ya know, on tiktok i block anyone that has an ass take or doesnt understand the actual issues ppl have w something. we can call that protecting my peace or just more easily annoyed when there's auditory input happening, either way.
this time it was some guy who doesnt seem to understand the main issue 'jason fans' have w batman beating red hood in rhato rebirth 25. like yes, red hood appeared to have killed penguin on live tv, seemingly breaking the no kill rule.
however, the issue is that it is the same set up as in rhato rebirth 1, where red hood 'attempts' to assassinate the mayor, but really doesnt and even cures him of a virus. at the end of that issue, jason asks bruce to trust him, that he did it that way to go undercover. and bruce said if he thought jason was in too deep he would pull him out, and if he killed, actually took a life, then bruce would come for him.
lo and behold, a literal master marksman shoots penguin in the face and gets beaten by batman in rhato rebirth 25. thats just bruce doing what he promised, right? wrong, because jason is a master marksman with a number of non-lethal rounds, and even most non-lethal rounds will kill when shot point blank. that means he chose rounds that wouldn't. a rubber bullet directly to the face will kill someone, and yet penguin didnt die. if you read the entirety of rhato rebirth, you can tell jason is not dumb. this was not an accident that pemguin is alive.
making rhato rebirth 25 the exact same as 1, where batman sees red hood doing something potentially shady and only sees his former actions, completely ignoring that batman's whole creed is about second chances. he ignores that this is the exact same set up as the start of their deal, and only sees red hood with a gun in someone's face. does not consider that red hood has kept the rule even in private, has proof black mask is alive despite completely falling off the map after a fight with red hood. heard red hood say he hates the rules but he's following them, has seen red hood turn down multiple opportunities to kill someone he'd argue as better off dead.
jason 'killing' penguin even fulfilled the same point as 'killing' the mayor. it is to go into deeper cover, but bruce doesnt know that because he saw a literal beat-for-beat same setup as was done with the perfectly fine mayor and thought the exact same thing as he did then. this is supposed to be one of the best detectives in the world and he can't see an imitation set up when it smacks him in the face?
wrong, it reads as bruce looking for a reason to hit his problem child, to beat him into submission, and that is the issue most "jason fans" have.
