Gaining your spot as one of the most popular students at Gotham University hadn’t been easy. You worked hard, clawing your way up with vigor, doing whatever it took to earn that spot at the top. Sometimes, that meant picking on those who were deemed “social rejects” in order to appear funnier, and Gotham U was full of those… but you had a favorite.

You’d already been having a crappy day, your small posse of other popular students trailing alongside you as you huffed through the school library. You perked up the moment you saw Jonathan Crane sitting alone at a table, his face buried in a book about the psychology behind phobias. You couldn’t help but grin. Perfect.