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The thing about the Joker is that he sees himself as The Only One Who Understands That Nothing Matters. Life’s a joke and all that’s real is the punchline, and he’s always the one with the last laugh. And this lends itself reallywell to a fourth-wall-breaking character who winks at the audience like Bugs Bunny, because he KNOWS nothing is real and no consequences can truly touch him!

But, and this is the Key Thing about the Joker, that never happens. He never winks at the audience. He’s never actually in on the joke. And that’s because he’s not funny lying to himself. Things matter to him all the time actually! Everything matters SO MUCH, because the Joker thinks he’s the center of the whole entire universe and when people aren’t paying attention to him, he doesn’t laugh about it, he throws a massive temper tantrum.

And it’s not that he wants the spotlight, exactly. It’s that he wants to be vindicated. He wants to prove that his worldview is the correct one. He wants to prove that he’sright,and always was and always will be.

Because he really does believe that he’s infallible. But you can’t tell a good joke if you don’t know how to laugh at yourself.

I almost wanna compare him to Deadpool, who can do the 4th wall break. But Deadpool actually seems to have the self-awareness to actually be funny and also not be an asshole

I was thinking of Deadpool the whole time I wrote this post! But I think there are two big differences between Deadpool and the Joker:

1. Deadpool is always the butt of the joke, and he knows it. He’s the king of laughing at himself.

2. The Joker thinks nothing matters except his feelings, so things like ‘society’ and ‘compassion’ are just fake, made-up things. Deadpool knows for a cold fact that his entire world is a fake, made-up thing, but people matter to him anyway.