I think Jason Todd never had a chance.
He was not adopted with love into the family, he had no defining skills before Batman, and.. oh hell.. his last name is Todd. "Tod" in German means death. I feel like that was written in preparation for his short life.
I dunno. It was just a shame.
Damien was included recently with the intent of another death, but considering Bruce STILL has not recovered from the loss of Jason it wouldn't be very good. Just more and more morose Batman.
Because there's not enough of that.
I never knew about "Tod" meaning death - huh. I definitely agree that Jason wasn't written to last. They never would have put Dick or Tim in the position of getting killed off due to fan votes!
ReplyDeleteThough at least he got a better deal than Steph did (as Robin, anyway).