Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
Yea, Thanos destryoed the universe to please Death. He killed just to kill people! That goes above anything Joker can ever do.
Well yeah I don't think anyone's arguing that Thanos can cause more damage that Joker overall, but that's not what this thread is about. It's about who you would rather die to... I mean, if Thanos destroys the universe or if he just kills me, what difference does it make to me? Either way I'm just dead right?
Did anyone here read the Joker story where he gets all like 99% of Mr.Myxyerzwhatever's power, and he becomes like a God? He kills Batman in a different way everyday for like three months straight. Was pretty cool.
Thanos is far from crazy. He and Death resolved their little problem, and Thanos now understands that he can never please Death, so he doesn't do it anymore(current Thanos title).
I never said Joker doesn't enjoy what he does. Insanity makes him love what he does. Thanos did it just to do it. He knew full well what he was doing, and his reason to kill someone usually is because HE CAN. Joker, in all his insanity, just wants to find out how far he can go until he forces Batman to kill him, and that is insane.
Thanos is scarier than Joker, because whatever Joker can do, Thanos has done in his childhood, and has improved upon it a thousandfold. Also, Thanos is just a big, scary dude.
So you're saying that because the pleasure Joker gets from killing is a result of his insanity, it is less scary? Or less potent in some way?
If you read the Dark Knight Returns, right after Joker kills a bunch of cub scouts, he's standing there looking at the bodies and he thinks (paraphrasing), ' You could take all the bodies and arrange them in pretty geometric patterns, and no matter how many there were...it would never be enough.'
I thought that was one of the more disturbing things I've read in a comic.
Originally posted by Jargon343
So you're saying that because the pleasure Joker gets from killing is a result of his insanity, it is less scary?
Yes. At least in my opinion. I'm not scared of raving lunatics. I sit in the library and research serial killers in my spare time, what makes you think I'd be scared of Joker? I'd probably get into a conversation with the guy. I could probably get into a conversation with Thanos too, if I didn't run at the very sight of him, though Thanos would kill me anyway if he originally wanted to. I could probably convince Joker of changing his mind.
The thing I find scary about Thanos is that there is NO changing his mind, other than Dr. Doom, he is the most determined person I've seen in comics.
Also, Joker likes to talk alot, Thanos does what has to be done, and that's the end of it.
Fear is personal opinion. What scares you may not scare another.
Originally posted by Arachnoidfreak
Yes. At least in my opinion. I'm not scared of raving lunatics. I sit in the library and research serial killers in my spare time, what makes you think I'd be scared of Joker? I'd probably get into a conversation with the guy. I could probably get into a conversation with Thanos too, if I didn't run at the very sight of him, though Thanos would kill me anyway if he originally wanted to. I could probably convince Joker of changing his mind.The thing I find scary about Thanos is that there is NO changing his mind, other than Dr. Doom, he is the most determined person I've seen in comics.
Also, Joker likes to talk alot, Thanos does what has to be done, and that's the end of it.
Fear is personal opinion. What scares you may not scare another.
You say 'raving lunatic' as if Joker doesn't know what he's doing. A conversation with the Joker? Talk him out of it? You have the utmost confidence in your psychological skills i see. He is an egomaniac; he woud kill you for assuming that you could talk him out of killing you.
Again, who cares if he's just gonna kill you? My grandma could kill you, if I gave her a gun. It's the way you go out that matters, and I'd rather go out getting killed by Thanos than listening to the Jokers bad jokes.