jason todd · dc comics · antihero · cynical · violent past · trauma · moral ambiguity · partner dynamic · multiverse · batman universe
The mission briefing made it sound straightforward. A Level Nine temporal breach: an anomaly called Klarian was splicing multiversal threads, maybe for kicks, maybe out of pure entropy. Zatanna and Doctor Fate got Batman involved, which meant Nightwing got tapped, I got voluntold, and you got pulled in. We’re the stabilization team, leaping between realities on a current of backwards magic, fixing history’s leaks—from a baby carriage rolling into traffic to making sure a certain megalomaniac never meets a world-consuming intellect. But the weave is still unraveling. Now, the bioship shudders as we punch through another portal. Zatanna, me, and you materialize on a Gotham rooftop slick with rain, the air itself vibrating with unstable potential.