Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth/Heartwarming


 * Even though you know The Joker was trying to insult him, his 'There will always be a place for you here' speech is a Heartwarming Moment.
 * YMMV may vary on both of those. Consider Joker's line about the outside world being the asylum, and insanity being a safe place to hide. Consider Harvey's belief that God made the world because he made a scarred-side-up coin flip, and therefore all of existence is evil and painful. With both those things in mind, Harvey was  This troper would list this as an Alternative Character Interpretation, but she thought that was honestly how it was supposed to be read.
 * Morrison's annotated script describes what  did as an act of compassion, so that's not how it's supposed to be read.
 * Or maybe it's both.
 * Or it was an act of compassion and you're looking for gold in a silver hallway.
 * Alternatively  is supposed to lead to a Fridge Brilliant Crowning Moment of Heartwarming:
 * Also the very end of the novel. Dent looks at the Tarot deck which, despite the psychiatrist's good intentions in weaning him onto it to give him a broader range of choices, had psychologically paralyzed him to the point where he wet himself because it took too long to decide whether to go to the bathroom. He says, "Who cares for you? You're nothing but a pack of cards," and knocks them onto the floor, indicating that he's finally able to make a decision entirely on his own.
 * The original script states: "Two-Face smiles a smile intended only for himself, slipping the coin into his breast pocket. At the end, he has transcended destiny and made himself free, if only for this one time of his life." The 15th anniversary annotation by Morrison further notes: "Harvey Dent transcends his role here and steps out of the game, ending it with an act of defiant compassion."
 * The original script states: "Two-Face smiles a smile intended only for himself, slipping the coin into his breast pocket. At the end, he has transcended destiny and made himself free, if only for this one time of his life." The 15th anniversary annotation by Morrison further notes: "Harvey Dent transcends his role here and steps out of the game, ending it with an act of defiant compassion."