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catspittle

So why 'catspittle'?

I get that it's a trope to associate Jonathan Crane/Scarecrow with birds and only birds for a reason, but consider: I am sick of it lol.

There's something inherently feral to this Jon, all fang and fur and claw. Like if you mixed a cat with a rabid raccoon and put it in a humanoid body. He can be civil, and he can act 'normal', but only for short amounts of time before he either loses interest or the brain damage shows itself. And maybe in part it's the autism too. In any case he very much marches to the beat of his own drum and his fighting style is more "bumrush and try to rip out people's soft parts with his hands" than anything resembling the canon character's love of martial arts.

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I would also be pinning this if Tumblr let you pin more than one thing simultaneously. Alas. It doesn’t.

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[Something inherently neat about what we as writers and roleplayers take from our surroundings when it comes to character interpretations. For example, Crane’s dry sense of humor is lifted directly from my deceased grandfather, as is the way he laughs. With other characters, like my version of Mr. Freeze, he’s painfully reminiscent of an old world geography teacher of mine. So what does what we love say about what we leave behind in the end? People come and go, and nothing lasts forever, but I think we’ve all been there; we’ve all tried to immortalize the best of others in what we write, however subconsciously. Even the people who you don’t talk to anymore, the people who have become nothing more than a conglomerate of memory, of half-told jokes you’ll never understand the ending to and anecdotes. Even the way I write prose is taken primarily from others. Daniel Handler/Lemony Snicket was a major influence on me growing up. The point is, I wouldn’t be me without people. I just think that’s crazy to think about. If all of these other guys affected me and who knows how many others, how many people have I affected? What happens when I’m gone? Probably nothing, in the infinite reach of the cosmos, but it’s still something to think about.

And maybe we’re all just trying to say “I love you, and I’m grateful you exist, and I hope you know this” in our own way. I don’t know.]

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doctorcranes-ask

linxrouge4life asked:

Hi Doc! Its me again. Sorry to bother you but do you go on vacations in Arkham or something like that?

doctorcranes-ask answered:

I’m not sure what you mean. Going on field trips with other patients? Definitely not, no one wants a group of insane criminals on a school bus

Or do you mean going to Arkham for a vacation? No. I don’t like going to Arkham Asylum

catspittle

I wasn’t aware Arkham was a popular vacation destination...what about it is interesting, exactly? The dead grass? The people screaming at all hours of the night? The constant smell of Hibiclens? 

doctorcranes-ask

Perhaps it's the shock therapy? Or the therapists who don't care?

Truly, a wonderful destination

catspittle

Could even be the fact the guards hold you down and waterboard you in those little prison sinks whenever they feel like it. Or the food that tastes like licking cardboard. Who’s to say!

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doctorcranes-ask

linxrouge4life asked:

Hi Doc! Its me again. Sorry to bother you but do you go on vacations in Arkham or something like that?

doctorcranes-ask answered:

I’m not sure what you mean. Going on field trips with other patients? Definitely not, no one wants a group of insane criminals on a school bus

Or do you mean going to Arkham for a vacation? No. I don’t like going to Arkham Asylum

catspittle

I wasn’t aware Arkham was a popular vacation destination…what about it is interesting, exactly? The dead grass? The people screaming at all hours of the night? The constant smell of Hibiclens? 

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Food-related headcanons.

  • Honestly, Crane doesn’t eat a lot nor does he eat very often. This is in large part due to his general lack of teeth, as well as the scar tissue swelling his esophagus nearly shut. Opening his mouth is very painful for him, so he’s not the most verbal when it comes to Scarecrows; often expressing himself through grunts and gestures. SHORT sentences unless pressed.
  • Receives most of his nutrition through tubes, solid food is really just so he doesn’t lose the use of his intestines. Still, it’s difficult for him to digest anything due to sporadic gastroparesis.
  • Anorexic in the “if I stop eating I will die, and I want that” sense, just won’t admit it.
  • Can cook decently well, but has a tendency to oversalt/pepper food due to his habit of breathing out his own fear toxin having ruined his taste buds.
  • …can cook decently well except for pasta, that is. He is too impatient to wait the 2-5 minutes it takes to boil water, so don’t accept any sort of pasta dish from him unless you like potentially breaking a tooth.
  • Actually follows food safety rules, and in fact is kind of anal-retentive about them. There’s few things he takes more seriously than spoiled seafood, because seafood is expensive.
  • Not a fan of sugar at all, and will turn up his nose at sweets. The closest he’ll get to candy is malted milk or chocolate-covered fruit.
  • Allergic to eggs, nuts, and [to an extent] soy.
  • May actually be allergic to caffeine, as well? It makes him sick and that’s all he knows or cares about.
  • Doesn’t drink and likely never will, but is partial to the smell of a nice pear brandy.
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