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Character Name: Jason Todd
Canon: DC Comics
Canon Point: Post Under the Red Hood comic
Background/History: Wikia entry
Previous Game History: N/A
Personality: There isn’t much to say about Jason Todd that can’t be discerned by just talking to him and seeing how he acts. He’s brash, cocky and thinks he knows better than anyone else. It’s been this way since he was a teenage delinquent on the streets and carried over with him after he took on the role of Robin, the boy wonder. Jason was the second Robin coming after Dick Grayson and it was clear from the get-go how much different he was than his predecessor. A hot-headed youth who wanted to stop crime, but more willing to be rougher than both Grayson and Bruce were to those who committed evil. To him, it wasn’t about being soft on crime, but giving criminals what they deserved without ever crossing a fine line. A line set by his “father” Bruce Wayne and one that he respected.
That is, until he died after being beaten with a crowbar followed by getting caught in an explosion. Both of which were caused by the Joker, Batman’s greatest foe.
After coming back to life through a combination of Superboy-Prime causing alterations to history (this is not something Jason is aware of, but how the comic explains his revival) coupled with being tossed into a Lazarus Pit by Talia al Ghul, Jason sets his mind quickly on revenge. Rather than tell Bruce about coming back, Jason becomes enraged at how it appears nothing changed with his passing. Joker was alive, Batman was still refusing to deal out true justice to people who deserved it and he was nothing but a walking corpse. The transition from being Robin to being Red Hood is thereby marked by the line crossed that should never be crossed. The line is of course, killing. The distinction between killer and murderer is one that even Jason remarks on when he speaks with Onyx. He’s not a murderer, because he’s killing people who have dug their own graves. To him, he’s just putting in the rotten filth where it belongs. There is no regret in his actions toward the criminals of Gotham that he pursues throughout the comic – he forces them to ally with him, only to take profits from them for his own gain and then let them die without any regard. He’s even willing to go so far as to team up with both Onyx and Batman in two different situations as a mutual partnership...before going right back to threatening their lives. He doesn’t hate them by any stretch, but their refusal to kill the ones who deserve it and let them go free to commit crimes again later on sickens him. They could save hundreds of lives, such as the one he lost, by getting rid of parasites that won’t go away but their morality pushes them back.
Now outside of his skewered moral compass, Jason Todd is very much a cynical wise guy. When he fights he makes a lot of conversation while doing so, because he sees it as a way to distract the enemy and because he just enjoys the sound of his voice enough to taunt people endlessly. He mocks Batman and the others in numerous ways, the most eye-catching being when he presents a group of gang leaders with the decapitated heads of their lieutenants in a bag. Not to mention talking with Onyx in a friendly manner while they happen to stakeout the same gang hideout at the same time, even though she assumes him to be an enemy given Batman’s warning. Even when he talks with Joker, the man who killed him, his tone isn’t serious as it is unhinged. He makes jokes about death and killing and even some meta-humor on superheroes and super villains in general, like commenting on how dumb it is to threaten someone into being your partner. To him there are two types of criminals: the ones who are regular criminals and the ones who dress up like Joker. The latter in his mind are far more deranged and willing to go to any limit they can. Jason doesn’t take pleasure in the act of killing, but sees it as a means to an end that is wholly justified when his victims are scumbags.
But just because he’s a killer doesn’t mean he’s uncaring. In fact, the lengths he goes through to do everything shows just how much he cares behind all his cynicism and devil may care attitude. The final act of Under the Hood is all about his confrontation with Bruce and Joker, as he tearfully threatens to kill Joker and would only be stopped if Batman shot him. It’s almost a test – would Bruce pick Jason or the lunatic Joker who murders indiscriminately? He genuinely cares for Bruce, but cannot reconcile the fact that he’s so unwilling to do what must be done. That everything he claims to stand for is based on “antiquated morality” that serves the public no good when there are psychopaths murdering. Jason Todd is someone who has died and came back to tell the tale, but it’s not a tale about good triumphing. It’s a tale about a man on a mission, staining his hands because he earnestly believes it’s the right thing to do. In his mind he is just a new kind of Batman – one who understands that you can’t reason with criminals.
Abilities/Powers: Jason doesn’t have any supernatural abilities, but he’s highly trained in combat and self-defense and learned straight from Batman for some years before his death. He’s shown to have retained that fighting knowledge even after reviving and is able to keep up with the caped crusader with ease.
Items/Weapons:
His metallic mask. It wasn’t on him when the comic ends, so I’ll count it as an item here.
His specialized jagged knife, which is strong enough to cut through Batman’s armor and even his wire lines that are said to be unbreakable by any regular knife.
A high-voltage taser.*
*: As a note this was not part of the original app, but I did request mod permission after the app was accepted if I could switch out Jason's gun for his taser and got approval for it.
Canon: DC Comics
Canon Point: Post Under the Red Hood comic
Background/History: Wikia entry
Previous Game History: N/A
Personality: There isn’t much to say about Jason Todd that can’t be discerned by just talking to him and seeing how he acts. He’s brash, cocky and thinks he knows better than anyone else. It’s been this way since he was a teenage delinquent on the streets and carried over with him after he took on the role of Robin, the boy wonder. Jason was the second Robin coming after Dick Grayson and it was clear from the get-go how much different he was than his predecessor. A hot-headed youth who wanted to stop crime, but more willing to be rougher than both Grayson and Bruce were to those who committed evil. To him, it wasn’t about being soft on crime, but giving criminals what they deserved without ever crossing a fine line. A line set by his “father” Bruce Wayne and one that he respected.
That is, until he died after being beaten with a crowbar followed by getting caught in an explosion. Both of which were caused by the Joker, Batman’s greatest foe.
After coming back to life through a combination of Superboy-Prime causing alterations to history (this is not something Jason is aware of, but how the comic explains his revival) coupled with being tossed into a Lazarus Pit by Talia al Ghul, Jason sets his mind quickly on revenge. Rather than tell Bruce about coming back, Jason becomes enraged at how it appears nothing changed with his passing. Joker was alive, Batman was still refusing to deal out true justice to people who deserved it and he was nothing but a walking corpse. The transition from being Robin to being Red Hood is thereby marked by the line crossed that should never be crossed. The line is of course, killing. The distinction between killer and murderer is one that even Jason remarks on when he speaks with Onyx. He’s not a murderer, because he’s killing people who have dug their own graves. To him, he’s just putting in the rotten filth where it belongs. There is no regret in his actions toward the criminals of Gotham that he pursues throughout the comic – he forces them to ally with him, only to take profits from them for his own gain and then let them die without any regard. He’s even willing to go so far as to team up with both Onyx and Batman in two different situations as a mutual partnership...before going right back to threatening their lives. He doesn’t hate them by any stretch, but their refusal to kill the ones who deserve it and let them go free to commit crimes again later on sickens him. They could save hundreds of lives, such as the one he lost, by getting rid of parasites that won’t go away but their morality pushes them back.
Now outside of his skewered moral compass, Jason Todd is very much a cynical wise guy. When he fights he makes a lot of conversation while doing so, because he sees it as a way to distract the enemy and because he just enjoys the sound of his voice enough to taunt people endlessly. He mocks Batman and the others in numerous ways, the most eye-catching being when he presents a group of gang leaders with the decapitated heads of their lieutenants in a bag. Not to mention talking with Onyx in a friendly manner while they happen to stakeout the same gang hideout at the same time, even though she assumes him to be an enemy given Batman’s warning. Even when he talks with Joker, the man who killed him, his tone isn’t serious as it is unhinged. He makes jokes about death and killing and even some meta-humor on superheroes and super villains in general, like commenting on how dumb it is to threaten someone into being your partner. To him there are two types of criminals: the ones who are regular criminals and the ones who dress up like Joker. The latter in his mind are far more deranged and willing to go to any limit they can. Jason doesn’t take pleasure in the act of killing, but sees it as a means to an end that is wholly justified when his victims are scumbags.
But just because he’s a killer doesn’t mean he’s uncaring. In fact, the lengths he goes through to do everything shows just how much he cares behind all his cynicism and devil may care attitude. The final act of Under the Hood is all about his confrontation with Bruce and Joker, as he tearfully threatens to kill Joker and would only be stopped if Batman shot him. It’s almost a test – would Bruce pick Jason or the lunatic Joker who murders indiscriminately? He genuinely cares for Bruce, but cannot reconcile the fact that he’s so unwilling to do what must be done. That everything he claims to stand for is based on “antiquated morality” that serves the public no good when there are psychopaths murdering. Jason Todd is someone who has died and came back to tell the tale, but it’s not a tale about good triumphing. It’s a tale about a man on a mission, staining his hands because he earnestly believes it’s the right thing to do. In his mind he is just a new kind of Batman – one who understands that you can’t reason with criminals.
Abilities/Powers: Jason doesn’t have any supernatural abilities, but he’s highly trained in combat and self-defense and learned straight from Batman for some years before his death. He’s shown to have retained that fighting knowledge even after reviving and is able to keep up with the caped crusader with ease.
Items/Weapons:
His metallic mask. It wasn’t on him when the comic ends, so I’ll count it as an item here.
His specialized jagged knife, which is strong enough to cut through Batman’s armor and even his wire lines that are said to be unbreakable by any regular knife.
A high-voltage taser.*
*: As a note this was not part of the original app, but I did request mod permission after the app was accepted if I could switch out Jason's gun for his taser and got approval for it.