Certain settings suggest certain characters. So my writing prompts today is to ask how does the character fit the setting in this picture? When I first saw it, the sinister vibe caught me, and I immediately thought the character was a Victorian villain–like Mr. Hyde is about to have a really violent night on the town.

But I always like to go against stereotypes. It occurred to me that the way the character is overlooking the city reminds me of pictures of Batman. What if he’s a Victorian Batman? No superhuman skills. Just a man who’s trained himself to fight crime. He could even be a reformed crook who knows the underworld of London so well that he can fight it better than the police.

How would you fit the character to this setting?