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nah but seriously ive always found a flaw in batman's no kill rule: he specifically doesnt want to kill joker in order to stop him because he doesnt want to take a life that could be rehabilitated right? so killing is out of the question and letting others kill him also isnt. alright so why doesnt he just r*pe the joker? because the joker is motivated by a want to become a matyr or otherwise is okay with being beat up, but surely the trauma of a r*pe would rewire his brain to not wanting to be a criminal any more? either that or he's homosexual and enjoys it and will reform for the peepee
i've always thought about this and it's shocked me it's never come up before
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No. You fundamentally misunderstand why he doesn't kill. Modern batman doesn't kill because once he did he wouldnt be able to stop. He'd start killing and just keep killing his way through all of gothams scum until he's shooting jaywalkers.
If he r*ped the joker then boom he's raping everyone. He doesn't think the joker can be fixed and he knows that leaving him alive will cause more deaths. That is why joker is the ultimate test for him.
Injustice goes into this quite a bit.
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well that's a stupid reasoning because he's already essentially opening himself philosophically to anything so long as it's technically not murder. so he's okay with torture, blackmail, inhumane incarceration and anything else so long as he doesnt do a permanent booboo
like why does he actively save the joker then? surely him actively saving him versus merely letting him survive is a form of murder
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Same reason as why everypony realized magneto was definitely right after the 5th mutant genocide.
@timmy_blueballs stand with Israel.
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To be fair he lives in a universe where almost anyone can be brought back to full health as long as they aren't killed, it's different than in our world where you can permanently cripple someone.
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For all that superscience though, they can't unrape someone
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Even if someone is killed there's like a 50:50 chance they are brought back to life because of some bullshit reason.
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Joker sure did his best, though. And if DC had any balls she'd still be in that wheelchair.
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explain Barbara Gordon then
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The real question is why hasn't a cop shot Joker on the way to the holding center
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That's why the joker
is always wearing white 
makeup
Trans lives matter
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big if true
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Because joker has the same super power as Batman, and that is fan popularity and contrived mastermind flashback winning powers.
They're really just Bill and Ted and evil Bill and Ted at the end of bogus journey.
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I hate that take, Batman, for all his gloom and brooding, is a good guy. He doesn't kill because he truly believes all life is sacred and anyone can be redeemed.
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He a strong but brittle grasp on morality.
He has to make hard rules for himself otherwise he would lose control.
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I think DC heroes should have no kill rules because theyre better than that. Too powerful, too resourceful, too good
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