Joker is every Gotham citizen’s worst nightmare. A formidable villain. A soulless, mad, psychopath. An avid pocket knife collector and most of all… a terrible make-up artist.
I’ve been anything but a fan – not until Heath Ledger (may he rest in peace) gave the character it’s long awaited justice thru The Dark Night sequel. Simply an overnight success. Joker from being the ‘Joke’-r became the epitome of what a real villain should be.
But consider this: what if , one day, Joker decides to run a blog (probably titled the Joker Secrets From Lame to Fame or the Joker Guide to Make-up and Knives), do you think he’ll be a hit or he’ll flop down and just return to spreading death, fear and hatred all over Gotham City?
Disclaimer: Bruce Wayne a.k.a Batman did not sponsor this post. (oops. I’m not supposed to reveal his supper secret identity right?)
Because Joker Isn’t a Schemer
While most villains spend their regular evil days plotting on how to make the world a not-so-better place, Joker spends his time by just doing an evil thing that comes to his imagination.
When he calls the Gotham City Police Department that he’ll rob a bank, or sink two cruise ships, or bomb a hospital, or kill the prosecutor… he doesn’t have a plan in his brain (assuming he have a brain). What he does is to find a way, some sort of loophole or a vulnerable victim to blackmail just to get his way.
He simple doesn’t thinks… he only acts.
To be fair, he accomplishes all the evil things that he has promised. But of course that’s what villains are supposed to do in their scripts.
What Exactly is a Schemer
Batman is a schemer (that’s why he’s the hero), the Gotham Police Dept. Chief is a schemer (that’s why he’s still alive) and almost everyone who survives is a schemer (saved for Harvey Dent).
A schemer is basically someone who makes a plan before an action.
…and Joker isn’t one of them. In fact, he despises schemers as what he narrates on the later part of the movie. He thinks that planning is a wasteful activity, something that is ought to be blamed for many of his victim’s terrible faith.
Why a Blogger Must Be a Schemer
Naturally, taking action is a basic survival rule for many bloggers. But that’s not the sole commandment that exists in the blogging rulebook.
Before taking action, the most basic survival rule is to figuring out how you will survive… or in this case… how you will have a successful model.
There are, and will be, endless ways of taking action and being your own Joker. But this is not Marvel Comics, you won’t win every round just because you’re meant to reach the conclusion of the story.
More than that, you’re not given much luck to work on a trial and error basis. Which works? Which doesn’t? What will happen if I do this? Or that? These questions won’t take you anywhere. In the first place, these questions should be out of your blogging vocabulary.
Draw Up Your Plan
Bloggers have this habit of just settling in to routines. Things like “everyday, I’ll open my Twitter, email, RSS aggregator and blog account… and every two days, I’ll write a post… and I will continue doing this for the rest of my life… etcetera etcetera”.
Blogging shouldn’t be a repetitive task. Everyday should always be a case of a one step further. That’s why you need to draw up plans… that’s why you need to be a schemer… and that’s why Joker won’t do well in blogging.
Unless of course he blackmails Gotham City into following his blog.
[Beautiful photo by Jon Secor]
