Jun 26, 2023
there’s something so autistic about the riddler as a character. the frustration of having no one really see you, the need to prove yourself smarter and cleverer than all of them to make up for the fact that you could never fit in with them, the compulsive joy of forcing others to play by your rules, the obsession with truth and answers, the comfort of having your own space where you’re in control, the fear of inadequacy, the isolation and loneliness, the need to be acknowledged in your reality to be satisfied but never able to reach that satisfaction.
#edward nashton#the riddler#edward nygma#riddler#autism#autistic#autistic riddler!!!!#he is autistic to me always#so is bruce but that’s another conversation#batman#honestly this character almost represents low support needs autism to me#like 2e twice exceptional vibes#the dissonance of being so smart but also being disabled in ways you don’t fully understand#the confusion and resentment from being rejected over and over just for being you#the final straw of saying fuck them all i’ll be better and smarter and i’ll show them#only to spend the rest of your life trying to show them when they never cared in the first place#i’m probably projecting#but that’s my right!!
