Let's Build Jason A Bookshelf !

Let's build Jason a bookshelf !

Pride and Prejudice - homeboy is an Austen fan canonically, we need at least this one.

Hamlet -do I need to say more? Do I?

Water for the elephants: He won't admit it, but the book reminds him of Dick, and he reads it any time he misses him. It's angsty enough to maintain a front while actually being a romance with a satisfying ending.

The Outsiders: It's not just that the story is relatable and really well written; it's the themes of loyalty, grief and heroism, and the imagery and hopefulness shining through, and it's the way Johnny reminds him of Roy and sometimes, after Roy's death, he will close his eyes and picture the two of them together in an abandoned church, in that quiet space safe from the war raging outside, reading Gone With the Wind while Roy provides uncharitable commentary about the characters' decisions.

Under The Whispering Door (TJ Klune): This one was gifted to him by Tim because "the main character is an asshole ghost, I thought you might relate." Of course, these idiots could talk to eachother about emotions and go to therapy, but why do that when you can bait your brother into reading a story that will help him process a bit of his relationship with his own death and the family? The worst part is, it worked great, and Jason is so upset that it became one of his favourite books. (The part about the stages of grief is scientifically inaccurate, though. He would know.)

A compilation of TS Eliot's works: Maybe it's because I'm a big fan of TS Eliot and Jason, but every time I reread one of his poems, I think about Jason and I'm sad. The Hollow Men, in particular about the fallen soldiers from WWI, hits so hard as a Jason poem, especially when you consider he lived through the explosion but died of smoke inhalation.

Flowers for Algernon: After losing Bizarro, Jason rereads it often, sitting on rooftops, every time the sky is bright enough to see the stars. He reads it out loud, and the words burn his tongue and taste bitter every time every time, but he likes to pretend his friend is listening, and feels a little less alone.

The Oresteia: This one belongs to the list Jason has read many times and should probably read less, because he projects the tragedy onto his real life and it's a bad influence that comforts him in the idea that he was doomed from the start and might as well burn the remains of the bridges with his family. Good luck trying to pry it out of his hands though! He also loves the idea of being seen at his worst, in the midst of all his hopelessness, and being loved anyway, cradled with unwavering devotion.

Frankenstein : He's a huge Mary Shelley fan, both as a person and a writer. As for Hamlet and the Oresteia, he definitely projects maybe a little too much of some of the characters, but hey, not everybody can brag that they relate to the Creature on such a visceral level.

What else would you guys add?

Jason Todd character profile!

Poem: First Memory (Louise Glück)/ And My Father's Love Was Nothing Next To God's Will (Amatullah Bourdon)

Novel: The Outsiders

Quote from a Novel: "they are going to stop hitting, I am going to catch my breath, this can't end here, not now and yet he couldn't breathe anymore nor feel his body nor hear anything, nor see anything either and still he hoped, something in him repeating, life will hold, still, it always holds, it's going be alright still, they will stop because they will understand that my life is too small in my body and it's wearing too thin now to last more than a bubble of knowing that rises and explodes... " (What I call Oblivion, Laurent Mauviginier)

Play: Hamlet (Shakespeare)

Quote from a play: "Here he lies like something melting away. His mother’s blood comes quaking howling brassing bawling blacking down his mad little veins." (An Oresteia, Anne Carson)

Song: The Horror and The Wild (the Amazing Devil)

Song lyrics: "And I am both the fire and the forest, and I am the witness watching it "(Mitski, Burning Hill)

Ancient Greek Deity: Nemesis

Flower: Rain lily

Feel free to add more!!!

The kind of shenanigan I love

If you get it, you get it.

Guys I think the hypothetical project that could never take life might be doing its darndest to take life

coming off anon for this: i made a mockup! very VERY simple and short, but i just wanted to see if I could do it and the answer is yes!

lmk if the link doesn't work: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1045244536/

SCREAMING INTO THE VOID OMG IT LOOKS SPECTACULAR OMG OMG OMG YOU ARE AMAZING THIS IS AMAZING EVERYONE GO HAVE A LOOK IT’S EVERYTHING WE DREAMT OF ALREADY 💚💚💚💚

"He barely notices his feet taking him to the cemetery, but isn’t surprised to find his grave there, naked as the day he crawled out of it. There are no flowers by his tombstone. Why are there no flowers on his tomb? It’s not fair. He wanted somebody to mourn him. The green fizzles at the thought, the dying ashes of a spitfire, but he’s too tired to care. His knees crumple down and he falls, sprawled over his grave, and it’s its own kind of relief."

Sunlight on a Broken Column, chapter 3, on ao3 (by GlitterStained)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/55936753/chapters/142045438

Working on your WIP is such a funny process, and by that I mean I'm losing my mind

Me: "okay, now we need to work on the plot, add more rythm, stress out the tension and dramatic irony and let them come up with a plan"

Brain: "Okay, here's a scene of Dick having sleep paralysis"

Me: "what in the chat GPT are you talking about, I said plot-"

Brain: "okay, here's a scene of Dick having sleep paralysis and then brushing his teeth."

Me: "this is a THRILLER"

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See also:

Me: "okay now let's add a sweet, calm, wholesome scene to introduce this character, release some tension and add some stakes to the story"

Brain: "lmao what if they stole a police car?"