Of Riddles and Waffles

My Edward Nygma adopted Stephanie Brown and Jason Todd | Riddlebat | Scriddler | So many unpopular Riddler ships | Fanfiction writer

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Introduction

Hi everyone! ^^ I have a tumblr I completely abandoned for a long while, I felt like it could use being resurrected ;) My AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/Diddle_Riddle I’m Diddle_Riddle on Archiveofourown, where I am... super active, I make one of the main Riddler fanfictions content (centering on Eddie himself, on Riddlebat, on Scriddler and many more) and I am THE author of the “Stephanie Brown & Edward Nygma” dynamic! My A-Team, with whom I get invested in my stories, is composed of Edward, Stephanie and Jason Todd, I grew VERY attached to my Ed-Steph-Jay family, which I portray in multiple situations and different timelines! Steph and Eddie sharing a siblings / daughter-father / best buddies / allies / platonic soulmates kind of bond is the trademark content I entirely created, if you are curious about it, feel free to ask for more and to check my AO3! I must specify that it doesn’t come from canon interactions (while their connection is evident via Cluemaster, Stephanie and Edward never shared anything in the source material, and they properly interacted only once when Steph asked him about her -presumed dead- father). Therefore... them as friends, plus as a patched-up family with Jason, is my creation, and I see people taking inspiration from it in the fandom lately! Hence... welcome to my little universe! ;)

Feel free to message me and / or to ask me about anything related to Batman! I obviously love Riddler, Steph, Jay, Bruce and Jonathan Crane more than the rest, yet I am not limited to those characters and I’d love to hear your thoughts on my headcanons / share my takes with you!

Have a wonderful day! Enjoy! ^^

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Ask Game

Thank you for tagging me, @river9noble!

Rules: NO CHEATING: You’re starring in a movie with the last person saved in your camera roll and the last song you listened to is the title. Who/what is it?

Lmao, this is a cool concept!

Well... no cheating indeed: last person in my camera roll is Edward Nygma XD. It’s a picrew version I’ve made with an already existing picrew. I didn’t create the site, I simply used it to make a Riddler-character (even though I haven’t written much lately, I made little picrew characters here and there, it’s a fun activity). As for the song, it’s “Move Along” from the All-American Reject. And... considering the fact I’m a bit out-of-touch with fics lately (both reading & writing), I’m not sure the “Move Along” + Eddie dearest combination is a good sign XD So, incoming: Edward Nygma in the movie called Move Along for me!

I no-pressure-tag my beloved @reine-du-sourire, @earths-roots-grow-up, @beautifulunknowntrash @batgirlspain ... and anyone else who would like to try! ^^

[river9noble]

Thanks for tagging me @summerfrwrks !

NO CHEATING: You’re starring in a movie with the last person saved in your camera roll and the last song you listened to is the title. Who/what is it?

And I SWEAR I didn’t cheat. The last TWO people are Jason Todd screen shots and the song is “It Must Have Been Love” ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

(Never mind that that’s a sad song IT CAN BE A ROMANTIC MOVIE TITLE OK 😍😍😍😍)

Oh I forgot to tag people. I no pressure tag @r-a-b-talks @superbattrash @fkn-into-it @diddle-riddle and anyone else who wants to play, consider yourself tagged by me!

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Also Peter Pan [Riddlebat & batkids] please, if you want to answer more!!!!

I want to and I am flattered you asked for three of my drafts ;)

Here's the beginning (as it is planned for now) of Peter Pan:

[Bruce bit his lower lip to force himself to hold back a sob.

Mother blamed him for crying, alone in his too big, too comfy bed in his huge room.

Nightmares are for little kids. For weak people. For inferior beings. His parents repeated words like these every time their eleven-year-old son whines on the morning, eyes red and puffy, saying he had nightmares and was afraid. Again.

But... he couldn't help it. It was not his fault. He did his best to keep the ghosts at bay, yet they always returned to haunt him.

"I miss you so much, Alfred..." The little boy whispered in the darkness of the room in which he felt like a... stranger even though it's his for years.

Forcing the new tears to stay put, Bruce exited the false cover of the blankets that made him feel... alien in his own skin. He didn't want to feel safe in a nest, didn't want to cuddle under sheets and blankets. He wanted to stay cold. Cold, sad and empty as he feels for the past months every since... Gotham murdered his butler in front of him. The town ripped away the only person who always loved and cared for him... and ever since, little Bruce suffers violent nightmares.

The child shivered when his bare feet connected with the wooden floor. He wanted to... go out. He needs fresh air, no matter how cold, before he suffocates.

Bruce opened the large bay window leading to a private balcony accessible from his bedroom. He breathed in and out the cool air that invaded his lungs and dried his wet cheeks like a ghostly hand, loving but frigid, that strokes his hair and cleans his face.

It took the boy a handful of minutes to realize... there was someone out there, playing in the garden. Someone watching him.]

Aka: this is a Peter Pan AU starring Edward as Peter Pan, Selina as Tinkerbell, Bruce as the random child who bonds with them and travels to Neverland... where he meets the Batkids (= the lost boys and girls) plus everything else in this brave new world ;)

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Ok I am also insanely curious about Blood and Chocolate [Scriddler & teenager!Stephanie] that is such a COOL COOL title (plus teen steph like can we go wrong?)

Aww, thanks! First of all I must give credits: the title isn't an idea of mine, it's taken from a line said by a character, Frederick Chilton, in the Hannibal TV show.

In fact, I've been teasing / using refs / talking both in my works and outside for a while about an Hannibal Scriddler AU with, in the leading roles, Jonathan Crane as Hannibal Lecter, Edward Nygma as Will Graham and Stephanie Brown as Abigail Hobbs. Some of my Jonathan and Edward's dynamics are inspired from Hannibal and Will's in the show. Hence... I believed I'll dedicate an actual book to this AU, but it stayed at references... and this little OS ^^

It was an almost crafted draft when I reblogged the WIP game, but in the mean time I actually finished and posted it! Here's the link if you want: Blood and Chocolate

It turned out a Valentine's Day special ;)

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DR!!! For the WIP game, Angel shoulder verse [Jaysteph & Riddlebat] !!!!!

(Also I don't usually see your blog on Desktop and I am LIVING for the green/purple color scheme, you are giving me such 60's Eddie who is MY FAVE!!!)

Hello River!! Omg, I'm sorry for the very delayed response... I'm currently living a kinda 'distant phase' with the fandom world including with my own content. BUT. I love what you do, you are such a talented writer on top of being a lovely person to talk to, and I need you to know that those little emoji-like characters you use are the cutest things ever. I wanna pet them on the head like kittens ^^ Awww, thank you for the compliments on my blog's aesthetic! 60's Eddie is a CLASSIC, I'm super soft for... a lot of Riddler versions, but I ENJOY his past selves compared to everything my poor baby angel has been through since that ugly New 52 / Reboot era that ruined his character. I live for the blessed time he was a nerdy genius riddled with issues who nurtures a huge crush on Batman... and plays in a perfect chaotic neutral position ;)

Now, Angel shoulder verse! I admit it's a doc in which I've simply written a couple words a while ago, but I hope it'll become a short One-Shot in near future! Here's a summary of what this might look like once I properly work on it:

Concept: it's sort of a 'crack treated seriously' idea, with Edward and Bruce being the angel and the demon on Stephanie's shoulders. Aka, they are her invisible / magical protectors who live with her since her birth and constantly try to guide her decisions. In this world, everyone has their own attached angel and demon, but no human is supposed to actually see them / hear them, they are simply influenced by them in their head. Except that Steph sees them, hears them fight, flirt and coo over her head because they get along a little too well, and she is so done with their antics. She loves them though, her disastrous-but-hilarious sort of 'weird adopted magical tiny dads', who consider her their daughter and want what's best for her. As for Jason, he is another human... who happens to become teenage Stephanie's first real crush. Needless to say, her angel & demon dads are in for quite a great big dose of stress. Until they eventually accept the boy plus his own angel & demon duo (who are either Harvey and Selina or Pamela and Harley, I haven't decided yet). In for shenanigans! ;)

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Hey folks!

I'm aware I've been critically out-of-touch with the fandom life these past weeks, so I just wanted to tell you I WILL catch up / reblog / respond to messages that are still waiting. Thank you for your patience, and thank you for reading my stories on AO3 / following me over there / being amazing.

See ya! ;)

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Happy Valentine’s Day

They’re in love, your honor ~

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Happy Valentine’s Day - Riddlebat Version

Bruce, you could have simply responded “Happy Valentine’s Day, Edward”. You weren’t forced to reply twice he is a troubled man...

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The florist affair

Eddie “robbed a florist” instead of paying for the roses on Valentine’s Day. I feel like this is something Bruce WILL remind him every now and then.

Years from now, with happily married Riddlebat, every time Edward will complain that his husband didn’t buy him exactly what he asked for, Bruce will retort “well, remember that Valentine’s Day when you didn’t even buy the flower bouquet?” Eddie should have paid these roses. Things would have much easier then...

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Gentleman Eddie set a table for two on Valentine’s Day ~

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Happy Valentine’s Day

Edward set up a date for Bruce to cheer him up for being alone on Valentine’s Day, and basically told him “it’s alright, I feel lonely too. Let’s be alone together.”

If that’s not love, then I don’t know what it is.

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WIP

Thanks for the tag, @river9noble <3

WIP GAME

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.

I love it. This is such a cool idea, and being asked about it is a motivating manner to start new stories! By alphabetical order, I currently have:

- Angel shoulder verse [Jaysteph & Riddlebat]

- Blood and Chocolate [Scriddler & teenager!Stephanie]

- Cute Valentine [Riddlebat]

- Detective Ed x Batman 

- Draft [character study]

- Iron Riddle - next [Edward & Tony Stark]

- Kiddo Steph

- Mermaid [Riddlebat]

- Orphan Superman [Clark & Edward]

- Peculiar Children [Riddlebat & batkids]

- Peter Pan [Riddlebat & batkids]

- Roguekids [villains & batkids]

- Split [Scriddler & teenager!Stephanie]

- Stephanie in Riddleland

- Teen Riddlebat

- Wayne Side Story [Jaysteph & Riddlebat]

- Wayward Sisters [Stephanie & Enigma & Edward]

Notes:

- I decide not to include my current novels in progress which already have posted chapters and WILL (eventually) be updated on AO3... soon? maybe? XD. Thus these are strictly stories not started yet... even if some have been heavily implied during former fics already ;)

- Everything I write contains Edward Nygma no matter what. It’s the rule number 1. Then it very often contains Stephanie Brown and Jason Todd (out of 17, 14 of the stories above give them a share of the spotlight), plus Bruce Wayne. And Jonathan Crane hanging out never far behind ;)

- Ask me anything, I’d love to give you an insight / answer a question or see what you guessed from just a draft title ^^

Edit: alright, the rules said titles only... but I just returned to this post to add between [-] the main ship / main dynamics in the story when the titles are very unclear, because I feel like that might influence your choice if you want to ask me about one of these WIPs. Enjoy!

If they want to share their drafts as well, I’ll tag some writers I love: @tobithetobi @reine-du-sourire @sigma-time-lord @local-roro @susspirria @korereapers 

And anyone who’d like to give it a try :)

[river9noble]

WIP Game

Thanks for the tag @hollie47 !

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it.

Oh Lord, y’all 🤣🤣🤣 here we go

JaySteph winter solstice

Slush JaySteph soulmates Do I wanna know

slush Bruce omega2

slush BruSteph omega2

slush Bruce omegaverse

BWW BruHal

Jaysteph Mating laws

Slush sladick

BWW1 medieval Bruceroy

Blow My House Down

Keep Your Enemies Closer

Unpub JaySteph like a Ferris wheel

slush Red Hood for a day

slush loislex superman breakup

BruSteph fake marriage

slush - After Hours, Dancing

Jaysteph mating dance

slush discarded BWW

BWW batcanary

Slush fanfic whatever

Jaysteph NYE

Brufemhal bar

Slush BruSteph omega3

Slush jaysteph omega 2

Slush JayStephLaz

Fate is a Green-Eyed Monster

slush June Moone/Bruce

slush BruSteph again

slush BruSteph marriage

slush JaySteph omega 3 I’m trying

Bruharv Xmas

A Light in the Dark

Mother’s Day JaySteph

I no pressure tag @superbattrash @summerfrwrks @skylarkblue @the-mad-dame @r-a-b-talks @diddle-riddle @demonandangeltwins

And anyone else who wants to play, consider yourself tagged by me!

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Ohhhhh this sounds very fun! Thanks for the tag River, I will def give it a try! And also now I’m wondering about some very interesting titles over there ^^

[dangerousduckcloud]

Tag 9 people you want to get to know better

wow, I can't believe I actually got tagged for something, thanks @finniestoncrane ♥

First ship: Wow, okay uhm, I can't be sure but maybe Remilia x Sakuya from the Touhou series

Three ships: Scriddler, Riddlercat and BirdFlash

Last song: Magician by Lexie Liu (刘柏辛), just obsessed with that song

Last movie: M3GHAN

Currently reading: I have like 20 fanfics opened in my browser, + the one's I'm waiting for to be updated so xd

Currently watching: Dexter and Smallville

Currently consuming: Drinking milk cuz I just had breakfast, might eat a concha later

Currently craving: Nothing for the moment as I just ate, but I'm always down for some greasy hamburgers

I don't interact with a lot of blogs so I'm just tagging:

@like-rain-or-confetti @acapelladitty @diddle-riddle @lfthinker

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Awww, thank you for tagging me, @dangerousduckcloud!

Well, I’ll play along ;)

First ship: I’d say... Cole / Phoebe Halliwell from the TV show Charmed. Child!me was in this mood of “I love both of them so much but I love them all the more together”. Guess that was my first ship.

Three ships: Riddlebat, Scriddler, Riddler / Question (Vic Sage). Yes, I invented that last ship and make exclusive content for them. Among others ;)

Last song: “Somebody that I used to know” by Gotye. One of my all-time Scriddler songs actually.

Last movie: Insidious 1. I wanted scary stuff and that was not scary enough.

Currently reading: So many fanfictions I need to catch up with / wanna see updating and every single new GOOD Riddler story.

Currently watching: Nothing I’m afraid. I haven’t started a new show yet.

Currently consuming: I just had dinner, fried vegetables and bacon.

Currently craving: Just had dinner and no plans for a dessert. Contrary to my Eddie, I ain’t much of a sweet tooth.

If they’re up to it (with no obligation of course), I’ll tag:

@reine-du-sourire @earths-roots-grow-up @batgirlspain @slammabanga @sigma-time-lord @local-roro @susspirria @beautifulunknowntrash @tobaitfishwith​ @faal-verotiik​

[ttlurking]

Making digital art in the year of 2023? You bet

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So inspired ~ Look at the pose. And the facial expression. There are so many FEELINGS in this artwork.

[denniskdraws]

RIP Kevin Conroy

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Wonderful <3 Long live the King who played the best Knight ~