Post by ThatGuy on Apr 14, 2018 13:57:19 GMT
It's unique to that one person. Or maybe that's why you'd think it was misogynistic. If he went around on a rape spree of both genders, would you see it as misogynistic? I see Joker as a character that wouldn't get any kind of sexual thrill out of it. Like he's detached himself from that way of thinking. He sees it as another way to ruin a persons day.
It's suppose to make you not like or cheer for that crazy villain that is going around doing crazy crap to people. He's not doing any of that stuff because he has a cause like a Magneto. He's doing it because he thinks it's funny. Yet, people love this character.
If the Joker went around raping both genders, I would be less likely to see it as misogynistic specifically, but it would still be pretty a pretty lazy trope to rely on. Besides, if the Joker doesn’t get a sexual thrill out of rape, why would he do it in the first place? There are countless other more creative ways for him to ruin a person’s life.
No one ever said that the Joker is some noble anti-villain. Of course he’s an irredeemable psychopath. That’s partly what makes him such a great villain, but that doesn’t mean that they have to resort to making him a rapist, or a two-dimensional abusive boyfriend. It’s just too predictable. Again, while being a mass murderer is also technically predictable, it at least allows for more creativity in terms of the methods that he uses to kill people.
The Joker is an all around terrorist. If he can do something that can screw with someone, he'll do it. And he isn't a boyfriend at all. That relationship is totally one-sided. Again Harley is a thing to him. And it's not the act that is the main point, but how you use it. Just like you say, "allows for more creativity in terms of the methods that he uses".