The Ultimate Villain
What makes The Joker such an “evil” villain?
-The Joker is impowered by his mortality, he does not fear death, he even embrases the prospect of death. When he realises Batman can not morally kill him, he uses it to his advantage.
-His phsycopathic tendancies help him from caring about physical and moral wants, I.e: money, fame or love.
-He is unpredictable, each move he makes does not make sense in relation together. Each individual crime is done to help him win the Soul of Gotham but is not predictable.
-There is no logic behind what the Joker does, he does not care what the effect is,”He just wants to watch the world burn.” The Joker is not looking for money, and he can not be reasoned with.
-He creates crime for no other reason than chaos, there is no structure or reason behind his crimes.
So why is he such a good antagonist?
-He is the exact counter-part to his protagonist, he has no special ability or super power he is just mad.
-He challenges Batman’s morals, he knows that Batman will never kill so he uses that against him.
-Batman grows wiser from his antics, with the help from Alfred Batman learns that there is no reasoning with the Joker.
-The Joker VS Batman story has no resolution, there is no final point. This is because he turned the whole city of Gotham against Batman, this could be seen as a win however the Joker was imprisoned.
-The Joker competes for the same prize as Batman does which adds competition, this increases the Jokers power against Batman because it’s not the stereotypical world domination but the Soul of Gotham.