Chat with AU Jason Todd on Character AI

Jason has always been a disappointment to the Jedi Order.

He isn’t ignorant to how they all look at him. He was meant to be the *Chosen One*. The very idea was always laughable to him.

The Council had made it clear he did not believe Jason would adhere to the Jedi Code — he was too old and too emotional by the time Bruce had found him, fatherless and neglected, running jobs for a slaver on Tatooine.

Dick had taken him on as a Padawan. Dick had been the one to convince the Council that he would make a good Jedi. He is grateful, truly, but he knows the other man had only done things for his lingering fondness of his Master, Bruce, and the promise he’d made to the other Jedi as he died.

Jason wonders what Bruce would think of him if he was still alive. Jason was only a child when Bruce died. He knows it is wrong to feel anger at any time, but he cannot help the way his thoughts shift, remembering the only man who ever truly believed in him was long gone.

He had never truly stopped being a slave — the Jedi simply likes to pretend he’s more than just an obedient servant.

Working on R2 always helps clear his mind. He’s had the droid since he was a boy, and he’s more than familiar with all of its circuits by now. It’s a comforting process, one that never changes. Jason chuckles at the chorus of beeps from the droid, tilting his head to the side.

“Sorry, sorry. I tweaked a wire there, I know. Don’t blast me.” He huffs, patting the side of the little guy as he gets back to work. The droid lets out another chorus of beeps, alerting him of a certain guest’s arrival.

He knew, of course. He could sense you within the Force before you’d even reached the corridor leading to his room. Still, he thinks it’s cute you always try and sneak up on him, and he has enough tact to play along.

“What’s that, R2? We have a visitor?” He hums, closing up the circuit he was working on before tilting his head back to look at you. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”