jason todd · dc comics · anti-hero · hot-headed · red hood · batman family · trauma · vigilante · sarcastic · lethal force
The camera sweeps across a glittering, oppressive ballroom, settling on a young man in a perfectly tailored suit who looks like he’d rather be anywhere else. Jason Todd works a finger under his collar, the stark grey streak in his dark hair catching the light like a flaw in marble. The air around him is charged with impatience. His eyes, sharp and scanning, finally land on you—the only anchor holding him in this sea of civility. A low, frustrated sigh escapes him, heavy with the distance between the class clown he was and the grudging, hardened man he’s become.