Red Hood Deserves Better
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In this video essay, we dive deep into the complexities of one of DC Comics’ most intriguing and underutilized characters-Jason Todd, aka Red Hood. Born from tragedy and resurrected by the Lazarus Pit, Jason’s return as Red Hood has marked him as a tortured soul caught between his past as Robin and his darker impulses as a vigilante.
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I was so enamored by the story of Red Hood that it actually got me into comics for a few months. But eventually that excitement faded away as I was only ever teased with deeper character exploration without ever being satisfied by it.
But I still remember i a moment in the comics, think it must have been the Outlaws? He gave his most precious memory away as collateral, and to the surprise of everyone there, even the magic man who took the memory, refused to have it returned to him. We the readers see that Jason was sick and Batman stayed home with him instead of going out that night. Jason knew with certainty that his happiest memory was with his adoptive father and decided to abandon it out of spite. Spite for Batman, himself? WE DONT KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE TEASED THESE THINGS AND NEVER TOUCH ON THEM AGAIN.
I had a different take away from that memory. I saw it as the one time Batman chose to Bruce instead of the Bat for Jason. And Jason didn't want to remain being tormented by the knowledge that Batman could have always chose to be his Dad again, and never did.
@ That’s a really awesome interpretation. Wish there was more support for it in the comics, but I really like your take.
I can totally see a comic run idea where the entire series explores Red Hood getting nagged into the Police force of a different city. Police Brutality, revenge brutality, the consequences of power, and the cognitive dissonence that comes with being the "good guys" when the entire public justifiably starts turning on you. All that would perfectly fit Red Hood's wheelhouse.
That's sounds interesting, but how that fit red hood exactly?
Outside of being with the outlaws (specifically with Artemis and Bizarro), I also think that Jason needs to do his own thing and not trying to be with the bat family or being in Gotham for that matter. I see Jason as that member of the family who is very distant from them and would only show up on pretty rare occasions.
Red Hood has a problem that he's great as a villain and great as a hero/anti-hero.
Since he can't be both, but writers want him too, he can never have any character development.
To me his character is plagued with one major writing flaw, no one knows what a anti hero is or how to write one. Anti heroes to always represent heroes with the opposite outlook on herodom than the archetypical hero themselves. In this way the Red hood should be everything the Batman isn't, while still being a hero. He should work with and control the criminal sector, he should kill and kill in violent ways, he should have a sense of humour, he should be humble (in comparison to the arrogance of the Bat), he should be a moral relativist whereas Batman is a classic Kantian. Heres how I wished they set up his character:
After the Under Red Hood storyline, he should go on a massive character defining journey, training with the best of the best, learning from the greatest of the criminals and heroes, in fact he should train under the same men and monks the Bat trained under. It's here where he begins the process of fixing his broken psyche and forging a new persona. He's been brought back from the dead, but now he must begin living again. This storyline should also undertake a major theme in ethics, where two people from different backgrounds can use the same moral framework to take wildly different positions. Backed by this new character arc, he returns to Gotham armed with a new outlook and a more Objective view, with less personal ties and grudges.
The next part would be the Red Hood creating a criminal empire, but with the purpose of waging war on poverty, the corrupt and helping the down trodden of Gotham, of which he claims descent from. At this point the Bat comes a knocking again, but this time the Red Hood is disinterested at best with the Bat, and seeks to proclaim a truce to stop any fighting between himself and Bruce, as he no longer holds any personal grudges against Batman. This storyline would see Batman having a war of wits and intelligence with Red Hood, culminating in a massive fight which ends in a DRAW. This is my major complaint with Batman writers, they never let Dick or Jason ever show themselves to be Batman's equal in combat. This draw ends with Batman agree to a truce but the Red hood giving concession and agreeing to hand over intel on Gothams underworld, setting up Red Hood as a major force in the Rouges gallery. In fact his use of Red would be denoting a coming of a Revolution in Gotham, and I could see Jason Todd remerging in the political field as a popularist revolutionary, which would put the Batfamily in a extra bind as they can't arrest him in public despite knowing he's a criminal and they have to act like a family in public.
The next major part of his character arc is his interaction with the rest of the Bat family, his growing respect for Cassandra and Drake, but his hatred for Damien whos arrogance annoys the hell out of the far more mature yet aggressive Red Hood. Also his interactions with Harley (who I think he would've made fast friends with, as well as Poison Ivy), the Joker, Bane, Two Face (another character who's relationship would be fascinating), the League of assassins and court of Owls. I could also see him becoming more sympathetic to Gothams villains, which could create an ideological struggle in his mind.
All of This!!! I also have the same problem with dick and jason not being comparable to bats (tho i feel like jason suffers this much more) jason's anti heroing needs to be believable, i've seen writers make jason dynamic with other characters not take jason serious and try to make that compelling.
Jason could be so much more, jason could also get a new name alomg the way
THIS, this is what I'm talking about, Jason sticking to what he believe he seen the world what it truly is, all while growing and basically outsmarting everyone. I just hate how people reduce him to some emo who is the black sheep in a part of what's practically a most legally insane family. I mean, recent Dick is a literal spy, Damian is raise by what's basically criminal organize assassins, hell bent on allot of messed up stuff (think of Zuko's situation without the Father problem but the Mother and Grandfather), dealing with the trauma of having to become paralyze from the hip down, and many shenanigans that I won't be going over. I mean, Jason isn't the most mentally stable person, but compare to everyone else, might as well call him that ordinary teenager in a mentally questionable adoptive relatives.
I wouldn't say having humor is opposite of Bat-Bruce, but rather having a more outwardly warm, but cruel humor would. Bruce is dry, and while he can cut with it, he isn't cruel to anyone but himself.
How tf do we have this Harley Quinn over exposure but so little red hood media??
My thoughts. She is just everywhere..I used to like the character because how goofy she was in certain comics (in Injustice Gods among us she actually had the best story) now I am just sick of her...
I’m a big fan of Harley, but I agree. Give her a break for a bit and let other characters have some time in the spotlight
I feel bad for how bad Jason got in his esrly years. Like he wasn't that bad, yet people wanted him death
i like red hood in "under the red hood" or the Gotham Knights game. seeing Red hood alone doesnt do him full justice, you have to place him next to Nightwing.
Red and Blue next to eachother, one is Batman, if he were to give in dispense the ultimate justice, Nightwing being Batman if he finally opened his heart to let people back in. its like a crossroads where one way goes darker and one goes brighter all while the OG Batman walks the Line between them.
oh what i meant to say initially before i lsot myself in the typing was: Red hood is the "bad ending" nightwing is the "good ending" , as such Red Hood MUST suffer more than Batman, he must give in more often, he must fail more often because its all the things we associate witht he Bad ending. which is why i initiall said "you have to put him next to Nightwing to see where he belongs" hes the burned side of Dents Coin
this take is awful
@@poopooman-q7r thank you for your detailed input. lots to work with here, really informative
Horrible take Very bad never write again👍
@@arthurcosta1657 glad to see you managed to make a second account to comment again with just as much insight in your comment o7
its funny how you say "very bad, never write again" yet managed to either copy a completely insightless unproductive comment or went out of your way to make another account just to comment twice after noticing nobody shares your opinion :D
maybe take your own advise ;)
I think the first real problem with Jason as Red Hood is that he was very clearly created for that one story and DC had no real plans on what to do with him after the fact. So, when new writers came in and took over the character, they had to find something to do with him. I think all of Jason's characterizations over the years do work like him being an arch nemesis to Dick Grayson in Morrison's comics and the more traditional antihero characterization he gained in the New 52 that has continued to this day. The problem is that they don't gel well together and, to me at least, none of these characterizations captured what Red Hood is supposed to be and what made him interesting.
Red Hood was an original take on a vigilante, his goal being to lesson crime in Gotham by controlling crime. He took territory and murdered anyone who got in his way. Due to his former training with Batman, he's a difficult threat for criminals in Gotham to deal with and a difficult threat for Bruce himself to deal with as he knows all of his tactics and weaknesses, able to exploit them, and he knows just what to say or do to really get under Bruce's skin. He has a specific belief on who Batman should be and he plans to become that Batman, someone willing to do what he deems necessary to save the world, including killing people like the Joker. To him, Bruce's no kill rule is insane, he's the one making the sane choices to kill those he deems deserves it, and if someone gets in his way, they'll die too. He believes that Bruce doesn't understand Gotham, at least not like he does, he sees Gotham as a city that's evil to its core and if you wanna lessen that evil you have to play by the rules of the city. He's the guy willing to cut off people's heads or fire rockets into skyscrapers to prove a point. The fact that he's Jason Todd isn't even really to important bit, that just adds to it.
The problem with modern versions of Red Hood is their obsession with trying to "redeem" him by putting him on the BatFamily, a place where he really doesn't belong. Batman has two rules, no killing and no guns, and Jason breaks both of those with his main gimmick. He isn't supposed to be the bad boy of the BatFamily, if anything he's supposed to be actively working against them. I think the best thing they could do for Red Hood is revert him back to his roots as an Anti-Villain.
On one hand, I can agree that the Red Hood should be away from the Bat family, since if anything, he isn't and shouldn't belong with them. But on the other hand, I like how they make Jason into the Anti Hero, since the reason is that we can give a actual chance to see Jason in a more human side, I E him caring for children or just helping people. But I love with how Jason is during the Red Hood storyline, because it rase allot of Bat's moral questions and his actions should actually benefits anyone.
What I would do is just make him kinda a limbo between Anti-Hero and Anti-Villain, were we see that Jason is basically against practically traditional heroes, but deep down actually help good people and innocents, as well redeem allot, just to prove a point. I want to see Red Hood somewhat going back to his roots, but developing those roots into becoming something even better than heroes like the Batfamily.
I mean, the Injustice2 Red Hood kinda make the best depiction of what Red Hood should be, a blende of killing the truly evil while restraint on principles and moral high grounds such as second chances. In fact, given the dialogs, I say Jason is kinda with the heroes like Batman, but still has a beef with them after the whole Joker thing.
@@KeefeRudyardDelaCruzDigital-Ar It's totally valid to like the Post-New 52 Anti-Hero version of Red Hood, I don't necessarily hate it, it just feels there was really no transition into it. Under the Hood and Outlaws Red Hood feel like 2 different characters if you remove the name and history. I think if we got to actually see that transition, I would like it more.
Another problem I've had with Anti-Hero Red Hood is that he's always felt kind of unoriginal or derivative to me. This is superhero comics still, copying from other heroes isn't exactly unheard of and definitely has given us great characters over the years despite their derivative nature, but this one bothers me especially because they had an interesting and semi-unique characterization from Under the Hood to take from, they just chose not to, I guess in an attempt to get more people to like the character which I guess worked, but still.
Anti-Hero Red Hood is basically just a mix of Nightwing and the Outsiders version of Arsenal. I feel like most people know the Nightwing connection, I've seen him referred to as "Nightwing with Guns" a few times and there's definitely a reason for that. But the Arsenal one bothers me the most because of how dirty they did my boy in Outlaws. Their characters at their core are very similar, willing to kill if someone needs to make that choice, has a fair amount of gadgets but not as much as Batman or as plot dependent as Batman, had an alias that used the color red, is considered the black sheep of the family, former sidekicks of an unpowered superhero, felt abandoned and unloved by their mentor/father figure, led teams with the word "out" in them, main color scheme is red and black, and uses guns. If you took Outsiders Arsenal and made him more angsty and stuck in the past, you would just have made Red Hood.
It sucks because Arsenal in Outlaws is just not that. So much of his previous charisma and experience was removed in Outlaws thanks to the amount of history and character development DC had removed, making him just insufferable.
Woah, this turned into a Roy Harper rant, whoops. You get the point though
@@UniverseChronology I can totally agree, but you missed the part where I never said I like the New 52 to begin with, just like the idea of Jason tone down a bit and actually explore as his own character through the adventure's he is going through. What I hate is just how he is just willing to go back, while still being called the Black Sheep of the family. Also, I never heard of Nightwing with guns, and that's honestly stupid since it strips literally what makes Jason so good.
Just check out the guy who comment it a day ago, he best describe what Red Hood should be, and how the story should go.
I agreeee with youuu
Dc can barely keep batman cool it’s impossible to ask Christopher nolen to make the whole bat family have mass appeal
I’d like to see a moom knights midnight mission style run with red hood. Helps the people who come to him with their problems
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Red Hood is definitely one of my favorite characters! He's so awesome!
I love Jason e agree with you about what direction DC should take.
I would love to see they adapting Outlaws storyline to the animations like the time where Jason gets his own group of anti heroes like Bizarro Superman and Artemis Amazon after getting kick out of Gotham by Batman, since Red Hood is a anti hero and that would be interesting aswell to him confronting Batman Greatest sucess called Nightwing (Red Hood invades the Tower testing Tim Drake to see if he was ready to be a Robin or not while wearing his old Robin costume, because there is times that he gets along with the batfamily and other times he battle agaisnt them because of the way they deal with crimes [Red Hood and Nightwing rivalry woud really cool to see or the brotherhood between them])
And Tim Drake deserves better.
i call tim robin, daimen crow/Myotis
What tim have to do with the video 😂😂
I think a cartoon show, should be made, about (RED HOOD).
I agreeee
Here me out... Jason needs a Berserk esk solo series..
Why is it that all the people with actual good points and imagination don't work for the big companies and are forced to only have their voices heart on RUclips.
Also dude you need to read Leviathan Event. Damian puts Jason's fighting skill over his own. This is also after Jason hands Batman, Damian, Green Arrow, Manhunter and The Question a beating.
Oh hell no. I would hate to see Jason Todd become a Moon Knight wannabe. I'd rather have storylines that honour the Red Hood we got in Under the Red Hood. A badass who is Batman's near equal who wages a war to control Gotham's underworld. Gotham's kingpin. It could be so cool. The ultimate Batman villain.
Jason isn't a villain though. Taking the Moon Knight route actually makes sense for his character and is quite clever in my opinion. At least we'll get a clear direction and more character focused stories that will be based around Jason's mental health and trauma. In my opinion, what you want out of Jason's stories sounds more cliche. Just like he said, if that's what you want then he'll just become DC's Punisher. (Punisher clashing against daredevils ideology). It'll be the same thing
@@reecewheeler2041 not at all. The Punisher has clear motivations, and Under the Hood clearly laid out Jason's. He isn't trying to eliminate crime he is trying to control it, and that alone makes him an interesting protagonist, particularly because with his training from Batman he has a good chance of making his vision and reality. His goal also lays out an engaging conflict with the Bat family because his aims run so counter to their beliefs. I would prefer that over a protagonist who can't even tell what's real. Here I'll be honest I haven't read many Moon Knight comics because the idea of such a character repelled me so much. It is what it is.
@@158Cypher I do get where you are coming from. But for me, controlling the crime syndicate always felt like his side goal in that story and that alone, not one of his main motivations. He just did it to get Batman's attention. So to bring that back as his main objective To be a villain rather than a hero, I don't know, I'd hate that to be honest. it won't feel like Jason to me. Of course keep him being the black sheep of the bat family and his morals counter to the other members. That's Jason to me not being a crooked enforcer/mob boss type of character like you've described right? I personally do like the idea of diving deeper into Jason's mental health/trauma as there's always a psychotic aspect to him. It doesn't need to be exactly the same as moon knight, so Jason would know what's real and what's not etc. For example (btw this is a made up story I don't mind reading for Jason wise) he randomly saved a kid. May be the Blue Hood kid they recently introduced.They kinda establish a relationship where he's keeping tabs on the kid because they remind him of himself. But suddenly the kid gets kidnapped by a human trafficking ring or something. Throughout the story he finds one dead end to another. So we would've shown how much this affects his mental health because of the obvious reason. He's getting more rash and more violent. This leads him to re-evaluate his morality and riding off batman's code abit. It'd have a huge focus on his psyche. Now that's a Red Hood story I wanna read not one where him controlling crime in Gotham and he's at odds against all the bat family... By the way you're missing out on Moon Knight big time. Check out Ned Mackay's run. It's fantastic I think
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2:37 What comic is this one, the one with the black haired person in the green shirt
My question about Jason is why hasn’t he killed Joker? He could do it at almost any time, and it literally makes zero sense for Red Hood being a hero that kills, and not killing Joker.
He has tried, but DC is scared of killing off their most iconic villain
Well for one Jason is no hero and two the real world reason is because he's an iconic villain and they'd just bring him back anyway. The lore reason is he just doesn't bother and when he does he always gets Batman involved who stops him
They should’ve made Redhood a Nightwing villain. That would’ve been perfect. Batman’s greatest successes Dick and his greatest failure Jason constantly at odds. The 2nd Robin always trying to kill his predecessor. Bruce always torn apart because his boys are always fighting each other. And Jason would make a fantastic villain if the writers didn’t prioritize spectecal or making Dick look perfect when they fight and have Jason his depth. Jason’s position in comics is similar to Spider-Man’s
What is the scene at 00:44 from?
not wrong
I see a lot of jason in damain if u ask me
hear me out erase the last 20 years of comics with jason other than the original under the hood series and afterwards jason retires
Shayne, Please Calm Down.
Sorry, I stopped getting recommended your videos and have had to search both back up to fix it.
Also, Batman is DeadMau5 and a Sea Cucumber confirmed.
We deserve better. DC has been trying to make hip and trendy a focal point of their books. Big fail. Then again the fall of rich kid screenplays or (DC Comics to the rest of us) has been coming for years
1:46 nah first thing I noticed is how much it looks like a bra 💀
I would really agree with you except for the whole Batman doesn't kill thing isn't like real? It's only existed for maybe the last 15 years. Not to say that Batman was ever exactly a cold-blooded killer but he wasn't a hard line pacifist either
The code for Batman not killing has been present ever since the 1940's because of the comic's authority banning superheroes from being murderers, if his villains died then they had to die by accident or as victims if their own maquinations. Batman is only really known as someone who might kill because of his film adaptations in which he kills quite often, like the Tim Burton movies or the znyderverse. It's true that in his first appearance he did kill people, but his first appearance is so far removed from what batman became even a year after its release that honestly I doubt that validates anything, he was more a copycat of the shadow than batman, as we know him now
The fuck you on about? It's been around since 1940 Batman's actually creator, Bill finger straight up said he felt uncomfortable having batman kill
15 years? Try nearly a century
I can tell youve been watching too many snyderbros on twitter spreading misinformation on batmans no kill rule.
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being born out of the farsical and lame Batman Joker dynamic, Red Hood never had a chance.
Batman's moral compass killed more people than any villain he fought
I disagree. It’s not Batman’s fault that Arkham has security and rehabilitation issues that lead his villains to escape and never change. Batman should never kill, simply because it’s the right thing to do. He shouldn’t be held responsible for his criminals escaping, all he does is keep them off the streets.
@@IndianaBonezz-vb7dt it's Batman's fault that he keeps sending them to Arkham knowing that they will escape and kill more people. He doesn't give a damn about this, his moral compass is way more important for him than lifes of some npcs
@@IndianaBonezz-vb7dt it's his fault that he puts them in Arkham knowing that they will escape and continue killing innocent people. His "moral compass" is way more important to him than lifes of some npcs
@@IndianaBonezz-vb7dt I disagree batman shouldn't kill because he goes over the edge when he does. When he starts taking the lives of cruel villains everyone becomes cruel to him. There's no longer a Grey area it becomes black and white. As smart as batman is it doesn't make him any less insane. He's not a stable individual and the only thing stopping him from going ever that edge are his morals.
If you genuinely believe that one man's moral compass is behind the death of countless people then you obviously don't wish to comprehend what the character represents
I believe with all he has learned with batman he should become joker that would make him the ultimate villen he also knows how to take down the justice league as well
Outside of being with the outlaws (specifically with Artemis and Bizarro), I also think that Jason needs to do his own thing and not trying to be with the bat family or being in Gotham for that matter. I see Jason as that member of the family who is very distant from them and would only show up on pretty rare occasions.
fr he needs the nightwing treatment and he needs to go on his own smplace else, even though it might seem like the writers are just trying to copy and paste graysons story nlg.
@@omarprete7962 I mean if you think about it, when Jason was first introduced, he kinda was just a carbon copy of Dick Grayson