IS IT JUST ME OR IS IT GETTING CRAZIER OUT THERE?

Everybody loves heroes, especially superheroes. They are the embodiment of strength, power, honesty, and likeability. Who doesn’t want to be a superhero? Maybe somebody who wants to be a supervillain, nope? Just me then!

The first time I saw Joker, the movie; I was so fascinated by the idea of being fascinated with villains. The super success of the movie proves that it's not just me who fell in love with Arthur Fleck. We sympathized with him and almost validated all his wrongdoings with justified reasoning. A person who is as sad and depressed as he is bound to get crazy and commit a few murders. When the world is unkind there is little a person can do but reciprocate the same. Every one of us is standing at the edge avoiding to be pushed into becoming a person we won’t be able to recognize. Naah, it was just the movie!!

MOVIE: THE JOKER

So here are the real reasons why we are fascinated by supervillains (and secretly being a potential criminal isn’t one of them) ----

POWER

When Cercei retorted to Petyr Baelish “Power is Power” while he tried to threaten her, I am sure you all felt the same chills as I did. This is one of the major reasons why we are envious as well as enchanted by the villains, the power they hold! The sense of authority and right to dismiss somebody else’s opinion makes us want to be the bad guy. The good guy listens to everyone, even Tony Stark had to work in a team but the supervillain can work alone and his wish is everybody’s command! Not democratic but surely interesting, probably North Koreans are also fascinated by supervillains.

APPEALING TO OUR ID EGO

According to Sigmund Freud's personality trait theories there are three structures to our mind, the ego, the superego, and the id. The id is the most primitive and is concerned with the instant gratification of basic physical needs. Speaking in the most understandable language, the id is basically the asshole in us who doesn’t care for anyone and does whatever the hell it wants. Living in society we curb our id ego and strike a balance between the ego and superego to do what is right and effectively avoiding just what we want! However, that personality trait of being relentlessly selfish is still somewhere in us and therefore when a supervillain is being an asshole, we secretly relate to them as deep down, very very deep down we are assholes ourselves. So, this id dwells underneath and catalyze wish fulfillment for us!

VICTIM BLAMING

Hmmm, that’s interesting. Familiar with this?

We do it left, right and center all the time. Ohhh he was punched, probably he did something to deserve it! This is the plot of most Hollywood movies with the conspiracy to make us empathize with the bad guy. John Wick had to kill the Russian guy because his dog was killed!

THEY COMPLETE OUR SUPERHEROES

What is Batman without Joker? Superman without Lex Luther? Thor without Loki? And the entire cast of Avengers without Thanos?

What good are the superheroes if they don’t defeat some real bad guys? The villains complete them to make them what they are! Trust me Batman and Joker are a better couple than Romeo and Juliet.

The reason why I am writing is blog is because when I saw Joker, I researched deeply as to why I was so fascinated by him and also, I wanted to confirm that I am not murderous or a potential serial killer. Now that Joker is streaming on Amazon Prime, all the sweet memories came running back to me, so I wrote this blog! If you haven't seen Joker, then please for the sake of humanity, go watch it now. Joker- On Prime Video!

Trust me it is very interesting to read the psychology behind this and if you wish to read more about the same, click here.

WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE SUPERVILLAIN?😈