The Joker (ME-Prime)

"You of all people should know, there's nothing so cruel as memory.... the pointy biting little thunderbolts, judgemental flying rodents, unwanted party crashers, really enthusiastic beatings with a crowbar, SCREAMERS through your synapses.. inescapable, unrelenting.... not at all friendly. You can't even escape into MADNESS!"

Multiple Choice Origin Story
'"I mean, what is it with you? What made you what you are? father killed by the mob, maybe? mother carved up by some mugger? Something like that, I bet... something like that. Something like that... happened to me, you know. I'm - not exactly sure what it was. If I'm going to have a past, I prefer it to be multiple choice!" '

The Failing Comedian
"Okay, so there's this comic who can't make an audience laugh... I think that's how this one goes, I forget sometimes... Oh, you've heard that one? All right. Ah, I can't keep 'em straight. How about the one where a mob killer named Napier comes to Gotham and - no, wait, you're too young for that one. I know. This one always works. So a small-time yutz in a Red Hood walks into a factory, right? He's there to steal the payroll..."

It All Started a Really Bad Day
All these stories have critical similarities: A family and being a poor provider, hatred for a boss, Ace Chemicals Plant, and Batman.

A Better Love Story Than Twilight
'"I've read twelve different accounts of your past. All different, except for one detail: Batman." '

"What can I say babe? I like to keep things interesting. A wise man once told me that if you have to have an origin story, you're better off making it multiple choice."

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