"Aah!!!!!!!"
Penguin let out a scream that no human should have been capable of making.
But it was hardly his fault. Anyone who opened a door and saw such a bloody maw would have been scared out of their wits.
The other criminals all took a synchronized step back as well, not because the figure was frightening, but because he was ugly.
Actually, The Batman Who Laughs' overall look was passable. Though he was rather skinny, he had pale skin and wore a skintight outfit that showed plenty of flesh. Some people were into that sort of thing, and because that outfit left plenty of room for creative interpretation, quite a few fan works called him "Laughing Baby, My Laughing Baby."
The only problem was that The Batman Who Laughs was not wearing his own uniform right now, but a proper Batman suit. He was already gaunt, and without the exposed skin that had originally highlighted his sex appeal, this outfit on him was nothing short of a disaster among disasters.
Batman's uniform also leaned conservative, with almost no punk elements and an aesthetic more inclined toward order. Paired with that punk head surrounded by a ring of spikes over the eyes and that mouthful of ragged pointed teeth, it felt as though his body and head belonged to entirely different art styles. He was ugly beyond words.
"Perhaps you don't know that one of the key factors in sustaining a dream is keeping it close to reality," Schiller said. "What one thinks of by day, one dreams of by night. Only when the basic rules of a dream do not grossly violate the dreamer's common sense will he remain asleep and believe that he is still dreaming."
"Of course, there can also be many bizarre plot points that still