#i love Batman and Joker's “what you resist persists'' dynamic.

[psalmsofpsychosis]

I will never get over the fact that Joker has once canonically been Martha Wayne and also Alfred (and Tim Joker Jr in the BTAS show, and Jason took on Joker's old Red Hood persona). And that batphobia seems to run in the family, only Thomas Wayne took the idea and shot far beyond the intended target, missing the core of what Batman is supposed to be, entirely.

BJFKAJLGAJDLSBFHSJFDBLS what do you mean Joker!Martha killed herself after finding out Bruce had become Batman as well in that other universe??? PLUS What do you mean GunBatman!Thomas tries to break and traumatize Bruce so bad that he will have no choice but to stop being a vigilante??? What do you mean Alfred commits unspeakable atrocities so Batman can have something to obsess over, only for him to come home and serve Bruce as a loyal butler/father/friend/monster/nemesis???? What do you mean Bruce carries Joker's living and talking head with him in an apocalyptic future and makes him Robin (as a joke?? I don't remember)???

I'm starting to believe Joker and Bruce a soulbound or destined to become each others bane of existence/only constant in their life, no matter who it is under the bleached skin or batcowl.

OH MY GOD THE WASTED POTENTIAL OF COMBINING THE TWO IN THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS-

nonono Anon come back here, you mean like combining Batman and Joker as a concept, or combining Joker's head with Batman's body, because i'm—