Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-2175012-20170507201405/@comment-2175012-20170507205227

The Joker. The Joker is laughably evil. His comedic traits goes hand in hand with solidifying his villainy. In some of the many interpretations of the Joker, it portrays him as more disturbing than the other way around. Or take Bill Cipher: his comedic behavior only heightens his seriousness as a threat.

I guess how to think of it is this: say that there's a massacre of villagers going on, and you see the villain laughing maniacally whilst brushing his teeth, only to then choke on it. In that case, the atrocites should be reprehensible, but the villain isn't taken as a serious threat.