I Have A Question For Y'all, Because I Keep Seeing That Mentioned In Posts And My Sense Of Morality Is

I have a question for y'all, because I keep seeing that mentioned in posts and my sense of morality is spotty as best, so I'm curious. Allow me to start by establishing that I do not support beheading. Got it? Got it. Beheadings are, generally, a bad idea.

The incident with the Duffle Bag of Doom, as we know it, is iconic, and pretty emblematic of Jason's villain era. Like, using the heads as a prop + the element of surprise when you open the bag is an iconic move. But when I see arguments about Jason's morality, or really just talk about Jason's violent era, the wording is often something like "this is the guy who decapitated a bunch of people and put their heads into a duffle bag", which. I... The wording is a little confusing is what I'm saying. Are you saying "this is the guy who severed a bunch of heads and they just so happened to be kept in a duffle bag" or are you saying "this is the guy who severed a bunch of heads and ON TOP OF THAT he put them in a duffle bag". Like, is the duffle bag really the part we should be focusing on? Am I missing something?

Because sure, when you're from the pov of the people opening the bag, the duffle bag matters because there's this element of shock and surprise, but from the pov of the most concerned, they're already dead. Like they were beheaded by the time the duffle bag happened. And as for traumatic value, sure people must have been grossed out by the bag but who did get to see the contents: policemen and crime bosses! People whose job literally requires them to see murder victims everyday! (not to mention that the Robins were exposed to murder victims as children and I haven't seen Bruce antis talk about that, so it feels like in comics with suspention of disbelief that seems to matter less?) so it can't possibly be that the sight was a little bloody, can it?

Why is this bag important?! What am I missing?!!

That's interesting! Imo Bruce should get to grieve and feel guilty as fuck over Jason dying though, because Jason deserves it.

May I suggest this fic, which fucked me up severly but is probably right up your alley, as an alternative?

There we go, short but sweet.

I loved this moment, that Jason is Going Through It right now and he still has a moment of pure selfless heroism, that no matter what else he has or hasn't done, this is a moment that shows HELL YEAH JASON TODD CARES ABOUT PEOPLE AND WILL NOT JUST PUT HIMSELF IN DANGER BUT WILL GET UP AND MAKE HIMSELF DO THE THING TO HELP A KID EVEN WHEN IT FEELS IMPOSSIBLE, EVEN WHEN HIS ENTIRE BODY IS WORKING AGAINST HIM, JASON TODD IS A HERO.

they are everything to me your honor

Aaah

A little early but Happy Halloween!

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