The Mad Hatter - Blog Posts
TOGA IN WONDERLAND
Frank Gorshin, Anthony Perkins and Davy Jones (of the monkees) are Batman 1966's version of The Riddler, The Scarecrow and The Mad Hatter. I know the '66 show had David Wayne as The Mad Hatter, but he's not that exciting. So David Wayne is the imposter hatter and Davy Jones is the reason Hatter. Really, this is going to stay in my head as the Batman '66 version of these three forever. Frank Gorshin, Anthony Perkins and Davy Jones. I think it'd be a great pairing to have seen on stage together. They all seem like great performers. I think art of The Mad Hatter snd Scarecrow modelled after Davy Jones and Anthony Perkins would be great, honestly.
But Davy Jones had to be the Mad Hatter. Short and British, he even sort of sounds like Peter Macnicol doing The Mad Hatter for the batman arkham games. And also, well, daydream believer sounds like a Mad Hatter song. Soft yet almost ethereal, it's perfect. A batman 66 episode with the mad hatter would have to have that song worked in somehow (even if we just have the hatter humming it).
Jervis has a lot of feelings. Johnathan wishes all of those feelings were fear.
Alice obviously doesn't know what she's talking about. Jervis is clearly a well adjusted, rational, stable individual! Not on the verge of a breakdown or anything! Not upset that she doesn't share his love of escapism or anything! Not thinking about using his technology for selfish purposes or ANYTHING!!
Don't you hate it when your childhood best friend who was arrested for larceny and murder, yet claims that he's "No longer mentally ill" despite his insatiable need to cosplay a minor character from a children's book written 160 years ago, kidnaps you for an elaborate larp experience, which may or may not include the violent execution of your city's vigilante?
...on that note, anyone wanna hear the Mad Hatter lore from my batman au??
Woe, Jervis be upon ye!
drew a very very mad hatter
finally got around to redoing the drawing! i finished it up and turned it into a bookmark (pls dont use without asking me)
The dork squad š
Finished!!!
Haven't made bookmarks in so long! I'm making some Batman bookmarks to inspire myself to read more again
Haven't made bookmarks in so long! I'm making some Batman bookmarks to inspire myself to read more again
A Batman Villans tier list based on how much I would want to talk to them
Please let me have this. The concept of Jervis is so good even though his comics arenātā¦greatā¦..and writing a Wonderland-loving weirdo as a Wonderland-loving weirdo just sounds fun. So, I guess youād call this myā¦
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Jervis Tetch- or, the Mad Hatter- was a once respected neurologist turned criminal. Unassuming at face value, he creates chaos through his backwards intelligence and hypnotism, molding Gotham to fit his vision of āhomeā.
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Jervis was a neurologist, studying the subconscious. He was lonely, with few friends as a result of his social anxiety and awkwardness, but otherwise lived an average life.
This loneliness would bubble up into desperation, driving him to begin his criminal career before he would dawn his alter ego- the result of an unreciprocated crush on his coworker. Heād inconspicuously use hypnotism to make strangers steal gifts to impress her with, the small scale and lack of traceability leaving Jervis guiltless. But eventually his crush would catch on, refusing his gifts and eventually demanding he never talk to her again. In a panic, he would hypnotize a group of bystanders into stealing a large sum of money, which accidentally lead Batman straight to him. Batman would find Tetch begging for the woman to willingly leave Gotham with him, promising anything she wants with the stolen money.
His intelligence and fondness for mind control would land Tetch in Arkham Asylum, which was more than a shock to him. Of course he knew he was risking jail time, but Arkham?? He didnāt think anything he was doing was THAT bad! But now, he was sitting next door to some of the Gothamās worst villains, amongst their ranks! He could never live a normal life againā¦. He didnāt want linger on those thoughts, escaping through one of the few distractions he had at his disposal- a copy of Aliceās Adventures in Wonderland. He reread and escaped from the reality of the Asylum so often that it soon became his most important influence and, in addition to acclimating to his criminal status, resulted in the creation of his alter ego- the Mad Hatter.
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Jervis is deceptively non-villainous- pleasant, soft-spoken, and chipper. He enjoys āhelpingā others, and has moments of ditziness and anxiousness. If you had met him on the street unknowingly, youād likely think he was just a well meaning eccentric with his head a little too far in the clouds. He does, however, have an awful temper, and is also quick to shift blame away from himself.
Many say he isnāt ignorant to this perception, with debates whether or not he knowingly plays up his personality to manipulate others. Generally, the people who know his history donāt typically respect him, but also donāt put down their guard around him. After all, there is no arguing his use of hypnotism and mind control, and the wacky schemes that are difficult to crack because of the nonsense logic that only he finds sense in.
The Mad Hatter has two main goals:
Make Gotham into a Wonderland. Causing general chaos, really. What he means by this isnāt clear (perhaps intentionally) as his schemes can be inconsistent. However, itās usually with two underlying themes- regaining control, and not being alone.
To kill Batman. Ooooh he wants him dead. Jervis blames Batman for the loss of his old life, and sees this more that anything as a service to the people of Gotham, protecting the āinnocentā from having their lives ruined as well.
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