Post by thisguy4000 on Apr 10, 2018 21:31:37 GMT
Regarding the situation in TKJ, didn’t Alan Moore deny that the Joker raped Barbara? I suppose if we’re talking about the animated adaptation of TKJ, he probably did rape her (according to that scene with the prostitues anyway), but it doesnt seem like that’s something Alan Moore agrees with.
Besides, making a bad guy a rapist is usually just a really tasteless and lazy way of establishing that they’re evil. I don’t know if that makes me sound like an “SJW” or whatever, but rape almost always comes across as forced and pointless in a story.
The bottom line is that we already know that the Joker is an irredeemable bastard. He doesn’t need to take part in sexual assault and domestic violence in order to get that point across. TDK certainly never implied that about the Joker, unless you consider him calling Rachel “beautiful” to be an example.
Besides, making a bad guy a rapist is usually just a really tasteless and lazy way of establishing that they’re evil. I don’t know if that makes me sound like an “SJW” or whatever, but rape almost always comes across as forced and pointless in a story.
The bottom line is that we already know that the Joker is an irredeemable bastard. He doesn’t need to take part in sexual assault and domestic violence in order to get that point across. TDK certainly never implied that about the Joker, unless you consider him calling Rachel “beautiful” to be an example.