Reddit reviews Stacked Deck: Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told (Deluxe Leatherbound Series)

I find it funny that fan theories related to sexuality seem to, generally, raise more dissent in the comments than fan theories not related to sexuality. Some people-- not saying it's a lot of people, usually it's just a few-- get very determined in saying NO SO-AND-SO CAN'T BE GAY. As though it's damaging to even suggest that. I think this a perfectly valid fan theory. Like any fan theory it could be wrong, but also like any good theory it provides interesting speculations.

That being said, I've seen this theory float around in literary criticism before. Very interesting. I think Disney layered Scar with various characteristics to make him seem more threatening. Mufasa and Scar are brothers, yet they have different accents. I think Scar's British accent is an effort to make him seem different, foreign. Also Scar is flamboyant, whereas the heroic Mufasa is not. I think this was yet another trait incorporated into Scar's character in order to make him more threatening. There are plenty of flamboyant villains that are threatening, in part, through their gender-bending qualities. Think some incarnations of the Joker, who would go so far as to play-flirt (in a mocking way) with Batman (for example in The Dark Knight returns Joker uses "darling" and "my sweet" in reference to Batman), and not to mention some artists have drawn him in a very feminine/dandified flamboyant manner. I think flamboyant villains are somewhat of a trope, and that Scar is part of that habit.

EDIT: Trying to find pictures of feminine Joker and I'm looking for one in particular where he had ridiculously long eyelashes (it was in an issue included in this compendium, which I own but I'm not able to scan right now)....anyway, I did find this. Look at those heels!

EDIT 2: Found the pictures! In Detective Comics #570 Joker is even more flamboyant looking than usual. I was able to track down these pictures 1, 2, 3. Just the way he looks, the way he dresses, the way he seems to be moving. Anyway, I'm using this as an example of how villains are sometimes made flamboyant.