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TruckOSaurus said:
In my mind the Joker was always a deranged psychopath with a twisted sense of humor. I'm not sure I'm on board with the whole tragic backstory angle.

Yup. That's why his character was so memorable in The Dark Knight.

He was basically this antagonizing force who showed up out of nowhere, with no explanation. Like Batman, you as the viewer are left in the dark as to his motives and capabilites. He was a loaded, unpredictable gun let loose in the plot, and thus kept the suspense throughout the entire storyline.