1. WALKING; Lisa takes as long and convoluted a route back to the hotel as possible, but she can still feel him following her - no matter how improbable it is, he seems to have found her.
2. WALTZ; "I heard," he says to her over the community, "That I'm supposed to like dancing - uh, with the devil, I think - and I wonder if you're supposed to dance too."
3. WISHES; God, if only he would leave her alone!
4. WONDER; She wants to ask him, sometimes, about the scars, but she knows better.
5. WORRY; Its Rachel she's most worried about when he starts showing his interest in her, but a selfish part of her is scared for her own safety.
6. WHIMSY; His stories start to get more fantastical when he's excited about whom he's talking to; the lies he tells Lisa, he thinks, are his best.
7. WASTELAND; "I'll burn this city to cinders," he says over the phone, staring at the hotel room that he imagines she's in, "Unless you come to dinner with me - alone."
8. WHISKEY & RUM; He tells her that he used to be in AA as he orders a drink at the hotel bar; she's too distracted by latex expertly covering his scars to listen.
9. WAR; Then, he tells her about how his father died in Vietnam; she's too busy noticing that he's a natural blonde to pay attention.
10. WEDDINGS; He talks about his first marriage and how the bride wore red; she's too repulsed by the fact that he looks so normal to believe him.
11. BIRTHDAY; She's horrified that she thinks he's almost attractive like this, but he finally grabs her attention by mentioning Rachel's birthday (something about getting her a present - God knows what he'd get her, but she knows she doesn't want him to).
12. BLESSING; When the check comes, she heaves a sigh of relief; he pays in cash, leaves an inordinately large tip, and insists on walking her to the elevator.
13. BIAS; "If I didn't know better," he giggles, "I'd say you like this lie better than the real me."
14. BURNING; Azula is in the elevator and, when the doors open, the Joker curses and laughs as he's chased out by fire-encased fists - looks like they'll really, really need to find a new hotel.
15. BREATHING; When she answers the phone, she's half surprised that he doesn't just breathe into the receiver; instead, he assures her that the city is safe and that she had been a lovely piece of eyecandy - and since she still remembers him looking normal, that's momentarily flattering.
16. BREAKING; His next post is a video of him, back to greasepaint and scars, dancing around to experimental polka music; she can't see that handsome, normal person in him anymore but nonetheless, her resolve to be repulsed by him has been worn down a little.
17. BELIEF; He knows that she thinks there has to be some truth in him, somewhere; he has a feeling that it'll be extra fun to prove that she's wrong.
18. BALLOON; He talks about filling a balloon with anthrax and then letting it float away into the sky; she logs off after that and refuses to talk to him for weeks.
19. BALCONY; He stakes out the new hotel for those weeks of non-communication, watching the balcony of her room from an alley beside a Starbucks - "And Juliet is the sun," he sings.
20. BANE; He doesn't hide the fact that he's constantly watching her, even if Azula is around; he can see the transformation from anxiety to exasperation as it occurs and he knows, he knows, that eventually, he'll get his way.
Thus Spoke Zarathustra in 50 sentences about Joker/Cuddy, without any Nietzsche involved [1/3]
Lisa takes as long and convoluted a route back to the hotel as possible, but she can still feel him following her - no matter how improbable it is, he seems to have found her.
2. WALTZ;
"I heard," he says to her over the community, "That I'm supposed to like dancing - uh, with the devil, I think - and I wonder if you're supposed to dance too."
3. WISHES;
God, if only he would leave her alone!
4. WONDER;
She wants to ask him, sometimes, about the scars, but she knows better.
5. WORRY;
Its Rachel she's most worried about when he starts showing his interest in her, but a selfish part of her is scared for her own safety.
6. WHIMSY;
His stories start to get more fantastical when he's excited about whom he's talking to; the lies he tells Lisa, he thinks, are his best.
7. WASTELAND;
"I'll burn this city to cinders," he says over the phone, staring at the hotel room that he imagines she's in, "Unless you come to dinner with me - alone."
8. WHISKEY & RUM;
He tells her that he used to be in AA as he orders a drink at the hotel bar; she's too distracted by latex expertly covering his scars to listen.
9. WAR;
Then, he tells her about how his father died in Vietnam; she's too busy noticing that he's a natural blonde to pay attention.
10. WEDDINGS;
He talks about his first marriage and how the bride wore red; she's too repulsed by the fact that he looks so normal to believe him.
11. BIRTHDAY;
She's horrified that she thinks he's almost attractive like this, but he finally grabs her attention by mentioning Rachel's birthday (something about getting her a present - God knows what he'd get her, but she knows she doesn't want him to).
12. BLESSING;
When the check comes, she heaves a sigh of relief; he pays in cash, leaves an inordinately large tip, and insists on walking her to the elevator.
13. BIAS;
"If I didn't know better," he giggles, "I'd say you like this lie better than the real me."
14. BURNING;
Azula is in the elevator and, when the doors open, the Joker curses and laughs as he's chased out by fire-encased fists - looks like they'll really, really need to find a new hotel.
15. BREATHING;
When she answers the phone, she's half surprised that he doesn't just breathe into the receiver; instead, he assures her that the city is safe and that she had been a lovely piece of eyecandy - and since she still remembers him looking normal, that's momentarily flattering.
16. BREAKING;
His next post is a video of him, back to greasepaint and scars, dancing around to experimental polka music; she can't see that handsome, normal person in him anymore but nonetheless, her resolve to be repulsed by him has been worn down a little.
17. BELIEF;
He knows that she thinks there has to be some truth in him, somewhere; he has a feeling that it'll be extra fun to prove that she's wrong.
18. BALLOON;
He talks about filling a balloon with anthrax and then letting it float away into the sky; she logs off after that and refuses to talk to him for weeks.
19. BALCONY;
He stakes out the new hotel for those weeks of non-communication, watching the balcony of her room from an alley beside a Starbucks - "And Juliet is the sun," he sings.
20. BANE;
He doesn't hide the fact that he's constantly watching her, even if Azula is around; he can see the transformation from anxiety to exasperation as it occurs and he knows, he knows, that eventually, he'll get his way.