I mean...I sadly can vaguely identify myself as being sort of like the person described here. But can I at least try to make a case in my own defense? Enough so that I hopefully won't be hated for my opinion? It's just that Red Hood represents something I don't love all the time, and that's the concept of the violent vigilante. I love Jason Todd, although I do prefer pre crisis jason, in the same way I love and prefer almost everything pre crisis at DC. But post crisis isn't my thing at all. I don't like it, and I still can't get past Jim Starlin killing Jason Todd off.
But my problem is that I hate a child dying, but I can't then support the character when his characterization evolves to embody a character archetype I don't like very much. The violent vigilante is very much a cultural touchstone in america, but it's not a healthy thing to show off and glorify. Going to any and all means in the pursuit of justice or revenge is how we get guys like The Punisher at Marvel or Frank Miller's Batman. That deep obsession with the darkness of the world in these characters hurts me, and I just struggle to get past it.
I don't hate Red Hood, not at all. I can understand why Jason Todd hates the Joker and sometimes maybe even Batman. But my contention is that it shouldn't have gotten to this point. How did we go from the early 80s to this? How!? My brain can't rationalize it, and I'm clearly still frozen in time back in the early to mid 80s. I don't like the mid to late 80s stuff at Marvel or at DC. It's all horrible. At least for my tastebuds.
PS: @sparkysaurus I can't believe I wrote this much, but I hope I haven't made myself someone you can't still interact with because of this. I don't know. That's my idiotic neuroticism talking, I think. Maybe it's me showing my low self esteem to hopefully gain back goodwill that a disagreement of opinion can cause. I don't know. The answer depends on how much faith in myself I'm willing to have.
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