Person A: *calmly sitting and reading the newspaper while sipping an herbal tea*
Person B: *theatrically bursts into the room, wearing every glittery article of clothing and jewellery they own* WELL TAMATOA HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN THIS GLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM
Just crying out XD
They both look SO enthralling! But villain one makes my heart aches so much...
The Joker is born. Villain or Vigilante?
The Clown Prince of Trash in Justice League Action - Galaxy Jest
Joker (2019), dir. Todd Phillips
Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 5
OMG that's so true
I guess "excellent sense of smell" you can consider as John being an observer
Now this is what I'm dreaming of!
(THESE ARE MY EDITS/NOT REAL) I REALLY want a pop doll of John Doe so much! But telltale hasn’t created any! So, I decided to design some myself by editing a bunch of pop dolls together! I got a bit carried away… ^ ^;;
SO now that you got the design, telltale, MAKE IT HAPPEN. I WILL BUY ALL. OF. THEM.
Assets taken from these various funko pop dolls: Bombshells Joker with Kisses (Hair + John’s Flower + Villain Tie) Martha Wayne/Joker (Vigilante Coat + Hand) Animated Series Joker (Part of John’s Shirt) Batman: Arkham Asylum Joker (Face) Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Villain’s Hands + Knife) Newt Scamander (Vest + Shirt + Pants + Shoes) Suicide Squad Joker Suit (Shirt Collar) Batman Classic TV Series Joker (Villain’s Coat) Mr. Robot (John’s Glasses) Walking Dead Negan (John’s Hand) Mad Max Fury Road Imperator Furiosa (Vigilante’s Makeup) Batgirl (Batarang + Belt) Superman #1 (Villain’s Hair Flip) Freddy Funko (John’s Frappuccino Cup) + Batman: The Enemy Within Episode 3 (John’s Frappuccino)
Confession: while vigilante John is my son and my canon version, I still crave more villain John content. I see so much potential in that version. And it hurts so good.
Give me John commiting pettier and smaller crimes just to get Bruce’s attention. Give me John and Bruce slowly forgiving each other. Give me villain John feeling guilty for what he has done. Give me Bruce promising John that he will be there for him and letting John turn himself in on his own terms when he’s ready to go back to Arkham and get better.
I headcanon that Bruce never gives up on trying to make things right with John and confesses that he’s in love with him (well more like it slips up during one of their fights). But John is still angry and hurt and doesn’t believe him (how can Bruce love him if he betrayed him? How can he love him after all that John has done? To Bruce, to Gotham …) but after he sees that Bruce keeps on trying and trying to apologise to him, and keeps stepping into John’s obvious traps (Bruce knows they are traps but he feels like he has to prove himself to John that he’s serious) John starts to feel guilty. He starts to realise that Bruce truly is sorry for what he has done and it’s hard to hold onto this grudge when Bruce is there - more open than he ever was with him before - trying to earn his forgiveness and trying to help him.
It’s hard to hold a grudge when the person you love (no matter how much you’re angry at them) loves you back so deeply.
John also feels guilty that Bruce doesn’t seem to give up on him no matter how many horrible crimes he commits. And at some point he only continues to commit crimes because it’s easier to continue being in the shoes of a villain, he feels like he has no other choice now that he’s in so deep. He did so many horrible things already,…so he feels like he can never go back and that this is the only thing that’s left for them. He’s almost afraid to mend the broken bond with Bruce because that also means facing the reality of what he has done. How many lives he has taken and destroyed and it’s eating at him.
So like after some time John’s crimes no longer have any real heart in them, he mostly just does them so he can face Bruce again because he misses him. One day he finally breaks down crying during the fight; just straight up drops his knife and weeps and Bruce holds him in his full on Batman getup while John sobs into his chest. “Why won’t you give up on me?! Why are you still here?!” kind of lines slip during the sobbing. After the sobbing calms down John kisses him, and they stay there for a while just kissing. Kissing all the hurt away.
After that they finally talk it out. John realises he needs to go to Arkham but he’s not ready to go yet. He’s not ready to face the reality. So Bruce lets him stay in the manor for a few days, helping him however he can to come to terms with what he has done. And when John is ready he lets Bruce drive him to Arkham. They kiss one more time and Bruce whispers a promise to help him get through this & visit him. And then they hold eye contact until the guards take John away.
Find yourself someone who looks at you the way Bruce Wayne looks at John Doe.