The first three episodes of Titans Season 3 were very well done. Short version, the
joker may not be dead, and the Scarecrow may be working with him. We may not have seen
the last of Hank. And let's not forget the post-credit scene from the Season 2 finale:
Koriand'r's sister, Blackfire, took over the body of this woman.
Very high-level, Jason went out solo and got caught by Deathstroke. Jason went out solo
again in season 2 and got caught by The Joker. But it turns out, Jason is still alive. And
it appears that someone is using mind-control on him. Now, Jason goes by the identity Red
Hood. Just like Jason, Hank went out solo and got caught as well. One of Batman's prototype
bombs was inserted into his chest and Dawn pulled the trigger, unknowingly setting off
the bomb right before Conner deactivated it. All Hank needed was a couple more seconds.
If only he and Dawn hadn't gotten his heart rate up for a minute there. Very tragic, but
hindsight s 20/20. Now let's break it down and speculate. There's
a lot to go over. When Jason called Hank, he told him that something was wrong with
him and that he needed help. And in case you didn't catch it, Jason heard The Joker's laugh
in his head in the very first scene of the show. So even though people think that Batman
showed up to Arkham and killed The Joker, that is unlikely. Odds are, The Joker is still
out there, and he is the puppet master. After all, Dick was confused why Jason had chemistry
books since Jason isn't the biggest reader. Then Dick found out that Jason had a lab where
he was producing an unknown substance which he took before he hastily went out and got
caught by The Joker. So it s possible that that chemical allowed The Joker to use mind-control
on Jason. Similarly, just as Jason begged for help from
Hank, Bruce begged for help from Dick Grayson. And in case you didn't catch it, as Bruce
asked for Dick's help, the subtitles pointed out that Bruce's voice was trembling. So it
seems as if the puppet master is inside Bruce's head just as the puppet master is inside Jason's
head. And that may explain why Bruce buried an empty casket. Because Bruce was being played.
And if so, it ties into the king s pawn opening. As Scarecrow told Dick, the King moves stealthily
in the shadows while the pawns are sent into the teeth of destruction. If The Joker is,
in fact, the puppet master, that analogy fits perfectly. He is currently using and even
sacrificing his pawns, the other crime lords and the Titans, while he - the King - moves
stealthily in the shadows since everyone thinks that he's dead.
It's worth noting that Barbara convinced Dick to use the Scarecrow as a consultant, but
for all we know, Scarecrow may somehow be working with the puppet master. Here's how:
Kory was told that the Cortado crime family deals in synthetic opioids. And Dick gave
Jonathan Crane a specific type of Mary Jane that was crossed with something. So I am wondering
if it was crossed with one of the Cortado family's synthetic opioids, and if so, does
that drug allow Crane to tap into some sort of mind control similar to the way in which
Jason's drug may have done. And while we are on the topic of tinfoil,
in season 2, Jericho began a second life of sorts inside his half-sister Rose. And Season
2 ended with Rachel going to the Amazons with Donna Troy's body in hopes of resurrecting
Donna since Rachel's powers had been increasing, and she felt like she may be able to learn
to do it. So that's the first foreshadowing of a rebirth or second life. In season 3,
we were led to believe that Jason was dead, but it turns out, he's not. That was another
rebirth of sorts. Since the show writers use a lot of parallel structure, we have to wonder
if just like Jason, The Joker is not actually dead. The Joker may have a rebirth so to say.
And to be clear, what I am proposing is that Bruce didn't kill The Joker. He killed someone
else. And conveniently, Bruce bashed in the guy's head, which means they may not even
realize that the dead person is not the real Joker. If this hypothesis is true, here is
a nice example of wordplay taken out of context: Batman killed The Joker. "It wasn t him."
So Jericho is living a second life of sorts. And we have the possibility of a Donna Troy
resurrection. Jason had a rebirth of sorts and we may soon see the same for The Joker.
A lot of rebirths and second lives. Parallel structure. So it begs the question: have we
seen the last of Hank? If only he had Jericho s power to move into Krypto's mind, because
loyal Krypto stayed by Hank s side until the very end. But that's a stretch. But who knows?
Conner learns very fast. And Conner was created in a test tube. Maybe they will create a Hank
clone. Next up, let's discuss Koriand'r's sister,
Blackfire. Blackfire has some interesting powers. In season 2, Blackfire took over Faddei
or Faddei with some sort of mind-control. So Koriand'r killed him. Then in the post-credit
scene, Blackfire entered this woman's mind, but didn't stop there. She then transformed
her image from that of the woman into her own image. In season 3, there was a clue that
we may see the same thing from Gar. Gar usually transforms into a tiger, but he already transformed
into a snake in season 2. And in season 3, Gar was looking at animals and thinking about
which one he could be. But is Gar limited to animals? Or can Gar transform into the
shape of a human, just like Blackfire did? And speaking of Gar, it's worth noting that
Gar was having a conversation with Rachel inside his head. She wasn't really speaking
to him. He just missed her. But that was a cool nod to the reoccurring concept of mind-control.
Gar was pretending as if Rachel was in his head. But then we've got Kory's little incident.
Three times, someone entered her mind. The first time, she woke up in the middle of traffic.
And the second time, she shot fire at Gar, Conner saved him, and then she snapped back
to reality. The third time, she simply heard someone say: "Koriand'r!" So it begs the question:
Who is entering Kory's mind? Someone good or someone bad? If I had to guess, The Joker
has been manipulating Jason and Bruce. But someone else may be manipulating Kory. Maybe
her sister Blackfire? Or maybe it's Rachel. Maybe Rachel is trying to send Kory clues.
Another thing to keep our eyes on in regards to Kory is her friend Justin. Kory likes Justin,
which may be a problem. First off, the puppet master has been leveraging people's children
as a way to get people to do stuff. So even if Justin is not part of the Gotham plot,
due to parallel structure, Blackfire may leverage Justin as a way to get Kory to do something
later in the season. Or, since Blackfire has the ability to transform her appearance, we
may see Blackfire transform into a Justin clone to try to trick Kory.
And last but not least, there's this kid here. In some way, shape, or form, he is going to
factor into this story. This kid told his father that the two cops that stopped him
were new guys, so I've got my guard up in terms of the Gotham Police, including Barbara
and this woman here: Vee. That's all I got for now. Please let me in
the comment section if I butchered anything or if I missed something. I'd love to learn
from y'all. Thanks in advance, and I'll catch ya on the flipside!