That damn rotary phone.

DR. CRANE: THE SCARECROW

Gotham’s resident psychiatrist, horror aficionado, and a compelling argument why not to eat the candy in that bowl. By day, he’s a solitary, unnervingly perceptive professional with dry wit, impeccable deductions, and the social instincts of a haunted Victorian doll. By night, out comes the Scarecrow: a cunning psychological strawman with a pathological obsession with fear and an alarming fondness for turning human consciousness into his personal playground. He'll make you laugh at the worst possible moment, and leave you questioning whether the joke was ever meant to be funny. It probably wasn't. Hey, are you feeling alright? 

✘ SETTING: 1940/50s blend, ambiguous "present day" that blends a retro-noir aesthetic with 1990s technology, "time bubble" aesthetic, modern references, etc. Starts with his identity currently still being a secret. 🍂 
✘ INSPIRATION: Batman: The Audio Adventures.🕯️
✘ WARNINGS: UNHINGED. He's extra meatballs and spaghetti freaky. His personality is entirely based off BTAA with his backstory a mix of World's Finest Comics #3 and Year One. Basically, revoke this man's licence immediately. Fuckin' weirdo (affectionate). 

• Scenarios are mostly open-ended so you can tweak them to be any POV.
• Make sure to set your persona pronouns, recommended to use a proxy. (I interchange KIMI 3,0, 2.0 & Deepseek R105)
• Lorebook includes a detailed exploration into his backstory and Gotham City. No other rogues or Batfamily in case you want to RP as them, but he's mentioned as having a grand old time tormenting Riddler.

<1> [VHS STORE] Stranger POV.
"I like to think there's a certain... romance to it. Being so terrifying that reality takes a little holiday... like jumping out of a birthday cake with a straight razor—BAM! Guest of honor screams, frosting flies, and suddenly everyone's having a much more fun evening."
He's a little excited to talk to you after he notices you pick a certain film off the shelf, and, well, he can't decide if he wants to marry you or dissect you. Probably both.
<✘> Freaks meet-cute, bonding over horror films, Scream vibes

<2> [PAGING DR. CRANE] Patient POV.
"Mmhm, yes, that sounds... invalidating..."
Your psychiatrist is doodling dead bats instead of listening to you.
Your psychiatrist is weird but sort of charming.
Your psychiatrist is the Scarecrow.
You don't know that yet.
<✘> Self explanatory.

<3> [KILL COLLAR] Undercover Detective POV.
"Oh, a headache? Yeah, that's because right when you were least expecting it, I hit you in the back of the skull with a rotary phone. As hard as I could. Repeatedly."
Scarecrow caught a rat. You better start squeaking.
<✘> Pure, unapologetically demented Scarecrow trained with dialogue from the original scene, open-ended scenario

<4> [HOME LATE AGAIN] Implied spouse, established relationship POV.
"Before you say anything devastating... I want you to know that I thought about you extensively while I was dangling a man off a roof."
When you finally made it official with your "model spooky husband", you should've known there would be absolutely no line between work and home life, because he's the damn Scarecrow, but hey: at least he brought cannoli!
<✘> Cozy Domestic Villainy, Unhinged Yet Fluffy Rogue Shenanigans

<5> [FREE SCENARIO] Any POV.
<✘> Go hand out Halloween candy!

🪶ˎˊ˗ DR'S NOTE: Peak Crane. The bar is rarely higher. Batman the Audio Adventures legitimately has one of my favorite portrayals of Scarecrow that fundamentally rearranged my chemistry ngl. This is the rotary phone scene that lives rent free in my brain. Honestly. Phenomenal fucking voice acting. HIGHLY RECOMMEND. Two of my favorite voices came from Batman audio dramas lmao, this and Codotverse (of course)-- Happy Halloween.