did joker rape barbara gordon? no.
but does taking pictures of her in a state of undress against her will qualify as sexual assault? yes, it does. it is very disgusting thing and people have a right to be angry about it. so let them be angry.
if you brush off what happened to barbara by saying it wasn’t rape, you’re kind of telling everyone who has been sexually assaulted that it didn’t really count since it wasn’t full-on rape.
also just as a sidenote bc it seems that ppl think i am crossing into anti-tkj territory (which is stupid)–
tkj is one of my favorite books, but i am obviously not advocating for the sexual assault of any character. i promise you that what a majority of people like about the book is NOT the sexual assault of barbara gordon. so please don’t label the people who like the book as terrible people.