Male comic book nerds continue to flip out about gender-flipped heroes (and villains), even though Dr. Who, the Ocean’s cast, and Ghostbusters have all been rebooted with women at the center (and Wonder Woman was, arguably, one of the best superhero movies to come out in recent memory).
Case in point: writer Geraldine DeRuite jokingly suggested reasons why the Joker should be re-cast in the new Batman to be a woman.
The Joker should have been a woman. And she finally went insane because too many random dudes told her to smile, so now she perpetually smiles while terrorizing Gotham.
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
She becomes a sort of folk hero for the women of Gotham. She unleashes financial records for companies that don't compensate women properly. She blackmails cheaters and misogynists. She threatens the goddamn Patriarchy. It's terrifying and wonderful.
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
Her reasons were pretty hilariously on point, too…unless you’re a man with fragile feelings and stuff.
The Batman needs to stop her to restore the order of things, but on some level, he's conflicted. She's a villain. But she's right.
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
Her catchphrase would be "Well, ACTUALLY …" and then she'd just trail off and laugh maniacally.
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
Because guys. They cannot handle it.
OMG, y'all, I suggested a girl should be in a comic and they are so, so mad and I can't stop laughing pic.twitter.com/ImLIv9XKWu
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
"When will there be enough women Jokers?"
When all of them are women. https://t.co/gXlmXZIM8e
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
Image Credit: Twitter
At some point @everywhereist started playing misogynist Twitter Bingo and became the hero we all deserve.
I JUST GOT MISOGYNISTIC TWITTER BINGO! pic.twitter.com/R3hnwj4zot
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 2, 2019
Holy shit this is like four different squares on Misogynist Twitter Bingo pic.twitter.com/QDrUiRObqU
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
Moral? Be careful what funny and insightful thoughts you decide to put out there on Twitter.
The only sustenance I need today is fragile male tweets and hot pockets pic.twitter.com/Petq3FrdBO
— Geraldine (@everywhereist) June 1, 2019
The misogynists are waiting….
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