Going off your earlier post, do you think Dano Riddler separates himself from his Riddler persona? Like, maybe not like Harvey and Harv separation, but more so he unintentionally disassociates from his usual personality and gets into the role.
NO I GET EXACTLY WHAT YOU MEAN yes I do! However I think he believes Riddler is the more authentic version, and he's probably right. He's a character who masks a ton of his true intentions because of trauma, socialization, etc. to the point he likely is in a state of dissociation during most of his life. I'd argue being Riddler is the time when he's most focused and coherent, just going off the way he speaks when he's "Edward" vs "Riddler". At the beginning of his talk with Batman, he's so quiet and nervous about what to say next, but as we see him lose his temper, get more confident, he speaks like he does in his videos. He's loud, animated, draws out words in an odd way, almost like he's much more comfortable when in his "Riddler" headspace. So it's almost a weird reverse where the persona is used to mask the true feelings (Scarecrow's whole thing being his stories almost always end with being toxin'd and unmasked, revealing the true, terrified Dr. Crane underneath) where the corporeal self is buried beneath so much trauma that he isn't even really "there" when he's Edward. TRYO is a great glimpse into his daily life, the way he doesn't even speak to people if he doesn't REALLY have to, like he's trying to just *not exist* and *not be perceived*. But when he's Riddler? He's letting out all of that pent up frustration, anger, fear, hurt that's been bubbling beneath the surface because Edward is the shell - Riddler is what's inside.
