Because he’s not a hero

That’s why he wavered, he grieved, he has scars on his back, and he didn’t take it all in stride. He has no superpowers and he told himself “I can take it”, instead of that big fat self-important maxim, “with great power comes great responsibility“. Even his name was a recognition of his shortcoming and attempt to overcome it, unlike the insecure fools desperate to prove themselves. That’s why Batman’s the only superhero ever created.

Joker’s right. “I am not a monster, I’m the top of the curve.” He sunk below everyone and has risen above, high enough to mock. It’s precisely because of the masses’ strong sense of morality and mistaken self-righteousness that the incorruptible dark knight is condemned, while the fallen white knight remains in high regard. The fragile humanity of people can’t take the harsh truth.

The most classic scene in the movie was when the meanest and burliest crook persuaded the self-important and authoritative man-in-suit to hand over the detonator for the bombs on the other ferry by volunteering to “do the dirty job”, then threw it out of the ferry’s window as swiftly as the detonator landed in his hand. Who is to judge who’s the crook and who deserves to die?

Mad or not, Joker is the most clear minded character in the movie and “Why so serious?” is a sick stab at our highest moral discussions and beliefs in our humanity. The ones who “never lived long enough to see himself turn into a villian” are either dead, fake, or a superhero.

Batman deserves a Nobel prize for literature.

(even though he crashed my Lamborghini)

List of bests: Best Joker, Best make-up for Joker, Best Batmobile, Drop dead gorgeous Bruce Wayne.