Fallen For The Niche

A blog for my little obsessions that I don’t feel like posting on main. Fair warning this includes: Batman Rouges, Star Trek, Pro Wrestling, Doctor Who, Psych, and whatever my current whim is.

[fallenfortheniche]

If you didn’t notice from all of the… well everything about this blog I’m a huge Riddler fan! I’m also someone who’s very fascinated by fandom history/trends and the evolution of characters over time.

This post will act as my Table of Contents for my more serious deep dives into fandom, design, characters and more.

The most exciting thing I’m working on currently is a comprehensive spreadsheet of every (and I do mean every) comic appearance of the Riddler in chronological order of comic release date. This sheet will include everything from notes on Edward’s character design, to Ed relationship status with the other Gotham rouges, to just whether or not I like that particular variation of the character, and much more information.

The completion of this document will likely take a while considering it’s about 800+ appearances total across 3 main line continuities, and I’ll be including alternate universe versions of Edward, mostly because I just really like Enigma in Trinity and the Batman Animated Universe comics by Paul Dini.

[why-i-love-comics]

Batman #263 - "Riddler on the Move!" (1975)

written by Dennis O'Neil art by Ernie Chan & Dick Giordano

[creature-lala]

“Do you not get hugged often? It would make a lot of sense.”

[brainwavejrsoldermankink]

Geoff Johns what are you FUCKING TALKING ABOUT?????

[nonasuch]

batman: what’s the situation?

commissioner gordon: Harley and Ivy have hijacked an AM radio station and taken the employees hostage

batman: what are their demands?

commissioner gordon: they haven’t issued any. they, uh.

batman:

[commisioner gordon turns on the radio]

harley: —you gotta walk away, sweetie. His family sounds completely toxic, if not outright emotionally abusive, and he’s too enmeshed to see it.

caller: no, you’re right. you’re right. I gotta do it.

harley: you got this, honey. now, stay on the line a minute, I’m writing down some the names of some books for you and you can get those from Ivy after we’re done. okay! our next caller —

[commisioner gordon turns off the radio]

batman: what station is this?

commisioner gordon: WGTM.

batman: the one that rebroadcasts rush limbaugh?

commissioner gordon:

batman:

commisioner gordon: you know what, i probably didn’t need to call you for this.

[tygermama]

I WOULD PAY MONEY FOR RADIO SHRINK HARLEY OKAY? I WOULD CALL RADIO SHRINK HARLEY OKAY?

[thequantumqueer]

“alright, babe, one more reminder that my license was revoked which means i have to tell you this as your friend and not as a mental health professional: you have two options here. one of them is safe, legal, and healthy, and will have lasting long term benefits. the other one is fun.”

[nonasuch]

reblogging for this extremely accurate addition.

[powersandplanetaries]

Ivy’s segment is where people call in to ask why their succulent is dying and she yells at them for watering it too much.

[nonasuch]

oh, VERY good

[empressofthelibrary]

A few weeks in Selina gets dragged into it, and starts offering advice on caring for cats with special dietary needs and stuff. It inevitably turns into Jackson-Galaxy-esque explinations.

"My cat keeps attacking my feet."

"How often do you play with him?"

"Not as much as I should, but he has a basket of toys right there where he can reach it."

"He wants to play with you. Grab a teaser toy or a laser pointer and go nuts. He'll wear himself out in about fifteen minutes and you can go back to work."

[nonasuch]

great, now i actively want someone to start a podcast that’s just in-character episodes of batman villain radio shows

[buzzdoesdc]

You know, I actually think this would make for a really good Killer Croc redemption storyline

Cause the guy's whole deal is him lashing out at society for rejecting him because he has a skin condition (ignoring the cannibalism in certain adaptations), which means radio would be perfect for him. People can't see him, they can only hear him, and I imagine he has a sort of warm scratchy voice that sounds like he chainsmokes and it feels warm like an old wool blanket

Maybe he tells stories, maybe he does interviews, maybe he takes calls, whatever. But he becomes a fixture of late night Gotham, beloved by late shift workers and night owls, and Waylon Jones becomes a household name amongst a decent chunk of Gotham. That way, when he's eventually outed, people stop reacting like "AAH A CROCODILE MAN" and start being like "hey, it's our Waylon!"

I just like the idea of Croc being accepted and even loved by the people of Gotham

[prismatic-bell]

Plot twist:

The show is sponsored by Wayne Enterprises.

If you ask Bruce in his billionaire-playboy-philanthropist-idiot persona, he’ll tell you talk radio is the fastest-growing communications segment in the country and you’ll be left wondering how the fuck this man runs a successful business.

If you are one of the select few who knows him in his “also I am Batman” capacity, he’ll tell you overall crime has gone down since the villain-run station has hit the air, and also if Harley Quinn can talk someone out of the early stages of an abusive relationship before he—or worse, the Gotham City Morgue—has to get involved, so much the better.

(Also, Ivy sent him a very nice orchid with very clear, vaguely-threatening care instructions, as a thank-you for the funding. Alfred follows them to the letter, of course.)

[bisexualbaker]

Shelving this right next to the one where the Riddler gets a YouTube account and/or escape room business.

[myfriendsneedtostop]

It is perfect 😍😍 and Bruce would 100% sponsor it because then he would be able to ensure they stay good and don't use the station for brainwashing without involvement from the police of the Bats.

Just imagining Hatter or someone starts trying to use their portion to mindwash themselves an army and all the other rouges barge in on their segment and pummel them mid-talk. Cause-

"You are not ruining this for us Jeffrey!"

While Penguin or someone has taken over the segment and is providing live singing. And all listening just hear between the lovely singing; yelling, screams from their previous presenter and intermittent punching sounds before the song ends and all the noises seem to have stopped not that the station has muted but because they are all holding their breath.

The most tired sigh is let out before "Hand him over."

Shuffling and pained groans are heard.

Before a muffled "Good singing."

'click'

*cue ad break

[apchipip]

NOOOOO!!!

[creature-lala]

“Hey, let’s plan an art heist together (and then idk maybe fall in love along the way)”

I had another delusion like before, blinked and did 4 drawings.

[jonathan-cranes-mistress-of-fear]

Riddler Girlies, are you aware that Edward Nygma has a pirate ship???

The Riddler's Puzzle Prank

[fallenfortheniche]

I knew about the pirate ship in an AU comic but I didn’t know about this specific pirate ship.

Currently debating if I want to add children’s books into the Unofficial Riddler Comic Timeline… no then it wouldn’t be a comic timeline… but I could make a new spread sheet…

[artoatsblog]

He has shoulder pads to make himself look buffer, send post.

[caesariawritesstuff]

I've listened to all of Eddie's voice lines from the Arkham games, but it looks like a channel uploaded his lines from the old app game!

[gl1tchr]

"we all own a dance belt" gang

[creature-lala]

“hey, there’s a riot at Arkham, let’s break tf out.”

I don’t write fanfiction I just draw the visions that come to me in a delusion

[rooka-uwu]

[fallenfortheniche]

Absolutely love this design!

[cringyfuckassbitch]

You think riddler has issues with toxic masculinity? In a lot of iterations he had an abusive (often alcoholic) father, sure in most iterations him saying it was because he was smarter than his dad could be a coping mechanism or ego but it could be from riddler “not being a man in the right way”, in a lot of iterations he’s effeminate and foppish and some sort of queer man, I could very well see his abusive father beating him in an attempt to get him to “man up” which could lead to a very toxic view of masculinity

[roninlin]

Little-known Scriddler fact: Scarecrow and Riddler are the reason Batman has to deal with his most insufferable foe. They co-parented a bum. That’s it. That's their legacy.

[creature-lala]

The homosexual dream in question

[creature-lala]

He types his diary entries on a fucking type writer like the weirdo that he is.

Pose bc of this ask lmao