Has anyone else been pining for a Gotham Riddler funko pop to go with their Oswald one? Did anyone else know funko takes suggestions? Can you imagine what might happen if we flooded their suggestions with such a request?
Anyway, just gonna leave this here:
Looking for answers to your burning questions about the fan suggestion process? I bet we have an answer.
How do I make a suggestion?
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(obviously done in the style of Eldena Doubleca5t’s “what your favorite ___ ship says about you” videos over on yewchoob)
gobblepot (jim gordon/oswald cobblepot): your ideal relationship dynamic is batman/catwoman, but you don't think the ACTUAL batman and catwoman on this show fight one another Enough
nygmobblepot (ed nygma/oswald cobblepot): you don't understand how anyone could watch this show for jim gordon. gotham is about the villains!
jimlee (jim gordon/leslie thompkins): either you think it's cute that ben and morena are married in real life, or you are the most vanilla bitch on the planet. either way, you are heterosexual.
kringma (kristen kringle/ed nygma): you are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of the Dogged Nice Guy trope
gordlock (jim gordon/harvey bullock): you are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of buddy cop comedies
gordorrance (jim gordon/eduardo dorrance): you are a firm believer in the inherent eroticism of the military industrial complex.
nygmakins (ed nygma/leslie thompkins): you are a firm believer in Men! Getting! Pegged!
moonlock (fish mooney/harvey bullock): you either have a debilitating addiction to milfs, or a debilitating addiction to Scruffy Men Trying Their Best.
fishliza (fish mooney/liza): you definitely have a debilitating addiction to milfs, and you are also a lesbian.
fishpenguin (fish mooney/oswald cobblepot): your addiction to milfs got so bad that it outweighed your interest in acknowledging oswald’s canonical sexuality. also, you’re into femdom.
falcobblepot (sofia falcone/oswald cobblepot): same joke as fishpenguin, but your interest in milfs is outweighed by your interest in selfcest.
moonzean (fish mooney/butch gilzean): your ideal relationship dynamic is yzma and kronk
keantoya (barbara kean/renee montoya): you're always a slut for characters written out of the show in season one
jimvale (jim gordon/valerie vale): you just want good things for valerie--and really, who wouldn't?
gordworth (jim gordon/alfred pennyworth): i can't say for sure you want to fuck dads, but you definitely want to fuck father figures.
edsabella (ed nygma/isabella): you just want good things for ed--and really... why?
jeromewald (jerome valeska/oswald cobblepot): your interaction with fandom consists solely of reading and writing hurt/no comfort fics.
riddlergordon (ed nygma/jim gordon): you think gotham peaked when ed gave jim a long goodbye hug in 1x10
babitha (barbara kean/tabitha galavan): you have yet to forgive gotham writers for not letting barbara and tabitha kiss at the end of 4x19.
galzean (butch gilzean/tabitha galavan): you are heterosexual.
baby batcat (bruce wayne/selina kyle): you don't know why anyone would mess around with a mutually toxic hatefuck relationship when there's a perfectly good childhood friends to lovers dynamic right there
baby batjokes (bruce wayne/either valeska brother): you don't know why anyone would care about a childhood friends to lovers dynamic when there's a perfectly good mutually toxic hatefuck relationship to mess around with
valeyne (jerome valeska/bruce wayne): you are still chasing the high you felt watching the dark knight for the first time in 2008
wayleska (jeremiah valeska/bruce wayne): your ideal high school romance is nerd/goth
foxma (lucius fox/ed nygma): your ideal highschool romance is nerd/nerd
jimbabs (jim gordon/barbara kean): your ideal high school romance is prep/prep. also, you’re still upset about the way season 5 handled the pregnancy arc.
thompkean (leslie thompkins/barbara kean): your ideal relationship dynamic is that series of stock images where the guy is caught looking at another girl while he's with his girlfriend but things progress until the two girls end up getting married to each other instead.
falcordon (sofia falcone/jim gordon): this is just the same joke as gobblepot, but you are also heterosexual.
freezewald (victor fries/oswald cobblepot): you just want good things for oswald--and really, who wouldn't?
zsaszlepot (victor zsasz/oswald cobblepot): you actually like most if not all of the oswald ships on this list, but zsasz happens to be your favorite spoke on the fandom bicycle.
hattercrow (jervis tetch/jonathan crane): you don't understand what everyone’s complaining about--honestly, gotham peaked in season four. (also the obligatory FBI OPEN UP clip because jonathan is A Child)
scarebat (jonathan crane/bruce wayne): your interest in bruce wayne's existing relationships is outweighed by your interest in Edgy Boys
eccomiah (jeremiah valeska/ecco): you really just want to date jeremiah, but you have too much self-respect to write canon character/[Y/N] fic.
alvarzsasz (carlos alvarez/victor zsasz): you're a sucker for characters who are in Desperate Need Of More Screentime
ivycat (ivy pepper/selina kyle): your ideal relationship dynamic is girls being friends... gals being pals.
eccoivy (ecco/ivy pepper): you are a lesbian who came to gotham after reading batman comics. you are also stronger than any us marine, and quite possibly in the wrong fandom.
Oswald and Ed couldn't happen in s3. For two good and simple reasons: 1. Oswald wasn't ready to love someone and 2. Ed was a servant.
Hear me out
1. Oswald was unconditionally loved by his parents, and he always have it only for him. He never needed to share that love with someone, she never had to let it go. So, when he falls in love with Ed, its a rough and straight feeling. He wants Ed for him, and he has no doubts, in any moment, that ed won't love him back.
After all, Ed would do anything for him, right? Thats a love language, right? Well, it was, for Oswald. So, when Isabella shows up, kissing Ed, after Oswald told her about Arkham and Kristen. He feels attacked. He used the first opportunity to take her away from Ed. Didn't work, she refuse to let Ed go, so, Oswald couldn't lose this fight, or Ed, he couldn't accept the idea that maybe Ed is happy with her (ik that relationship was frightening but thats not the point) and maybe Oswald should accept that he and Ed wouldn't be together.
But he couldn't. Oswald was selfish, jealous and controlling. He said it himself, he couldn't share Ed, he couldn't give up from him for Ed's happiness. Even after Isabella died, he wasn't a good friend. Ed lost his girlfriend, someone who ( precipitated or not) he had strong feelings for, he was suffering, and Oswald couldn't even say something nice, couldn't support him or give a mourning period, he only wants that Ed forgot this girl.
and...even though Isabella didn't exist or Ed had gone to that dinner, Oswald wouldn't be different, he stills a manipulative and possessive man. And why Ed wouldn't handle this?
2. Ed was intensively grateful to Oswald, not just this, he wanted to protect him, to prove he deserved Oswald's attention, to please him. He said "I would do anything for you" and he would. He also was afraid to disappoint him, ignoring the fact that Ed was in love with Oswald, he saw Oswald as a guide, someone who knows Ed as he truly are, someone who understands him. And Ed would do anything to prove he's worthy.
And this made Ed vulnerable. Being so dedicated to Oswald, so obedient to him. Its not something new to Ed. Every Ed's relationship work in this way, Ed obeying his partner. Ee obeyed Kristen and pleased her, even that horrible decision to tell her about Dougherty's death was something he did to show her that he was worthy of her love, that he could protect her. Ed obeyed Isabella when she did that creepy vertigo scene, dressing like Kristen, he wanted to protect and to be good for her. Ed also obeyed Lee, he was able to KILL HIMSELF FOR HER, what is definitely not healthy in anyway, but Ed almost did it. And, he would have done that for Oswald.
If they were a couple in s3, Ed would put himself in every type of danger for Oswald, putting Butch against Oswald and almost dying cuz of this was an example. Not just killing for Oswald, he would die for Oswald. This can sound romantic, but its not. This is not love. Ed said "love is about sacrifices." And its not. Putting the needs and the happiness of someone before your own can be very noxious at some point. But Ed believe this, and he would do it for Oswald.
Now, think about it. Unite someone so dependent and subordinate to someone controlling and manipulative is actually a good idea? I don't think so. In fact, could be dangerous to both of them.
Gotham AU where instead of being horrified Ed killed Dougherty, Kristen Kringle is instead furious because she had invited him over for dinner that night to poison him and Ed stole her moment. She's not appalled Ed killed him; she's mad he stole her thunder.
