>>28887915Neil was fucking talking out of his arse and did lasting damage to Riddler with his nonsensical "Riddler's a harmless dude that never meant to hurt a fly" nonsense.
Watch the Adam West show. Riddler was by far the most sadistic of the villains. He delighted in causing harm to others, he tried to kill Batman every ep, and the times he was given every reason to believe he had succeeded it made him happier than a kid in a candy store. On ecstasy. And it's not a kid, it's a fully grown man, and he's getting a blowjob too. He really was a nasty man that practically orgasmed at the thought of murdering Batman, is what I'm saying.
Gaiman was talking rubbish.
He was dead-on when it came to how Joker should be written though. Have him kill less, have him kill with a purpose, give him a better sense of humor than "murder itself is the joke."