then Constantine walks in, takes one look at him (resurrected, Lazarus Pit, All-Blades) and just stares Batman dead in the eye and says he doesn’t want to have to deal with all that

[nikki-pondtheauthor]

Then Jason pulled out the All-Blades

"Oh my god. Why didn't you tell me me you are Rumi?" Steph squealed.

Jason blinked. "What?"

"Do those swords happen to kill demons as well?"

"Only the most evil," he said sagely, still stunned. That response seemed to make Steph scream.

"Just like kpop demon hunters!"

[pjean-universe]

DC please give All-blades back😭😭😭

[jasontodddidnothingwrong]

Until DC confirms otherwise, I choose to believe that Jason Todd's All-Blades are still canon, he just keeps forgetting he has them

[spiritsglade]

Saw your all blades Jason post and I just wanted to share a hc that I have that since they’re all a manifestation of his soul, he has full control over how they look and can change them at will. Considering that Jason is able to pull out his soul, manipulate them into the shape of swords, and use them as a weapons, I think he should be able to like, manipulate it some more freely (within certain magical limits).

I like to believe that he can summon literally any weapon that has a blade (I am partial to the idea that Jason would manifest a giant all-blades axe every once in a while, in loving respect to Artemis) , or create any kind of weapon that serves to cut and slice to some degree. Some things I’ve thought of Jason doing with his swords:

-using the two blades design as a decoy. It gives him an ace up his sleeve when he can manipulate his blades to look like his Kris dagger or any tiny blade when he knows his enemy expects him to carry to blazing ass swords

-can make the blade stretch really long or short. Imagine getting stabbed with a tiny ass blade and thinking “yeah I can deal with that” and then a second later the sword elongates and forms an exit wound. Much more dire circumstances for an enemy

-turns the Geneva convention into a check list. Probably can make the blade curve and twist in unnatural angles before or after piercing someone to cause maximum damage

I like thinking of this partially because of the number of restrictions the all blades have in canon. If they can only be unleashed in the presence of absolute evil, and can only be used against magical/supernatural beings,,,,then they should at least have upsides to them too.

do not worry about how long it took me to answer this. ask is referencing this post.

rhato 2016 is one of those comic runs that i should probably read eventually but haven't really felt the need to (i've read 1-8 and then 26 onwards, but skipped much of the actual arty + biz + jason teamup) so i unfortunately do not have many thoughts on the jason & artemis relationship. giant axe is neat, though.

other than that, i do like your ideas!! giving the all-blades more variety in general would be fun, and i'm actually kind of obsessed with the idea of jason forming them into these weapons that are significant to the people around him! (artemis's axe, the dagger talia gifted him)... literally shaping his soul after the people he cares about. i think the implications of using all-blade batarangs would hence be fun.

honestly i don't think the all-blades have that many restrictions in canon. or if it does, then canon's not consistent enough for any of those restrictions to matter.

like rhato says it's for absolute-evil-only at some point, but it also says a bunch of other things that are not particularly consistent. jason needs to draw his own blood in rhato (2011) #4 to use them, and this never happens again. in rhato (2016) #33 or 34 (don't remember which) he uses them to straight up vaporize an (ex?) all-caste member who was probably not ontologically evil. + there's a superman/batman annual where jason is using them against regular henchmen.

my vision of the all-blades is pretty comfortably more headcanon than not at this point, because again. canon is a mess. this is a fun additional feature to fold into the headcanons.