Jason Todd needs to cut ties with Batman.

I know Jason's supposed to be reformed and nonlethal now, but I honestly hate it. I'm sick of writers going back and forth on him being a hero, an anti-hero, and a villain. Make up your damn minds!

No matter what alignment Jason has, he's always portrayed as the problem child. He's always seen as a screw-up who doesn't deserve Batman's trust or forgiveness. Jason doesn't need Batman's forgiveness. Bruce needs his. Bruce keeps doing fucked up shit to Jason without having to face the consequences for it. I know when Bruce more or less lobotomized Jason he was under the influence of Zur En Arrh, and I don't care. He didn't lobotomize any of his other family members who were going against him. I might just be biased when it comes to that situation, but oh well.

I'm tired of Jason conforming to fit in with the rest of the Batfamily. If he has to go against who he is just to be accepted by them, he has no reason to be in the family. Most of the Batfamily members seem like their brainwashed to agree with everything Bruce says and does. I'm exaggerating a bit, but they seem to just blindly follow his orders. Most of them agree with his moral code, never thinking to question it. Most of them do, not all. They just don't seem to have any individuality. They don't think for themselves. They just do whatever Batman tells them to do. I at least expect Dick to be his own man, and do what he wants to do, fighting crime his own way in Gotham, and even in his own city. That's why he became Nightwing in the first place. He wanted to get out of Bruce's shadow and figure out who he really was away from the role of Robin, but he just seems like a boyscout who likes to fight his dad and go off on him for being full of shit, but never does anything about it.

What I like about Red Hood is that he didn't give a fuck about Batman's rules or moral code. He directly went against them. He stood for the exact opposite of what Batman stood for. In my opinion, he stood for what Bruce was afraid to stand for. He did what Bruce was afraid to do. He made the hard decisions most of the vigilantes in Gotham didn't have the guts to make. He was such a breath of fresh air from all of the Batman-related vigilantes we had seen up to this point.

As long as Jason plays by Batman's rules and takes orders from him, he's never going to evolve as a character. He's never going to be the best version of Red Hood he can be. I truly do think Bruce is holding him back from growing as a character, and yes, part of that growth is him going back to killing. Regardless of who's moral code you agree with, one of the things that made Jason unique is that he did kill. He was never just simply a psychotic serial killer. He killed criminals he knew were too dangerous to be kept alive. Jason didn't kill random burglars on the street, especially considering he was one. He grew up around crime. I personally think he understands that world far better than Bruce does, on a human level. All of these things made Jason a perfect foil to Batman. He repeatedly called out Bruce on his shortcomings as a hero, and proved why Bruce's methods weren't effective. I say methods because moral codes aren't designed to be perfect. The methods a vigilante uses for fighting crime will determine how effective they are, not just their set of morals.

I really do hope Jason at least distances himself from Batman and the Batfamily eventually during and after the events of Batman Hush 2. I want him to give a big fuck you to Bruce.

I also want Jason to be given better writers. His fighting skills are always written poorly. I'm sick of him getting his ass kicked by Batman, and I'm sick of him being a punching bag for the rest of the Batfamily. He's supposed to be a legit threat, not just because of his weapons, but because of his advanced fighting skills. Considering who all he was trained by and the fact that he was resurrected by the Lazarus pit, he should have a shit ton of useful fighting skills and techniques as well as physical enhancements from the Lazarus pit. Shouldn't Jason be considered superhuman due to these enhancements? Aren't they supposed to be permanent? He should have superhuman speed and strength. Wouldn't that also make him stronger and faster than both Bruce and Dick, since they're considered peak human rather than superhuman? If I'm mistaken on this, please feel free to fact-check me. To be honest, even if Jason is stronger and faster than Bruce, it's going to take more than that to be a better fighter than Bruce because Bruce is more experienced than him. Jason and Dick should have about the same amount of experience, in my opinion. Whether Jason is physically superior to Bruce and Dick or not, his fighting abilities should rival theirs. I think he should be able to hold his own against Cass, go toe to toe with Dick, and go toe to toe with Bruce. Maybe I'm overestimating his fighting abilities, but based on how he was originally written as the Red Hood, and his history leading up to his return in Under the Red Hood, I don't think I am. I honestly want him to get his get back on Bruce in Batman Hush 2 after all the ass-woopings he's received from Batman. This would show how much he's evolved as a fighter because it's not like he ever stopped training. He consistently works out like the rest of the Batfamily and he'd continue to train to improve his skills, especially because I think even the current, neutered version of him still wants to be better than Batman, not just as a person, but as a fighter.

This was a long ass rant mainly about wanting Jason to ditch Bruce or throw him in a ditch, partially about Nightwing, and partially about the Batfamily.