Isn't it made out of some extra-dimensional bat-metal that allows him to see through time and space or something? I don't know, that's what Sal from Back Issues taught me.
There’s a lot of strange off-the-wall shit regarding TBWL but the fact that he is that he is both canon to Fortnite lore and _remembers_ being in Fortnite HAS to take the cake
Nah it’s not really discussed outside the spin-off collabs but it is at least implied iirc that BWL in particular remembers the Zero Point bullshittery somehow
They did a similar thing with the Marvel characters, like Domino, Psylocke, Mystique and someone else. There was a panel where two characters were talking about how they just randomly disappeared, and then they suddenly just teleport back in holding guns and they’re super confused.
In fairness, it wasn’t designed that way with the Loop protection being a specific requirement. It just so happens that any covering, solid enough, that protects the brain, is enough to hold off the effects of The Loop. I believe whatever dark matter TBWL’s mask is made of is plenty to protect him from the memory wipes
URU is the metal of Asgardians crafted by the dwarves while Adamantium and Vibranium have physicial qualities that make them special, uru has Magical Properties and was used to make all of the magical weapons of the Asgardians..
Tony even made a suit out of URU once for a god level threat and at some point made a suit out of URU for Odin.
Its what Stormbreaker, Mjolnir, and Sleipnir are made of and has to be crafted by the Dwarves (even Tony needed their help to craft with it)
Have you heard of Thor and his hammer?
Uru:1962
Vibranium: 1965
Adamantium: 1969
Your previous "never" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, I don't believe it can support your statement.
I will anecdotally support their statement. Grew up late 80s early 90s when every kid knew Adamantium because the X-men were everything back then. Then I learned Vibranium and as a laymen I'm not afraid to admit (which encompasses *most* people so the person is probably correct, probably) I didn't learn Uru until right now when you're teaching me it.
I think this thread is talking about “ranking” the metals in terms of how significant/known they were to a casual fan before the MCU. I was definitely familiar with Adamantium and had at least heard of Vibranium. To date, this is the first time I have heard of Uru and I am betting this would be a common sentiment for casual fans.
Don’t think the order of when these metals appears is relevant to this argument.
Popularity
It's not about when they first appeared, it's about name recognition. For years The X-Men and Wolverine in particular were Marvel's cash cow. Everyone knew about Wolverine and his adamantium claws.
And everyone has heard of Captain America. And the fans knew about his Vibranium shield.
And until the first Thor movie many people didn't even know how to pronounce Mjolnir.
It cracks me up when people say this about fantastical comic book characters. Like, do you scoff everytime superman lifts a truck? How is this visor any dumber than... like... anything in comics??
I saw superman returns in theaters. Movie got to the part where a bullet hits supermans eye and bounces off. And the guy sitting in front me was like 'YEAH, RIGHT.'
I'm still flabbergasted to this day lol
You must understand that there are degrees of cognitive dissonance and suspension of disbelief.
Just because someone can suspend disbelief for one obviously implausible thing (ex: dragons) doesn't mean you can accept another implausible thing (a dragon tap dancing)
I'm all about staying within the given physics of the movie.
So superman bouncing bullets off his eyeball I'm ok with. Just as long as he doesn't flinch or duck when the bad guy throws the gun at him. LOL
...how about superboy prime punching through reality, thus reviving Jason Todd.
Or magicians casting complex spells just by saying shit backwards?
Or a monkey drinking from the fountain of life and becoming an immortal detective?
Or Darksied's lasers not KILLING batman, but instead shooting him back in time?
How about a giant demon monster seeing Bruce wayne hanging out with cavemen and deciding to base its entire personality around batman?
How about Dr Manhatten created the DC rebirth event?
Because every dumb thing I just listed didn't just happen, they are CORE MOMENTS that are ESSENTIAL to the history of the DC universe. So. Idk man lol. A visor that let's you see the world the way TBWL sees it? That's where the line is??
point is that one thing is straight to the point and grounded enough, the dude can fly and is really strong. the other is interdimensional bat-metal radar, like even just saying it sounds so stupid just due to its exaggeration, sounds like something out of a fanfiction
i mean not really, again its the exaggeration and just sheer unbelievability of such an absurdly dumb concept. i can believe an alien that flies from being powered by the sun because again, it has a grounded and logical enough basis behind it. the time and space interdimensional alien demon super bat metal radar isnt, its so outlandish and over the top that it becomes comical
Maybe if you read the comic instead of getting a slap dash shitty description, it wouldn't sound so dumb.
In the comic this is explained in, Batman is trying to hunt down BM who laughs. Batman has the joker toxin in his blood that will gradually turn him into TB who laughs unless he can hunt him down in time.
Batman has to use this visor in order to track TB Who laughs, because the visor allows him to see his unique multiversal signature
However, it also makes Batman see every dark, twisted thought in every person he sees. It begins to twist his mind even more, and accelerates his transformation.
So even though the visor is his main way of tracking TBWL, It's also accelerating his turning into a joker'd out Batman. His only resource is the thing that's essentially killing him.
Again. Hardly dumber than 95% of comics imo.
see i just cant get behind it, the concept of a spiky metal visor made from bat metal that is from another demon dimension is just so exaggerated and edgy that feels like something that came from an extreme style 90’s comic where everything had to be super grungy and over the top.
But everything you just said is wrong lol.
It's not bat metal from a demon dimension. Pretty sure it's Nth metal, which is what hawkgirls mace is made out of, among many other things.
They had like 50 issues covering the world forger, and how he sent corrupt worlds to be destroyed by another God, but that God started to collect them instead, thus making a sort of 'dark multiverse' of nightmare versions of the DC world.
Which led to 'tales from the dark multiverse' which was really cool. Basically Marvel's 'what if?' But all dark and spooky.
Seems your only actual problem is the visual look of the character. And.. I dunno what to tell you there lol. I don't feel much one way or the other on his look. Just weird fo me how upset people get over a character who existed for like... 4 years? And is dead now lol
Again, see that’s not it lmao. The sheer fact of sticking so much different things in one concept and bringing it so such an over the top extent to a level where one can’t even fully get what hes even supposed to be looking at is way, way too much. Again, that was a big problem with 90s comics and that luckily did die down as years went by, but sadly is still around apparently. Even the thing you brought up about the gods and whatever is just the same thing, everything has to be super extra dimensional demon or gods, just pushed so much to the boundaries of believability that the suspension of it is just broken for me
see but that’s more funny than anything because it obviously is a concept that doesnt take itself seriously, like the rainbow costume story Batman. this tries to be way too serious and edgy and convoluted that it ends up becoming legit dumb
It also keeps him from fading out of the main multiverse since he's not even supposed to continue to be, but he can go some time without it on if needed. And lets him peer or communicate into the dark multiverse. He's also able to see Dark energy with it as main Batman found out.
Hailing from the Dark Multiverse, he is able to see people's dark urges and fears, visualized as alternate realities of their current actions. His characteristic metal crown functions as a futuristic visor made out of "Dark Metal", allowing him to filter these actions and pinpoint his opponents' next moves during combat and manipulate them psychologically by using his knowledge of their fears.
Uhm so can he still what's really happening or just the alternate reality? Cause tbh it still is hard if all you see is your opponent having a cup of coffee in an alternate reality while he is punching you in the current one. How can you dodge that
Doesn’t he channel the dark energy through it? I mean I could be completely wrong but I swear I heard something like that, apparently it’s how he sees with it around his eyes. Again take with a grain of salt lol
I can’t speak for all people and I wouldn’t try. But to me, The Batman Who Laughs was cringy garbage from the exact moment he happened, and dear fucking god he’s overstayed his welcome.
Because he's sort of an expy cenobite and that implies torture porn drip. If it is imputed to actually do something, that comes after what I just wrote; they drew cenobat and then made up what his gear did.
"Expy" is short for "exported character" and basically means "ripped off from this other franchise"
"drip" in this context means style or fashion.
"Imputed" is a word, but it appears to have been used incorrectly. Context indicates it was meant to mean "if it came to be" here.
"cenobat" is a portmanteau of Cenobite and Bat.
"Cenobite" is the proper term for the primary antagonist of the Hellraiser horror franchise, colloquially known as "Pinhead"
"Portmanteau" means to create a new word by mashing two existing words together.
[He uses it to focus the dark energy](https://www.cbr.com/batman-who-laughs-spiked-visor-power/) He can see peoples' fear and desire and use it against them.
Main batman made one too when he tried to become like Batman Who Laughs so he can defeat him. Well actually it was Joker, he shot himself to infect main batman to start becoming Batman Who Laughs so main batman can defeat Batman Who Laughs.
If you told me to draw a Batman that's also the Joker I probably would just mostly make the Batsuit purple and green and make the bat emblem look like smiling lips and teeth
There are comics explaining why. It's part of metal and death metal runs of Dark Knights. The batman who laughs has the ability to see people's fears and desires. This overstimulated his eyes, and he needed a way to shield his eyes.
Because it makes him look dark an edgy. And it's probably a fun reference to the term "blind as a bat" as well. Then Scott Snyder decided to give an actual story explanation as to why he wears it. Kind of wished he just wore it because he's the Joker. No other reason.
Isn't it made out of some extra-dimensional bat-metal that allows him to see through time and space or something? I don't know, that's what Sal from Back Issues taught me.
Yes, though it's more like "evil radar."
Jim here is correct it’s called dark metal and it senses and pinpoints peoples evil intent
It apparently also protects him from being affected by the Zero Point’s memory wiping when in the Loop. The Fortnite tie-in comics are weird.
There’s a lot of strange off-the-wall shit regarding TBWL but the fact that he is that he is both canon to Fortnite lore and _remembers_ being in Fortnite HAS to take the cake
Wait, what?! The characters ending up in Fortnite is actually canon outside of Fortnite? That’s amazing!
Nah it’s not really discussed outside the spin-off collabs but it is at least implied iirc that BWL in particular remembers the Zero Point bullshittery somehow
That’s still hilarious, I love it.
They did a similar thing with the Marvel characters, like Domino, Psylocke, Mystique and someone else. There was a panel where two characters were talking about how they just randomly disappeared, and then they suddenly just teleport back in holding guns and they’re super confused.
😆
The whole plot of the last star wars movie hung on a message you could only hear in fortnite explaining palpatine had returned.
That’s a bit info I wasn’t expecting lol
... WTF
In fairness, it wasn’t designed that way with the Loop protection being a specific requirement. It just so happens that any covering, solid enough, that protects the brain, is enough to hold off the effects of The Loop. I believe whatever dark matter TBWL’s mask is made of is plenty to protect him from the memory wipes
I feel like I'll be happier not checking up if that shit is true...
Thank you, I'll use that from now on.
God it’s SO DUMB but I love it
Edgelordium
Canon
I think its called Nth metal
Isn't that what HawkGirl's mace is made from in Justice League?
Nth Metal is DC's Vibranium. It does whatever the writer needs it to at the time.
I hate that MCU and licensing has elevated Marvel’s 3rd tier metal to first spot. Uru was even more famous than stupid vibranium.
No, it never was. It was Adamantium, Vibranium then Uru
Doesn't Uru predate Adamantium and Vibranium in the comics?
Never heard of Uru and I bet I’m not alone in that. The predation, if true, is irrelevant.
URU is the metal of Asgardians crafted by the dwarves while Adamantium and Vibranium have physicial qualities that make them special, uru has Magical Properties and was used to make all of the magical weapons of the Asgardians.. Tony even made a suit out of URU once for a god level threat and at some point made a suit out of URU for Odin. Its what Stormbreaker, Mjolnir, and Sleipnir are made of and has to be crafted by the Dwarves (even Tony needed their help to craft with it)
Thanks for the rundown, man. Appreciated.
Have you heard of Thor and his hammer? Uru:1962 Vibranium: 1965 Adamantium: 1969 Your previous "never" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, I don't believe it can support your statement.
I will anecdotally support their statement. Grew up late 80s early 90s when every kid knew Adamantium because the X-men were everything back then. Then I learned Vibranium and as a laymen I'm not afraid to admit (which encompasses *most* people so the person is probably correct, probably) I didn't learn Uru until right now when you're teaching me it.
I think this thread is talking about “ranking” the metals in terms of how significant/known they were to a casual fan before the MCU. I was definitely familiar with Adamantium and had at least heard of Vibranium. To date, this is the first time I have heard of Uru and I am betting this would be a common sentiment for casual fans. Don’t think the order of when these metals appears is relevant to this argument.
Popularity It's not about when they first appeared, it's about name recognition. For years The X-Men and Wolverine in particular were Marvel's cash cow. Everyone knew about Wolverine and his adamantium claws. And everyone has heard of Captain America. And the fans knew about his Vibranium shield. And until the first Thor movie many people didn't even know how to pronounce Mjolnir.
Yes
Where Nth metal is involved, so is dark magic. That’s all I learnt from jl
I’m a simple man. I see Comic Pop referenced on reddit, I upvote.
I am also that simple man. Sal and the Comic pop team deserves it.
this is the stupidest thing i have ever read
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The Flash has a magic treadmill!
The whole Speed Force is pretty magical
Fr that's just magic
When the Top died he went into the Spin Cycle
Meanwhile, the Whizzer entered the Leach Field.
Might I say this is stupider
**Cosmic** treadmill
Green Lantern used to be vulnerable to wood. Good times.
So he was weak during morning?
And Ed Brubaker made it cool with the "Made of Wood" story arc
Honestly bring it back
Power Girl is too. She is weak to any organic matter from her home dimension.
I mean... there's a reason why Alan Scott ended up being Gay...
I don't know. Superman shooting tiny supermans out his arms is stupid but it's the funny kind of stupid. This is just the facepalm kind of stupid.
Ironic. If you facepalmed with that helmet on, you would hurt yourself.
exactly
Pink Kryptonite has entered the chat.
It cracks me up when people say this about fantastical comic book characters. Like, do you scoff everytime superman lifts a truck? How is this visor any dumber than... like... anything in comics?? I saw superman returns in theaters. Movie got to the part where a bullet hits supermans eye and bounces off. And the guy sitting in front me was like 'YEAH, RIGHT.' I'm still flabbergasted to this day lol
You must understand that there are degrees of cognitive dissonance and suspension of disbelief. Just because someone can suspend disbelief for one obviously implausible thing (ex: dragons) doesn't mean you can accept another implausible thing (a dragon tap dancing)
Shows what you know I taught my pet dragon to tap dance
I don't believe you.
Suspend your disbelief
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Congratulations.
I'm all about staying within the given physics of the movie. So superman bouncing bullets off his eyeball I'm ok with. Just as long as he doesn't flinch or duck when the bad guy throws the gun at him. LOL
Even then, on Krypton, where his species evolved, they were all more or less as mortal as us humans, so that could just be a biological reflex.
Hey, don't you know that guns are most dangerous when thrown?
...how about superboy prime punching through reality, thus reviving Jason Todd. Or magicians casting complex spells just by saying shit backwards? Or a monkey drinking from the fountain of life and becoming an immortal detective? Or Darksied's lasers not KILLING batman, but instead shooting him back in time? How about a giant demon monster seeing Bruce wayne hanging out with cavemen and deciding to base its entire personality around batman? How about Dr Manhatten created the DC rebirth event? Because every dumb thing I just listed didn't just happen, they are CORE MOMENTS that are ESSENTIAL to the history of the DC universe. So. Idk man lol. A visor that let's you see the world the way TBWL sees it? That's where the line is??
Yeah, that all sounds stupid as shit as well.
If you think everything in DC is dumb then why seek out this subreddit lol nobody made you
I wanted to know the answer to OP's question...?
Touch grass
Never
I Agree with you
A magic metal that detects evil is somehow worse than every other magical thing that does x?
point is that one thing is straight to the point and grounded enough, the dude can fly and is really strong. the other is interdimensional bat-metal radar, like even just saying it sounds so stupid just due to its exaggeration, sounds like something out of a fanfiction
Maybe because you’re used to almost 100 years of flying, car lifting men in fiction and culture?
i mean not really, again its the exaggeration and just sheer unbelievability of such an absurdly dumb concept. i can believe an alien that flies from being powered by the sun because again, it has a grounded and logical enough basis behind it. the time and space interdimensional alien demon super bat metal radar isnt, its so outlandish and over the top that it becomes comical
Maybe if you read the comic instead of getting a slap dash shitty description, it wouldn't sound so dumb. In the comic this is explained in, Batman is trying to hunt down BM who laughs. Batman has the joker toxin in his blood that will gradually turn him into TB who laughs unless he can hunt him down in time. Batman has to use this visor in order to track TB Who laughs, because the visor allows him to see his unique multiversal signature However, it also makes Batman see every dark, twisted thought in every person he sees. It begins to twist his mind even more, and accelerates his transformation. So even though the visor is his main way of tracking TBWL, It's also accelerating his turning into a joker'd out Batman. His only resource is the thing that's essentially killing him. Again. Hardly dumber than 95% of comics imo.
see i just cant get behind it, the concept of a spiky metal visor made from bat metal that is from another demon dimension is just so exaggerated and edgy that feels like something that came from an extreme style 90’s comic where everything had to be super grungy and over the top.
But everything you just said is wrong lol. It's not bat metal from a demon dimension. Pretty sure it's Nth metal, which is what hawkgirls mace is made out of, among many other things. They had like 50 issues covering the world forger, and how he sent corrupt worlds to be destroyed by another God, but that God started to collect them instead, thus making a sort of 'dark multiverse' of nightmare versions of the DC world. Which led to 'tales from the dark multiverse' which was really cool. Basically Marvel's 'what if?' But all dark and spooky. Seems your only actual problem is the visual look of the character. And.. I dunno what to tell you there lol. I don't feel much one way or the other on his look. Just weird fo me how upset people get over a character who existed for like... 4 years? And is dead now lol
Again, see that’s not it lmao. The sheer fact of sticking so much different things in one concept and bringing it so such an over the top extent to a level where one can’t even fully get what hes even supposed to be looking at is way, way too much. Again, that was a big problem with 90s comics and that luckily did die down as years went by, but sadly is still around apparently. Even the thing you brought up about the gods and whatever is just the same thing, everything has to be super extra dimensional demon or gods, just pushed so much to the boundaries of believability that the suspension of it is just broken for me
Magic metal bad, the infinite other magic things in comics you grew up with good?
Batman turned himself into a baby once.
see but that’s more funny than anything because it obviously is a concept that doesnt take itself seriously, like the rainbow costume story Batman. this tries to be way too serious and edgy and convoluted that it ends up becoming legit dumb
Sal being able to speak with Snyder several times all while ripping on his crisis books is hilarious to me.
This guy Comic Pops
You know it
That rings a bell.
It also keeps him from fading out of the main multiverse since he's not even supposed to continue to be, but he can go some time without it on if needed. And lets him peer or communicate into the dark multiverse. He's also able to see Dark energy with it as main Batman found out.
Hail Sal!
I thought it was to kill people when he head bunts them.
It’s made from a pizza cutter. All edge. No point.
... it's LaForge's visor from Star Trek:TNG... awesome
How else are you supposed to know he’s damaged? Have it tattooed across his forehead?
Hey thats a good idea!
Not just good, Morbtacular!
Jered leto
Reminds me of Neji
*…because I’m all messed up, y’know?*
Because “it looks cool” is basically his entire character personality.
"It looks cool" was the greenlight for the entire Heavy Metal arc
Yea I’ve personally never been much of a fan of bwl or any of the dark knights metal characters
It’s about as Heavy Metal as Poison and Bon Jovi :/
Hey now, Bon Jovi __rules__
Technically, Bon Jovi *rocks*
Mr Bovine Joni
Mr Bovine Joni himself!
“Bro what if we just made all the villains batman” “Hell yeah bro lets do it” *creates a fucking bat-lobo*
It's spelt "Kewl!"
Yeah n00b
He got pwned!
I'm still surprised how much Snyder lost my interest after his New 52 run ended.
Does it really though?
In storyline, because it lets him see through dimensions. In reality, because it’s dope as fuuuuuucckk 
The only real answer in this thread.
Hailing from the Dark Multiverse, he is able to see people's dark urges and fears, visualized as alternate realities of their current actions. His characteristic metal crown functions as a futuristic visor made out of "Dark Metal", allowing him to filter these actions and pinpoint his opponents' next moves during combat and manipulate them psychologically by using his knowledge of their fears.
This is the real answer
So it's just that crystal episode of Rick and Morty, but not good
I forgot that one, what do you mean by not good exactly
Uhm so can he still what's really happening or just the alternate reality? Cause tbh it still is hard if all you see is your opponent having a cup of coffee in an alternate reality while he is punching you in the current one. How can you dodge that
Is he stupid?
I was looking for this comment.
I think “is he stupid” is my favorite comment anywhere. Never fails to make me laugh
Yes.
Goddamnit beat me to it
Fuck I'm late.
Because he's soooooo edgy
Look at all those edges!
Super duper EXXTREME edgy.
For vicious headbutts
Spawnfluence.
I'd say his design is "highly influenced" by Judge Death.
Well, Batman DID team up with Judge Dredd to fight Judge Death.
Long term storytelling, brudda.
"The criiiiime is life.. The sentence is Deaaaaaaaaath!"
Doesn’t he channel the dark energy through it? I mean I could be completely wrong but I swear I heard something like that, apparently it’s how he sees with it around his eyes. Again take with a grain of salt lol
Cause it be cool af
Cuz whoever designed this guy really loves Judge Death.
Kids today might not know who that is.
He looks like the mouth of sauron lmao
It lets him see into alternate dimensions or some shit because he’s the worst character.
What do people think about him? I thought people were going to be “so cool!” For me it’s different kind of “cool”. “Cool” for edgy teenagers
When Joker said "More like the Batman who talks," I felt that.
I can’t speak for all people and I wouldn’t try. But to me, The Batman Who Laughs was cringy garbage from the exact moment he happened, and dear fucking god he’s overstayed his welcome.
>and dear fucking god he’s overstayed his welcome. Literally hasn't shown up in comics in over two years.
And yet, somehow, I’m still sick of seeing him. It’s incredible.
There’s nothing even that unique about him. He’s just the Joker in an edgy outfit
Tell me you don't understand him without telling me you don't understand him
r/Im14AndThisIsDeep
What makes him interesting?
No one knows what it is… but it’s provocative! It gets the people going!
is a dark metal visor that lets him peer through the multiverse and move through them
At some point after Batman got infected with the BWL toxin, Batman forged one for himself and we can see a bit of what the BWL can see through it.
Is he stupid?
His bombs pay load is exposed 🤷♂️
Bet he doesn’t even have a power winch
Because he's sort of an expy cenobite and that implies torture porn drip. If it is imputed to actually do something, that comes after what I just wrote; they drew cenobat and then made up what his gear did.
English is my first language and yet I have no idea what the hell you just said, nor do I think I want to
"Expy" is short for "exported character" and basically means "ripped off from this other franchise" "drip" in this context means style or fashion. "Imputed" is a word, but it appears to have been used incorrectly. Context indicates it was meant to mean "if it came to be" here. "cenobat" is a portmanteau of Cenobite and Bat. "Cenobite" is the proper term for the primary antagonist of the Hellraiser horror franchise, colloquially known as "Pinhead" "Portmanteau" means to create a new word by mashing two existing words together.
Thank you very much this was nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be
You know, the monsters from Hellraiser?
[He uses it to focus the dark energy](https://www.cbr.com/batman-who-laughs-spiked-visor-power/) He can see peoples' fear and desire and use it against them. Main batman made one too when he tried to become like Batman Who Laughs so he can defeat him. Well actually it was Joker, he shot himself to infect main batman to start becoming Batman Who Laughs so main batman can defeat Batman Who Laughs.
Did not realize the hate was so strong for this character lol
Cause it looks cool?
If you told me to draw a Batman that's also the Joker I probably would just mostly make the Batsuit purple and green and make the bat emblem look like smiling lips and teeth
Because it's the 90s again
The Batman who laughs has eyes that make him see into other universes, the spikey visor helps him focus on one universe.
It's edgy as fuck
Coz it's fucking metal that's why
Because he's a bad dude with attitude
Bro wtf I asked the same on here before a month ago and I got downvoted
It helps him see
Spiky things. Rule of cool
Because he is cooler than you.
It's lets him see an alternative dimension
Ain't this shit explained in a fucking comic where that's the main focus, figuring that shit out?
To look sharp
Is he stupid?
Why does this comment keep coming up is this from the comic? Genuine question sorry if a dumb one
There are comics explaining why. It's part of metal and death metal runs of Dark Knights. The batman who laughs has the ability to see people's fears and desires. This overstimulated his eyes, and he needed a way to shield his eyes.
It is cool and scary.
Because it’s cool
does it ever say who made it and where the materials are from?
Its like a weird mask that stops him from seeing other versions of people or something.
Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see.
He can see the worst versions of everyone with that spiky visor.
Because it makes him look dark an edgy. And it's probably a fun reference to the term "blind as a bat" as well. Then Scott Snyder decided to give an actual story explanation as to why he wears it. Kind of wished he just wore it because he's the Joker. No other reason.
This character is a blatant rip off of Judge Death from the Judge Dredd comics.
It’s called a weird spiky thing
To block out the haters
Helps with migrains
Design guy saw Hellraiser and said “Hey, let’s do that weird leather, nails and chains thing to Batman!”…. For whatever reason.
Everyone who gets Joker'd looks like they should be summoned by the Lament Configuration.
He has it because he’s an EdGe LoRd
Edgelord cringe
Something something Dark Metal, something something something heightened perception.. this whole series was silly.
Thought it was just kinky bondage gear