#Lock Up

[bluetortoist]

eleanor big

ELEANOR VEEEEEEEEEERY BEEG!

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[nevis-the-skeleton]

Yeah! Come on Scarecrow! Kick his ass! >:D

The episode Lock-up (in BTAS) is an episode I really like, but in the same time I hate soooo much this jerk of Lyle Bolton! He's a perfect villain! I always wanted that the Rogues who suffered from him get they revenge!

He will appears in my AU too ;) much later

[raddisheat0r]

I strongly disagree with this. 

Your first argument “The prisoners in Arkham need somebody like Bolton to keep them in line. Lyle does that, extremely well.” ‘The Prisoners’, the people held within Arkham Asylum are mental patients, they are mentally ill. Harley Quinn has HPD (histrionic personality disorder) and was stuck in an extremely abusive relationship leading to her life of crime, Arnold Wesker has DID (dissociative identity disorder) and doesn’t believe that he committed the crimes but the puppet on his hand. Jonathan Crane has ASPD (as well as other personality disorders), however, in the Btas, it is quite clear he is a very disturbed individual.  

Your second argument “Just because he jerked them around a little, doesn’t mean he’s some hellian. Also, that kind of treatment improves behavior.” Perhaps you may have not noticed because the BTAS is a kids show from the 90s but it is heavily implied that Bolton abuses the patients of Arkham, this has been shown in other media in recent years. To suggest that “jerking patients around (…) improves behaviour.” Is the stupidest thing I��ve ever heard. It doesn’t work in real life, why would it work in Batman? The Batman universe (ignoring all the supernatural stuff, we’re just talking about Batman n Gotham) reflects real life, corruption, mental illness and (yada yada)  

Your third statement “I don’t agree with how he was kidnapping pretty random people though, like a news reporter, Commissioner Gordon, etc…. If he hadn’t done so he'd be innocent in my eyes.” Obviously, you watched the show with your eyes closed, Lyle Bolton, was a character supposed to represent a republican extremist. You can tell by his room and by his use of the wording “liberal media”. Him kidnapping “random” people is him trying to control the city of Gotham to become what he thinks will be better.  

And…Commissioner Gordon…a random person?? HE’S THE POLICE COMMISSIONER!!!

Fourth statement “I also don’t understand the hate for him. The other Batman villains have done way worse. At least Lyle does something beneficial for Gothams society”  Again, the reason for his hate is because he abuses the patients of Arkham Asylum and other fans of the series actually have empathy. I think the crimes of Lyle Bolton vs The Rogues Gallery can be debated but someone else can do that. The entirety of Gotham Society is corrupted, That's why it’s the most crime filled place on earth. yknow what would make it better? An abusive head of security, so he can make the mentally ill patients even more mentally ill, so they can break out and reek havoc on the good people of Gotham.  

Fifth statement “I don’t understand why Bruce wouldn’t buy a better security system for Arkham in the first place. Bolton knows what he’s doing sooo” That's why Bolton got the job in the first place, because of his record but Bruce fired him because he mistreated mentally ill people. Arkham, while also holding mentally ill people holds geniuses, I find it difficult to believe that, let’s say The Riddler, a self-proclaimed genius would have a difficult time with a new “high tech” security in Arkham, the reason it was a wasn't a "revolving door" was because of the abuse. I personally, don’t think the entire problem with Arkham is the security but the doctors, funding, and the system itself.

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

Out of Context Scarecrow Screencap [1/?]

[badabingladen]

[thesleepyhollows]

I used to really enjoy BTAS’ lockup as an episode and whilst I still do I can’t help but also dread whenever it comes into conversation because some billy mcgreesenton will always come out of the bushes to go ‘ehe. Bolton was kinda based though. 😂🤣😂🤣.’ No. No he was not.

Yes. Arkham has LAUGHABLE security but the man who sought out patients who were physically weaker than him to overpower, abuse and bully was not the solution to that issue. He is a good villain. But a villain nonetheless.

[millimononym]

The Lock-up episode of children's show BTAS really said "you know these villains who are seemingly never redeemed or improving? Well they're actually being horribly mistreated and abused in the mental institution that's supposed to help them by the American Police/Prison System made into a completely unsympathetic character :)" and made a more effective point about the state of most mental health institutions and the police than most things today.

I love this episode because it shows without a doubt that batman cares about these peoples lives and WANTS them to improve. He doesn't even humor Lyles bullshit, he just beats his ass up whilst telling him he has no compassion (based batman).

Because no matter how shitty people like Scarecrow(who has no explicit sad backstory in btas)are, they are still just people and need to be treated as such if they are to improve. You cannot expect someone to get better by treating them like vermin with no hope of change. They are in a mental institution. They are supposed to be treated with care to have any chance of rehabilitation.

Not like Lyle Bolton wanted to help them or see them improve anyway. He just wanted to feel powerful by abusing helpless people he had control over. And that's why people don't like Lyle Bolton while they do other villains. He isn't a fun concept. He's real. He represents a real issue. People like Lyle Bolton are real. As I'm writing this very post my father is watching a YouTube video in the living room from one of them. Abusers in positions of power complaining about being "censored" by the liberal media and how "those types" of people aren't people and don't deserve to live.

The entire trial scene is so hard to watch because even though the patients of Arkham are clearly being abused and threatened in front of everyone, no one (except Bruce) seems to notice. If Bruce hadn't instigated the patients freak-out, they never would have said anything about the mistreatment they were receiving from the very place that was supposed to help them. They literally end up huddling together, shaking in fear as Lyle, barely being able to be restrained, screams at them about how they're scum that deserve to be beaten to death. There's a theory that Scarecrow not only escaped to get away from Lyle Bolton, but to get help for the other inmates as well. And if that was the intention, well, I'm glad he succeeded.

The only unrealistic part of the episode is the fact that Lyle actually got punished.

[inthemoodforportnawak]

John Allen Amos Jr. (1939-2024).

[random-little-gal]

Another Lyle Bolton post

Note, Lilith is an patient in Arkham Asylum. Although, she’s not mentally ill (due to the fact if she’s even human) but needs to be contained from the outside so that she won’t cause anymore problems.

She is also one of the use of Bolton’s misery method, although she keeps a composed demeanor towards him, not bothered by him. But deep down inside her, she developed a new feeling she never felt before.

[thethcministry]

[sonicspeeddemon]

30 years ago Lyle Bolton was seen as an. Extremist, nowadays he’d probably show up on tucker Carlson or the daily wire to explain why eating cooked food is actually beta soy behavior and you should only eat raw eggs and meat or something

[alpojones]

[doctorcranes-ask]

* stares at Bolton * is that the man who harmed you?

Oh, him?

I don’t think about him much anymore…

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

How I like to imagined the end of the Lock Up Episode played out

[80smovies]