What's lotties favorite food? Like comfort food she'd like to eat with Ed while they watch tv
PASTA!!
Especially mac and cheese :) Lottie makes the best homemade meals for sure
(I like the head canon that Edward is lactose intolerant…so if that’s true, I’d like to think he wouldn’t tell Lottie this and eat her food anyway, to be nice and cuz her food is delicious. Why pass up the offers, this man can’t cook, he’s sick of the microwave crap! He’ll just suffer the consequences later)
Anon…my sweet, sweet anon, making my heart flutter with questions about my OC’s…I apologize profusely for taking literal months to answer, but please believe me when I say I genuinely appreciate your ask, and it seriously makes my day🤧 Lottie’s story is still wonky and a rough draft here and there, but I have a gist. Let’s get started! Ramble ahead-
Charlotte, aka Lottie, my self-insert for Matt Reeve’s Batverse!
She’s lived in Gotham her entire life (she dreams of escaping it, someday). She had a decent childhood, growing up in lower middle class with a younger sister and two hard working parents.
When Lottie was 13, her sister died from brain cancer, and when she was 17 her parents died in a nasty car crash (that escalated fast, lol). After a couple months of living with a family friend, she went off on her own.
The first few years of adulthood Lottie worked as a substitute teacher. She attended community college at the same time, working toward a degree in journalism. After getting her associates degree, she took a 2 year break from college to focus on work as money was getting too tight.
At 22, Lottie’s friend approached her about a new job opportunity: a receptionist at KTMJ, desperate and hiring immediately. Eh, why not? It was random, but the pay was higher and more steady than her current job. So she took up the offer.
(Yep, you know what’s next- the most cliche x reader ahh crap, but I live for self-insert cliches, OK!?)
Insert Edward Nashton! He doesn’t think twice about newcomers, he never does…why would he?? Until of course, she starts trying to make conversation. …what? Someone’s trying to talk to him? And be friendly? And ask if he’s going to the coworker hang outs, as if she wants him there? It’s probably a prank, what other explanation is there? What a jerk-
Oh, wait no she’s being genuine. But it’s born out of pity, she doesn’t actually care-
Oh…she does care, like actually, and a lot…
Okaaay you get the gist. The two grow closer over the next two years, very slowly mind you, but there’s progress nonetheless because Lottie quite likes this introverted little weirdo.
Then the two years pass, and at 24 Lottie earns her bachelor’s degree. Almost immediately, she receives an opportunity to work as an investigative journalist for Gotham News. Caught up in her excitement, she takes the job without a second thought and even moves far across the other side of the city for it! …leaving a rather upset soggy white boy behind.
Lottie feels guilty, she didn’t want to make Edward feel abandoned! But it’s not abandonment, it’s just a new job…that doesn’t mean they can’t keep in touch and still be close! Unfortunately, for Edward, that’s exactly what that means. He should’ve known this would happen, just another person leaving, as always. Lottie tries to reason with him, but in Edward’s troubled mind, the bridge is already burned. So the two lose contact for quite a while.
Fast forward about a year and a half. Lottie stumbled across her own suspicions and has begun to look into potential corruption happening within the system. On her own terms of course, her boss is an ass.
It leads her down a rabbit hole, eventually stumbling across the Riddler’s website. She gets all these oddly specific and familiar cryptic messages, riddles and clues, and- oh my gosh is this-
No, of course it isn’t who she’s thinking! Why would it be him?! This…Riddler guy is an absolute maniac, going on about this “day of judgment” plan, with all these creepy followers feeding into it. Sure, Lottie agrees with him, to a small extent; the system is rigged and nothing is getting done about it- but he’s insane, Edward would never, it can’t be him-
Well, big womp womp because Lottie does find out Edward is the Riddler! Ohh the angst and conflicting emotions-! After so long they’re face to face again, but this isn’t the same man Lottie fell for…or maybe…maybe it is…
Aaaand…that’s about where they’re at, you get the idea, I’ve rambled enough for now :)
Hopefully I answered your question, lmao, I can’t tell if I went off the rails and rambled too many unnecessary details, or if I didn’t give enough information…I did a bit more than just backstory I think.
If you made it to the end, thank you for reading and taking an interest in my self insert cringe, I appreciate you😭 Let me know what you think, and if you want more of this content :)
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Requesting you redraw a scene from Riddler: Year One of your choosing, perchance?☺️ I love your art style!
I chose the first two panels from the anxiety attack scene in issue one!! I really, really adore this scene. Him being an insomniac because of his mind never slowing up, causing him to have medical anxiety because his headache could be a brain tumor that he'd never be able to afford the treatment for in a lifetime, it was just so humanizing. I really wanted to hug him, because I know how miserable it is to feel so trapped in your own body and mind. Anyways :3 hopefully I did the panel justice!
Oh, I love this! The colors, shading, and the tired defeated expressions, you captured it so well! Eddie my love☹️💚
This is one of the biggest parts of the comic that means so much to me on a personal level. I’m a hypochondriac myself, so this hits me hard
I also interpret Edward’s fears as trauma from the shots he got as a child, so I like to hc he’s terrified of anything medical-related and that’s another reason why he avoids doctors. However, that part might be heavy projection🤧 I didn’t think about it through a money lens, that’s an interesting take that I also agree with! He has so many reasons to be suffering out here haha😀
I'm glad to know that there is another Riddler fan who also likes G/T out there
Oh my gosh yes. Yes yes yes yes I have truly found my niche (?) friend😂
Borrower AU’s specifically exist for him in my head (as they do for all of my fictional loves) and I’ve actually thought about drawing it, but I’m afraid to post😂 But if there’s at least one person out there who would be into it, then hell yes maybe I’ll finish that art👀 Motivation was sparked holy moly thanks anon
