Title: Because the wind is high it blows my mind
By: RogueCajun
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: The Dark Knight © Chris Nolan & Warner Brothers
Batman © DC
Because © The Beatles
Summary: A look at why the Joker does what he does.
A/n: Title belongs to the Beatles. I liked it. It doesn't exactly fit but oh well.
It was safe to say that in his storied career he had seen a lot and done a lot more. But the one question people always asked was 'why'?
"Why are you doing this?"
"Why do you wear the makeup?"
"Why did you wear the nurse's uniform?"
"Why don't you kill the Batman?"
WHY, WHY, WHY?!
It drove him insane!! Well, figuratively of course. He wasn't mad, like most people assumed-- he was quite brilliant in fact. Smart enough to know what sometimes there was no answer to the question of 'why'. And sometimes it wasn't the answer people wanted to hear.
"Why are you doing this?"
Because the wind is coming from the North.
Because the planets are aligned just so.
Because it's Monday & I hate Mondays.
"Why do you wear the makeup?"
Because it makes me pretty.
Because it's scary.
Because it hides the scars, wanna know how I got them?
"Why did you wear the nurse's uniform?"
Because it's sexy.
Because I was in disguise.
Because it had a nice airflow.
"Why don't you kill the Batman?"
Because he's like a cockroach, hard to kill.
Because he's too much fun.
Because he completes me.
The one phrase that every other excuse boiled down to was this--
Because I want to.
Being a villain, and make no mistake he was a villain; he was the Clown prince of villains, was about will and want. The will to rob a bank, the will to rip off the mob, the will to battle the Batman, the will to take a life. Or the lack of will and want in some cases, as with the rubbing out of the wingéd rodent.
He was spontaneous, he never fully planned anything, he was truly an agent of chaos, and agent of GLORIOUS CHAOS! He was unpredictable, and he had an iron will…and the want to create as much chaos and destruction as he could.
The world was a mess, and he just needed to bring it down even more.
Because he wanted to.
Because he could.
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