"He slipped"
Batman (1940) issue 424

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"He slipped"
Batman (1940) issue 424

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stalker!era tim catching a picture of the moment felipe garzonas falls to his death, Jason out of reach but in frame enough that it's clear he couldn't have pushed him. Maybe he could have saved him. But he didn't push him
Tim now has to decide, as he watches Batman and Robin's relationship deteriorate before his eyes, if revealing his presence is worth potentially saving his heroes' relationship
bonus: he has no idea his intervention has the chance to save jason's life
Whenever Garzonas is bought up, always mentioning Garzonas, Jason snaps, saying "Gloria Stanson. Stanson's case."
They brush his comment aside, continuing their conversation as if the case name isn't special.
But it is.
Not only does it dehumanise the victim, but it shifts the focus of the story. How those with dipolamtic immunity, can use their power to dodge any charges against them. How the system fails consistently. How a man can easy get away with a crime if they have enough money to.
It removes the harm and impact the victim experienced, sometimes undermining it, and instead is remember as just the victim. The victim's name often forgotten, turned into just another statistic.
But by using the Gloria's name, it bring more agency, making it known who exactly the victim was and what she experienced. She wasn't just a victim, she was a victim of rape by a man that could silence her and anyone else that might protestagainst him.
By using Gloria Stanson's name, it focuses on how society and the systems fail. How the justice system is corrupt, letting a man who did a horrendous act like rape get away due to diplomatic immunity and money.
By using Gloria's name, it reduces Felipe's notoriety, preventing him from being glorified, turned into a film to watch as the victim is depicted inaccurately or completely different or wiped from the story.
It brings recognition to those that see the case just how fucked up society and the systems are. And from that, change can happen.
Jason has the firm belief that a case shouldn't be known by the perpetrator, but by the victim.
One thing I donāt really see talked about in reference to The Diplomatās Son is how Felipe and Jose Garzonasā deaths directly mirror each other, and yet we are led to draw completely different conclusions about Bruce and Jason from their deaths:
Felipeās death obviously comes first, and whilst itās left up in the air whether or not Jason intended for him to go over the balcony, Jason definitely caused it, and the entirety of #425 serves the meta purpose of solidifying the narrative of the consequences of Jasonās āactionsā.
However, what isnāt discussed as often is Joseās death. Of course, this is far less ambiguous as Bruce would never kill on purpose, but ultimately, Jose is killed by a car which falls on his after Bruce climbs up the scrap heap. Even if this wasnāt the intended outcome, like with Jasonās āspooking himā, it was Bruceās actions as Batman which led to Joseās death, and yet the narrative does not feel the need to follow up on this in the same way that it does with Jason and Felipe - thus, Bruce is effectively, and perhaps hypocritically, deemed blameless.
Anyway, I just think that how the narrative treat each of the Garzonas menās deaths is really interesting. Itās obvious that Joseās death was an accident so the narrative exonerates Bruce immediately, but even the suspicion of guilt is enough to fully doom Jason.
It ultimately doesnāt matter that Jason said he didnāt mean to cause the death, as the issueās very existence (as a continuation of the Diplomatās Son plot) is enough to find Jason guilty. If the narrative didnāt want us to find him guilty, the story would have been allowed to move on without following up on the aftermath (as it does when Bruce is indirectly responsible for a death, like Joseās). By choosing to linger on this, the writers highlight Jasonās involvement in the Garzonas case as significant enough for comment, in a way that Bruceās involvement in the death of Jose Garzonas isnāt. Thus, regardless of whether Jason did it, the narrative finds him guilty of Felipeās death (and perhaps even all of the subsequent deaths in the junkyard), in a way that it would never for Bruce. And I just think that the contrast in the treatment of Bruce and Jason in the wake of the Garzonasesā deaths (especially since the plot revolves around their diplomatic immunity, aka real life plot armour) is really telling of the treatment of Jasonās character at the end of his OG Robin run, and how formative this is for Jasonās revival in the 2000s.
This is not necessarily saying that Bruce believes Jason did it - honestly, in the narrative itās not wholly relevant, as Bruce is more concerned about Jasonās mental health than anything - however, the entire meta purpose of the arc is the writers telling us that Jason is capable of great violence when pushed.
āJason killed Felipe Garzonas!ā
āHe fell - it was an accident!ā
Wrong. Lame. Unoriginal. Operates within a narrow window of possibilities that would frame Jason as either good or evil. And has way too little drama.
Twelve-year-old post-Batman-The-Cult Jason Todd was a suicidal little bitch who tried to jump off the balcony to frame Garzonas for the murder of Robin, hoping to make his passing easier on his family while simultaneously getting that piece of shit in trouble with the Justice League. Garzonas reacted on instinct and tried to catch him. There was a scuffle. The wrong person fell. Then Batman turned up.
Jason didnāt have to try again.

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thinking about gloria and thinking also about the actually undoubtedly latina women of felipe garzonasās home country and how bruce and the gcpd and everyone except jason was willing to accept that they would be sacrificed on a predatory manās altar in return for their own womenās safety, willing to live with and not contest the fact that garzonas was definitely going to go back and keep preying on women that he would have even more unfettered access to so long as it was off-page. how many had he already hurt and how little did bruce wayne ever think of them, a thousand miles from gotham
Jason Todd/Robin & Bruce Wayne/Batman DC Collage š
As you can probably tell by now, Jason Todd is unfortunately one of my favorite characters. Heās genuinely so relatable to me.
Did Jason push Garzonas, or did he slip?
Jason pushed him
Jason intentionally scared him into slipping
He didnāt intentionally cause Garzonasās fall, but is partially responsible
Garzonas slipped
Garzonas slipped but Jason intentionally didn't catch him
Garzonas exists in a perpetual quantum state of having slipped and been pushed
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