#technically this is more specific scarecrows...so ill tag those

[perplexedjokist]

slight character analysis, at least how I see Jonathan Crane / The Scarecrow

scarecrow is impatient and impulsive, unlike most villains he doesn't do crime for fame or money, he finds his work genuinely fascinating and completing.

his main motivation is the euphoria it brings, he's a freak and craves it. without that feeling he feels empty, which isn't a bad thing but it's boring. and makes him more irritable.

he won't threaten to hurt your family or loved ones, that's too much work and he doesn't care about them. he wants you to be scared, and if you're one of those people who "aren't afraid to die" he gets irritated.

sure you might not be afraid to die but you don't really wanna get hurt, you don't want to be slowly, continuously in agonizing pain and fear while someone laughs at you, do you?

very easily ticked off if you don't respond the way he wants, not scared immediately? no phobias to use as an advantage? fine, blades and needles. that didn't work? well, you certainly weren't going to make it out alive in the first place.