#there are more direct parallels and mentions of jason during Steph’s brief run as Robin — something I often think about — than tim’s | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

tbcanary · 11 months

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thinking about jason and dick. thinking about how when jason was robin, dick was too hurt and angry at bruce to really be there for jason as a mentor and older brother. thinking about how dick is with tim, how he very clearly wants to take him in as a younger brother and show him the ropes, and how he and jason could have gotten there, too, if they had more time to figure it out.

#text.tb #the thing is that jason isn’t that much of an influence over Tim’s Robin run as i think it’s often written to be #like Tim was just. doing his thing. jason only comes up a couple times.#there are more direct parallels and mentions of jason during Steph’s brief run as Robin — something I often think about — than tim’s #but even so. like. do you think dick has regrets.#there’s a sort of narrative here of. jason had to die in order for Tim to become Robin. sure.#but jason also had to die in order for dick to be okay with someone new taking up the mantle #and to take them under his wing (heh)#Jason’s death took with it the difficulties of being the first to take dick’s station away from him #so that when Tim came along. it was easier.#and I mean that also could have happened if Jason had grown up and they’d actually worked to mend fences and then someone new entered #thus creating a natural legacy of the mantle and the name #but really. the death was quicker. and this is comics.#anyway I don’t know what I’m getting at here I just think about dick and jason A Lot #they fascinate me but only with specific writers taking them on. as you might guess.

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