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Jason Todd randomly finds one day that everyone is being really strangely really nice to him. Bruce isn't being nearly as cold, his sister hands him a special red velvet cupcake she made him for "no reason", even Damian is in oddly good behaviour...
It isn't until about 5 PM that he realises it's the anniversary of his own death.
Tim, who grew up rich, doesn't always understand all the things Jason and his sister Penelope went through growing up on the streets and hearing about it sometimes catches him by surprise.
(whilst on patrol) Red Phoenix: Red Hood, didja see? They took away our dumpster! Aww, I'm gonna miss that thing. Tim: What do you mean YOUR dumpster?!
I'm working on editing the script for my Penelope Todd comic and I'm starting to think about messing with some of the details of the worldbuilding for my AU (aka Earth 860).
Like, for instance, the Batkids are all a little closer in age. Dick is only two years older than Jason so they got a chance to be a little closer before everyone started parting ways.
There's also a bit more time between when the Todd kids got adopted and Jason becoming Robin, Dick was Batman's Robin for the better part of a year before Jason began training. They all went to school together for a short time and Jason and Penelope were around when Dick and Bruce started fighting.
(I like this change a lot because it gives Bruce a different motivation for adopting Jason than just... wanting a kid around. Makes it less transactional, you know?)
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Another minor-minor change is that I'm moving Gotham to Connecticut. Not just because I grew up there but I grew up there and HOLY HELL ARE THERE JUST STRAIGHT UP MAFIA TOWNS.
Genuinely. I've learned how to recognise a front pretty quick and it's not all that cutesy post about cooking nonnas.
It also gives a little more space between New York, Gotham, and Blüdhaven.
Penelope has yet to visit Dick in Blüdhaven because although she grew up on the streets of Gotham, she's terrified of New Jersey.
Jason: Penelope, you're a girl, right? Penelope: Yeah, last time I checked. Jason: How do I get blood out of fabric if it's really stuck in there? Penelope: (SIGHS) Jason, we talked about this! No more murders! Jason: It's not my fault, he was a drug dealer, he was selling to kids, he tripped into my bullets, he tripped into my bullets ten times... ... Penelope: Okay, so you need some baking soda...
A lil sketchy of Penelope for a project I'm working on - stay tuned! And yes, it's supposed to look like streaky markers!
Penelope stiffened when she heard the voice and felt the scrutinising eyes of this stranger. This villain. The infamous Red Hood. Even behind his smooth crimson mask of glass and metal, the pair of intense burns was unmistakable as he raked his gaze over her face, her homemade costume.
It took everything in her to stand straight, square her shoulders, keep her gaze even and strong.
If she wanted to be taken seriously as a hero, she'd have to take herself seriously, too, even if her 'uniform' really was just a cut-up hoodie and cargo shorts from the thrift store.
"Y-you...!"
He was bigger than her, broad-shouldered and rippling with muscle but Penelope couldn't let that stop her. She was a hero, dammit! From her belt, she whipped out a neon yellow baton and even if Red Hood hadn't seen the tell-tale 'R' logo embossed on the side, he would recognise it immediately. It used to be Dick Grayson's. Then it had belonged to him.
An awkward moment passed as she activated both sides of it - one, then the other - in her shaking hand, the ends of the staff rocketing out and at the ready.
"You're the one who's been following me this whole time, aren't you?" she demanded, trying to dig deep into her diaphragm for her loudest, most authoritative voice, or the most a seventeen-year-old-girl could command.
This is it. A villain, a real villain in my neighbourhood. My first real test as a hero!
I feel so bad because it's so cliche at this point, but the climactic battle for my Penelope Todd story just... has to be at the Wayne Foundation Annual Gala, right?!?
Like... it must???
🎈🎁 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JASON!! 🥳 🎂
I woke up this morning and immediately started thinking about what his sister, Penelope, would do for Jason on his birthdays.
Homeless years: This was tough, because not only were they just barely scraping by, but she was also pretty young. Usually she would try and steal something tasty from a local bakery so it'd be fresh! Some years she would manage to scrape together enough cash to get him a new CD for the vintage walkman they shared, even if it was music she didn't really like. Like Bon Jovi.
Robin Years: One year Batman straight up was unable/was unwilling to give Jason a break on his birthday. Penelope never found out why, of course, she didn't know he was Robin until it was too late. The years she was allowed to celebrate with him, though, she would help Alfred bake up a red velvet cake and they'd have little movie nights in the home theatre. Jason always appreciated how simple and mundane it was considering how crazy his life got.
These Days: Sometimes Jason forgets what day is which and he won't even remember it's his birthday until she insists they head out for a motorcycle ride in the evening. There's a big hill they like to ride up to when the Manor gets to be too much and it's there she gives him a red velvet cupcake she made him. And a Bon Jovi CD.
Hey, all!
I decided to do a Magical Girl version of my own DC OC, Penelope Todd - Jason's sister.
I was super inspired by the Magical Girl Batfamily AU by @bloomeng - if you haven't seen it already, you should absolutely check it out and like it and share it and love it forever!
However, to make it things little closer to my own version of canon events (aka "Earth 860"), I came up with some of my own ideas, too.
In this AU, Martha Wayne wasn't murdered beside her husband in an act of random violence but in an effort to get control of a magical string of pearls that she created with each bead bestowing its user with a unique magical ability.
Now the pearls have passed down to Bruce and he gives one away to each of his children when they're ready to wield their power, both as an act of unity and as a way of him letting go of his traumatic past.
When the children first come into their power, they're named "Robin" and are given a collapsable staff that houses their pearl. The intention is that each Robin will pass down this staff to the next as a family tradition.
But after Jason's death, Penelope stole both his pearl and the staff for herself and set out to become her own hero, "Red Phoenix".
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Designing a magical girl for a character like Penelope was a really fun challenge because she's more sporty and practical, she wouldn't wear all the lace and ruffles and ribbons and miniskirts usually associated with the genre.
So it was fun to think about what kind of "extras" I could add onto her costume without it getting in her way.
Now I'm just resisting the urge to add lil' wings to the boots of her actual superhero suit... which I'll definitely get around to drawing one day!
