Even if we explore fantasy, something I like playing into is revealing that we are not always “the main character” of the world - the person initiating action. Sometimes it’s extremely hard for this non-Joker character I’m depicting to realize that they are not an “anti-hero who’s going to slice apart the corrupt strings of the world”, he’s just a victim of injustice - someone who shouldn’t have had these things happen to them, but also has no individual path to follow for correction. They didn’t do anything wrong, nor is there anything for them to do as a follow-up.

I’ve met people that seem like they need help to put their life in a good, working state, but their mind is preoccupied with the idea of what they can do to help others, even if, when it comes down to it, they’re not so capable of that just yet. It might internally be a way of pushing further social connections and making themselves feel valued. It could also be an attempt to follow off the many hero fantasies we see in fiction.