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• Let The Past Die by AboardToaster73

  Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types  

  • Not Rated
  • Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  29 Jun 2026

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
  • Talia al Ghul & Jason Todd
  • Batfamily Members & Jason Todd
  • Jason Todd
  • Talia al Ghul
  • Bruce Wayne
  • Ra's al Ghul
  • Sheila Haywood
  • Joker (DCU)
  • Dick Grayson
  • Alfred Pennyworth
  • Jason Todd is Red Hood
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Memory Loss
  • Jason Todd-centric
  • Resurrected Jason Todd
  • Jason Todd needs better parental figures
  • Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent
  • Talia al Ghul Tries
  • Manipulative Talia al Ghul
  • Lazarus Pit (DCU)
  • Post-Lazarus Pit Jason Todd
  • Jason Todd Needs Therapy

  Summary

  When Jason comes out of the pit, the only thing he remembers is dying. When Talia decides to withhold the details of his past, Jason tries to figure it out himself by investigating all of the Joker's past crimes, looking for a case that lines up with what he remembers. Because his and Sheila’s deaths were never tied to the joker, he doesn’t find himself. What he does find is that time after time, atrocity after atrocity, Batman let the Joker live. Jason sets out to remedy that. After all, what else could the universe have brought him back for?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

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  Chapters:

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