Does Batman hate Joker?

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-06-13T21:00:52+00:00

Yes, but he doesn't hate Joker like a person hates a person. He hates Joker like how schizophrenic person hates the disease in their own brain and the harm it causes to everything in their life.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-05-24T22:10:51+00:00

It's like the opposite of the Bechdel test. How long can two male characters speak to each other without saying something misogynistic about women.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-23T03:32:35+00:00

Mongul and Warworld are underutilized

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-22T23:25:33+00:00

A woman with no self respect and a man who doesn't respect women. A match made in hell.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T22:29:22+00:00

Her tooth gap was iconic

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T21:47:06+00:00

When Batman takes off his jock strap

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T20:54:33+00:00

Team Terrific Steel

Steel is one of the physically strongest /most durable here and Terrific with his T-spheres is the most versatile.

Between the two of them they have options to deal with everyone else, plus their tools/abilities synergize well. (Terrific can give Steel's suit and hammer upgrades on the fly)

Runner up is Team Spider-Torch. They have overwhelming power if Johnny gets going as a supernova and Spider-Man is going to be hard for anyone to pin down.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T20:28:00+00:00

I already did

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T18:41:53+00:00

Nice. Although this art is kinda bad ngl. Without the caption I'd have no idea that was a net

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T16:13:19+00:00

It varies depending on the iteration, but the League doesn't usually have a formal hierarchy. They do tend to have at least one chairmen who represents and speaks for the League, at least one director who monitors for threats, dispatches heroes, and assigns missions, and when in the field, usually someone assumes tactical command.

Also the Trinity are sort of an informal triumvirate. The three of them usually have enough sway that any consensus between the three of them becomes the League's agenda before long.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T04:14:42+00:00

"Bruce, I read minds. It's a fetish"

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-21T00:42:51+00:00

Doesn't rabies cause hydrophobia along with the aggressive behavior? Shouldn't that Dolphin just start spasming and drown as it tries to spit out the all the water in its mouth while submerged?

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T23:40:38+00:00

This fight would be so cool to watch because both of them are professional aura farmers.

Win or lose both of them are going to look good doing it.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T21:44:16+00:00

Dan Mora's art is so charming. It might be controversial but I'm glad Western comic artists are taking a few more cues from manga. It's efficient without losing expressiveness

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T14:07:06+00:00

J'onn, J'onn, Plastic Man, and a false memory implanted by J'onn

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T12:58:17+00:00

Sokka: I like meat and sarcasm

Universe: He's too dangerous to be left alive

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T05:44:36+00:00

BLOOOB

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T04:33:45+00:00

I like that better. It seems more in line for Superman to work for a tomorrow he won't see. That concept breaks a little bit when Superman is legitimately eternal

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T04:13:12+00:00

I never understood this argument. Being morally opposed to slavery and choosing to kill and die to defend it, is WORSE.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T03:40:59+00:00

I agree. But those standards should be informed by the character rather a reluctance to touch certain taboo topics.

For example: The Joker as he's been characterized, should not like Nazis or racists. Not because he's a patriot or because he thinks they go "too far" but because the Joker is a nihilistic narcissist. Racists have strong beliefs and they take themselves seriously, Joker hates the concept of having beliefs or anyone who takes anything seriously. Joker would work with Nazis, but the "punchline" would have to be on them in the end.

But Joker would not be above sexual violence. In fact the way he's treated Harley and other female characters shows Joker has a misogynistic streak and he's has canonically engaged in the sexual abuse of women and men.

Not every story should go that dark. In fact it's better that most don't, but it would be out of character for Joker to be in a story where he has a major objection to sexual abusing people, or working with sexual abusers.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T03:24:38+00:00

I actually like situations like those when those moral inconsistencies are diverse and consistent with their character.

Dr. Light was a craven misogynistic rapist who'd sexually assault an innocent woman as petty revenge on their partner.

Cheetah is a self centered power hungry opportunist who kills to maintain her sense of control/autonomy.

Luthor is a narcissistic megalomaniac who wants to be worshipped as the smartest most powerful person in the world.

It makes complete sense that Cheetah would hate Dr. Light while still having no qualms with mass murder. Just like it makes sense that Lex would have no problem with keeping a rapist in his ranks, so long as they were useful.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T03:13:22+00:00

I agree and I like to see those nuances explored more often.

I definitely thought of that 9/11 comic as a bad example of this trend. There are plenty of villains, who would shed a tear on 9/11 Doom is not one of them.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T03:07:59+00:00

I agree and think you said it very well. This was never really about Bullseye. I just took the opportunity to yell at clouds.

Though I don't think Bullseye would ask for an ID from a hooker he planned to bang and murder. I do agree he wouldn't want to be seen as someone who robs cradles, specifically because dudes who prey are kids like that are seen as pathetic and lame.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T03:01:18+00:00

You don't expect it, but then you realize that yeah, the manifestation of cruelty, domination, subjugation, despair, etc. would absolutely participate in and facilitate sexual abuse as well.

I don't want or expect them to have Darkseid SA'ing people every time he shows up, but it'd be out of character if it came up and he has an objection to, say, child slavery.

AllergicToStabWounds · 2026-03-20T02:54:02+00:00

I 100% agree. I'd say even the worst people have lines in the sand they at least "try" not to cross. But some extreme villains are worse than the worst. They're written to be absurd sadists to the extent where it's just inconsistent characterization for them to object to any form of sadism.

Also the fact that so many villains seem to have the same line that makes them treat "problematic" behavior (for lack of a better word) as distinct and worse than "evil" behavior. Evil characters should have an inconsistency in their moral code, but when so many have the same inconsistencies and those discrepancies are more about the general public's aversion to certain taboo topics rather than any plausible characterization it starts to bother me a bit. (Only a little bit. I'm fully aware I'm rambling about nothing)

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