Nygmobblepot/Riddlebird beyond Gotham

Penguin/Riddler from sources other than the TV show Gotham

[ritzy-biscuit]

Hi tumblr! Been a while! Here are some chaps taking a stroll.

[angerydj]

Trust the process you guys,,

[drdeath]

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[foxsteel--fanart]

Burtonverse Nygmobblepot (one of the arts I've made for the winners of #SaveGotham contest on Twitter)

[schemingminor]

We see between the start of Riddler’s arc in this to now in Batman #99, he has been gracefully holding onto every suggestion from Oswald, and wants to run away to someplace warm when he retires. Perhaps just like in Lego Batman Family Matters, Ed and Oz will buy an island together and live on it.

[ynngaa]

Romance in the air

[lehouxnap7]

Killer Moth hanging out with Riddlebird.

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Batman: Gotham Nights issue #7

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Teen Titans Go! Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Oswald Cobblepot/Edward Nygma Characters: Oswald Cobblepot, The Penguin, Edward Nygma, The Riddler Additional Tags: incarceration, Gay Chicken, Implied Sexual Content Summary:

Stuck in his cell at Arkham, Penguin has an unexpected visitor. What follows is a very elucidating evening.

[sewer-rat0]

Quick warm up for a comic 🐧❔

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Arkham boys ready to paint the town red.

[frommylack]

nygmmgogobmlgbpot for the ship meme!

good morning! i hate you for making me look at that word! 

anyway i’ll take the excuse to talk about riddlebird tho so thanks

What made you ship it?

the comics! they just have a fun dynamic and i love them getting along and having this kind of weird fondness of each other. sometimes they’re on opposing sides and that’s also fun, but mostly i love the ones where they very clearly would stab the other rogues for each other given the slightest reason. gotham underground was probably the run that really did me in, because edward “do not touch me” nygma and oswald “in it for the money and respect” cobblepot trying to reform together and having their arms around each other a lot and oz handing him the keys to the lounge stabs my heart very gently. 

What are your favorite things about the ship?

i love them being unrepentant culture snobs together. let them go to the opera and every museum ed hasn’t been banned from yet. also, height difference? always a plus. also their mutual ability to switch between smug serious bastard mode to wholeass gimmick mode where they just go all out on their Thing. 

more importantly, though, i’m VERY big on the fact that they both just want recognition for their worth and that they’re just... incredibly non-shallow? i don’t think either of them cares overly much about conventionally attractive features, they love each other for their smarts and their good taste and their honor and all the other things they value much more - they’ll both spend a lot of time and money on their wardrobes and nice suits, yes, but they find each other attractive for all the ways in which they stick out from the norm. they want people to recognize who they really are, what they’re capable of, that they deserve love, that their opinions are worth listening to, and they give that to each other and get it in return. just. they communicate so well and ed understands when oz has to do something unpleasant to protect him in the long run and oz plays along with his riddles and sometimes gives him little conundrums in return when ed asks him about intel and they both just know exactly which buttons to push and which to leave alone. 

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

uhhhhhhhh the comics riddlebird dynamic is superior to gotham tv’s nygmobblepot, call me a sap but i love two experienced villains who, despite everything, just trust each other nigh unconditionally and don’t hold deep grudges because they know any slight is business and not personal and/or intended to protect them from something worse 

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Got two new funko pops! Penguin already looks done with Riddler's antics.

[drdeath]

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👌 tags @geniusbeehive

[kald-dal-art]

If you gonna hang out with me I am going to talk about how much I love my pet birds and you have to hear all of it - Oswald Cobblepot

[thedreammweaver]

On the nights when Eddie’s insomnia gets bad

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I needed a pick me up so rewatched the 1960s Batman movie. There's nothing so cheering as watching Burgess Meredith bring the Penguin to life.

I love his reaction to Catwoman here. He doesn't trust the kitty's claws.

And I couldn't resist a screenshot of everyone cuddling under bombardment. Just look at Riddler's head tucked under Penguin's chin.

[bri-notthecheese]

Playing Arkham City for the first time and come across this riddle:

we get it Ed. Ozzie treats you very well in bed ;)