12 Works in Jason Todd Character Study
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I’d Sneak Up Behind You And Set You Free by Madeline_Rainbow
Fandoms: Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Arkham Knight Genesis (Comics)
19 Jul 2025
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Six years after his resurrection, Jason Todd did what he set out to do: kill the Joker. He’s hellbent on purging Gotham City of its injustices—and he’s alienated himself from his family, leaving Laura, a childhood friend, in the dark about his return.
After Joker’s murder, Gotham persists in the way it always does—fevered or iced in, it ardently pursues its depravity & chaos.
Jason stalks the city’s underbelly, hunting down the embers of a drug war he unwittingly helped ignite. The fires the Joker started are still burning—and they rise against the Red Hood’s wrath. Meanwhile, something sinister is bleeding back into circulation: fear toxin is lacing the Joker’s 'Candy'—like a sick, last-laugh.
Laura Bailey works as a children’s librarian at Gotham Public Library. She used to feel—now, she does her best to numb it away. She tries not to remember the boy who came into her life like a storm back at Gotham West High—or how he left it, grievously, two years later by the hands of a psychotic clown.
She doesn’t know he’s alive.
He doesn’t seem intent on telling her.But when terror resurfaces in Gotham, the past won’t stay buried—and neither will what’s always existed between them.
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The Batkids find a stray kitten in Crime Alley and insist on bringing her home. Jason pretends to hate her—grumbling through every step of her recovery, mocking her existence, and swearing she’s not allowed on patrol. But she keeps sneaking into his jacket, curling up on his chest, and quietly rewiring his entire concept of love. Her name is Bullets. She owns him. And maybe, just maybe, she’s the reason he finally comes home for good.
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Contrite by AllThingsRepeat
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
13 Jul 2025
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Jason didn’t mean to leave angry. He doesn’t even remember what the fight was about anymore.
He just knows he doesn’t want to be alone tonight.What It Means
Contrite is a formal adjective used to describe someone who feels regret for their bad behavior, or something, such as an apology, that shows such regret.
// Although the mayor appeared contrite about the most recent scandal plaguing city hall, many constituents remained unpersuaded.
7/13/2025Series
- Part 20 of Word of the Day
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Dick was there when Tim needed someone most—when Bruce died, when the family shattered. But now Jason’s back, all heat and silence and anger, and Tim suddenly isn’t the only one hurting. As old wounds reopen and lines blur, Dick finds himself torn between the boy who believed in him—and the man who doesn’t believe in anyone at all. And Tim and Jason? They’re a storm waiting to break.
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go beat that dead horse 'til it's long past dead by sodoesthedayrise (asthenightfalls)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
02 May 2025
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Jason’s hand left smears of blood along the wall as he went, using the wall to keep himself upright and moving. He wasn’t sure where the blood was coming from, only that it was his. Each step he took, farther from that cursed building that no longer stood, sent another wave of pain up his legs and through his whole body. He didn’t know where he was going– he barely even knew how he had made it that far. All he knew was one step in front of the other.
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aka jason todd character study set directly after the events in batman (1940-) 650, except yk a little less deadly lol. shh it's comics just pretend it makes sense
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Uncouth by AllThingsRepeat
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics)
18 Apr 2025
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Jason was supposed to be resting. But Crime Alley doesn’t wait for healing, and when a break-in leaves him broken and helpless, all he can do is call for help—and hope the family he’s finally starting to trust gets there in time.
Word of the day Uncouth
"Uncouth describes things, such as language or behavior, that are impolite or socially unacceptable. A person may also be described as uncouth if they are behaving in a rude way.
// Stacy realized it would be uncouth to show up to the party without a gift, so she picked up a bottle of wine on the way."
~Merriam-WebsterSeries
- Part 4 of Word of the Day
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Pugnacious by AllThingsRepeat
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Jason Todd - Fandom
16 Apr 2025
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Jason’s always been pugnacious—scrappy, stubborn, and too ready to fight. It’s what kept him alive on the streets, what caught Batman’s attention in the first place. But when a misinterpreted comment makes him think Bruce is kicking him out, Jason does what he’s always done: runs. Bruce just hopes he can find him before it’s too late.
Word of the day “Someone described as pugnacious shows a readiness or desire to fight or argue.”
Merriam-Webster DictionaryAKA A character study story about misunderstandings, vulnerability, and learning what it really means to be wanted.
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- Part 2 of Word of the Day
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Rotting, Breathing, Evolving by 321_disconnect
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
28 Feb 2025
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He claws his way out of his grave thinking the world forgot him, he finds twisted reflections of his past that he doesn't remember looking back at him. He just wants to be held.
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auuuuuuuhhhhh jason character study
also also 1st of many dc fics hopefully. mostly batfamily. some others rotating in my brain
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I've been ghosting (I've been ghosting along) by Nietzmus
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
20 Oct 2024
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The thing about the dead is that people don't expect them to come back.
It's funny, because he didn't want to. What's in life for him? For sure little that was his and a lot that belonged to Bruce. A man with almost nothing has much in the way of memories, thoughts, values, and when he isn’t there to make himself heard, others will do it for the man. In the end, the words aren't the same, they will never be the same again.
Jason returns with nothing and has nothing to return to. It's no surprise, the living steal from the dead all the time.
He's not special.
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Call my name and save me from the dark by orphan_account
Fandoms: Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics)
10 Nov 2023
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Jason feel like everything he have is about Dick. His black hair, dyed. His ex flings. His friends. All he have are things he stole from Dick. He have all of Dick's things, but not Dick himself.
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Four times Jason felt out of place, one time he felt where he belonged.
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Approximately 7668.25 days ago, Jason had been born. Screaming and cold, his tiny body had been ejected into the world. And for how ever much his birth mother hadn’t wanted him then, the ground did. Because from that day on, Jason would spend so much time either curled onto the unyielding earth, or smudged with dirt and filth. The ground stuck to him. Maybe that was why he’d fallen so hard: he’d flown too high. He ventured too far above the ground, seduced by the rooftop world. He’d gotten too used to sleeping in quality mattresses held above the floor by antique bed frames. He’d gotten too good at keeping his feet off the ground.
It wasn’t a mistake he’d make again.
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The first thing he bought when he realized that this was the closest thing he had to a permanent home was a big bookcase. He doesn’t buy anything too expensive or rare, but holding actual books after years of only using an e-reader is nice.
Jason Todd, putting down roots and growing up.