#stray jason

If we dive deeper into Selina and Catwoman herself, her whole life is full of hardships. She went through the system and saw it be corrupt enough times that she stopped trusting it. For me, survival itself is the root of Selina’s character, her yearning for freedom and her desire and natural defence to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves for example in Batman Year One, where she defends Holly.

But what makes Catwoman different from Batman, when Batman also fights for the people?

It’s their perception of the world. Batman tends to see the world in black and white; there are rules and morals that must be obeyed, and he refuses to compromise on them. Catwoman, on the other hand, sees the world as grey.

And why are their perceptions so different from each other? Like you said when talking about Tim, it comes down to life experience.

Am I belittling Tim and Bruce? Maybe, but acknowledging privilege isn’t the same thing as belittling someone. The fact is, their struggles are very different, and those differences shape how they see the world. That’s why the idea of Tim becoming Stray is such a strange concept to me. For me, Tim is actually much more similar to Bruce.

Also, another point is, Tim literally grows up believing Gotham needs Batman, and Batman needs Robin. So for him to suddenly throw away that belief and become a rogue just because, what? Selina finds him or something? It just doesn’t click for me. He knows that working with Catwoman, a rogue, would make him a criminal. So why would he turn to criminality when he grew up believing so strongly in Batman’s ideology?

Personally, I think Jason actually has the most potential to become Stray, because a lot of his worldview is closer to Selina’s. And honestly, it’s hard for someone to share that perspective unless they’ve lived through similar experiences.

Also to me, the possibility for Jason to be Stray is a lot more than Steph or Duke because Jason himself steals and does whatever to survive where Steph becomes Spoiler to stop her criminal father and I don't think Duke would resort to stealing as a rogue or becomes a rogue himself (to me Duke is just my sunshine baby 😆)

On that note, as I said here, Jason worldview is closer to Selena doesn't mean that it's the same, because you wouldn't ever get the same exact perceptions as others unless you lived your whole lives the same as them. And it will ofc change how Jason will later grow up and how he would live his lives differently than Selena after that. Okay I'm gonna stop rambling here