for the ship meme, scarebat! :]

YAYYYYY I like these two but I don't look at very much content about them. Both because I can never find exactly what I'm looking for on AO3, and because I'm a bit intimidated since people make a LOT of sexually explicit content of Jonathan; I headcanon him as a sex-repulsed or sex-neutral ace and it's a bit of a minefield to dance around, so this is based on my own perception instead of any larger fandom influenced stuff

1. What made you ship it?

Not to toot my and my friend's horn, but the Batman Rogue friendship/dating sim we're kinda working on ^^; We started tossing around ideas for a Scarecrow route and then my brain kinda latched onto it. It helps that I started listening to Batman Audio Adventures and Jonathan and Bruce work together for a bit (I am not saying what happens because I don't wanna spoil it and I hope more people will listen to that show) and I started to like Jonathan a lot around that same time, so that whole cocktail resulted in me going "Oh I like this"

2. What are your favorite things about the ship?

Basically,

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In terms of specific stuff though... this applies to basically any Batman and rogue ship, but the whole concept that when they're fighting, Scarecrow can't tell if he wants to kill or kiss Batman. Also they both use fear as a means of control, so they're initially trying to exert fear over each other (I'd imagine they eventually sort out their shit but who knows. They're both constantly attempting to take control of their life through scaring others and they have a bunch of trauma they won't deal with in a healthy way). There's a lot of stuff about power dynamics I can't word together right now but it's fun to think about. On the softer side of things, I love Scarebeast and I love when Batman shows kindness towards his rogues, so if something happened that triggered Jon turning into Scarebeast and Batman helped calm him down during and after the event, I just feel like that could lead into them not being strictly enemies. Friendship or romance, I don't care, it's about being in a vulnerable position in front of your enemy and he helps you instead of trying to fight you. That's not a Scarebeast exclusive scenario but regardless it'd be a pivotal turning point for them

3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

Of the stuff I have seen, it's specifically Bruce and Jonathan as opposed to Batman and Scarecrow, and while it makes more sense for them to actually have a relationship as civilians, I just like the idea that Bruce is more able to be himself as Batman than as Bruce Wayne and that would reflect in his relationships as a result