Give People a Chance and They'll Surprise You

Basic Things to Know: Name: Jason Peter Todd Age: 24 Race: Mexican- American Occupation: Star City Social Worker (he helps kids get out of bad households and into good ones. He also runs an after school program for ‘troubled’ kids) Height: 6′2  Skills: Martial Arts, Lazarus Pit enchanced abilities, tactician, Master Marksman, Expert Detective. Basically he’s like a mini Bruce within his skills but he has enchanged things like Speed, agility, durability, and strength from his dip in the Lazarus Pit. He’s also multilingual (but spoke Spanish before he learned English).  Childhood: (im gonna link a fic that does a better job at showing Jason’s childhood than I can do at telling it. Just pick whichever chapter from 1-5 to read bc none of them follow a cohesive storyline) FIC But to summarize: Jason was a really good kid with a lot of hope for the world. When he was Robin he actually made nice with a LOT of rogues bc he was charming as shit as a little kid. Roughly the only Rogue he ever had problems with was Joker and sometimes Harley by relation. Otherwise? Easy to get along with, loved reading, philosophy, and history. He was a little nerd, lovable, and loved the world around him.  A Death in the Family: So Jason catches word that his mom is in Ethiopia and he goes because again, Jason had a lot of hope for the world around him. The thing turned out to be a trope and as per canon, Joker beat him with a crowbar. What happened during this event though was mostly psychological, out of the trauma of being beat he started to develop a second personality in order to protect himself from what was happening. Of course, no one but Joker was around to witness it. The building later exploded and Jason Todd died. (age 15)  Until he was dunked in the Lazarus Pit by the Al Ghul’s. The only personality present was the second personality he’d developed while being beat. He didn’t talk, just took orders while he secretly plotted. He spent six months training with the league of shadows before leaving to enact his revenge against the Joker. Under The Red Hood: So he goes back to Gotham with a gameplan, he’s gonna kill the Joker but first, he needs to get power. He dons the persona of The Red Hood, his new identity. For the first time, this new personality gave himself a name. The Red Hood made his entrance by taking the heads of a few drug cartel leaders and dumping them on the GCPD’s doorstep. (note, he did not take control of these rings, he shut them down, took their money, destroyed the drugs). This gained the attention of Batman, and guess what? The Red Hood has no idea who Batman is. Those memories that Jason has with Batman do not belong to The Red Hood. Naturally, this created a problem when The Red Hood and Batman faced off and his identity was revealed.  (age 17-18)  Rebuilding: After he was deducted to be Jason Todd, The Red Hood persona started to back down, finally letting Jason Front for the first time since he had been murdered. During this time period, he spent his time trying to recover from everything that happened. This included copious amounts of therapy, and trial and error medications. He was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder and was set upon figuring out what triggered this more violent personality to come out. And the answer was simple, whenever Jason felt threatened or in danger, The Red Hood would start fronting. So he spent a long time working on repressing that and although he can’t keep his alter from front, he has a better time coming back to himself. Once Bruce decided to move to Star City, Jason decided that he wanted to continue his education and go to college for a proper second chance at regaining control of his life and making it his own.  (18-23)  Star City: Once he graduated from college, Jason immediately went to work in Star City. He was hired on as a social worker and currently, he helps kids who are between foster homes, being taken out of their homes, etc. He also runs an afterschool program in the city for troubled kids. Jason also does a lot of odd translator jobs on the side when the need arises. All in all he’s quite happy, but not with the hero ban. He directly opposed it with the claim that the world will always need heroes, and that his personal case was important in showing that. He’s still very politically charged in that aspect and he’ll publicly debate people about it when given the chance, especially since he works so closely with kids who could really use a role model like Superman in their lives.  Things to Note: The Red Hood doesn’t have any familial relationships with anyone, due to not having those memories. The Red Hood and Jason Todd have completely separate memories. The Red Hood alter is triggered by several things but the most prominent tend to be: asphyxiation, fear, and threats. The alter also isn’t directly violent unless the cause comes around, otherwise, he tends to be plain aggressive, and snappy, all in all just difficult to be around. Sometimes it’s hard to tell if Red Hood is fronting or if Jason’s just in a mood though. The Red Hood isn’t Jason’s only alter, but his other two don’t front often enough for him to know what they are, or how to prevent them from coming up. He refers to them as 3, and 6.