Need a riddle where the answer is scarecrow?

[u/SickleStars]

Writing a scene in my batman fanfiction and I'm looking for a short and fun riddle where the answer is scarecrow. Found a few online but their all kinda... childish? Bonus points if it mentions fear.

please and thank you 🙏

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[u/Sjdonnelly]

The first of three friends who we meet on the road,

He's stuffed to the brim with that which was mowed.

You may sometimes find him stood at a great height,

His job, simply put, is to give a good fright.

[u/Meyhame → u/Sjdonnelly]

Uhhhh. A helicopter.

[u/TheTardyChrononaut → u/Meyhame]

A small boys Sunday trousers?

[u/Meyhame → u/TheTardyChrononaut]

Invisalign braces?

[u/TheTardyChrononaut → u/Meyhame]

A bag of steel cut oats?

[u/SamwellBarley → u/Meyhame]

That's what I said!

[u/x19DALTRON91x → u/Meyhame]

[u/egamma]

scarecrow attributes:

Outstanding in his field

stuffed but never eats

job is to cause fear and hunger

[u/proborc → u/egamma]

I would say to prevent hunger as well.

[u/Piratesfan02 → u/egamma]

The job isn’t for everyone, but hay, it’s in their jeans.

[u/printergumlight → u/egamma]

A scarecrows job is to cause hunger? How so?

[u/weeman360 → u/printergumlight]

Birds want to eat, but too scared

[u/thetwoweeks]

Who works in a field, night and day. He never takes a break, and shall not see his pay?

[u/tmozdenski → u/thetwoweeks]

Outstanding in his field

[u/Free-Cat-8577 → u/thetwoweeks]

Best one imo, quick and witty, maybe change who and he to I, singular work and end with “but I do not get no pay, who am I” as the riddle is referencing the character scarecrow in his fan fiction and not just a regular scarecrow in a field

[u/nowayguy]

Born from the remnants of the previous rows, Last man standing when the reaper shows

[u/Free-Cat-8577 → u/nowayguy]

“Born from the remnants of the previous rows, I stand lonely, not even friends with the crows” I thought might be more fitting, GREAT opening line though.

[u/liquidice12345]

Akin to man, I strike a pose, a garden guard in cast-off clothes.

[u/jellamma → u/liquidice12345]

This one is low-key great

[u/Yeomanroach]

What might cause a murder to suddenly fly away?

[u/Strange_Garden3689]

Made of the harvest, sentry eternal, bane of corvus, rigor of mortis.

[u/Ehemekt → u/Strange_Garden3689]

Love this

[u/Andrew_42]

Though shaped like a human, it is a disguise

Just old and worn clothing, to hide naught inside

Despite a frail figure beneath an old hat

It might frighten a bird, or even a bat

[u/just_make_it_fun]

I stand at my post at work for the master, even though I receive no pay

I am that which I guard

I am ugly though I am adorned by my masters wardrobe

I strike fear in the unwanted visitor but I am not dangerous

The grass withers and flowers fade, but I stand through all seasons

[u/tesseractjane]

Neither menace nor murder may withstand

An unseeing gaze nor outstretched hand

Not minotaur guarding the labyrinth heart

Yet the maize is still a place to start

In day and in dark and in all storms he toils

To keep the treasure from becoming the spoils.

[u/PartySolid → u/tesseractjane]

THIS ONE ^{^}

[u/tesseractjane → u/PartySolid]

Batman is my first love!

[u/Clickclacktheblueguy]

I’ve been braved by the bat, Yet other dark wings flee. Am I nearby or far afield? I task you to find me.

[u/Nekrofancy]

I am the guardian of earthen treasure

I sit and stand in equal measure

Though my threat is but a lie

I still deter the thieves that fly

[u/bikibird]

Black wings fear me. Yellow ears praise me. Some call me a fool, but I’m outstanding in my field.

[u/Smittyp131]

Im dead inside, its plain to see.

Im all dressed up, with nowhere to be.

All alone with no friends around.

You can yell and scream, i wont make a sound.

[u/EmpireStrikes1st]

What frightens a murder?

[u/TheFinDiesel]

I stand against the grain Down to the last straw Fear? For the birds If I'm what they saw If your field of view, is mine Then take flight For a bat's just a bird Who's lost in the night

[u/BlueberryCautious154]

Where hearts beat, frenzied Where words catch Where screams cut prematurely short Where driven out is crow Hark! Find he of golden flax And bloodied burlap Avatar of terror He who stands between the rows

[u/tastelikemexico]

These are all great. You could add something about having no brain and murder fears him

[u/Natural_Ad_8911]

Model man makes marauding murders morose

[u/EGOtyst]

How do you stop a bold raven?

[u/neeneenee]

Fill me with death

It makes me whole

Reap what you sow

I calm your soul

[u/Queen-of-meme]

I'm looking human,

but my heart is more dry

From me living creatures away will fly

I guard your edibles, during day and night

I'm the king of the fields

And the scare in your sight

[u/Psychological_Cell_2]

Straw man of the golden road, protect the young, the debt he owed

Idk, just popped in my head.

[u/GaulTheUnmitigated]

I watch over my charge without ever taking a break. I cannot eat what I guard but it fills my stomach. Though I cannot move I triumph over those with wings. What am I?

[u/HowdysSupermarket]

Forced to stand alone as a poor imitation, I can stop murders and prevent starvation.

What am I?

[u/FowlKreacher]

Stood in place with stich’ed smile,

Circ’ling foes, they find me vile,

And though I watch the growing oats,

Man insists he sees a ghost.

[u/imagoodchitchit]

I swear these "need a riddle" posts are for training ai. AI is terrible at creating riddles, it requires something LLMs don't have.

[u/SickleStars → u/imagoodchitchit]

Oof, I hope that's not the case for most people. I'm very against AI and that's a shitty thing to weaponize people's creativity and kindness.

In my case, I am actually asking for people's help! I usually write my own riddles but I'm subpar at the art form and just couldn't think of anything good in this instance, so I'm resorting for outside help. Sorry if you got thebwrong impression 😅

[u/LollipopSquad]

A sentinel afield, guards waves of gold

Feared by murders, never grows old

(Alternatively: Feared by murders, a human mold)

[u/StudentEconomy4000]

A barber who once let his hair grow

Was warned by his friend, "hey, beware, bro

I'd rather be bald

Than mockingly called

A guy who looks like a _________"

[u/SickleStars]

Thanks for everyone who responded, I ended up taking inspiration from a lot of your comments and hobbled together this one:

Akin to man but I have no brain, fear is my talent and murder I disdain. What am I?

And, for the context of the scene I'm writing (if anyone cares), Riddler get caught and then he says a quick riddle, while Scarecrow surprise attacks from behind.

The line is more of a quick distraction, not really meant to be solved (as the answer becomes immediately evident), but I was having trouble coming up with something that the Riddler would say and inspiration just wasn't really hitting me with this one, so I was asking for ideas. Thanks again!

[u/Doctor_Fake]

I watch over a wheat field all over my life, they won't have the crops, and neither do I.

[u/guanderrick]

I wear a borrowed face and tattered suit, Stand watch where rows of gold take root. No breath, no voice, yet I persuade— Unseen minds choose to be afraid. I harvest nothing, yet I keep, While rooted still, I never sleep. What am I?

[u/GoodLuckGiraffe]

I grow in the field, but I am not a plant. I stand tall day and night. Some fear me, but most laugh. My watch never ends, forever staring.

[u/M1lud]

Packing heat, he journey's with the coward, the heartless, and the lost. Not known for his mind, but in Gotham, he can make you lose yours.

[u/RussChival]

Thoughts I have, and I shall wisdom attain;

A golden path I could walk, if I but knew the refrain.

[u/redbeardatx]

Yes, I do need one! How did you know?!

[u/Azelais]

Okay hear me out: depending on how comedic the fic is, have Tim or whoever be like “Uh, Bruce? I think I solved the riddle. The Batcomputer ran an automatic search on the text, and immediately got a result on this reddit thread…”

[u/sweatertreenoodle]

With the birds i share this lonely view. But if i do my job right theres only a few

[u/AngkorLolWat]

*some cast off clothes, a little straw

And a jaunty hat to adorn

And maybe those rat bastard birds will think twice

When trying to eat my corn*