honestly I feel like the SA aspect of Jason could be so fascinating to explore, it could be an exploration of the Big Bad Predator archetype in that predators/abusers are a Type of person instead of actions anyone can take, which allows Jason to protect himself from the cognitive dissonance, he’s not finding sexual gratification in this, so he’s different from all those Rapists and Pedophiles he wants to kill, he’s in a different category from them so his actions don’t carry that kind of weight
literally like. It’s not that I think Jason is an active predator who looks for opportunities to assault people. It’s not that I think he’s attracted to his victims (I mean I do think he’s attracted to Dick but that’s completely besides what he did to him). It’s that when the opportunity presents itself, and it would further his goals, he doesn’t have any qualms with grooming or assaulting someone. Whether that’s to humiliate his enemies or to secure someone’s loyalty (cause like…
Tell me this is a normal way to talk to the teenage girl you just kidnapped)
And Jason has terminal ‘I’m right’ brain. Everything he does is justified. Maybe he’s aware at some point that he’s doing something not great, but I feel he could easily justify it as necessary or deserved. It’s not sexually violent because he’s Right. That’s interesting! Jason is a really interesting character! But he also sucks. And people don’t like that. Hey let’s put him in charge of a team of teenagers that will end well who’s Sasha