#jokerbats

[artcool12akyl]

What I did 🃏🦇

[well-riddle-me-this]

You clearly seen everything when there's a universe where Batman actually reciprocates joker's feelings

I'm mildly concerned for that universe...

[klezmaniacs]

Whenever I cover electronics at the store I always draw these awful Batman pictures on the display tablets

Today is my very very very serious joker bat fanart

[ladydisofdurin]

how does anyone who writes jokerbat fic navigate the whole Jason situation I can't imagine a single scenario where Jason wouldn't immediately have an arkham knight level meltdown abt it

[thisiswhereikeepdcthings]

how crazy do you think the AO3 authours notes are in gotham?

"Joker killed my grandma with a reindeer whilst playing 'grandma got run over by a reindeer' and i don't think i can continue to write this JokerBat fic anymore guys sorry :/ it just feels disrespectful."

“Look, I get if Batman/Clark Kent isn’t your cup of tea, but the guy writes more about Batman than anyone else outside of Gotham. There’s got to be a reason, is all I’m saying.”

“And here I am, jumping on the Batman/Bruce Wayne train like the rest of our beloved hellhole. Anyway, if you’re not from Gotham you can keep your criticisms to yourself or I will not be held responsible for the bloodshed that will occur should you insult our beloved sunshine child and his goth sugar baby. You don’t know them like we do.”

“Hey, sorry I haven’t updated in awhile. I died and then got caught up in this whole my-father-didn’t-avenge-me angst thing. Which was completely justified in my opinion. Anyway…”

“Let’s be honest, this entire series is dedicated to the fact that Red Hood could crush any of us with his thighs and we’d say thank you.”

“I just read a fic shipping Nightwing/Superman and I mean, come on. The author is clearly not from Gotham but I can never unsee that and I think I should be entitled to financial compensation.”

“Sorry it’s been awhile, I just got a new job! With the Best Boss™️ (if you know, you know). Also, my boss said he’d give a hundred bucks if I wrote a Batman bashing fic? Thoughts? Ngl I don’t think it’d even be that hard.”

“‘WHy aRE yoU WriTIng ABouT FakE SupERheROes WHen THe rEAl oNEs aRE riGHt tHEre?’ Uh, because it’s Gotham and they’re all a disaster? And also because I don’t want to be haunted by the venegeful spirits of robins past idk. Thinking of doing a crossover though. Batman in the Avengers? Thoughts?”

“I just want my husband Nightwing to be happy, is that too much to ask?”

“I came across Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy on my way home from school today and will now be hyperfixating on that ship, thanks.”

“Leave me and my 235k word fic of Prince!Bruce/Knight!Batman alone you Metropolis and Superman-loving traitors. This is not for you.”

[alicepooryorick]

Idk man I can at least understand most ships, but some just feel sexist (CassKon) or homophobic (JokerBats)

[theantleredfool]

I can’t believe that I wasted an entire class period typing this out, but hells, it’s a hyper-fixation now.

Anyway, here’s part 1:

I think both Jokerbat and Superbat are cute, however, Jokerbat makes more sense logistically, only because they are villain and hero in that classic ship. Superbat makes less logical sense, but they do make a good team when they need to work together.

(I can't believe I'm actually about to make a whole ass essay about this rn)

So, in order to actually talk about this, We gotta break down the potential categories they could fall under. Starting with Jokerbat, it can fall under a few different, and commonly seen, tropes:

Hero/villain, a tale as old as time and a long beloved trope to many.

Enemies to lovers, ah the long argued and debated trope that is either loved or hated with no in between.

Forbidden love, seen in many forms of media, most commonly romance novels.

Now, getting into the break down of Jokerbat.

As much as I love and support the ship, I feel like it runs into a few problems.

The relationship is built off of the fact that Joker is Batman’s villain, and that they’re a duo that’s been together for years. Although it is a relationship, it’s not necessarily one that can build a romantic bond mostly because it’s been a fight between the two since the beginning of any Batman media. The lego Batman movie seem to be trying to imply that joker really wants to be more than just a villain to Batman, seen as the entire movie it jam packed with innuendo and hints at an intimate—in one way or another—connection between the two. However, that doesn’t necessarily make it a healthy relationship. One thing is for certain: Joker’s romantic, or non romantic feelings towards Batman are very one sided, and are not entirely reciprocated on Batman’s part. The only time Batman has ever really acknowledged any type of relationship that is more than a hero/villain one is in the lego Batman movie when everything is going to hell and back. During that scene, Batman confesses to Joker—or “J-bird” as he so lovingly put it— that he also has feelings for him and begs for his help, essentially saving their relationship by saving the city. The two have to reconnect in order to save Gotham in an oddly cute scene where it looks as if the two are about to kiss, but that’s disregarding why Joker was planning to destroy Gotham in the first place. Joker wanted to prove he was truly Batman’s greatest enemy.

Their relationship is not built off of trust, but the fact that they are made to be enemies. A romantic relationship could be formed, but it would not be healthy. They’ve been fighting for years, so who’s to say that if they did form any form of romantic bond that it wouldn’t just crumble and break under the pressure of a long upheld villain/hero relationship?

[fujomoment]

i just finished the lego batman movie and it was surprisingly full of fujobait LMAO.. i wish i watched it on my phone so i could screenshot all the jokerbat interactions, it was wayyyy too animated for me to ship anything directly BUT (!!) it did make me think </3 ive neglected them as a ship definitely

[carriecarriecatgirl]

Oooo ok ok.

Tfem Clark Kent... Honestly to me he's just a Guy. You know? Like I think a trans Kryptonian would be hella interesting, but idk if Clark e0 is the one.

I do LIKE yaoi. Don't get me wrong. I love Wolverine and Nightcrawler. I just feel like so many mlm ships boil down to a modern version of playground bullying. Like Stobotnik is hella gay. Lego JokerBats specifically. I just find so much yaoi to be "oh my god they hugged!? Faggots!!!!" Especially as compared to the norm I'm so used to of women literally calling eachother partners and promising to never date anyone... Like... Some yaoi is good. But I think a lot erases very interesting dynamics just to appease heteronormative ideals.

JimBats I used to like. Now I prefer them as friends but unlike say, super bat, I don't think it's a bad ship. I mostly fell out of it for my current distaste of Bruce lol.

i see i see ......

[octaneanton]

Butterflies and Hurricanes - Indie Insurrection #5

[artcool12akyl]

hugging your favorite worst enemi?)

[inkher0]

Jokerbat?

Yeah, I ship it!

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What are your favorite things about the ship? I always love when the villains make their relationships to the hero personal, it gives a lot of avenues to explore their emotions and their true motives. Joker is exposed as someone who only wants to be understood by people he sees as equal. Batman is that equal to him, but Batman refuses to understand him. I love how that eats the Joker alive, it makes for very good drama and very good fanfiction

What are your favorite things about the ship? That the intensity of their relationship can be played for laughs and for drama! Speaks very well to the characters themselves.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? That a lot of people who ship Jokerbat don't think very hard about the dynamic and end up looking like Harley Quinn/Joker shippers but Gay (Anyone who ships the Telltale versions, this doesn't apply to you, you guys got the Goldmine for Jokerbat and I respect it)

[bapydemonprincess]

HOWDEX????

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HOWDEX INSTEAD OF THE CHOICE OF HOWDEXTER???????????????????????????????????????????

[quimnyk]

happy b-day Brucie-boi

[alicepooryorick]

I wanna make something clear here, I love shipping. I do enjoy it.

But for the love of god sometimes ships just... Aren't a needed part of a character. I don't care about proship to a degree if you're writing fic, as long as everyone is in character. But oh my god, some ships that exist exist sheerly to perpetuate the institution of romance. Especially certain straight ships. Cass Conner is not even based in canon, they agreed they weren't into eachother and that story was a critique of the prevalence of forced ships, iirc. Jason doesn't need a partner while he's still working on himself is another example. Again, I'm all for shipping but I wish there was a certain level of reading comprehension in certain ships (cough cough jokerbats cough cough) to consider maybe shipping a character goes against the point of a character (cough cough any Jughead ship cough cough)

Also also, ships don't have to be romantic! People can just be family. Barbara Gordon doesn't need to marry into the Batfamily when she's the one looking after Cass and Steph. Not Bruce.

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