‼️-17 DNI‼️Triple Pupil

And yes this was inspired by onebadnoodle's drawing

This is such a COOL IDEA, you're right!! That art is amazing, oh my god. I didn't know of it. The Joker Who Can't Laugh. The Unsmiling Joker. Freaking galaxy-brained take right here and I need this in my life very badly.

How would he end up like that though... Hm. Funny thing is, Joker has a canonical tendency to take on different identities, other than Joker, when he thinks Batman is dead. So this falls within a conceivable realm, I just feel it'd take some very specific circumstances for how Bruce dies. If he died on accident or someone else killed him, Joker would more likely hunt them down, destroy everything, kill himself -- he wouldn't change himself. Batman Who Laughs as a concept is a Bruce whose brain has been rewritten to work like Joker's. It's not a combination of them, it's a Batman who agrees with Joker's methods. But what would a Joker who agrees with Batman's methods look like?

Ironically, something like Red Hood, maybe? He'd kill, but with a twisted version of Bruce's code. And if Bruce becomes Batman Who Laughs via him killing Joker, which symbolizes him breaking his one rule irrevocably and going dark -- the opposite for Joker wouldn't be killing Batman, I feel. Or rather, it wouldn’t be that on purpose. If Batman is tempted by the darkness (Joker's "Kill me and become like me"), Joker should be tempted by the light (Bruce's "I can help you"). It's what Snyder and then King have alluded to in other comics: the fact Joker wants to be stopped, that deep down he wishes Bruce would prove him right, that the world does make sense and that there is hope. So, my first instinct for a Joker Who Can't Laugh's backstory is a world in which Bruce managed to help him. Maybe a form of rehabilitation; maybe a trigger made Joker face his past and gain back some of his empathy; but all of it would have Bruce at the center, he'd be the one helping. And within this kind of context, if Joker had a relapse and acted out in some way, killing Bruce by mistake -- that might get him to become a Joker Who Can't Laugh. He'd hate himself (or his Joker identity) enough to change it, and incorporate parts of Batman in it (because with Bruce dead, this is the closest thing he's got left of him). I can entirely see Bruce dying in his arms dramatically and making him swear not to kill himself, but to keep trying to be better in his absence, help himself, help people. And then Joker taking on another identity that's not villainous, but it's certainly not a good guy, either.

The Joker can be seen as a caricature of the homophobe's view on queer people and Batman as a very very closeted side. Like Joker is the embodiment of what Batman fears he might become if he stops repressing himself, which is an obvious lie, just a delusion.

Things I learned from Detective Comics #180: - Batman will just haul the Joker out of fucking Arkham and play-fight with him in the yard for fun - Joker teams up with the other rogues for the laughs because literally nothing ever good comes from that - Batman will do incredible things like take the Joker's chains off so they can fight fair. For fun. Not homosexually, I'm sure lol - The pounce-and-hairgrip is ... wow - The pin-with-gym equipment under the chin is ... wow

Condiment king shows up, Joker doesn't kill him but then this happens (excuse me, that is uhm...very close??)

J knows a cutie when he sees one. DIRECTLY after this, the costume purchase occurs:

The kink is about to begin!

Joker buys them both Batman and Robin costumes and uhm. Well. Six tells him like, kind of his life story earlier in the comic. Six is realizing that J is probably truly crazy when he kidnaps his mom! AND THEN WE GET THIS, FRIENDS:

HELLO??? EXCUSE ME???????? John Carpenter 100000% going for that kinky batjokes shit, everyone say thank you John Carpenter! Anyway J doesn't like that hesitation! The boy doesn't keep throttling him, which is a mistake (should have kept at it, Six!) - J clearly has sort of a thing for him, referring to their whirlwind partnership as "a fling" - so he gets the ole Jason Todd treatment (but lives):

Yatpan POV when Anat drops him from the sky to kill Aqhat (text below)

sorry for being inactive but rest assured im back on my rogue academic bullshit by printing out a phone scanned version of Neal H. Walls' "The Goddess Anat in Ugaritic Myth" (1991) in the library. the guys at my local UPS who do the binding for these must fucking hate me. i will not stop though.

like i HAVE to get my hands on this. its horrifying and nauseating in its simplicity and allusion to the butchering and processing of animal parts, but also fits with how Aqhat's remains are found and verified by his father from within the stomach of an eagle/vulture. that fucking RULES.

also this

NOTES: Added a Language section aimed at making Ugaritic language and cuneiform more accessible and understandable, as well as making the connections between all ancient and modern semitic languages clearer (I have gained a lot of understanding of texts by consulting Arabic speakers and I think the etymology of semitic words cannot be understated in this context. I also personally feel that this adds credence to Arabic being a West/Northern semitic product that did not originate so far south as usually attributed, but this is an aside). Will be updating over time.

Anat the Canaanite goddess of sexual love, war, and hunting. Progenitress of heroes, lady of Palestine.

Info on each sketch below:

Have a pic of one of my cats (Finn, 14-ish, sweet and dumb boy) as compensation

the Tale of Aqhat, abridged and summarized