User blog comment:DarkClaw3/PE Proposal: Sewer King/@comment-39032584-20191203131622

Funnily enough, especially considering I love this show as much as I do, I've ony recently been remembering this guy and honestly been wondering if he could qualify for the reasons listed here. I guess this confirms I wasn't the only one who thought that. Anyway, it's a yes from me. His child abuse and exploitation is absolutely deplorable, not to mention it's unique and stands out in its own respect even a in a series with as many villains as this one. And that's how I felt even though I forgot that he tried to feed one to an alligator by the end of the episode. What I did not forget, however, is that tellingly, Batman, who rarely ever becomes tempted to break his moral code of not killing despite repeatedly dealing with the worst criminals Gotham has to offer, was so utterly livid and repulsed by his actions that he was very tempted to make an exception for him. Yeah, it was pretty hard not to notice that.

In short, considering he's just a one-shot character, has very little resources compared to most of the villains who are more prominent in general, and unlike the vast majority of them, has absolutely no redeeming qualities or a valid excuse for his actions, I think he very much stands out as vile in his own right. In fact, minus the weird part about having alligators as pets, he'd be right at home in a Charles Dickens story as a Bill Sykes-like character.