Heath Ledger's Joker Theory

[General BrEeZy]

Could be.
There are also people who just want to watch the World burn.
He knew his Theories were right, and he enjoyed watching himself being right while he lit up Gotham.
But Batman proved him wrong as well...so you're always right when you have faith in, and resentment for, Humanity.

Either way, it totally coulda' been what you said. good observations!

 

[theultimateend]

Darn you beat me to it.

The Joker is aware that he is not real.

Imagine how maddening that revelation would be?

I like to think his reaction is what a lot of folks would do if they found out they actually were created from dust by someone else for lulz.

Just curious, but do you have a source for this? That sounds like a really interesting idea.

It's actually really subtle, but in the comics there is kind of a running theme/gag where after committing a crime the Joker will take a bow. Most of those instances happen when the police or Batman arrive on the scene and it could be chalked up to either the police or Batman being the point of view and the Joker performing for their benefit. But there are several instances where the Joker will take his bow, when no one is around to see it. Also at those times he is oriented toward the viewer. They carried this over into the 90's animated series by adding 4th wall breaks and soliloquies for the Joker, but no other character. The idea being that: part of his psychosis involves him imagining that he is on a superhero cartoon show, and/or being aware that he actually IS on a superhero cartoon show.

I think that's awesome.... but I suddenly picture Joker as less of a "force of chaos" and more of "ultimate troll".

Also to add to the commentary, from Wikipedia.

"The character is sometimes portrayed as having a fourth wall awareness. In Batman: The Animated Series,[51] the Joker is the only character to talk directly into the "camera"[51] and can be heard whistling his own theme music in the episode adaptation of the comic Mad Love. Also, in the episode "Joker's Wild", he says into the camera, "Don't try this at home, kids!"[52] In the DC vs. Marvel crossover, he also demonstrates knowledge of the first Batman/Spider-Man crossover even though that story's events did not occur in the canonical history of either the Marvel or DC universe. On page five of "Sign of the Joker", the second half of the "Laughing Fish" storyline, the Joker turns the page for the reader, bowing and tipping his hat in mock politeness."

I would have more than a simple quote, I actually wrote a report on him in college, Buuuuut I just came off a Diablo 3 Beta Bender and my brain is spent.

Basically I still view him as the personification of chaos. But for the most part I think that is because he is unhindered by the constraints of true life and consequence.

Sort of like Majin Buu before he realized people can die. Thought everyone was just playing up till that moment.

 

[Sean Hollyman]

Damn, I need to watch TDK again. It confuses me. I preferred Begins

 

[Torrasque]

Here's the thing about the Joker: The Joker does whatever the hell he wants because he wants to do it. There is no rhyme or reason about anything the Joker does, even when he says there is, even when Batman says there is, even when the writer that is literally deciding what the Joker does, decides what the Joker is doing.

The Joker is pure Chaos, and Heath Ledger's Joker nails it right on the fucking head.
And that is why Heath Ledger committed suicide; because he was a part of pure Chaos for so long.