Body and Appearance
1. Describe the character's height and build. Is he heavyset, thin, short, rangy?
Jason is tall (about 5'11") and muscular, very athletic. Of the three male Batkids, he's the one that most closely resembles Bruce's build. He's bigger than Dick (hurr hurr) although definitely not as acrobatic.
2. How old is he?
He is about nineteen or twenty. It's sort of difficult to count the years he was dead and stuff. I say "years" because while in canon he was apparently only dead for six months, that... doesn't make sense and is ridiculous.
3. Describe his posture. Does he carry himself well or does he slouch?
His posture is ... normal. When he's not being active, he does slouch around and generally look lazy. It's a thing. When he is active, however, he does stand up straight.
4. How is his health? Is he fit or out of shape? Any illnesses or conditions? Any physical disabilities?
For a dead guy, Jason's health is excellent, particularly since he quit smoking.
5. How does he move? Is he clumsy, graceful, tense, fluid?
For a big guy, he's graceful, smooth and sure of himself. And as mentioned before, he's not as acrobatic as Dick, but he still is surprisingly light on his feet.
6. How attractive is this character physically? How does he perceive himself in the mirror?
IGNORING RECENT CANON, Jason is fairly attractive, or at least, Ravager seemed to think he was cute. He's okay with what he sees in the mirror, but there's a part of him that's alienated from himself that has to do with, well, dying and coming back to life. This is a guy who habitually wears two masks.
7. Describe his complexion. Dark, light, clear, scarred?
Again, IGNORING RECENT CANON not that I care, it just goes hand in hand with stupidity, his complexion is light and clear. He does not, as he told psychopath!Dick, moisturize.
8. Describe his hair: color, texture, style.
Short black hair, thicker than the other two Robins'. Fandom tends to give him a hint of curl. Why not. HE'S NOT DYING HIS HAIR, DAMNIT.
9. What color are his eyes?
Blue. Dark blue, if I have my way about it.
10. Does the character have any other noteworthy features?
Scars, mostly covered by clothing. His hands look old for his age, a little gnarled and rough.
11. What are his chief tension centers?
Shoulders.
12. What is the character's wardrobe like? Casual, dressy, utilitarian? Bright colors, pastels, neutrals? Is it varied, or does he have six of the same suit?
A Donna Troy in
dear_mun called his look "very James Dean", and I think that fits. The point of Red Hood's outfit is that it isn't a uniform, it's not a costume, it's relatively (comparatively) normal clothing with body armor. He wore a blue suit before during the storyline We Do Not Speak Of, which if I recall correctly was hideous like everything in that story was hideous. I discount this out of horror, but he does like blue. If he ever dressed like a normal person I imagine it'd be fairly casual, a little grunge/punk.
13. Do his clothes fit well? Does he seem comfortable in them?
They fit fine. He seems comfortable in them. Personally, I wouldn't like fighting in a jacket, but he pulls it off pretty well.
14. Does he dress the same on the job as he does in his free time? If not, what are the differences?
Yeah, I'm not sure Jason has "free time", exactly? He doesn't really have a dual life like Dick and Tim, he just does what he does 24/7. So... yes, essentially he dresses the same all the time, unless he's making friends with Dick's friends and attending fashion shows to catcall at Dick.
15. You knew it was coming: Boxers, briefs or commando?
Boxers.
Speech
1. What does this character's voice sound like? High-pitched, deep, hoarse?
Jason is a deep tenor. He sounds his age, at least without the helmet on.
2. How does he normally speak? Loud, soft, fast, evenly? Does he talk easily, or does he hesitate?
Quickly and easily. He's a talker.
3. Does the character have a distinct accent or dialect? Any individual quirks of pronunciation? Any, like, you know, verbal tics?
I would imagine he has a bit of a New Jersey accent.
4. What language/s does he speak, and with how much fluency?
Spanish (fluent), Mandarin (fluent), Japanese (conversational), French (conversational). He doesn't speak as many languages as Dick does because he spent less time under Bruce's tutelage. But he picked up some while training.
5. Does he switch languages or dialects in certain situations?
No.
6. Is he a good impromptu speaker, or does he have to think about his words?
He's definitely a talker, like I said, and he just says things all the time that are right out of the moment.
7. Is he eloquent or inarticulate? Under what circumstances might this change?
Well, he's sort of eloquent. ... In a deliberately crude way.
Mental and Emotional
1. How intelligent is this character? Is he book-smart or street-smart?
Jason is street smart, and has been since they decided he was a city kid stealing wheels off the Batmobile. But he is also (surprisingly?) intelligent in other ways. Just when you think he's nothing but a thug, he breaks out of that with something that surprises you.
2. Does he think on his feet, or does he need time to deliberate?
Deliberation seems to be his weak point, really. Thinking on his feet is what he does best. There's something Dick says to him which is like "the problem with you, Jason, is that you never think things through". I don't totally agree with that, but there are things he knows well and doesn't have to think through, versus things he doesn't know well and does need to think through (but doesn't always).
3. Describe the character's thought process. Is he more logical, or more intuitive? Idealistic or practical?
It's not that Jason is illogical, but he can only follow reason so far before it gets derailed by emotion/instinct. He's practical, very much a cynic. Idealism was never a part of his character.
4. What kind of education has the character had?
For a while, he had an excellent education as provided by Bruce Fucking Wayne. After that, though, he had to educate himself, which he did by going on a global trip as Bruce once had.
5. What are his areas of expertise? What, if anything, is he interested in learning more about?
Um, he would make a great mercenary or terrorist, what with his experience with explosives and weaponry. I think his other area of expertise is "Batfamily", which is... not very useful outside of Gotham and certain activities, like trolling them. But he also does some spying and intelligence-gathering.
6. Is he an introvert or an extrovert?
By the dictionary definition, extrovert.
7. Describe the character's temperament. Is he even-tempered or does he have mood swings? Cheerful or melancholy? Laid-back or driven?
He can go from joking and taunting to rage in about .000034 seconds, if you push the right buttons.
8. How does he respond to new people or situations? Is he suspicious, relaxed, timid, enthusiastic?
Brash, confident, suspicious hidden inside a smile. With guys he may troll harder than he might with girls, just in general.
9. Is he more likely to act, or to react?
Act.
10. Which is his default: fight or flight?
Fight.
11. Describe the character's sense of humor. Does he appreciate jokes? Puns? Gallows humor? Bathroom humor? Pranks?
Dark and offensive. He's not politically incorrect and he doesn't do potty humor, but he trolls so hard. It's pretty obnoxious.
12. Does the character have any diagnosable mental disorders? If yes, how does he deal with them?
Oh boy. Uh. As Delirium put it, the crowbar broke something inside his head, and being dipped in a Lazarus pit does not, actually, help your sanity. In canon he ranges from a bit of a sociopath to just kind of grumpy and violent, to BATSHIT MOTHERFUCKING CRAZY. I try to play a compromise of all these in that normally, he is a grumpy/violent quasi-sociopath who can degrade into batshit craziness under the right circumstances.
13. What moments in this character's life have defined him as a person?
Stealing the wheel off the Batmobile.
Being killed by the Joker.
Clawing his way out of his coffin.
Batman choosing to save the Joker's life by throwing a batarang into Jason's neck.
Killing the Joker on Earth 52.
14. What does he fear?
He's afraid of looking like an idiot. He's afraid of getting old. He's not afraid of enclosed spaces but they make him uncomfortable and edgy.
15. What are his hopes or aspirations?
Jason actually has the same goals as the Batfamily, he's just going about them in a really violent and possibly poorly planned way. He wants to save Gotham, but he's not against killing people that he thinks deserve it. What he said to Mia when he kidnapped her was "sometimes very bad things have to be done to do a great right"
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16. What is something he doesn't want anyone to find out about him?
His hair color ;_______; no, he would prefer that people not know anything about his relationship with Bruce, just because that's a very private thing. Like that he actually cried when Bruce didn't kill the Joker but bataranged him in the neck instead he's not embarrassed about having cried, it's just, y'know, private.
Relationships
1. Describe this character's relationship with his parents.
Fffft, well. His father was kind of a dickwad who ended up in jail and then when he got out, never came back around. His adoptive mother died when he was young. And his real mother sold him out to the Joker (although she felt bad about it later).
2. Does the character have any siblings? What is/was their relationship like?
Only child.
3. Are there other blood relatives to whom he is close? Are there ones he can't stand?
Nope.
4. Are there other, unrelated people whom he considers part of his family? What are his relationships with them?
There have been times when Jason has, in his own fundamentally fucked up way, reached out to the Batfamily. During the New York storyline, the note he leaves for Dick even mentions his desire for them to be a family again (although he'd just spent most of the storyline masquerading as Nightwing). He wanted to work together with Tim, even though he'd beaten the crap out of him before. He's never reached out to Babs that I know of, but I don't think he knows that she's Oracle.
5. Who is/was the character's best friend? How did they meet?
Jason didn't have one, sadly, and he still doesn't.
6. Does he have other close friends?
Nope.
7. Does he make friends easily, or does he have trouble getting along with people?
Haha. Jason is a jerk and he doesn't let people close. When he does reach out to people, he invariably fucks it up. So yes, he has trouble getting along with people, to say the least.
8. Which does he consider more important: family or friends?
It's not like he has any friends, but family anyway.
9. Is the character single, married, divorced, widowed? Has he been married more than once?
Single.
10. Is he currently in a romantic relationship with someone other than a spouse?
No.
11. Who was his first crush? Who is his latest?
Like Dick, Batgirl. He got a bit attached to Donna Troy, but that's pretty much over with.
12. What does he look for in a romantic partner?
He doesn't, honestly. At this point, he'd be looking for someone who just gives a shit about him. If he were looking, which he isn't, because he's just about resigned to having to do what he does alone.
13. Does the character have children? Grandchildren? If yes, how does he relate to them? If no, does he want any?
No and no. Well... he might if he were less fucked up, because he fully recognizes he is fucked up and he would never inflict that on a kid.
14. Does he have any rivals or enemies?
The Batfamily. Also, Black Mask and probably you can still count the Joker, even though Jason is more or less over it. "It" being the whole beaten to half to death then exploded thing.
15. What is the character's sexual orientation? Where does he fall on the
Kinsey scale?
I feel like Jason identifies straight and is about a 2 on the Kinsey scale. Even with his lack of experience (see the next question), he's lived in Gotham and traveled the world. He's seen and experienced a lot. He's not at all concerned with his sexuality, he's more concerned about having actual relationships with people.
16. How does he feel about sex? How important is it to him?
It's not important to him at all. In my headcanon, he lost his virginity when he was on his global training trip and then basically forgot about it, because he's very driven and focused. He's kind of like Bruce in that regard, only he doesn't have dozens of women throwing themselves at his feet. But he's comfortable as hell about it. He would never, as the phrase goes, "use sex as a weapon" because that's 1) creepy, coming from him 2) he's actually too sensitive (yes, sensitive!) to do something like that. That's why you see him getting all attached to Donna when she's really not caring for him like that (or that's how I read it, anyway).
17. What are his turn-ons? Turn-offs? Weird bedroom habits?
He hasn't had enough sex to figure these out. BUT I, THE ALL-KNOWING PLAYER, CAN TELL YOU THAT HE, UH. I haven't thought about this either, really. Beyond a lot of fandom convention, Jason's primary language is violence, and this can bleed over. It's not that he can't be gentle, or doesn't want to be gentle especially with girls it's just what he knows and is accustomed to. And the statement about girls is a generalized one. You see him showing a less crazy/violent side to Donna; but he wouldn't necessarily treat, say, Rose Wilson the same way.
Beliefs
1. Do you know your character's astrological (
zodiac of
choice) sign? How well does he fit type?
I hate this question. Go away.
2. Is this character religious, spiritual, both, or neither? How important are these elements in his life?
As someone who's come back from the dead, Jason is well aware there are forces beyond normal comprehension active in the world. That said, he's not a believer, and he's not especially spiritual either.
3. Does this character have a personal code of morals or ethics? If so, how did that begin? What would it take to compromise it?
Jason has a code. He only kills people who "deserve" it, which seem to be drug dealers, rapists, and murderers. But in an issue of Robin, he definitely tries to shoot Tim, and would have shot a bystander if Tim hadn't shielded them. ... This was right after he was all sad because Tim wouldn't work with him.
4. How does he regard beliefs that differ from his? Is he tolerant, intolerant, curious, indifferent?
He might give people shit about it but in reality he usually doesn't care. Unless the belief is "we shouldn't kill people, even murderers, even the Joker", anyway.
5. What prejudices does he hold? Are they irrational or does he have a good reason for them?
Stupid clowns. He also doesn't think much of most superheroes. "I learned the cape-and-cowl game's for suckers." He thinks rich people are worthless, even referencing Ollie and Bruce's backgrounds as part of what makes them practice their non-killing thing.
Daily Life
1. What is the character's financial situation? Is he rich, poor, comfortable, in debt?
Talia has been Jason's sugardaddy since she found him. Otherwise, I think Jason probably just takes whatever he needs from criminals. He's comfortable by his standards, which is not necessarily comfortable by conventional standards.
2. What is his social status? Has this changed over time, and if so, how has the change affected him?
... look. He's a fucking vigilante 24/7, he doesn't have social status. Unless "was dead" and "now isn't dead" counts?
3. Where does he live? House, apartment, trailer? Is his home his castle or just a place to crash? What condition is it in? Does he share it with others?
Jason does not share >:E ... no but he lives in apartments that are dumps, and he doesn't give a fuck.
4. Besides the basic necessities, what does he spend his money on?
Guns. Explosives. Gadgetry. Motorcycles. Security equipment.
5. What does he do for a living? Is he good at it? Does he enjoy it, or would he rather be doing something else?
He... kills criminals and takes their stuff? He's very good at that, and it's sort of fun at first but gets boring later on.
6. What are his interests or hobbies? How does he spend his free time?
Gah, this "free time" concept just does not exist for Jason. Either he has no free time or all his time is free time. His interests and hobbies are all related to what he does. He likes stalking and spying on people (naturally), researching for heists, working out, training, pretending to be a real person instead of an insane borderline sociopathic anti-hero bastard, beating up criminals, eating.
7. What are his eating habits? Does he skip meals, eat out, drink alcohol, avoid certain foods?
Jason eats crappily, and he knows it and tries to eat better but it's kind of fucking hard, okay, when you don't always live in a place where the fridge works, or when you're too busy staking out places and punching people to go grocery shopping. He basically subsists on already prepared food, whether it's takeout or just something from the supermarket. And he does like a beer every now and then. He doesn't like fish. He does like coffee.
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