THE EVOLUTION IS REAL Y'ALL
jason todd is 100% a secret fanfiction author and i have EVIDENCE
okay so we all know jay reads like it's his JOB right?? mans goes through books like they're snacks. classic literature, modern fiction, poetry, the whole damn library catalog
and here's the thing about readers - we ALL evolve into either fanfiction writers or headcanon creators like pokémon. it's literally inevitable. look at me, i did both and became the mega evolution lmaooo
BUT JASON?? oh honey, jason took this evolution and RAN WITH IT
so picture this: jason's just chilling one night, probably having Feelings about pride and prejudice (again) and he's like "you know what, mr. darcy would absolutely have anxiety in a modern au" so he opens up his laptop and just... starts writing
except he doesn't really GET social media (check my other headcanon about that on my account!!) so when he goes to save this random 3am character study, he accidentally hits "publish" instead of "save as draft"
BOOM. wakes up to 2k followers and his notifications absolutely EXPLODING
people are in the comments like "WHO ARE YOU" and "THIS IS BEAUTIFUL" and "PLEASE WRITE MORE" and jason's just sitting there like... what the hell is a kudos???
but the validation hits different when you've been through what jason's been through, you know?? seeing hundreds of people genuinely love something he created??? something that came from his heart and his love of literature???
he's hooked.
so now jason todd - red hood, crime lord, guy who literally died and came back - is out here being one of the TOP CREATORS on both wattpad and ao3. we're talking like 500k+ followers across platforms. his bookshelf tour videos get millions of views. his poetry posts break the internet.
AND NOBODY KNOWS IT'S HIM
his online persona is probably something completely different too. like he goes by "GothamReader" or "BookishBird" or something equally innocent, and his whole aesthetic is dark academia meets cozy reading nooks. soft sweaters, vintage books, aesthetic coffee shops. the LAST thing you'd associate with the red hood
he's definitely published actual books too. probably has like 3 bestsellers under a pseudonym and jason todd is just sitting there during wayne family dinner like "oh the new york times bestseller list? never heard of her" while internally SCREAMING because his book just hit #1
the way he probably writes the most beautiful, emotionally devastating character studies and fix-it fics. like his specialty is taking classic lit characters and either giving them the therapy they deserved or putting them in situations where they can actually communicate like adults
his romeo and juliet modern au where they just... TALK to their families instead of dying??? 10 million hits. his pride and prejudice college au??? broke ao3 for 3 hours when he updated. his jane eyre psychological thriller retelling??? is being adapted into a netflix series and jason has to pretend he doesn't know anything about it
tim probably follows his accounts and has NO IDEA. leaves comments like "this is incredible, you should publish this!" and jason's just... trying not to laugh because tim literally just told him to publish something that's already a bestseller
the CHAOS if the batfam ever found out. dick would immediately binge-read everything and leave essay-length comments. damian would probably grudgingly admit it's "adequate" (highest praise). bruce would be so confused but secretly proud
but jason's taking this secret to his GRAVE (again). mans has a whole separate laptop just for writing. deletes his browser history like he's hiding government secrets. changes his writing location every few days like he's in witness protection
yet he's out here single-handedly keeping classical literature alive in the minds of gen z through the power of fanfiction and modern aus
truly the evolution we never knew we needed