I really fell kind of hard for Red Hood, with his tragic backstory and his slightly broken psyche and how he just kept going when the sensible thing would have been to fall down already. It would never have occurred to me that Earth-3 Joker would break my heart, but it genuinely makes all kinds of sense. I desperately want fic about this character now
Oh yes. And how he was so shy about his disfigurement. He's a woobie, and that was something I never thought I'd say about the Joker, even a mirror universe version.
One wonders if he might have been enjoying himself just a little?
No, he was enjoying himself a LOT. He got to do all the impulsive things that he keeps a lid on.
And they say this show is fluffy...
No, it's tone is *camp*; it's actual content is fairly serious. The DCAU was also serious in content, but they played it straight, not campy (except for the episode where Wonder Woman was turned into a pig -- that was a farce).
definitely you should have gotten someone to watch over your evil twin while you were away, Bats
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Oh yes. And how he was so shy about his disfigurement. He's a woobie, and that was something I never thought I'd say about the Joker, even a mirror universe version.
Normal Joker enjoys himself so hugely (and when he doesn't, it's generally along the lines of "my humorously insane deathtrap didn't kill anyone! *pout*) that he doesn't inspire a lot of pity, but this guy...yeah. Interesting that Bats looks away when he takes off the mask; is he respecting Hood's privacy, keeping lookout, hiding his own reaction...? (Batman being Batman, it's possible that he'd realized who Hood was before that, but there's nothing to suggest it.)
No, he was enjoying himself a LOT. He got to do all the impulsive things that he keeps a lid on.
Sadly the internal monologue was, for once, silent on the subject. A quick "Heh. That felt good" after punching Bowman would have been perfectly in character.
No, it's tone is *camp*; it's actual content is fairly serious. The DCAU was also serious in content, but they played it straight, not campy (except
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A lot of Brave&Bold is macabre -- the episode with Deadman, the episode with Ted Kord, this one -- or much more serious than the surface indicates -- the episode with Wildcat, or even the first episode.
They get away with it by being campy. The gee-whiz retro-Silver Age trappings let them deal with things like heart attacks, heroes dying, and evil psychopaths.
Also the Christmas episode, in which we are presented with possibly the most traumatic version of Batman's origin ever. (Seriously, who knew you could make that worse?)
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Oh yes. And how he was so shy about his disfigurement. He's a woobie, and that was something I never thought I'd say about the Joker, even a mirror universe version.
One wonders if he might have been enjoying himself just a little?
No, he was enjoying himself a LOT. He got to do all the impulsive things that he keeps a lid on.
And they say this show is fluffy...
No, it's tone is *camp*; it's actual content is fairly serious. The DCAU was also serious in content, but they played it straight, not campy (except for the episode where Wonder Woman was turned into a pig -- that was a farce).
definitely you should have gotten someone to watch over your evil twin while you were away, Bats ( ... )
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Normal Joker enjoys himself so hugely (and when he doesn't, it's generally along the lines of "my humorously insane deathtrap didn't kill anyone! *pout*) that he doesn't inspire a lot of pity, but this guy...yeah. Interesting that Bats looks away when he takes off the mask; is he respecting Hood's privacy, keeping lookout, hiding his own reaction...? (Batman being Batman, it's possible that he'd realized who Hood was before that, but there's nothing to suggest it.)
No, he was enjoying himself a LOT. He got to do all the impulsive things that he keeps a lid on.
Sadly the internal monologue was, for once, silent on the subject. A quick "Heh. That felt good" after punching Bowman would have been perfectly in character.
No, it's tone is *camp*; it's actual content is fairly serious. The DCAU was also serious in content, but they played it straight, not campy (except ( ... )
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They get away with it by being campy. The gee-whiz retro-Silver Age trappings let them deal with things like heart attacks, heroes dying, and evil psychopaths.
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