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mysteryfan (mysteryfan) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-25 14:23:00

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char: batgirl/cassandra cain, char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: robin/red hood/jason todd, char: spoiler/robin/batgirl/steph brown, creator: andersen gabrych, creator: cam smith, creator: pete woods, title: detective comics

Jason's Eighteenth Birthday

From Detective #790 and War Drums TPB

tags: title: Detective Comics, char: Batman/Bruce Wayne, char: Batgirl/Cassandra Cain, char: Oracle/Batgirl/Barbara Gordon, char: Spoiler/Robin/Batgirl/Stephanie Brown, char: Red Hood/Robin/Jason Todd, creator:Anderson Gabrych, creator: Pete Woods, creator: Cam Smith

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sistermagpie
2009-09-25 07:59 pm UTC (link)

I like this a lot. And interesting that Cass says nobody talks about Jason, which is echoed elsewhere. It always makes me think about that moment in "The Boys" when Tim starts to bring him up and stops, and Dick says something like "Jason. You can say his name." And they do talk about him. Because I think Tim and Dick have their own unique relationship to the whole Jason history and Dick made clear early on that Tim should talk about him any time he needed to.

If they have doubts about someone's abilities they say so, since Jason. Not that Jason died because he was reckless, as it happens. But Bruce, especially, can't help but ask himself if he's at fault for ignoring any doubts he had. And of course being Bruce he also needs to think there's a lesson there that, if learned, will help him avoid tragedy in the future.

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mysteryfan
2009-09-25 08:14 pm UTC (link)

I like it, too. And yes. I'm so glad that Dick can let Tim talk about Jason and listen. They do have their own unique relationship to Jason and Jason's loss.

If they have doubts about someone's abilities they say so, since Jason. Not that Jason died because he was reckless, as it happens.
Those are both really good points. (I think I forgot for a moment that it wasn't actually recklessness.) And yes, being Bruce, he does have to ask himself if he's at fault.

And of course being Bruce he also needs to think there's a lesson there that, if learned, will help him avoid tragedy in the future.

I love that. So true. If he can come up with a plan, learn the lesson--nobody else has to die.

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