everything I post has been flopping so atp I’m posting whatever I want
can we talk about the joker and his past for a second? bc I have cemented myself as someone who Does Not like it when the joker is given a backstory bc an important aspect about his villainy is that batman is his motivation. not a dead wife or child, not an illegitimate father, not a failed bussiness, just batman. whatever happened in his past does not matter. he could’ve (and probably did) have a very shitty life before, but n o n e of that bears meaning bc his only motive, his only means for doing anything that he does, his solely because of batman. bc as many have stated, they are two sides of the same coin. batman is fueled by tragedy, he has a reason, he’s not doing this only bc of the joker, and the joker himself, being his counterpart, has no tragedy that weighs him down enough to be doing what he’s doing. that’s why christopher nolan’s joker worked so well. the changing stories, the apathetic manner, the joker doesn’t care who he was before he was the joker. the joker is the only one who exists now. batman is still (figuratively) two people: bruce and batman. the joker is just,, the joker. that’s why he has nothing holding him back.
the joker can’t have a name beyond “joker”. he can’t have a face and a history beyond the bleached skin and stringy green hair. and as for batman, he can’t let go of his past, of his parents’ murder. bc if he did, if he became only the mask, only the suit, only batman, I think he would lose himself to the darkness he’s been keeping at bay since he was a child. I think he wouldn’t be any better than the joker.
changing the killing joke storyline because it’s sexist is absurd, women are subjected to violence that men are just not and changing that within comics because it gets backlash is lazy im sorry
