We love Bruce's tragic ignorance of Sheila's role in Jason's death.
We love Jason never telling another soul what Sheila did, because he loves her, because he's grateful she showed him compassion as soon as it didn't cost her anything, because nobody needs to know.
We need to go further.
Jason's last act as Robin got an innocent woman killed. His own mother, a doctor who should've lived many more years making the world a better place.
Poor Doctor Haywood might've survived being forced to work for the Joker, but Jason dragged her into a dangerous confrontation instead.
It's obvious what happened: Jason was trying to show off. He wanted to impress his mother by revealing himself as Robin and taking down the Joker. Treating everything like a game, never considering the consequences.
And despite losing everything to his recklessness, Sheila still used her dying breath to praise him. It's a tragedy that such a sweet woman dedicated her life to caring for others, but her own son doomed her with his carelessness.
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#Bruce takes a break from making ten thousand Martha And Thomas Wayne charities to establish the Sheila Haywood Scholarship Program. #Jason doesn't have any catty remarks for once. Huh. So he does have some shame for getting his mother killed. #If only he'd actually change his ways in honor of her values. #Jason Todd #Sheila Haywood #Bruce and Jason #See nobody would support a charity named after an ungrateful slum kid who stole his benefactor's credit card and ran away. #Not to mention the Wayne Foundation probably suffered a rough patch of PR from the general Jason Todd fiasco. #No need to remind the public. #In a pinch maybe it helps that Wayne Entertainment owns The Gotham Gazette and The Daily Planet... But you can only control so much media. #Consider the optics. The sad reality is that a Jason Todd Memorial Foundation would do more harm than help. #But Doctor Sheila Haywood? That's a legacy worth honoring. #Educated. Compassionate. Dutiful. Forgiving. #Maybe someday Jason will find the courage to follow in his mother's footsteps. #BTW how many billions has Jason donated to charity? Oh that's right. Zero billions. #Truly his selfishness never ends.
