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[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It’s like complaining that Superman doesn’t just lobotomize Lex Luthor and be done with it since he’s just going to keep doing evil things and hurting people. Not only did he do that in that alternate timeline where he became dictator of the world “to permanently stop crime,” but they also wouldn’t have a story anymore if they just did the Marvel movie thing of killing off the villain at the end of every movie.

I was with you until this paragraph. I don't know how many people someone needs to be directly responsible for the death of before punching their heart out becomes justified, but I do contend that if instead of condemnation Batman had hugged Superman and apologized for not doing it himself Superman wouldn't have spiraled into conquering the world...

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I don't disagree, "Deny, Defend, Depose" and all that, but if the villains actually got stopped once and for all, the comic book companies wouldn't be able to keep the storylines going. They'd have to come up with new material, and Gods know that that's the kind of thinking that causes executives to wake up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.

Although, a storyline where they force the Joker to go to therapy and work out his problems might make for an interesting series...

[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Although, a storyline where they force the Joker to go to therapy and work out his problems might make for an interesting series…

that's the Harley Quinn origin story...

[–] EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but I mean the Joker actually getting better, not making someone else worse.

The Joker gets an office job, finds a small business café nearby where he likes to read historical fiction, adopts a cat from a shelter, has a psychotic break and believes he's trapped in a simulation created by robots to use the electrical energy produced by his body to sustain their own existence. You know, a normal life.

[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

You should really watch Harley Quinn the HBO show, it's not quite that but Joker has a recovery arc and it's pretty good.