A substance labelled as bluntly as Fear Gas isn't something you'd volunteer yourself to take recreationally. "Hey guys, I got a 10-litre cannister of Fear Gas. Let's go to a cabin in the woods for the weekend and have some fun!" Hmmm, no thanks. Not to judge a drug by its name, but Laughing Gas sounds a bit more fun. The effects of Fear Gas on Batman aren't all that surprising. As superheroes go, Batman is the one that psychiatrists would most like to have on their couch. He's a goldmine of childhood trauma and repressed psychopathy, and his Fear Gas sequence from Arkham Asylum explains why he doesn't talk much about his 'feelings' and stuff. With flashbacks to his parents' death, a chat with his dead, milky-eyed father at the morgue, and a couple of sequences where a giant scarecrow tries to swat him (which actually killing Batman in real life!), Batman becomes a walking advert to say 'no' to Fear Gas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9aibilbJrU
Gamer, Researcher of strange things.
I'm a writer-editor hybrid whose writings on video games, technology and movies can be found across the internet. I've even ventured into the realm of current affairs on occasion but, unable to face reality, have retreated into expatiating on things on screens instead.
