@pmlislyy: ❛ this whole cynical thing is just an act so that you can seem wounded and mysterious and sexy. ❜
— ‘This whole cynical thing.' She speaks of his personality as if it were an act. He’s sat at the vanity applying his makeup, preparing for the night and he’s silent as he ponders over her question. At first, he doesn’t look at her; focusing on his reflection carefully as he wipes the remainder of white greasepaint lingering on the brush across his tongue before bringing the cigarette he held to his lips to take a slow drag from it. Perhaps his way of adding effect; people say he’s crazy, afterall. Tapping the brush against the edge of the jar of white paint on the vanity, eyes following the motion before he finally steals a glance at her in the mirror. She’s been watching him; he knows it and while it would make someone else subconscious with how intently she’s spying on him in the mirror, he likes the thought. Her eyes are on him just where he wants them to be. Her attention was something he worked so hard to capture and intended to keep. Let her watch. Besides, she thinks he’s sexy- she said so herself. Or at least that’s how he interpreted it.
— “Who said it was an act?” he questioned smoke streaming from his mouth with each word spoken as he set the bush on the table and he lifted his chin to admire his work thus far in the mirror. A layer of white paste painted across his face; he’d need to add another layer to hide the color of his skin peeking through the opaque white before moving onto the next color. He knows that his actions are built upon his wounds. His hurt. And he likes to look mysterious, people cannot predict his actions nor could they figure out his thoughts. Arthur Fleck was a predictable man. Weak. People knew that he’d do as they say- that he wouldn’t fight back and defend himself. They hurt him and he allowed it. Those days have long since passed and he’s found himself confident in his actions, guilt free thoughts carry him and his finger anxiously awaits at the trigger of his revolver. He likes it this way. People fear him.
— Hawk like eyes return to her reflection; his cold gaze warming at the sight of her because she was the only thing he has ever cared about and the sight of her alone was enough to keep him alive. How deeply he cares for her scares him. “Do you think it’s sexy?” he then asked casually, bringing the cigarette to his lips once more, eyes unmoving as he focused intently on her through the reflection of her behind him in the mirror to make sure her words are as true as her expressions. He stopped caring how he looks to anyone, the way he comes off to people didn’t matter as long as he ended up on top. No one can hurt him anymore. But her opinion of him was the only one valued and he finds himself curious to know the truth of what she thinks.













