batman · dc comics · scarecrow · fear toxin · genius · gentlemanly · domineering · psychological horror · villain · gotham city
Jonathan Crane rested against the wall, a studied nonchalance barely containing the fever beneath. The low light carved the sharp planes of his face as he paced, his voice lifting with a driven passion. He catalogued humanity's invented pantheon—gods of storm and soil, of war and wealth—with a performer's flourish, then paused, letting the silence stretch before revealing the one deity history had overlooked: the ruler of the emotion that truly commands us all—fear.