Who Knew Jonathan Crane Had A Thing For Bondage???

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What do you think about the moments Scarecrow goes out to fear attack abusers of others? Not sure if this is really a thing within his character in the other DC Universe comics and I can't find for the life of me the one BTAS comic that seems explore this side, where he stops crime because he feels he's getting too old and wants to enjoy teaching again because he likes teaching, one student sticks out for him for her "intelligence", but one day she appears distressed to him because of her abusive boyfriend and after he discovers what he did he goes after him not only to kill him but torture him, make him feel as helpless as his girlfriend felt.

Personally the comic made me remember a little bit of the Becky Albright situation with Scarecrow, where this Jonathan goes out of his way to revenge himself on his bullies and ends up feeling some kind of... kinship with Becky for him seeing a reflection of himself in her fears, and asks for her to join him as Queen of Fear so she could also revenge on her bullies but in this case as she denies... that, he goes out of his way to try kill her(like originally he was going to do in the comic anyway).

The BTAS comic situation tho is different feels more like although he's possibly seeing a reflection to the abuse he suffered(considering if that version has also suffered abuse, I don't think it was ever mentioned on the show), he takes at his own hands to seek out revenge for that specific student, although should be noted that he took a liking of her(different from Becky this was more of a teacher loving a brilliant pupil kind of situation as far I could see) and as far I can tell I do not really think he would do the same for others unless he could see himself in them?

Feels like an internalized need of some kind, but I'm not sure if it's something that repeats itself in many stories relating Scarecrow

The BTAS comic you're thinking of is “Study Hall” in The Batman Adventures Annual (1994) #1, which is Scarecrow’s chapter in an anthology story of several failed attempts at reformation from Batman's rogues gallery. Further discussion below the cut:

Interestingly, this BTAS comic actually predates the first Scarecrow origin story where he's portrayed with a history of being bullied (unless you count his being “an outcast amongst his colleagues” in his first appearance in 1941, but that was less bullying and more just him being a creepy poorly dressed recluse who no one wanted to see at faculty parties). The idea of Jonathan being bullied as a child originally came from the 1995 Batman Annual #19, “Masters of Fear.”

The Becky Albright story, Scarecrow: New Year’s Evil, came out three years later in 1998, at which point Jonathan’s “bullied into being evil” backstory had become well-saturated into the main continuity. Ten years later in 2008 we also get Joker’s Asylum: Scarecrow #1, where Jonathan fakes a license to practice therapy and identifies with a bullied teenage patient named Lindsay. Like with Becky, he tries to convince Lindsay to get revenge for herself (which she ultimately does), but it’s more of a mentor relationship a la Molly Randall (sooo not an erotic obsession that began and ended with the desire to kill her, like with Becky).

In this post-crisis continuity (and even non-canon au comics that were published while it was ongoing, like Crimson Rain), Jonathan’s adolescent experiences as a victim of bullying really subsumed his character. To the point that even in his appearances where he’s not actively hunting down his childhood bullies, he’s still thinking about the world in a dichotomy of tormentor/victim, going back and forth between delighting in tormenting others and resenting his continued “victimhood.”

In the current continuity, it’s very briefly mentioned that he was picked on growing up, but that’s not the trauma that made Jonathan into Scarecrow. That was 100% the abuse he suffered under his creepy mad scientist father, as well as his father dying of a heart attack in the middle of an experiment, leaving a young Jonathan trapped in the testing chamber for over a week, until someone was called to investigate Dr. Jonathan Crane Sr.’s lack of appearances at work.

However, he does have some moments of empathy for others who remind him of himself in this continuity as well. Most notably a little girl he had been experimenting on in his “Cycle of Violence” arc in Batman: The Dark Knight, as well as the orphan protagonist of in the “House of Gotham” back-up stories in Detective Comics.

So despite the fact that the BTAS comic predates Jonathan having any kind of tragic backstory, his having a kind of twisted empathy for young people with similar traits to him is arguably a reoccuring character trait, regardless of how his character has shifted over time. I like the way you phrased it, that it’s an “internalized need” that he wouldn’t indulge with anyone he couldn’t see himself in. It’s possible that he’s being the kind of adult mentor he wished he’d had at their age; it’s just that Jonathan is an extremely deranged person whose idea of “help” is only going to cause more problems in the long run.

Small but interesting character detail I noticed in Arkham shadow.

Minor spoilers!

You can see Crane turn to look at Joe as Joe begins to react negatively to “Malone”’s backstory out of guilt.

He really does show off his intellect here. Immediately noticing the shifts in body language and clearly taking note of it.

He’s so smart I love him.

i find it amusing how much he has to bend over tall people problems

i have no mouth and i must chuff a fat dart

more old men backlog. need them to die etc etc etc

Professor Crane Headcanons

Professor Crane is the strictest of all the teachers on campus.

He has a Zero Tolerance policy when it comes to bullying. If a student is caught bullying another student then they automatically fail the course.

Jonathan doesn’t take bribes, but he wouldn’t say no to some candy corn. He might even smile if given some.

He has the ability to teach multiple classes. He’s taught language courses and has also taught class on mental illness and autism.  

Professor Crane requires students to exclusively buy books he’s written in the past. And no, they aren’t available online or as a PDF. To add insult to injury, the campus bookstore is always short by a few copies and some of his books are even out of print. This means students have to share or go without. Tough luck.

Most lectures consist of him going though his books page by page with commentary on why his psychological hypothesis are correct.

Jonathan does not give out extra credit, However that changes on Halloween. He encourages his students to dress up for the holiday, with scary costumes being his favorite. The best costumes get +5 points added to a low grade assignment. Jonathan is a stickler for good costuming though, you have to go all out to impress him.

At has at least one Pop Quiz every week.

Midterms and finals are excruciatingly difficult, with over 35 multiple choice questions, 20 true of false, 10 short answer and 5 essay questions. Bonus Question: “What’s your deepest darkest phobia?”

Sometimes, just for shits and giggles, Crane will create multiple choice tests where every answer is the same letter. He loves watching his students sweat and squirm as they full out the questions. Usually he throws these tests out, making sure they don’t count towards a students final grade. He just likes torturing his students, it’s a fact.

Attendance is required, no exceptions. (and most of the time he won’t accept a doctors note)

He also can’t stand students walking in ten minutes late. Crane will actually lock the door right as class starts to prevent this, causing many students to miss his class if they don’t arrive on time.

Professor Crane doesn’t accept late work, you turn it in on time or you get no credit.

He also doesn’t grade on a curve, and 89.9% is still a B. He won’t raise your grade under any circumstance. You have to earn that A with him.

If a student is caught texting or passing notes, Professor Crane will embarrass then by reading the text/note out loud.

Hi Dr. Crane :D! I hope you're having a lovely day, and that your work is going well! I'd like some advice, if you don't mind. I'm graduating high school this year, and I'm really scared. I don't feel like I'm ready to grow up yet :(. I did get accepted in the program I applied to for university, but I'm worried I made the wrong choice, and that I'll regret it forever (i'm a professional in catastrophizing). Help T^T!

You're not gonna magically become an adult because you got a high school diploma, calm down. You're still a goddamn teenager.

I know the whole world makes it seem like whatever you do next is gonna dictate the path of the rest of your life, but it really doesn't. You can change majors, change colleges, change your mind. The important shit to learn in the coming years is less what happens in the classroom and more what happens in the time surrounding it:

How to manage your time. How to feed yourself, how to balance a budget, how to manage impulse control, how to socialize without the safety net of having the shared culture of a hometown to fall back on. How to cope with failure and keep moving.

In five years you're gonna barely be in your twenties, and most folks live to be in their seventies. There ain't no such thing as making a wrong choice when you're eighteen, this is the time of your life to fuck up, that's what being eighteen is for.

I'm serious about this. Make wrong decisions, learn from them, it's important. Wrong decisions are how you find out what you actually want and what you actually find important in life.

Still; congratulations on graduating, I'm proud of you. Go on and enjoy the freedom to be stupid while it lasts, kid, you're gonna be fine.

i think a lot about the time someone uploaded a picture of their cat to the scp wiki as a joke article and the actual funniest part of the joke was how it became the most controversial thing on the wiki for a week