[I hated reading this. Leave me alone. I don’t want that to be the judge of my brand if boys but it is.]
…
[He looks EXTREMELY EXHAUSTED and closes his eyes. Like he has to take a minute to come to terms with what he will say. When he opens his eyes, the are rolled toward the ceiling.]
…It’s a Robin outfit. Like the bird. Red, yellow, and green.
[He does not say he had little shorty-shorts because even though he wants to dunk Bruce, he’s be collateral for Cloud.]
[There is no explaining any of the outfits. Jason has no excuse for this, only the unfortunate declaration he ran around in a red, yellow, and green uniform at the side of a dude dressed as a bat. At least Cloud is prepared now for potentially seeing it in the future, so he won't bust a gut laughing in shock.
When Jason says it all like this, it truly does seem embarrassing and idiotic. Like, he knew that already in a way, but simply accepted it. And everyone is terrified of Batman, so it never holds the same level of humility there that it does... uh... out of context.
He opens his mouth like he might ACTUALLY take up for Bruce, but then quickly shuts his mouth again.]
[WHAT ELSE IS HE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THE TRUTH? He absolutely refuses to talk about the shorty-shorts, though, so Cloud is just going to get another reason to bust a gut later laughing if he happens to somehow see them in any way.
It did get worse. [ jason. jason he is dying. what the hell kind of bullshit is this. what is a superhero. ] You sure you didn't need the flask for drinking?
[ maybe alcoholism SHOULD be jason's coping mechanism for his ridiculous childhood. ]
You win some, you lose some. [He makes a bit of a face.] Nah, I compartmentalize badly like the rest of the Family.
[HE WOULD DRINK, BUT THEN...he would not be coordinated enough to do his self-employed job. Imagine if he were one of the people who did things better drunk somehow.]
Don't think drinking your woes away would be compartmentalizing any better. [ he admits it. he is just saying. also i think jason should learn drunk monkey style or whatever the fuck it's called. it would be funny. ] But I can't tell if it beats dressing up in animal costumes and fighting crime.
[Har har. Let him learn drunk monkey style. I would do this.]
It's less weird, I guess, when you understand that there are a whole lot of other adults who are dressing up in special crazy suits to do the same thing. Around the rest of the world, I mean.
Jason just shrugs a bit, like he doesn’t know what Cloud wants him to say.]
I’m not taking up for the guy, but I guess you’d be surprised to hear that Batman would agree. It’s why he does everything at night. Why he doesn’t associate with anyone much except, like, the commissioner.
But he would be a liar if he said he didn’t think what the rest of them do, especially someone like, I don’t know, Superman: that their personas give people hope.
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[THE JUDGEMENT DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER JASON AT ALL. But also he's electing to completely ignore the fact he also dresses up in something stupid.]
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[ not that baseball bat would be better, but both options are so dumb. show him the fucking bucket helmet jay ]
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[He's thinking about Bruce dressing up as a baseball bat.......... Almost as bad. Maybe worse actually.]
Because they instill fear. His words, not mine.
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[ everyone does cloud ]
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[No one in this family is any better, but Jason won’t say this.]
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At least you know. [ ... ] He make you dress up in a little baby bat suit too?
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…
[He looks EXTREMELY EXHAUSTED and closes his eyes. Like he has to take a minute to come to terms with what he will say. When he opens his eyes, the are rolled toward the ceiling.]
…It’s a Robin outfit. Like the bird. Red, yellow, and green.
[He does not say he had little shorty-shorts because even though he wants to dunk Bruce, he’s be collateral for Cloud.]
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... Wow.
[ cloud is judging bruce Wayne for the rest of his life and not Jason, at least. me a robin Stan: I can explain ]
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When Jason says it all like this, it truly does seem embarrassing and idiotic. Like, he knew that already in a way, but simply accepted it. And everyone is terrified of Batman, so it never holds the same level of humility there that it does... uh... out of context.
He opens his mouth like he might ACTUALLY take up for Bruce, but then quickly shuts his mouth again.]
Look. It could be worse.
[Like the shorty-shorts he refuses to mention.]
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[ yeah cloud he could've been making the kid not wear pants during it ]
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[WHAT ELSE IS HE SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THE TRUTH? He absolutely refuses to talk about the shorty-shorts, though, so Cloud is just going to get another reason to bust a gut later laughing if he happens to somehow see them in any way.
But he adds:]
I was in that outfit when I died.
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It did get worse. [ jason. jason he is dying. what the hell kind of bullshit is this. what is a superhero. ] You sure you didn't need the flask for drinking?
[ maybe alcoholism SHOULD be jason's coping mechanism for his ridiculous childhood. ]
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You win some, you lose some. [He makes a bit of a face.] Nah, I compartmentalize badly like the rest of the Family.
[HE WOULD DRINK, BUT THEN...he would not be coordinated enough to do his self-employed job. Imagine if he were one of the people who did things better drunk somehow.]
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[Har har. Let him learn drunk monkey style. I would do this.]
It's less weird, I guess, when you understand that there are a whole lot of other adults who are dressing up in special crazy suits to do the same thing. Around the rest of the world, I mean.
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[ cloud cannot judge superheroes when that is EXACTLY what First SOLDIERS were branded as ]
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Jason just shrugs a bit, like he doesn’t know what Cloud wants him to say.]
I’m not taking up for the guy, but I guess you’d be surprised to hear that Batman would agree. It’s why he does everything at night. Why he doesn’t associate with anyone much except, like, the commissioner.
But he would be a liar if he said he didn’t think what the rest of them do, especially someone like, I don’t know, Superman: that their personas give people hope.
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... Superman?
[ he is so tired ]
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It’s a long story. He’s an alien from space.
[Oh no. Clark is Jenova!!!!!!]
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... Good one, I guess? [ since he said. symbol of hope. or whatever. ]
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Yeah. Good one. Too good really. Doesn’t seem to have very many weaknesses. Somehow manages to be a good ol’ polite boy.
[EXCEPT WHEN HE IS EVIL.]
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... That's... something, I guess.
[ he does not like aliens. he will also not mention jenova. ]