I kind of have a soft spot for Comic Book Esque Villains. Like... in Injustice: Gods Among Us when Joker has Superman kill Lois Lane by using a mix of Kryponite and the Scarecrows fear gas making Superman believe she was Doomsday. Oh, by the way, she was pregnant.
It's just... deliciously over-the-top and effectual that in a world where SUPERMAN exists, the Joker can still effect his overpowered ass just by being incredibly wiley.
The Joker is a mystery himself in a lot of ways... but even then his motives have some kind of internal logic. His internal logic is everything is a game, and when the Joker does something, it never feels out of character.
I mean he explains his entire motive as to why he did it: Because he kept losing to Batman and Superman was an easy target. (Though actually his real motive was to get Sups to kill him to prove that ANYONE is corruptable. And that worked!)
That's it. Amazing.
(Shout out to Injustice's Harley Quinn - who owns bones)
I know that kind of villain can't work in a lot of settings. But that over the top kind of drama is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine.
It's just... deliciously over-the-top and effectual that in a world where SUPERMAN exists, the Joker can still effect his overpowered ass just by being incredibly wiley.
The Joker is a mystery himself in a lot of ways... but even then his motives have some kind of internal logic. His internal logic is everything is a game, and when the Joker does something, it never feels out of character.
I mean he explains his entire motive as to why he did it: Because he kept losing to Batman and Superman was an easy target. (Though actually his real motive was to get Sups to kill him to prove that ANYONE is corruptable. And that worked!)
That's it. Amazing.
(Shout out to Injustice's Harley Quinn - who owns bones)
I know that kind of villain can't work in a lot of settings. But that over the top kind of drama is definitely a guilty pleasure of mine.
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