#riddlethat

[vigilantaes]

. . .     @riddlethat     🞂     [ prompted ]       🞂          eddie, 6'1". cass can bring him to the floor in .5 seconds, tho. pathetic...

cass: 5'1" edward: 6'1"

eddie's gonna tell her to solve a riddle and shes going to tell him to solve a broken arm

[ebonyforged]

@riddlethat​: [ 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄 ] ―  sender notices something different about receiver ( injury / haircut / tattoo / piercing / etc ), but maybe she notices he dyed over/touched up his grays. || 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐄𝐒 (accepting)  

     “Oh my god.” It’s the first time she looks at Eddie since walking into his office. Her mind has been moving a mile a minute, words barely keeping up to the train of thought that may be quickly derailed or replaced by another if she doesn’t everything out now. There is something about the necklace, something Mundus said to her seven years ago, and a recent lead in Eddie’s search that seems to have connected in her mind. She’s attempting to walk him through it while she paces all around him. On all accounts an important topic, yet entirely thrown to the wind when she lays her eyes on him on her way to emphasize her point.

     Between her tendency to fuss over him and the quiet midnight hours spent at his side, of course it’s the first thing she notices. Her hands hang awkwardly in the air where she was moving them about to grasp at straws. Her eyes flick between his hair, his eyes, and back to his hair again. Even if he’d been wearing his hat, she would still have noticed the lack of those grey little streaks right at his temples and down his neck. A new train on a new track chugs past multiple stations while she steps up to Eddie to inspect him closer. Has he done this before, while they’ve known each other? Is it a habit? Is he trying to look younger? Did he go to a hairdresser, or did he do it at home, with his sleeves rolled up in front of the sink and those crinkly little plastic gloves on, squeezing boxed hair dye onto his head? Does she like it?

     “You dyed your hair.” She says, finally and obviously. He does look younger, and he must have wanted to do it or it would never have happened, so — yes, she likes it, even though she really liked his hair before. “You look good.” She continues, while nodding as if to convince herself. Naturally, her hands end up in his hair on both sides, and she messes with it for a short while until a smile has come to her face and her cheekiness returns. “But if you’re trying to look younger for me, you really don’t have to worry, because I like you just fine, Eddie.”

[alicesought]

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{{ dghjfsdjga aaaaaa a Thank you so much! I feel precisely the same !! You are a wonderful Riddler !! }}

[crimeroyalty]

so you wanna interact  ||  accepting  ➜  @riddlethat​

psd  ➜  moodboard  ➜  joker & riddler

[crimefightrmoved]

au where everything is the same but broose's cowl has cat ears and its identify theft (for selina)

[wingingthenight]

favorite pastime outside of writing? any video games?

ask mun anything!! || accepting!

honestly i'd say video games is favorite outside of writing! i just finished the arkham trilogy (still need to go play the additional story modes but main plot is done!), and i play a good bit of dead by daylight! and as far as NOT video games, drawing and reading are both up there!

putting game rambling under the cut:

current games would be: meet your maker playtest, resident evil (yes, the first one. yes, the controls are killing me), silent hill 4 (not started yet but on The List), arkham trilogy story modes, the mortuary assistant (need to get the other endings!), and then on the current insane journey of attempting to 100% cookie clicker lmao.

more passively i've been playing mind scanners, inscryption, powerwash simulator, and stardew valley.

as for all time favorites:

persona (4+5 namely)

ai: the somnium files (and nirvana initiative)

dragon age trilogy

assassin's creed iii

legend of zelda (skyward sword, twilight princess, windwaker)

zero escape trilogy

[crimeloyalty-arch]

what if theyre wine drunk on our around her bday, maybe coincidentally or maybe not, with very outdated music or an objectively bad movie she loves

it’s nine pm on her birthday ⸻ what?  she’s a mom now . . . and a doctor.  she goes to bed at eight most weeknights.  but i’m a cheerleader plays in the background,  and it is about the tenth time she’s made eddie watch it with her since they actually started calling themselves friends.  that’s not her fault,  either -- it’s one of very few romcoms that doesn’t actively remind her of the big three ( what she’s started calling bruce,  ivy,  and jack in her head to make herself feel a little bit better about it. ) 

the kids are with leslie ( her favorite person in the universe right now,  other than eddie ),  and harley’s more than a little wine drunk. she’s sprawled across eddie’s lap,  blanket twisted around her in a way that’s going to take more than a little effort to untangle later.  the only parts of her that peek out from the blanket are her face and a singular hand,  which is occupied with her wine glass.

is this their second bottle?  third?  harley squints at the kitchen,  counts four.  no wonder her head feels so fuzzy -- ivy may have made her immune to most toxins,  but it doesn’t take the edge off completely.  

the ache she feels for bruce & jack is still present,  whispering softly in every heartbeat.  it’s never going to go away,  but she’s learning to make her peace with it.  this year,  she doesn’t hate herself for being happy.  doesn’t hate herself for laughing at eddie’s jokes,  for staring a little dreamily at the tv. 

is it so bad that she wants to have that,  again? a love worth losing everything for?  she misses feeling that alive.  

( tomorrow,  when she’s sober,  she’ll remember that she doesn’t truly want that.  she’ll remember that she has lost everything,  remember how hard it was to claw her way back. ) 

the credits roll and harley sits up ( somehow not spilling a single drop of wine ),  poking her other hand out of the blanket so she can pick up the remote. 

“ another one? ”  she asks,  turning to look at eddie. “ i’ll stay up late for you tonight,  mr. nashton. ”

he teases her,  tells her only if she picks something less horrible than the last one,  suggests she expand her horizons and watch something she hasn’t seen before. she’s drunk enough that it just makes her giggle,  bumping her forehead against eddie’s as she puts her face close to his to emphasize her point.

but the point never comes,  because eddie’s really close,  and harley’s just drunk enough that she doesn’t think for a single second before she moves to close the gap between them.  her lips press to his,  a little awkward,  a little out of practice.  by the time her brain catches up, she’s got a hand tangled in his hair & is giving him one of the kisses she used to be known for.  it’s nice to have someone this close,  especially someone she trusts,  so she gives herself a few seconds longer before she pulls away. 

she’d have let this ruin them when she was younger.  harley’s always been an all or nothing kind of girl. neither rejection nor encouragement would have changed the ending -- she’d have let either drive a wedge between them,  never to be removed. 

now,  she just presses a hand to eddie’s cheek, then smiles. 

“ that was the first time i’ve kissed anybody in three years, ” she admits, cheeks flushing as red as the wine in their glasses. “ please don’t tell anyone i said that.  i’ve got a reputation to uphold. ”

[ataviisms]

i admit i never knew much about croc before, and its easy to make him a thoughtless, violent brute, but you write him in a way where hes actually a character and someone who experiences vulnerability and doubt. i never got to see that before. rough and dangerous, but multi-faceted and nuanced. not just killer croc, but also waylon. its great seeing you on the dash 💚

1-800-how’s my portrayal? --- always accepting tbh

thank you. people are never just one trait, and i always try to reflect that with my characters. it's difficult to do when there's such a strong perception about what that character should be and if it deviates from what people are used to seeing. but i'm really glad you're enjoying it so far.