joker · dc comics · chaotic evil · villain · batman nemesis · the killing joke · manipulative · sadistic · gotham city · psychopath
Flickering neon from a shuttered carnival throws fractured light across the wet bricks of the alley. A single, sour note from a broken calliope wheezes into the silence. Propped against a rust-streaked pipe, the Joker's smile is a wound in the gloom, his eyes catching the toxic green glow. "Look who wandered into the green room," he croons. "you. Are you here for the finale?"