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Joker's pupils expand when Bruce stares back long enough, the latter saying he can see the love in them

In alternative timelines they are married. One being where they switch personas and one where Martha Waynes Joker and Thomas Wayne is Batman

Joker tells Bruce he knows he loves him more than his family and tries to prove it by killing the entire batfamily. They think the same.

Lex Luthor sends Joker into a serious rage when he asks if it bothers him at all that Bruce likes Catwoman better

Bruce says Joker doesn't need to be alone, that they could work together and he could rehabilitate him

Bruce saving Joker from attempted suicides and murders

Joker confessing his love for Bruce a lot

Bruce beating TF out of his son (made his face and back touch every surface) because he tried to kill the Joker

Joker finding out Batman's identity is Bruce one time and not telling a soul about it because he didn't really care

Bruce and Joker fought to the 'death' where they laid in their pool of blood mixing into the shape of a heart

Joker refers to himself as 'yours' in letters addressed to Batman

When Batman's focus is on another villain for a bit too long, Joker gets jealous

My grumpy baby!

Let's get down to business. I mean yes I can talk about how long it took me to hunt down these comics, but I rather skip all of that. It's not really irrelevant, although can I just say I adore this relationship. I might sound a little insane right now, but their relationship is just full of so many wonderful things at once. i can't even break it down right now, especially now. however this is going to focus on Batman and his other rogues unfortunately. I just want to announce and of course elaborate that I don't dislike any ships I'm about to mention. It's just to demonstrate the difference, in addition to that i do believe that mostly all of Batman villains has a level of like for the dark Knight. Maybe not romantically I suppose, but even perhaps so. Now sadly i can't post every villain on one freaking post, but I only can do one at a time. * Cries * nah, I'm just joking, but we are going to get a lovely display of both of their relationships. I will of course start off with theses panels.

He leaves Riddler to die more than once?

Riddler desires a certain relationship with the Batman, but he yearns it to align with the Batman and Joker relationship, and that will never happen. I honestly can't ship Riddler and Batman. Batman treats riddler horribly and he's very hostile towards him the majority of the time, which makes the ship unlikable for me, however I don't have any issue with anyone who ships Batman with the Riddler. They're not the most terrible. In the meantime let's chat about theses panels. Batman leaves the Riddler tied up in a warehouse in a chair? Now don't get me wrong, he does leave a knife near him, but he shows absolute no remorse or any kind of concern for him. He even goes on to say 'partner' sarcastically. Batman has repeatedly demanded The riddler to not call him partner or friend, while the Joker has repeatedly called Batman friend and partner. This is just one example.

Batman has never said don't call me partner to the Joker. He said don't call me bats, but partner? I haven't seen it yet, and let's not jump over the fact when you scroll up a little, Batman helps a tied up Joker. He helps a helplessly Joker. He goes down to see if a bloody half dead Joker is alive, and there's concern present. Not the ' are you okay ' Not the simple Riddler ' where's the sadness at Bruce? By the way this isn't Edward. He just thought it was at first.

Batman doesn't enjoy his time with The Ridder like the Joker? You know someone ask me this before, and I honestly didn't even really want to give them an answer. I didn't want to ruin their ship, but no he does not in fact enjoy his time with The riddler like he does with The Joker. How i can prove that? It's easy.

Batman is really over here saying. You missed me Joker? Bruce how gayer can you get. Haha! Now Riddler is practically begging for the dark Knight attention over here. I mean Batman doesn't even want to look at him, or acknowledge him. He just wishes this to be over with as soon as possible in this panel. Here's another example.

Anything except him. God the way Bruce constantly yearns to disappear away from the Riddler, while he's here with the Joker smiling.

Batman doesn't deny his dance with the Joker. He acknowledges it all the times, and even goes as far as to say I'm not in the mood. He doesn't tell the Joker to hire someone else to dance with, but he always dances with the Joker. Even if you say that Batman thought Riddler was going to die that night, but even Bruce wasn't an hundred percent sure if he would survive the bullet to his heart. The Riddler did wound up making it after all, so Batman was wrong about his calculations in the issue Batman #25 Jokes and riddles. When the Joker was dying on the Batman who laughs what did Batman do? He bought him back to life. He claimed he did it so the Joker could help him defect the Batman who laughs, but his own words demonstrated that that was not the reason. He told the Joker in these exact words 'you'll be safe here' This is why he bought him back because he didn't want him to live without his greatest foe. The Batman has let three people meet their demise to get to the Joker. It's not me trying make Batman into this heartless person, but this isn't the only incident that Batman has done this. What you all don't understand is that Batman doesn't have excuse for the Joker. He make a excuses. He like the Joker being alive. He goes out of his way to save him, and let's be honest the Joker was stabbed in the heart there was a huge chance the Joker wasn't going to make it in Batman cacophony #3, but he still let the killer go, and go saves the Joker. The point of this is to prove that Batman goes out his way to save the Joker, and go out his way to dance with him. Here's a reminder of that relationship.

( The laughing bat )

It's been awhile since I've done one of these, but i have to chat about the laughing bat episode. It was just that interesting. The bottom line is that Batman prefers the Joker as himself then another identity, or even him portraying himself as Batman. The thing is Batman needs a Joker in his life, and that's why Batman fought so much to get the Joker back to his old tricks. The episode is quite clear. it helps you come to terms that Batman does in fact need the Joker in his life whether he wants to accept it or not.

What the Joker could look like in Batman The Caped Crusader, art by millicay.