#gothamite posting

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Out of character, but I’ve been thinking about this for awhile.

Jason Todd is like a puppy in my eyes, hear me out.

Bruce Wayne saw this scrappy patchy little street boy, the world was already cruel to Jason, and Bruce took him and polished him up, a happy kid now.

Then the world got ahold of him, and it hurt him, a world not unlike the one he lived with Bruce, except now nobody could protect him.

When he comes back around Bruce, he’s untrusting, weary, and most of all resentful, all he can think is where were you when I needed protection? Was I not good enough to be cared for?

Just like a puppy you fostered that you see years later on the street, he’s got new scars, but he does the same things with his ears and you recognize him because how could you not?

You can bring him back in, he’ll go (with a bit of a fight), but now you’ll always have to be careful when approaching him with your hands, or with how you move your legs and feet.

But you’ll know he’s the same puppy, and both of you will think of the old times while you’re both on the couch watching TV, before all the violence in-between then and now.

Jason Todd is a scarred old dog now, but both him and Bruce remember the boy he was before, and despite everything, they cannot help but love each other, and know each other as father and son.

Sorry if this was articulated poorly lol.

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Out of character post, and it’s kind of a ramble, Some of y’all riding DC comics and it’s canon like it’s a truck you drive for a check.

Firstly, there’s really no set plot line, there’s different universes n’ stuff, chill the hell out about “what’s canon” about characters/events.

Secondly, do you know about this fun little term called character development? Where a character improves? Are you aware of the inherent goodness of humanity? Characters can change for the better, let them.

Thirdly, let’s not talk about “well in this comic…” because sometimes the writers HATE the character they’re writing, or take cheap plotlines because they don’t actually want to write the character they’re involving in the story.

Lastly, DC is a branch owned by Warner bros, you’re over here essentially stating “I am following the poorly written comic book timeline from a specific universe of a character that was ripped out of the hands of its creator and placed into a writers hands by a corporation whom is possibly biased, and I do not care about whether the character was written fairly”.

Now let’s talk about “canon”, I’ve quickly come to the realization some of you only want suffering and a character to hate on, which is why you lack the depth to see character development as a useful tool.

You fools are the same type of people to say “Damian can only be a brat, and that can’t change”, or “Jason can only be violent and never learn to be healthy or loving”, you guys should’ve gone extinct with the “badass airtight bag superhero costume Superman trope” aka last year.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings.

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Hey Gotham, a few updates, Kims home safe, she has a few doctors appointments and is currently on a job search, living with her parents, she’s a little shaken.

Jason’s been checking in on me too, with the injury and all, my employer is giving me a few weeks off to recover, the knife wasn’t too deep in the shoulder blade, hurts a little when I move it.

Besides all the depressing stuff, Jason’s been trying to keep me in good spirits, I can still make art, so he’s got me new art supplies hoping to inspire me, I think I might make him art of Dog.

I want to learn what all the robins learned, fighting wise anyway, I dunno what it was about Kim’s capture, but it’s made me realize that I want the skill to track people down, to find them.

Jason asked if I wanted to come to dinner with him, at the manor, I told him I’d be glad to, I’d get to game with Cassie, and most importantly, talk to Tim, I’m thinking I’ll do some more exploring of the cave.

That’s all for now Gotham, stay safe.

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Hey Gotham! Happy Valentine’s Day, sorry it’s late, but a ton happened tonight, you might’ve seen a glimpse of it on the news.

Yes, the Gala was as crazy as it looked, there was a whole lot of wine and red velvet, Bruce Wayne’s Galas never fail to keep things interesting.

The night started out nice, Jason actually called me his partner, made me smile a little too wide really, he also didn’t mind showing me a little affection.

The press obviously got interested in who he was with, so there might be a couple pictures floating around of me and J.

Then the attack happened that you probably caught wind of, Two Face, Riddler, Scarecrow, and there she was.

Kim.

Obviously, as soon as the sight was unveiled to the audience, the Wayne family and its friends scooted off to the darkness to change into its latex.

Nightwing was the first to come out swinging, his costume is simple, lets him wear it underneath a suit, just in time to witness scarecrow releasing his new wave of fear toxin.

I’d be lying if I said I was unaffected, I won’t say what I hallucinated, but it wasn’t enough to keep me from trying to free Kim.

She was tied down to a heart shaped target board, I got in front of her, and with my shitty pocket knife, I started to free her, it must’ve been the hormones of the relief I felt at seeing her alive, because I barely noticed that a knife was thrown into my shoulder blade.

Riddlers aim was only off because Red Hood came out in time to tackle him, Harvey tried to convince Jason to join them, to which Jason cleverly remarked he already had a date.

Kim got free, and I kept the knife in my back for a moment while I got to freeing the others from the board, I didn’t catch a lot of the fight, but I know Batman came out the third quickest, behind his two sons.

Robin soon came to help me with the Hostages, who were ushered to safety quickly, let’s just say, arrests were made quickly, and so was medical aid, which I needed a lot of.

Jason refused to let go of me while I was getting bandaged up, and I had to get treated for both my stab wound and the toxin I breathed in.

I also think I might’ve gotten Bruce’s approval after that, because he invited me to stay the night, I only ended up playing more Minecraft with Cassie after everyone left, which actually helped a ton while I was coming down off of toxin exposure.

Jason was practically unaffected, lucky guy, his helmet has gas mask stiff built into it along with his voice modulator, he told me he’d never seen my pupils like that before.

Kim went home in the ambulance, and the police followed after, because she was considered a missing person who was freshly found, Tim, as Red Robin gave her back her phone (he drove behind the police to the hospital).

Tonight was Hectic, but we got through it, me and Jason are gonna do a little movie before bed, other than that, there’s not much to report on, Goodnight Gotham.

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Evening Gotham, sorry for not updating, I’ve been keeping my hands off the investigation, so Bruce can do his job.

Jason can tell I’m antsy, he’s been trying to keep my hands and mind busy doing other things, he’s very affectionate.

My jobs been getting easier, Jason’s noticed too, my fatigue is fading and I have a lot more energy to do more.

That’s all for tonight Gotham, I’ll update as things come, updates might be smaller, less frequent.

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Morning Gotham, on the way to work currently, Jason left a note on the door, this time it’s but for a date, he left some food in my fridge for dinner since he’s out on night shift tonight.

Dog is getting a sitter, I wonder who? Anyway, I’m posting this a little late because my subway train has been stopped for a little while, everyone on here is a Gothamite, so nobody is freaking out, but I think there may be a criminal about.

If I make it home on time today, I’m thinking I might go on a little adventure, another review of a place in Gotham, I’ve been spending a few too many days inside.

Uh, slight problem Gothamites, the lights shut off, I’ll… update you later?

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Good evening Gotham, gee, what a crazy long night, work was exhausting today, I’ve been teaching the new girl the ropes so that she knows how to operate things if I’m away.

After work, I headed to the manor, hoping maybe I could convince Jason that I had been working late, well, he ended up popping up out of the dark in the Bat cave when I went to talk to Tim.

Turns out, Jason wanted to ask Tim if I was seeing someone else other than him (I didn’t realize my sleuthing would look like that from the outside in).

He also wasn’t too mad about me going and investigating where my friend had gone, said he just wished I’d mentioned it to him, so he could help.

Jason assured me she’d either have to be in Gotham or dead, there’s checkpoints in and out of the city, and they’re strict, they also have a list of missing persons they have to filter through before letting people through.

Tim told me that there’s been a pattern of people who are almost itching to run into alleyways recently, Tim’s theory?

Someone’s been putting on a puppet show of a mugging, they’ve been rushing to help someone in danger, Gothams reportedly been changing its attitude on civilian vigilantes.

Tim’s assured me that if Kim was worth taking alive, she’s probably part of a bigger plan, that I should go home with Jason and rest for a bit, that Bruce would probably need to get involved.

Jason drove me home, and when I asked if he was mad at me, he laughed, said he was relieved, and kind of endeared, told me that it showed him I was going to do what I want with determination, with or without him.

Jason’s waiting for me in bed, I’ll update you guys tomorrow, Goodnight Gotham, Sleep well.

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Morning Gotham, sorry for not updating much, yesterday was a rest day for me, Jason was out most of the day.

I kept thinking of the alleyway, chloroform, it wasn’t too big a spill, maybe someone did a sloppy job of putting it on a cloth?

What could have made her run almost enthusiastically into an alley? Gothamites don’t do that! If only I knew.

I’m off to work today, and I’m thinking of Kim as this train keeps moving, what if she’s far out of Gotham by now? What if she’s already dead?

I’ll be updating you later, have a good day Gotham.