Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-366087-20160126100400/@comment-26884760-20160126115438

people are smarter than what you give them credit for, they'll know what is fact and what is not.. most "insane" characters in fiction like Joker are completely and utterly unrealistic, no real mentally ill individual acts like Joker.. yet it is a part of entertainment regardless.

if people want to create serious topics on psychopaths they tend to research it using medical facts, if not they should not be attempting to do a serious portrayal of mental illness.. those who plan on making a next Joker type will stick with the classic (if unrealistic) "madman" archetype found in fiction.

In other words giving all the facts in the world won't change the fact most "madmen" in fiction will remain forever completely different from actual reality.. unless a writer wants to make them a more serious depiction.. which will never happen in things like superhero or fantasy media (and especially not horror), the genres most prone to using "psychotic" characters.