People call me 'crazy' but I don't think that word TRULY captures my… mental state. 'Crazy' implies that one is loony and looniness requires no smarts what so ever, and I have smarts.

NO the word that I think best describes me is deranged, demented or even PSYCHOTIC…

YES, I am psychotic. I am a deviously demented genius with a sick, twisted mind.

Now I am not denying that I may be SLIGHTLY crazy, but a true crazy person would never admit their mental state where as I freely embrace it! If they would just do that, like me, they'd be able to achieve so much more.

But, I wasn't born this way, no one lucky enough usually is, and like everyone else I have my story, I HAVE my reasons. Yes, it may be hard to believe but I have a story as to why I became FEARED –

Ah feared, how I love that word, but like 'CRAZY' it is simply not enough to totally describe how the people feel about me. To fear something is to worry about it, but not to DO anything about it.

No, these people DO something about me alright, they double-straightjacket me and lock me so far underground your ears pop.

THAT is more than mere fear, that, my friend, is terror and everyone knows terror is just one step away from respect. They respect me enough to acknowledge my 'mental state' and stay away from me –

Ah but this is all off topic, you wanted to know how I'd gotten to this point, this point of being a deranged, psychotic and terrifying man…

There are different ways I can word it, though some of you may already know the story from the hero's point of view, which frames me as the bad guy I am, but it's ALL about the wording.

I'll never deny I am 'evil' or whatever it is, but… if you only knew.

The hero tells the story like this, 'He became a psychotic man because he had a bad past,' which makes you think (and don't deny it, I'll know if you're lying even if it's only to yourself) 'He has a choice! We all do, always! He's JUST no good!'

But if he would have said it like this, 'He had a bad past so he became psychotic,' you would have changed your opinion to, 'Well… he had a bad life, it was his way of coping with it. It's not really his fault.' And so I'm going to tell you my story from the second way of wording to show you how it REALLY was and how I became the blissfully psychotic (I love that word) man I am today. Be warned though, this story is not for the faint of heart, the squeamish and innocent minded about the world MIGHT want to look away now.

This is no fairy tale, so there are NO happy endings.

This being said…

'BOO!'

HAHAHAHA! You were WARNED!

JOKER

(A/N: OKAY first thing is first: Special thanks to Protector Korii, without whom I seriously wouldn't have published this.

Joker is my favorite villain~ He's one of the world's most LOVED villains too! He's been named the second top villain and eighth best comic book character *the highest villain on the list of heroes and villains* by many sources.

You have to admit, he is an epic piece of work, BUT, sadly this hero *unlike most* has no definite back story that each retake keeps the same. No one knows quite for sure how he started, so I will tell you my version.

I will keep only one thing the same that I like to think Joker was before: The Red Hood. He was the first one and it led to his demise~ AH but no more hints.

Review and tell me if I should go on or not please! I'm still not sure, I'm ready to if I'm needed though ^-^

~KKCopper)