I understand if anyone hates batjokes. Like, seriously, I can see why. The clown can be so fucking annoying, and I say this as someone who enjoys his character.
But to go out of your way to shit on an artist who simply made batjokes art is such an embarrassing chronically online behaviour.
The "OMG how can you ship them??? He killed Bruce's son and paralyzed Barbara" crowd is so obnoxious.
Yes, I am fully aware. Being a scum is generally what villains do.
Do you know who else killed Jason?
when he threw a batarang into Jason's throat in his desperate attempt to stop Jason from killing his own murderer.
And if that wasn't bad enough, in the aftermath, he went on to save Joker from being trapped under the rubble instead of looking for the body of his own son.
(The animation retconed this part so Batman wouldn't look like an absolute asshole, but this was how it went down in the comic.
I despised the change immensely as it shifted the blame onto Jason. They made him a bad son— a troubled child— poisoned by unjustified resentment as if he wasn't betrayed again and again by the person who should have loved him unconditionally so. And DC stopped trying to give his character any kind of closure.)
So, yes, I know— exactly and in details— the extent of Joker's crimes. I was born before the creation of Harley Quinn. I have been reading Batman for decades.
And I ship batjokes precisely because despite the atrocities, Batman still refuses to just...
You cannot look me in the eye and tell me Bruce is not in the least bit insane when he has fought against so many (sometimes even his family and allies) to protect his monster.
You cannot fault me for thinking these two deserved the company of each other.
And I wish people understand (impossible) that listing Joker's transgression upon Batman won't deter most of us from shipping batjokes.
If anything, it only makes Bruce sound more deliciously unhinged in his obsession.
Oh, and stop blaming Lego Batman, please. The ship has existed before any of you were born.
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