I know many were pretty upset by the way Ursula died, but I think that thematically it does make sense or at least I know what they were going for.

Just want to organize my thoughts on the different Jason Robin writers and their different characterizations and strengths and how they write the character. Not gonna cover everybody. I am focusing on strengths here, not complaints.

Gerry Conway

The original writer of Jason though not the Batman writer to come up with the character (the meeting that concluded with introducing a new Robin involved Doug Moench, not Conway). His characterization emphasizes Jason's curiosity, childlike qualities, some cleverness, and a general desire to help.

Doug Moench

Number 1 Jason writer ever. If I were to condense his characterization to a single word, it would be "bright". His Jason is deeply clever, well-rounded, passionate, jealous, petty, trusting, and vibrant. He wants so badly to be a part of Batman's world and is afraid of what that will mean for himself morally. He's also a little manipulative and always has a plan. He sometimes has minor conflicts with Bruce, especially over himself and his burgeoning role as a vigilante, but the pair tend to work through it with Bruce apologizing or admitting to being in the wrong sometimes.

Mike W. Barr

Not the most complex Jason in terms of characterization, but he is a master Jason's thematic role in the story. Tec 574 really establishes Jason as the hope in Crime Alley and the ever-coming sunrise to the ever-falling night, which I hold in my heart always. He tends to emphasize Jason's humor, enthusiasm, childlike qualities, and fearlessness.

Max Collins

Collins likes to push Jason. Here is where you will find the most emotional depths. The pain, the anger, the moral disagreements, the passionate and distinct (from Batman) thoughts. This Jason has a very strong sense of self and of justice. Collins brings both a Jason who is in favor sometimes (at least theoretically) of killing while also being the one who believes in redemption and the need for the benefit of the doubt moreso than the increasingly-cynical Batman. He sometimes comes into conflict with Bruce, but the pair tend to work things through with Bruce often admitting if he's in the wrong.

Jim Starlin

Do Not forget that Bruce's first reaction after catching Jason is to send him to a unvetted boarding school that promise to teach and correct wayward boys, which turned out to be a trafficking/mob front.

Do Not forget that Jason got into trouble with the principal because he refused to help her heist a museum and ran away because of it. Do Not forget that he told Batman about the heist plan, and when Batman doesn't seems to trust him showed up at the heist planning to stopped them himself.

Do Not forget that Jason pulled Batman's famous disappearing trick on the big guy himself, fought back against several much older teens despite loosing at the end, and got into the museum so easily that Batman did a double take. All before he gets the Robin offer.

a lot of the conflict between jason and bruce comes from the clash between the fantasy bruce represents, and the reality jason is rooted in. bruce must stick to his moral compass without fail, because his entire character - both in-universe and on a meta level - grow out of an agar of perfect justice, perfect goodness, perfect … everything. he holds himself to impossible standards and white-knuckles himself to victory every single time because that’s who he is, that’s what he is - he’s the hero he wished he’d had at 8, the cool hero with all the answers, who could fix the world and make it Right again. bruce doesn’t let himself stray, he refuses to break his own rules, because he’s built his entire person atop the uncompromising foundation of said rules. straying would destroy him, break the fantasy, kill batman as a symbol, and destroy any shred of stability left in that traumatized head of his.