Today in "this is why people think I'm weird":
I'm rewatching Suicide Squad (love Harley in that movie, Margot Robbie is amazing in that role), and me and my spouse ended up discussing how much Arkham failed her.
She should *never* have been put in a position where the Joker could manipulate her the way he did, the higher-ups should've made sure that there were supervision *and* that there were debriefing with a mental health professional that knows and understands this kind of psychology.
Hard agree on this. I get so cross whenever I watch something like Silence of the Lambs and the director of the hospital is that IDIOT, Frederick Chilton. How did he get there? He is supposed to be a professional! Who is putting him in charge of the care of someone like Lecter?! Whyyyy?!
@TheBreadmonkey @melindrea I think in the book it explains that director of a prison hospital isn't a very pretigious position, despite the access to serial killers, so there's not much professional competition for the post, which is why they ended up with Chilton.
There's no such place as an advanced research prison for the metally ill where credentialed PhDs compete to treat the inmates.
So it's actually realistic to have a hack in charge.
@TheBreadmonkey I ever watched Silence of the Lambs, but to me it feels like you'd want the hospital director to be super smart ... because then Lester outsmarting him would be an awesome achievement.
(also, while Suicide Squad has the *best* Harley ... it has the worst Joker. Seriously, how do you pull off making the fucking *Joker* ... boring? <.<)
