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sparrow626:

blithefool replied to your post:Just…so many people want to talk destruction and…

   When he’s written well, he’s three dimensional. When he’s not, he’s just a nutbag who blows stuff up for no reason. Or rips his face off because…well, no one ever explained why.

See, that is what makes me sad.  He hasn’t been three dimensional since Dini and Timm stopped playing with him (minus the first two arkham games but that’s a whole ‘nother story)

He’s had a few good moments but, mostly? Meh. Morrison managed to do something semi interesting with him in Batman and Robin towards the end. But I hated R.I.P. Although, compared to weird faceless Joker, that Joker was OK. It always can get worse, apparently.

The Arkham games (and comics) are a bright spot in a rather bleak canon.

Oh, boy.

Joker’s nerves being shot so he’d basically impervious to pain but also doesn’t really feel much else either.

Harley being a terrible cook but trying anyhow. Spaghetti and jelly beans, anyone?

The two of them letting Bud and Lou sleep in the bed. At first Joker was staunchly opposed to the idea but Harley wouldn’t shut up about it.

Both of them delighting in decorating their hideouts with toys and torture devices.

Joker’s body being covered in chemical burns from his constant tinkering with explosives.

Harley stitching him up after each tango with the Bat. To a point where it’s essentially a ritual.

Most of his teeth being false since he’s been punched in the face so damn many times. What poor Gotham dentist got suckered into seeing the Joker? I want that story. I bet he took the nitrous oxide with him when he left.

Harley lovingly tending to a plant that Ivy gave her only to have Joker ‘accidentally’ kill it. The next day a larger, prettier plant has replaced it.

Going dancing at The Iceberg Lounge. Ordering everything on the menu and then bailing just to piss off Ozzy.

Harley being able to call up any of the rogues and get a favor because they like her. Joker being able to call up any of the rogues and get a favor because they prefer breathing.

dorksidefiker:

blithefool:

Can you imagine how annoying it was for Chamber to wrap himself up, like, multiple times a day? Just to bust through those leather bandages every time he uses his power? Like, who’s buying these things? Emma? Is Emma Frost keeping the leather bandage place in business just to keep Jono outfitted? Does she have to go to some weird bondage store to get them? Like, where the Hell does one even buy leather bandages?

‘Jonothon, darling, have you considered Ace bandages?’

‘They don’t come in black.’

*deep sighing* ‘Of course not’

I vote for Unstable Molecules.  Because after the third time Emma had to replace them, she decided that it was just a better investment, even if the only way she could get Jono to wear them was to make them black.

I’m sorta surprised the full chest blaster never became a thing in the 616. Like, after the first issue of Gen Next, I thought they might go that route.It’s sorta amazing his look has basically gone unchanged for 20 years. Other than the Decibel phase, of course.