Talia al Ghul & Jason Todd

==Background==
*Batman #400
*Red Hood: The Lost Days (2020)
*Red Hood and the Outlaws by James Tynion IV (2012)
*Truth & Justice
*Young Justice animated series
*Batman: Death in the Family (2020)
==Meta discussion==
https://onlytalia.tumblr.com/post/48420310154/hello-you-said-youd-been-answering-questions
===Red Hood: The Lost Days #6===
In the sixth and final installment of Red Hood: The Lost Days (2010), a single page portrays Talia initiating a sexual encounter with Jason. This page is very controversial—though not as infamous as the contemporary retcon of Talia conceiving a child by date raping Bruce Wayne—to the point that many fans militantly ignore its existence. This sexual has been compared to an inappropriate relationship between a foster parent and a foster child, or a teacher and a student, and has even been described as statutory rape due to DC timeline clues that imply Jason isn't yet 18 years old.
* Some fans believe Jason's skill as a criminal mastermind indicates mentally competent enough to fully consent to sex.
* Some fans point to canon evidence that their sexual encounter took place before Jason's 18th birthday, and therefore it's extra creepy for an adult to sleep with an underage teenager.
* Some fans point out that the age of consent in New Jersey was 16 years old at the time of publication, and therefore the sexual encounter doesn't meet the legal definition of statutory rape.
The Jason/Talia relationship has been compared to other controversial relationships in DCU canon such as
* Slade Wilson/Tara Markov ("The Judas Contract")
* Terry Long/Donna Troy (The New Teen Titans by Marv Wolfman)
* Bruce Wayne/Barbara Gordon (specifically in Batman Beyond 2.0 and in the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke)
* Dick Grayson/Selina Kyle (Nightwing #52 by Chuck Dixon)
Further reading: 
*Thoughts on Jason and Talia’s relationship in Red Hood: Lost Days by katefatale
*https://comic-commentary.tumblr.com/post/119901183754/gray-areas-exist-throws-glitter
*https://autisticredhood.tumblr.com/post/670060574190829568/moodboard-for-that-scene-that-definitely-did-not
==Fanon and tropes==
==Fan works==
===Meta===
*Re: “I see quite a lot of people hc Jason and Talia has some kind of mother-son relationship. What do you think of their relationship?” by stxleslyds (13 October 2021)
*https://www.tumblr.com/aalghul/667141662543364099/rebirth-rhato-3-i-cant-explain-how-important-it
*https://www.tumblr.com/littledead-ridinghood/674829758880776192/stuffsforl8r-oraclles-talia-al-ghul-being-one-of
*https://www.tumblr.com/lanternwisp/670121213162635264
*Red Hood Lost Days demonstrates that Talia al Ghul was not, in fact, using Jason Todd for her own ends for her demonstration of compassion, trust, unprecedented honesty, and personal risk.Archived by onlytalia (2013)
*https://onlytalia.tumblr.com/post/48420310154/hello-you-said-youd-been-answering-questions
===Fan art===
File:2020-05-22 symeona Talia al Ghul Jason Todd.png|Talia finds him and puts him in the pit by symeona (2020)
===Fan fiction===
*"Drink Your Tea" by Lysical (2017)
*"last word WISDOM better get some even too late" by Esmenet (2018)
*"make a wish (or two)" by someplacewarm (2020)
*"Unearthing What is True" by samiraxlula (2020)
*"won't ask you to survive me" by katadesmoi (2022)
===Edit/manip===
*https://finalgirljasontodd.tumblr.com/post/687820361872637952/dearest-jason-if-you-are-reading-this-then-we
*https://finalgirljasontodd.tumblr.com/post/691173694110941184/paring-down-this-post
==External links==
===Fan communities and archives===
*Talia al Ghul & Jason Todd on Archive of Our Own (AO3)
**Talia al Ghul is Jason Todd's Parent
===Resources===
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==Notes==
==References==
Category:Batman Relationships