"I make me sad, too. If people stopped crapping him over, Jason would be just fine. But they refuse to. Alas."
I'm going to have to agree with you there. Still- every character in existence has had runs of bad writing. Jason was just unfortunate enough to get stuck with one so soon after his resurrection.
"Seriously, can we off Damien now?"
You know, I was relatively indifferent to Damien at first, but now, I kind of like him. Not because of anything canon's done with him, mind, but because I don't really think he deserves the hate he gets- yeah, sure he's a spoiled brat, but do keep in mind his background. Kid's annoying, but his whole life, he's been told that he will succeed Batman and has been brainwashed to be an assassin. Kid needs deprogramming, sure, but he's hardly an irredeemable character.