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scathefires) wrote2017-11-26 10:14 am
scathefires) wrote2017-11-26 10:14 am
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Character Name: Jason Peter Todd, aka the Red Hood
Series: DC Comics is the overarching series, but specifically, Batman: Under the Red Hood (animated film)
Timeline: Post-end-of-film-building explosion.
Canon Resource Link: DC COMICS IS A GODDAMN MESS, Y’ALL. However, the film is a little easier to parse/more self-contained.
Character History: Enter one (1) Jason Peter Todd, orphaned child living on the streets of Crime Alley, one of Gotham’s more sketchy neighborhoods. Now enter one (1) Batman, parking his Batmobile in that same Crime Alley. Jason’s entirely on his own, and his survival skill set includes stealing tires off cars to sell to support himself. You can probably guess where this is going - Jason tried to steal the tires off the friggin’ Batmobile. He was caught red-handed by Batman, though, but as a result of this initial meeting, Batman (aka Bruce “Gotta Adopt ‘Em All” Wayne) saw potential in Jason and took him under his wing (ha) in order to train him to take up the recently-vacated mantle of Robin, Batman’s junior partner in fighting crime.
Jason … was not a very good Robin, let’s be real. He was headstrong, had trouble following Batman’s direction, tended toward brutal displays of violence, and believed his use of excessive force was more than justified. As one example of what were surely many occasions, Jason and Bruce are shown arguing post-dustup in which Bruce chastises Jason for his use of excessive force and Jason justifies his life choices by saying the criminal whose collarbone he shattered was scum and thus deserved it.
Despite Jason’s problems, of which there were many, Batman kept working with him, and as a teen, Jason accompanied Batman on a mission to Sarajevo, Bosnia, where notorious criminal and Batman’s archnemesis the Joker had been employed to run interference for international terrorist Ra’s al Ghul, in effect serving as an elaborate distraction to get the Caped Crusaders off his trail while he attempted to disrupt the economic order of Europe. During the fight, Jason was separated from Batman, captured by the Joker, brutally beaten almost to death with a crowbar, and locked inside a warehouse, where he then had a chance to get up close and personal with a roomful of detonating explosives. As you might imagine, Jason died as a result of this exposure.
However! Jason got better … sort of. In a gesture of remorse for Jason’s death, which, according to Ra’s, was “not by design,” he swapped Jason’s body with a replica before it was taken back to Gotham and immersed him in the restorative waters of the Lazarus Pit, a mystical fountain of youth which Ra’s had personally used numerous times to extend his own lifespan over the course of the past six centuries. It had been rumored to even restore the dead back to life, which was what Ra’s hoped to accomplish with Jason, in effect “rectifying” the damage he’d done. That operation went about as well as you’d expect: Jason came back to life, freaked the hell out, and ran off without so much as a “thanks for all the fish.” Ra’s was unable to locate him again and presumed Jason dead … again.
Five years later, Jason returned to Gotham, having taken up a new identity - the Red Hood, a former alias of none other than the Joker. What Jason did during those five years is anybody’s guess, since it’s never elaborated on in the film, though it’s reasonable to assume he spent that time learning various new and exciting ways to kill people and plotting his elaborate revenge. Operating as the Red Hood, he encroached on the territory and resources of Black Mask, the first criminal to unite Gotham under one banner in 20 years. Jason set himself up as a rival crime lord, bullying Black Mask’s people into enlisting with him, stealing arms shipments, and blowing up Black Mask’s headquarters. After several failed attempts at making the Red Hood nothing more than a red stain, Black Mask resorted to breaking the Joker out of Arkham Asylum to tackle the task that so many before him have failed to achieve, because employing the Joker always turns out well for all involved.
Black Mask’s plan backfired, surprising no one (except Black Mask, apparently), when the Joker turned on him instead, staging a city-wide barbecue with Black Mask and a number of his people, current and former, as the main dish. The Joker intended to lure the Red Hood out into the open, which is exactly what happened; however, Jason revealed that “an audience” with the Joker was his true objective in going after Black Mask, who was the only person in Gotham with the resources and connections to bust the Joker out of Arkham.
Jason captured the Joker and used him to lure Batman to Crime Alley, where, in an emotionally-charged showdown, he demanded to know why Batman refuses to end the Joker’s reign of terror once and for all - in other words, why Jason’s murder wasn’t enough to make Batman bend that silly little moral qualm he has about killing, just this once. Jason then tossed Batman a gun and told him if he wanted to stop him from killing the Joker, he would to have to shoot Jason instead – right in his face. The other acceptable outcome in the choices Jason listed was if Batman shot and killed the Joker himself.
Batman, of course, did his Batman thing and found a way around killing either of them; he threw a batarang at Jason’s pistol, causing it to explode. Disarmed, with the Joker momentarily free and at Batman’s throat, Jason produced a switch for the explosives he’d rigged in advance of this little reunion and set off the timer. The Joker cackled like a madman, as a Joker does, attempted to prevent Batman from disarming the explosives, and at the last possible second, Batman grabbed Jason and pulled him out of the direct path of the blast. The building exploded, but Jason’s body was not found in the rubble, and he was presumed to have escaped. The Joker was shipped back to Arkham, and life in Gotham returned to normal again.
Abilities/Special Powers: Despite being a DC Comics character, Jason doesn’t possess any superpowers, per se, though he does have quite a few entirely human talents. He has an impressive physical presence, having been trained - and trained well - in hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, and acrobatics; he is also a skilled marksman and proficient in wielding a number of other weapons, such as knives, throwing stars, and explosives. Jason may not possess a genius-level intellect, but he’s no dummy - he’s been trained in the investigative arts by none other than the world’s (well - this world’s) greatest detective, Bruce Wayne, aka the goddamn Batman. Jason is also quick-thinking under pressure, resourceful, and a skilled strategist, as evidenced by the masterful manipulation he sets into play in order to get to the Joker via Black Mask, the only person in Gotham with the resources and connections to break him out of Arkham.
Third-Person Sample: Jason has done his best to keep a low profile in the weeks since his explosive face-off with Bruce and the Joker, and the uncomfortable aftermath with Dick, which he'd abruptly cut short with his disappearance. He's had time to think things over (some things; others he's simply pushed aside) and come to an important decision regarding his next steps - namely, that he is going to continue cleaning up Gotham his way, now without any real hidden agendas. Sure, he's bound to end up attracting Batman's attention eventually, but it's not about that anymore (Jason tells himself) - it's not about killing criminals as a means of getting Black Mask to make an arrangement with the Joker. Now, it's about taking a stand, about doing what Bruce won't, about being better than Batman.
Criminals have had their run of the city for long enough. It's time someone put a stop to them, once and for all, and if the Red Hood is the only one willing to step up and see it done, Jason's fine with that.
Black Mask is still the biggest player in Gotham; Jason was able to make a decent dent in Black Mask's operations, but some of that has shuffled back toward his side over the last few weeks while Jason recovered from his injuries and cobbled together a plan of attack. Jason can't take Black Mask on directly just yet, but he can chip away at his resources as a starting point. Black Mask seemed rattled enough by the Red Hood's previous interference to start shifting his operations outside of Gotham - smuggling in shipments of weapons through Blüdhaven, for example, probably thinking it would attract less attention.
Too bad for Black Mask that the Red Hood's network of contacts wasn't among those whose attention this latest shipment didn't attract. After a little more than a half-hour's drive on Dick's stolen motorcycle, a healed-up Jason is parked in a deserted alleyway outside of the warehouse where tonight's illegal activities are scheduled to occur.
He knows there's a better-than-average chance of running into Dick here; Blüdhaven is his turf, after all. But he knew this was Dick's town before he made his grand re-entrance in Gotham, too, and that didn't stop him then.
It doesn't change anything, Jason thinks, climbing off the bike and hauling himself up onto the rusty metal fire escape outside the warehouse. Dick had a lot of things to say that last night they spent together and the morning after, things about family and wanting Jason to stay, to come back - things that Jason has convinced himself, in the weeks since, are simply not possible. Despite what Dick thinks, Jason doesn't have a family, not really, and the differences between him and Dick and Bruce are like the distance of living on opposite ends of the world.
Jason climbs in through a high window and quietly swings down onto a shadowed catwalk that leads into the main part of the warehouse. The information about tonight's rendezvous seems so far to be correct - Jason counts six thugs milling about on the warehouse floor, two of which hold semiautomatic rifles and appear to be guarding an unmarked delivery truck.
So far, so good.
First-Person Sample: [audio]
[Jason woke up inside the mansion, gave it all a cursory look-through, and promptly noped the hell on out of there. Ain’t nobody got time for this Wonderland theme park bullshit - especially not the Red Hood.
Of the available options, the forest seemed like the best way out, so that’s where Jason is now, trampling through the brush, snapping twigs underfoot as he mutters his complaints into the comm device:]
This would be going a lot easier if there had been any vehicles worth taking …
[The sounds of movement stop, and Jason sighs loudly. He is Officially Lost, and he wasn’t in the best mood to begin with, so he’s understandably a little tense in addressing whoever might be listening.]
All right, this is officially stupid, and I don’t have time for stupid. Got much bigger fish to fry, so I’ll get right to the point. Whose head do I have to stuff in a duffel bag to get a map of the way out of here? Tick tock, losers, answer fast – Daddy doesn’t like being kept waiting.
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Plurk:
Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Jason Peter Todd, aka the Red Hood
Series: DC Comics is the overarching series, but specifically, Batman: Under the Red Hood (animated film)
Timeline: Post-end-of-film-building explosion.
Canon Resource Link: DC COMICS IS A GODDAMN MESS, Y’ALL. However, the film is a little easier to parse/more self-contained.
Character History: Enter one (1) Jason Peter Todd, orphaned child living on the streets of Crime Alley, one of Gotham’s more sketchy neighborhoods. Now enter one (1) Batman, parking his Batmobile in that same Crime Alley. Jason’s entirely on his own, and his survival skill set includes stealing tires off cars to sell to support himself. You can probably guess where this is going - Jason tried to steal the tires off the friggin’ Batmobile. He was caught red-handed by Batman, though, but as a result of this initial meeting, Batman (aka Bruce “Gotta Adopt ‘Em All” Wayne) saw potential in Jason and took him under his wing (ha) in order to train him to take up the recently-vacated mantle of Robin, Batman’s junior partner in fighting crime.
Jason … was not a very good Robin, let’s be real. He was headstrong, had trouble following Batman’s direction, tended toward brutal displays of violence, and believed his use of excessive force was more than justified. As one example of what were surely many occasions, Jason and Bruce are shown arguing post-dustup in which Bruce chastises Jason for his use of excessive force and Jason justifies his life choices by saying the criminal whose collarbone he shattered was scum and thus deserved it.
Despite Jason’s problems, of which there were many, Batman kept working with him, and as a teen, Jason accompanied Batman on a mission to Sarajevo, Bosnia, where notorious criminal and Batman’s archnemesis the Joker had been employed to run interference for international terrorist Ra’s al Ghul, in effect serving as an elaborate distraction to get the Caped Crusaders off his trail while he attempted to disrupt the economic order of Europe. During the fight, Jason was separated from Batman, captured by the Joker, brutally beaten almost to death with a crowbar, and locked inside a warehouse, where he then had a chance to get up close and personal with a roomful of detonating explosives. As you might imagine, Jason died as a result of this exposure.
However! Jason got better … sort of. In a gesture of remorse for Jason’s death, which, according to Ra’s, was “not by design,” he swapped Jason’s body with a replica before it was taken back to Gotham and immersed him in the restorative waters of the Lazarus Pit, a mystical fountain of youth which Ra’s had personally used numerous times to extend his own lifespan over the course of the past six centuries. It had been rumored to even restore the dead back to life, which was what Ra’s hoped to accomplish with Jason, in effect “rectifying” the damage he’d done. That operation went about as well as you’d expect: Jason came back to life, freaked the hell out, and ran off without so much as a “thanks for all the fish.” Ra’s was unable to locate him again and presumed Jason dead … again.
Five years later, Jason returned to Gotham, having taken up a new identity - the Red Hood, a former alias of none other than the Joker. What Jason did during those five years is anybody’s guess, since it’s never elaborated on in the film, though it’s reasonable to assume he spent that time learning various new and exciting ways to kill people and plotting his elaborate revenge. Operating as the Red Hood, he encroached on the territory and resources of Black Mask, the first criminal to unite Gotham under one banner in 20 years. Jason set himself up as a rival crime lord, bullying Black Mask’s people into enlisting with him, stealing arms shipments, and blowing up Black Mask’s headquarters. After several failed attempts at making the Red Hood nothing more than a red stain, Black Mask resorted to breaking the Joker out of Arkham Asylum to tackle the task that so many before him have failed to achieve, because employing the Joker always turns out well for all involved.
Black Mask’s plan backfired, surprising no one (except Black Mask, apparently), when the Joker turned on him instead, staging a city-wide barbecue with Black Mask and a number of his people, current and former, as the main dish. The Joker intended to lure the Red Hood out into the open, which is exactly what happened; however, Jason revealed that “an audience” with the Joker was his true objective in going after Black Mask, who was the only person in Gotham with the resources and connections to bust the Joker out of Arkham.
Jason captured the Joker and used him to lure Batman to Crime Alley, where, in an emotionally-charged showdown, he demanded to know why Batman refuses to end the Joker’s reign of terror once and for all - in other words, why Jason’s murder wasn’t enough to make Batman bend that silly little moral qualm he has about killing, just this once. Jason then tossed Batman a gun and told him if he wanted to stop him from killing the Joker, he would to have to shoot Jason instead – right in his face. The other acceptable outcome in the choices Jason listed was if Batman shot and killed the Joker himself.
Batman, of course, did his Batman thing and found a way around killing either of them; he threw a batarang at Jason’s pistol, causing it to explode. Disarmed, with the Joker momentarily free and at Batman’s throat, Jason produced a switch for the explosives he’d rigged in advance of this little reunion and set off the timer. The Joker cackled like a madman, as a Joker does, attempted to prevent Batman from disarming the explosives, and at the last possible second, Batman grabbed Jason and pulled him out of the direct path of the blast. The building exploded, but Jason’s body was not found in the rubble, and he was presumed to have escaped. The Joker was shipped back to Arkham, and life in Gotham returned to normal again.
Abilities/Special Powers: Despite being a DC Comics character, Jason doesn’t possess any superpowers, per se, though he does have quite a few entirely human talents. He has an impressive physical presence, having been trained - and trained well - in hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, and acrobatics; he is also a skilled marksman and proficient in wielding a number of other weapons, such as knives, throwing stars, and explosives. Jason may not possess a genius-level intellect, but he’s no dummy - he’s been trained in the investigative arts by none other than the world’s (well - this world’s) greatest detective, Bruce Wayne, aka the goddamn Batman. Jason is also quick-thinking under pressure, resourceful, and a skilled strategist, as evidenced by the masterful manipulation he sets into play in order to get to the Joker via Black Mask, the only person in Gotham with the resources and connections to break him out of Arkham.
Third-Person Sample: Jason has done his best to keep a low profile in the weeks since his explosive face-off with Bruce and the Joker, and the uncomfortable aftermath with Dick, which he'd abruptly cut short with his disappearance. He's had time to think things over (some things; others he's simply pushed aside) and come to an important decision regarding his next steps - namely, that he is going to continue cleaning up Gotham his way, now without any real hidden agendas. Sure, he's bound to end up attracting Batman's attention eventually, but it's not about that anymore (Jason tells himself) - it's not about killing criminals as a means of getting Black Mask to make an arrangement with the Joker. Now, it's about taking a stand, about doing what Bruce won't, about being better than Batman.
Criminals have had their run of the city for long enough. It's time someone put a stop to them, once and for all, and if the Red Hood is the only one willing to step up and see it done, Jason's fine with that.
Black Mask is still the biggest player in Gotham; Jason was able to make a decent dent in Black Mask's operations, but some of that has shuffled back toward his side over the last few weeks while Jason recovered from his injuries and cobbled together a plan of attack. Jason can't take Black Mask on directly just yet, but he can chip away at his resources as a starting point. Black Mask seemed rattled enough by the Red Hood's previous interference to start shifting his operations outside of Gotham - smuggling in shipments of weapons through Blüdhaven, for example, probably thinking it would attract less attention.
Too bad for Black Mask that the Red Hood's network of contacts wasn't among those whose attention this latest shipment didn't attract. After a little more than a half-hour's drive on Dick's stolen motorcycle, a healed-up Jason is parked in a deserted alleyway outside of the warehouse where tonight's illegal activities are scheduled to occur.
He knows there's a better-than-average chance of running into Dick here; Blüdhaven is his turf, after all. But he knew this was Dick's town before he made his grand re-entrance in Gotham, too, and that didn't stop him then.
It doesn't change anything, Jason thinks, climbing off the bike and hauling himself up onto the rusty metal fire escape outside the warehouse. Dick had a lot of things to say that last night they spent together and the morning after, things about family and wanting Jason to stay, to come back - things that Jason has convinced himself, in the weeks since, are simply not possible. Despite what Dick thinks, Jason doesn't have a family, not really, and the differences between him and Dick and Bruce are like the distance of living on opposite ends of the world.
Jason climbs in through a high window and quietly swings down onto a shadowed catwalk that leads into the main part of the warehouse. The information about tonight's rendezvous seems so far to be correct - Jason counts six thugs milling about on the warehouse floor, two of which hold semiautomatic rifles and appear to be guarding an unmarked delivery truck.
So far, so good.
First-Person Sample: [audio]
[Jason woke up inside the mansion, gave it all a cursory look-through, and promptly noped the hell on out of there. Ain’t nobody got time for this Wonderland theme park bullshit - especially not the Red Hood.
Of the available options, the forest seemed like the best way out, so that’s where Jason is now, trampling through the brush, snapping twigs underfoot as he mutters his complaints into the comm device:]
This would be going a lot easier if there had been any vehicles worth taking …
[The sounds of movement stop, and Jason sighs loudly. He is Officially Lost, and he wasn’t in the best mood to begin with, so he’s understandably a little tense in addressing whoever might be listening.]
All right, this is officially stupid, and I don’t have time for stupid. Got much bigger fish to fry, so I’ll get right to the point. Whose head do I have to stuff in a duffel bag to get a map of the way out of here? Tick tock, losers, answer fast – Daddy doesn’t like being kept waiting.