User blog comment:Thailog/Ep. 201 "Happy New Year!" discussion/@comment-5037637-20120428232012/@comment-91.214.229.2-20120430133820

Jason as Robin was very different from Dick, he might have been seen as unlikeable but part of his character was moving from a cocky street kid who didn't need anyone's help to realising how he could be a hero. It was just that his idea of justice was more dramatic than Batman's idea, and so they clashed as a duo. A Death in the Family was a landmark, yes, but the decision to kill Jason in the first place was a flawed concept: it was done by ballot but there was confirmed ballot stuffing, some people voted thinking Dick was still Robin and many more voted simply to see if they would actually kill him. Since then, Jason has been let down by bad writing - his portrayal in Battle for the Cowl was downright out of character and now that he's being written by Scott Lobdell it's even worse. If you want to find out more about Jason, I would read anything written by Judd Winick (Red Hood: Lost Days is a must) and watch the Under the Red Hood movie. Compare Jason to Tim and then wonder why they constantly pick Tim for animated adaptations in lieu of Jason when canonically Jason should come after Dick.

As not just a Jason fan but a Robin fan, I honestly felt disheartened when I realised it was Tim rather than Jason as Robin at the start of this season. I can understand why they have done it - Jason's own personal storyline wouldn't work well in conjuncture with an alien invasion while Tim could easily step into the role - but it still disappoints me.