It’s not the intelligence I find as interesting as the formal education prior to villainy.

That episode is both one of my favorite pieces of Batman media ever, and also an excellent example of both a “lower decks” episode and a vignette episode. Absolute gem of the whole series.

Something about lobotomizing Jim Gordon and the Mayor to take over the city. His hideout would have to be an incredibly conspicuous pyramid in which he stores grain, so I guess the theme should lean into that.

“Dr. Pharaoh”, maybe? He dresses like a pharaoh but he has a surgeons mask, stethoscope, and that old timey mirror on a headband. He throws scalpels much like Batman does batarangs, and has goons dressed like Egyptian royal servants who carry him on a palanquin.

Good point. I suppose there are only so many Killer Crocs and Solomon Grundys you can have before he’s just abusing guys with learning disabilities.

Yep, Man-Bat is Kirk Langstrom. I wasn’t sure which name was more recognizable.

I feel like Bruce Wayne could save Batman a lot of work with the right investments in social programs…

That guy had at least three magic systems going at once. It was a lot.

There was sympathy, which was kind of like voodoo dolls and also sometimes casting from hit points? Sygildry or something which was programming with magic runes. And Naming, which I believe was like grokking something so well you could just command it to do whatever.

It’s good, however Together Forever is by far the superior Rick Astley jam and I will die on this hill.

Big Bob Pataki in shambles rn

Neither of them compare to The Neptunes. They had a fucking shark on the drums.

You want beans? I’ll give you all the beans you can handle…

I might actually use this as my portrait next time I play Pathfinder WotR.

“We have Vigo the Carpathian at home.”

(Banana for whale.)

After further ruminating on this thought:

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you’re crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us… In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a whore, and a scoundrel, and a rascal, a ne’er-do-well, and a villain… Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, the Guild of Calamitous Intent.

I would also argue that “whores and scoundrels” is more inclusive. You can be either one regardless of your parts or gender identity.