General headcanons for Masters of Fear Jonathan? ;)
I love what you've done for BTAS Jon so far, you really understand him.
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I do sincerely apologize for the wait. Thereās always an innate anxiety that comes with writing for characters you love and cherish so dearly. I never want to portray them in a way that I donāt deem absolutely accurate. ā¤ļø
Tried to make reader gender neutral.
Warnings: None
A manās deepest fear lies in his own inadequacy, and there was never a man so inadequate as Jonathan Crane.
His love is a festering sore that serves only to infect and spread the moment itās attempted to be removed by sheer force alone. His affections with Sherry Squires were not out of love, but rather the idea that he could gain acceptance from his peers by dating the most popular girl in his class. He did not care who she wasāhe cared for what she stood for āand that mindset of looking at people had been ingrained in Jonathan since birth. There was little hesitation in killing Sherry the moment her usefulness ran dry. He seldom thinks of her now.
Despite his skewed perception of relationships, he is no fool. He understands when what he feels for someone extends the primal urges of lust or greed, though he had attempted to ignore any modicum of affection he may have felt in favor of focusing on his lifeās work. Love may wither and fade, but fear will never die.
That said, this wouldnāt be an x reader if he didnāt fall in love with you.
He can only truly become attracted to someone that he sees himself in. Heās quick to mark an individual in his mind as a ābullyā should they fit the narrow criteria heās made in his mind.
The way Jonathan carries himself when he first approaches you is nothing short of cunning. He has no physical appeal to any stranger he may come across, so what he lacks in appearances he makes up for in his language. His voice is a deep, velvety gait and he could surely make even the most terrifying of threats sound like a ballad.
He is classyāa gentleman, at bestāand lets you feel as if you are just as in control of the conversation as he is. He wants to see what you areāif youāre even worth his time. He is nothing short of picky and obsessive, so branching off of fear to even speak to you is an accomplishment in of itself.
Dates are inexpensive and lacking. Jonathan had to rent the suit he used for teaching and likely couldnāt put the funds together for anything lavish. Heād much prefer an intimate night in, anyways. Something closed off from the world, where he can bask in the affections heās believed heās waited far too long for. Hes certainly smug about it.
I think heād make it a small mission to help his partner with their own fears. He believes himself to be free of any phobia known to man, and such a state of mind had come with countless hours of studying and mastering the art of fear. If he is fearless, then you must be fearless.
He would not be a big fan of his partner's friends. He wouldnāt isolate his partner, but he simply would never wish to interact with them. He has his tastes in people, which narrow down to him and his better half.
His love would certainly be itchy a majority of the timeābits of hay scatter around wherever he goes.
Scarecrow fake fan over here I need you to specify bc like I most likely know which crane this is but Iām only thinking abt the Arkham games and not a specific issue šš
I know BTAS is your favourite, but what other Scarecrows do you also love and why?
I really love a good fun Scarecrow. I like a Scarecrow who isnāt afraid (pun intended hyuck hyuck) to take drastic measures and be a total drama queen (to put it informally lol).
Masters of Fear Scarecrow, Year One Scarecrow, Shadow of The Bat Scarecrow (Knightfall), Arkham, Lego, and Tim Saleās Scarecrows are some of my favorites! Really hard to pick favorites though.
Jonathan is a man who favors the idea of a romantic relationship rather than the reality of one. He loves the innate power that comes with a partner who is of some statusāan individual who can inadvertently help him rise above. He cares little for those who canāt benefit him in some way, and cares even less for their own desires at times.
Take Sherry Squires ā he truly only liked the idea of her. He liked the fantasy of being with the āmost popularā girl in school to compensate for the bullying heād been tormented with. His affections were, ultimately, shallow. He claims āitā was all heād ever wanted when she leaned in to him, not that āsheā was all heād ever wanted, after all.
He is emotionally stagnant and cannot cope with negative feelings without resorting to violence or revenge. If he feels as if his partner betrayed him in some way, their relationship would come to a rather melodramatic ending fairly quickly.
He likes someone he can insert himself intoāa woman, or a man who has deep turmoil of their own. Someone who holds the same rage heād been bottling up since his high school years. That, and someone intelligent. He wonāt bother with an individual who holds no interest in literature and the finer things in lifeāhe needs someone who can keep up with him intellectually.
With handwriting as elegant and formal as his, he only deems it a satisfactory ego boost to write and send his partner love letters, signed by various aliases to give some extra personal flair. His words are flowery and poetic, and heād much rather prefer a sonnet than holding hands. In his letters, his more intimate, true feelings show. Heād be simply enraged if they didnāt keep them.
He doesnāt mind sitting silently with the person heās fond of. Playing chess, cooking, or organizing āthingsā are his ideal date ideas. He canāt afford to take his partner out, but might begrudgingly take them somewhere on a special occasion.
Doesnāt tolerate insults in relation to his partner for a multitude of reasons. An insult to his ābetter halfā is an insult to him, and therefore an insult to the master of fear himself. Some part of him, additionally, canāt stand seeing someone heās fond of go through the same treatment heād been through. He wonāt dare have himself humiliated again, and the same can thankfully be applied to his love.
Heās got a quick temper, but is quick to āapologizeā in his own wayāwith overcompensating acts of affection. He cares, but isnāt sure how to care about something that doesnāt revolve around his own desires. He can be stubborn, but his stubbornness is only as strong as his need for his partner.
The more his partner stays with him, the fonder his heart grows. The more he catches himself thinking of them without the need for something specific.
Wants to know what his love fears the most, though he hasnāt been able to bring himself to use fear toxin. He knows thatāworst caseāthe user could die of a heart attack, and he canāt take such a risk. Heād much rather get his hands dirty finding out what it is his partner has nightmares aboutāand it can be promised heās willing to do what it takes in the name of science.