[optimisticcritique]

Favorite Nygmobblepot Scene.

[marsmorpheus-deactivated2021070]

Gotham is just the story of Harvey Bullock, a man who loves lunchtime, dealing with Jim Gordon, a man who is basically the human embodiment of whatever is the opposite of lunchtime.

[dcmultiverse]

If you are justice, please do not lie.  What is the price for your blind eye?

THE BATMAN (2021) dir. Matt Reeves

[roguish-gallery]

I’m literally in tears he’s such a good boy please look at him

[theeroins]

oswald checking out men. that's it. that's the post.

[purple-patches]

Brainstorming with the bae

This ship is a submarine, even if it sinks it still sails. Finds a way.

[trustymikh]

I was going through my sketches and found one based on my and @janayuga‘s Movie AU, the gist of it is all the canon is just movie/series (like in lego batman you can see “bloopers”). 

 So, have some Eddie disappearing on the green screen

(open for better quality)

[pixlatedvampire]

ive got all these old riddler doodles i dont know what to do with so… alksjklajflsjl here you go i guess

[trustymikh]

Slams table: Memes

I guess you can say these two are connected

[bellandeano]

this was gonna be a style/design test but it turned more into a rendition of the brady bunch by several hardened criminals and one (1) furry

[crushedpolygon]

[marqslo]

we’ll meet again don’t know where, don’t know when

[jokin-around]

what if...

Riddlers costume was just a cheap green morph suit but like, not his classic kind, the kind that goes over the face too

He got the cane half off with the suit during a party city sale

[theeroins]

barbara is very much tired of their bullshit.

[president-coriolanus-snow]

Dangerous Woman - Cory Michael Smith

[sunsetdriver-deactivated]

Mans is incredibly stupid, but also I have two eyes and a heart

and I can recognize art

[singtheskyandfightlikehell]

you know something interesting i’ve realized about nygmobblepot?

oswald is looking for someone who would do anything for him, and ed is also looking for someone who would do anything for him, but they’re defining “anything” differently

oswald was raised by gertrud, who would move mountains for him if he asked. that’s his bar. he defines love by how his mother loved him, and her love was so all-consuming that this is what he wants or maybe even expects. that’s perfectly natural, given he seems to have been relatively isolated from anyone besides her. that’s what love means to him

oswald is looking for someone who would do anything and everything for him

by contrast, ed - to our knowledge, and now with them confirming they would’ve included ed’s abusive childhood given more time - has never had that from anyone. no one is looking to do things for him. his relationships seem to be neutral at best, harmful at worst. people either do nothing for him or hurt him. again, naturally, that means any time anyone does anything even remotely nice for him, he puts a far greater weight on it than most people would. that would also explain why he considered himself in love with Isabella after knowing her for one night. she, being a very intense person, gave him more than he ever expected - how could that not be love?

ed is looking for someone who would do anything at all for him

but these expectations, natural as they are, are also a source of great miscommunication and issues for them. Oswald is less likely to notice the small gestures yet more likely to feel betrayed by the small arguments. Likewise, Ed is more likely to blow a small gesture out of proportion yet less likely to speak up about things that make him uncomfortable. Oswald is used to being special and seeks ways to return to the way Gertrud made him feel. Ed is used to being the problem and seeks to prove his usefulness. There are so many ways these differences could manifest badly, even dangerously and manipulatively, but they also open the door for a really great dynamic, which is what the “end-goal” of the ship is for me.

When Oswald remembers that it goes both ways, giving Ed an almost overbearing amount of reassurance. When Ed puts his tendency to do what it takes to be liked into gestures big enough to reach Oswald’s Gertrud-based standard. When they use their common ground (isolation, a feeling of superiority, a need for vengeance, a flair for the dramatic) to be the real power couple of Gotham. Ed’s logic and creativity and enthusiasm paired with Oswald’s strength and money and raw manipulative strategy to be nigh unbeatable - that’s the dynamic I strive for

[lateral-org]

it’s also a love languages thing too! i want to make a bigger post on this later citing events from the show but here are some examples

ed, of course, thrives off of affirmation, so oswald verbally communicates how he loves him.

“that heist you pulled was brilliant!” 

“did you think of that on the spot? incredible.” 

“look at you! i’m so proud.”

but he also knows how to cut to his core.

“i’m not saying that ridiculous name.” 

“maybe this is why you don’t have more friends.”

“you’re nothing without me.”

however, oswald’s primary love language is acts of service, so ed’s love comes in different forms.

taking edward the dog on walks without being asked

making breakfast in the morning

singing for him when his leg hurts

but this too can be withheld:

ignoring oswald while focusing on other projects

‘forgetting’ to do simple tasks around the house

making other plans on date night

it also goes back to the miscommunication thing, oswald doesn’t have much of a filter when he’s angry and ed can hyperfixate on things without really realizing it, but at a certain point they know each other well enough to take those as they come.