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Jason Todd’s “Fuck You Dad” Playlist

“Faith has earned me nothing but a liar’s tongue,

A child’s grief.

Promised the sacrament, but understand-

You will not save me.

You will not save me.

But you’ll consecrate me.”

You believed in Batman, in Bruce Wayne. He was bigger than life, bigger than death…until he wasn’t. Ain’t that the way it always goes with parents?

Daddy didn’t save you, but he’ll sure make you a martyr. Every moment of your life stripped of autonomy and personhood, towards the monument of Bruce’s pain.

It becomes the thing that defines Bruce, because that’s what Bruce does with pain. He puts it in a goddamn trophy case for everyone to see. Bruce doesn’t know how to be anything but ostentatious.

You came back from death, but you’re different now. You’ll never be as squeaky clean. That’s the thing about death- it cleanses all sin. Broken men will never measure up against dead boys. Dead birds.

I swear I meant this to be a writing blog where I distract myself from my obligations but I keep thinking about Batman on main

Obsessed with the way this ad is popping up in the Bruce Wayne tag

Know what? I’m about to say it.

FUCK JUSTICE LEAGUE AND HAL JORDAN SUPREMACY. I SAID IT. SUE ME.

THEYRE ALL HORRIBLE. OK- ARTHUR IS KINDA OK AND BARRY IS ON THE FLY A LIL AND OLLIE IS ALSO KINDA OKAY, BUT HAL IS BEST. I HAVE MANY REASONS FOR THIS. AND IF ANYONE FIGHTS ME ON THIS THEN DO IT, ILL THROW HANDS.

Jason was tired

Tired of his own family treating him like an outsider

Of Bruce being more Batman than dad

Of feeling like he wasn’t enough

Tired of that case, the monument to his fucking death

Of being the “good soldier” that died, as if he was still dead

Tired of the nightmares

Of waking up screaming for a father that would never come

Of dying over

And over

And over again

But most of all,

He was tired of being really fucking angry all the time.

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So he did what he should have done a long ass time ago and got out of the toxic environment he’d spent most of his life (and death) in.

He got himself legally resurrected

Found a great therapist

Got his GED

Made sure his criminal enterprise would be well looked after

Went to med school

Became a doctor

He finally started living his life, not the one Bruce wanted.

You’re really going to tell me that Alfred didn’t immediate slaughter the Joker for what he did to Jason???

Dude was into some spy shit

He could totally do it

Fuck Batman.

Alfred’s in charge

I know a lot has happened in today's leak and I don't want to be one of those people who focus only on their favorite character, but this issue was honestly so infuriating. This "angry arrogant brat who puts his father on a pedestal" portrayal of Damian is soooooo fucking outdated, has Zdarsky even picked any Damian's comic from the last 8 years?

Have you read the first issue of B&R 2023 last month? Damian was slamming his door on Bruce's face each time he tried making small talk with him, Robin 2021? Bruce was literally chasing Damian and begging for his forgiveness for an entire year? There's really no logical reason why Damian would be so fiercely protective of Bruce or passionately fight on his side, especially considering how Bruce is currently acting, but to have him be so aggressive and condescending toward the others is so regressive and degrading toward his character.

Like I know Tim is his favorite, we can tell by how he had Bruce listing all the things that make Tim better than the other Robins as well as having Tim literally descending in an angelic light to save Bruce just a couple of issues ago, but Damian's cameo in this was so unnecessary and probably happened so that Tim's writers can once again make Tim look good by putting other characters down.

But hey, they had Tim hugging Damian at the end so lets all aww at their "brotherism" and ignore everything else.