Something I'm getting a little annoyed at in fics, is when Jason is angry because Bruce didn't kill the Joker because he killed him, or the fact that Tim had replaced him.
One thing to just say is that Jason isn't and will never be angry at or blame Bruce for not saving him. Imo, what he's angry about (in uth), is the fact that his death didn't mean or change anything. Change in terms of having a new system, where Batman doesn't just beat the Joker, throw him in Arkham until the next time he escapes. Because Jason death wasn't enough for Bruce to realise that not everyone can and want to change for the better (and yes I know that goes against his need to believe that everyone can be rehabilitated).
Jason was Bruce's son, Batman's Robin. If Jason's death wasn't enough to change this for the better, then what about all of Jokers victims? Those that die or are essentially crippled? Because by not changing how Batman operates, not changing how the rogues should be locked up/taken care of (because the 'solution' doesn't always have to be about killing them), he indirectly creates more victims. Yes he saves people. But he also continues and perhaps even worsened this vicious cycle, with Joker having crazier and crazier means of gaining Batman's attention, resulting in more and more victims.
And after a certain point these victims most certainly become a statistic, no longer a named human that had people that loved them, who had family and friends that would grief their loss. And in a way, this devaluates the severity of harm the Joker has caused. Even though as the number of victims increase and is just as harm on Batman and the others, they just became in number in all the other thousands of victims (it's the same thing when you focus on a perpetrator than the victim. It becomes ig a simple murder, and kind of erases the pain and agony the victim went through as they died).
For me, Jason is angry at the fact that if his death didn't change anything. No number of victims will ever change anything. It could be one victim, or a million. If Jason, who was Bruce's son and who Bruce cared for, having nightmares about Jason dying when he was exposed to fear toxin, did not change anything, then neither would all the other victims. Not Barbara, nor Duke. Not any Joker victim would be enough for Bruce to understand that he should change how he deals with the Joker.
And that is what Jason is angry about. Because for him, victims take priority. He doesn't care about (as much) about morality when people's lives are at stake. If a criminal does not seem like they'll change or has done an offense that can't be justified, then he doesn't see why they need 'saving', and that it's be better off if they were dead.
And if Jason had to sacrifice himself to save lives? He'd do it in a heartbeat. But what about Bruce? Yes he cares about victims, but imo at least, it feels as if the victims are not his first priority. I feel as if he cares more about the rogues than the damage they cause to citizens. Because yeah, he has the belief that everyone is capable of changing for the better, but it gets to a point where that kind of thinking does more harm than good (and yes, I know, he'd probably 'cross the line and never come back' but killing isn't the only thing he can do to prevent the rogues from making more people victims).
Also, as like a lesser reason for Jason being angry, it's the fact that Jason was taken away from Bruce. That his death, although resulted in Bruce's 'grief', meant nothing in terms of him having Tim as a Robin not long after he died. Bruce has no excuse that could justify it, it doesn't matter if he was grieving or not (and I know that Tim was the one that barged his way in, forcing himself to be Robin, but Bruce didn't try hard enough to stop a kid from entering this lifestyle).
Its not about Bruce replacing Jason with Tim, it's about his death meaning so little that they quickly get over his death, moving on without doing anything meaningful to prevent more victims from being created and having a new kid in a costume he had died in. And from the outside, it would only make sense for Jason to believe that Bruce didn't love or care for Jason in the same way Jason loved Bruce as a father. That's why Jason feels so betrayed. Because he thought Bruce had well and truly loved him, but his actions after Jason's deaths say everything to the contrary (getting rid of any traces of Jason from the manor except from his 'enshrined' room and memorial case, tarnishing his name, turning him into a cautionary warning and etc), so how was Jason to believe that Bruce loved him as a son?
I'm sure there are more reasons to explain Jason's anger towards Bruce, but these are the two main ones in my opinion (as of now) (also sorry for the long rant lol, just been on my mind a lot)
