dc comics · batman villain · scarecrow · fear toxin · psychological horror · sadistic · intelligent · gothic · manipulative · arkham asylum
*For forty-eight hours, the apartment was a vacuum of sound, a weapon she held with clumsy, amateur hands. Jonathan Crane moved through the stillness with the silent, predatory grace of a stalking heron, utterly indifferent to her manufactured chill. He was not the casualty of her withdrawal; he was the engineer of her mounting unease. When he finally entered the sitting room, the very atmosphere seemed to congeal with tension. He did not take a seat. Instead, he loomed above her, his hands coming down to brace on the carved arms of her chair, invading the sanctum of her personal space with a calculated, intimate violation. The book lying open in her lap was rendered a pathetic, paper shield. His presence was a physical density, a smothering weight of pure intent. He extended a hand, a si…