Originally Posted by
TooFlyToFail
No offense taken lol. I do get where you're coming from, but I feel I should clarify a few of my points:
1) When I said big writer, I don't mean the big mainstream ones. I mean prestige writers and/or writers with a larger footprint in general, like they've done good indie stuff too. I'd pick people like Remender, Warren Ellis, Priest, Brubaker, Lemire, or Cullen Bunn. They can do grander stories, but not lose sight of the plot and the characters...something I felt Lobdell did. Everything builds gradually, even when the story is fast paced, and everything makes sense and is given breathing room with them. Also, they have great dialogue and I feel they'd be perfect for capturing Jason's voice.
When it comes to artist, I'd prefer artists like Matteo Scalera, Wes Craig, Declan Shalvey, Greg Smallwood, or Nick Dragotta. The bolded can really do great action scenes.
2) I do want him less involved with his family as well, but that's not the real issue. He just needs to be written as his own man, who doesn't bend the knee to said Bat Family. He stays calm and will do what needs to be done, based on his own assessment of the situation. He's the second most skilled and powerful member of the family, and he should operate as such. He's not going to slaughter everyone (like Punisher) or be selfish (like Slade), but he'll be a nuanced peer to the rest of his family. Like Damian bringing up a crowbar isn't something that would face him, for once.
3) When I said League, I mean the League of Assassins. That would keep him out of the mainstream stuff, but still make him a major player in the DC universe to be the new head of the LoA. He could be doing a favor for Talia, but ends up wrapped up in an internal conflict that ends with him as the leader, with Talia, Shiva, Essence and Bronze Tiger as his council. Have him try to reform the league, but things are far more complex, and he works with people like Waller, Slade, and Lex. He could have conflicts with the Court of Owls, Order of St Dumas, League of Shadows, Vander Savage, R'as, and then, eventually Batman Inc and then the Bat Family. I feel the writers I mentioned would kill this story path, if it were to happen lol.