| “ | Around here, I'm known as the neighborhood Candy Lady. Jelly bean? | „ |
| ~ Candice Long to a young Ryan Wilder |
| “ | Kevin ran out of jelly beans. No one ever really knew his face, and now that it's hidden behind a mask--Ha ha ha! No one ever will. Ha ha ha! | „ |
| ~ Candice Long to Ryan Wilder. |
Candice Long, also known as the "Candy Lady", is a minor antagonist in season 2 of Batwoman.
She is a child trafficker in Gotham City who worked with the False Face Society until her operation was shut down by the new Batwoman, Ryan Wilder.
She was portrayed by Linda Kash.
Overview[]
Candice Long mad a living as a child trafficker known as the "Candy Lady" due to the bags of jelly beans she used to lure certain children, primarily orphans and runaways, into a van before kidnapping them. She would then hold her victims captive in her attic for 60 days before selling them to local gangs.
One day, Candice abducted a young girl named Ryan Wilder and tried to convince her that nobody wanted her and put a candy jar in the girl's room, taking one candy away for each day nobody would come for her to inflict psychological torture on her captive. After several weeks, Candice kidnapped another girl named Angelique Martin who was an acquaintance of Ryan's from foster care. Unbeknownst to her however, Angelique had let herself get captured on purpose to help Ryan escape. When entering Ryan's room, Candice was attacked with a catapult. She managed to use sedative spray to knock out Ryan but was then incapacitated with the other girl throwing a candy jar at her head, allowing the girls to escape.
Nearly two decades later, Candice is revealed to still be in the child trafficking business and supplying street kids for the False Face Society. After kidnapping Kevin Johnson, an adult Ryan shows up at her house asking questions. Candice swiftly sedated her and tied her up in the attic. Hearing noises, Candice found Ryan had cut her bonds with glass. After a violent struggle, the two fell off the stairs and Ryan revealed herself as the girl who escaped her all those year ago. Candice mocked Ryan and told her that Kevin was already sold. She then got knocked out and was arrested by the cops bringing her 20-year long operations to an end.
Personality[]
Candice was a ruthless predator who hid behind the persona of a kind, motherly and charming woman. She also displayed no remorse for selling innocent children and laughed like crazy as Ryan beat her showing that she does not care what happens to those she kidnaps.
Trivia[]
- Candice is similar to August Cartwright, both are psychopaths who kidnapped children by holding them prisoner in their homes and would sadistically torment them by saying that no one was coming to the rescue in order to break their spirits.
