#I was like 'lmao I'm gonna be the only one into this but fuck it' and then it snowballed

[gl1tchr]

Hi Gl1tchr!!! I how you’re having a fantastic day!!

Have you noticed that with some of the Riddler’s, when they were just Edward Nigma/Nygma/Nashton, a lot of them had glasses. Then when they become the Riddler they suddenly don’t need glasses or don’t wear them?

I HAVE! Glasses aren't a permanent fixture of Eddie Designs, in fact, they aren't especially common. His domino is far more likely and for whatever reason, tons of designs seem content just leaving his face bare - I see the idea, Eddie's gripe is often that Batman is a coward who isn't being *truly* honest with his intentions, so being maskless sells that "I'M doing everything I do in the light!" mentality. BUT *glasses* are not a disguise - they're a disability aid, if he needs them for a prescription. So, if they're what he *needs* for either short or far-sightedness, why does he shed them? Lets look at Arkhamverse specifically, because it's been TOO LONG since I did a dive on him.

In City, he doesn't! He's still wearing them - the *exact* same ones as in Origins, in fact! Same frame style, same light purple gradient coming down from the top

And, well, Knight Eddie still wears glasses too! We all know the stink cloud render, he's wearing the frames he ripped right off Shadows Jonathan! They're actually also bluelight protective, you can tell from the orange tint lmao, I assume because he's spending so much time working on screens! He upgraded, actually.

BUT in AK, he's still wearing them 99% of the time he's on screen. In what contexts? Why does it seem like the only thing we remember about AK Eddie is that he DOESN'T have glasses on, instead having his goggle pulled up over his forehead? "Scott you're actually insane he's not wearing glasses" YES HE IS. It's because Eddie's physical appearances in AK are limited. Most of his "appearance" in the game is via these screens and projections he taunts Batman through!

Every. Single. Screen projection. TRUST ME. I watched my brother play this for HOURS and he SUCKED AT THE DRIVING SO WE SAW EDDIE A LOT. He's wearing them in ALL of these! "Okay Scott then when is he not wearing glasses?? Literally every piece of fanart uses his goggles design, so it's gotta be the one that's in the game the most!"

his IN-PERSON APPEARANCES are all highly emphasized compared to the projections! When you finally see AK Eddie IN PERSON, he has no glasses. The Mech Fight, arresting him, and Death Scenes are the only times in AK where we are looking PHYSICALLY at Eddie. You're gonna see THE DEATH SCREENS 200x more than you see those projections! And the Mech Fight and Arrest Scene are cinematic moments that stand out to you, so we've convinced ourselves he's not wearing them most of them time when it's actually the *opposite*. And I have a theory about why they use one design for the projections, and another for these.

He's in proximity to Batman. He's NEAR Batman. Batman could hurt him, at any moment, in any way, *painfully*. For someone who wears glasses, it's a good idea not to get punch right in your fucking face, it HURTS. ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE THE GLASSES ON. So Arkham Eddie is actually the *exception* to that funny quirk, he NEVER stopped wearing glasses to see - he just stops wearing them to get punched lmfaooo

[spinostarz]

EEUUAAAAGGHH cold boy attack

[my-garden-of-words]

okay normally i'd put this in the tags but this is gonna be too long lmao. you tagged royed and i've been on a kick lately lmao.

so, ngl I didn't have any inclination to this ship just from watching the show. I loved their interactions and their relationship, but it just never occurred to me(he's fucking fifteen lol). one day i went to ao3 after rewatching brotherhood for maybe the fifth time--i believe I was looking for riza/mustang fics--and saw the second most popular relationship tag for FMA was royed and I was floored. it kinda freaked me out at first cause ed's fucking 15. curiosity got the best of me and I read a few and was like "shit, okay, fair enough," especially since most of the fics are aged up in some way

for me, it isn't one of those ships where i think it should've(or even could've) been canon in some way, like for example merthur(BBC merlin) or destiel. i love the story exactly as it is and how it's all wrapped up; it's beautiful and it fits. for me, the ff and shipping isn't "fixing" or ruminating on lost chances, it's exploring a spark of a possibility. it's just fun to play with

anyways, them specifically. for ed, he: 1) horny teenager with a hot CO 2) said CO is one of the only adults that knows what ed's been through, and takes him seriously and treats him like an adult (which he's unfortunately had to be almost his whole life) 3) they both have this underlying mutual respect and admiration for each other that they refuse to admit, in favor of bickering constantly 4) ed has daddy issues: age gap + authority figure that actually doesn't really try to hold that much authority over ed (it's mostly just posturing lmao)

then for roy, it really depends on how creepy/bad the author wants to make him lmao. for me, ideally he's just fond of ed (as he clearly is in the show) then when ed's older he's like "wait... oh god." often it's an ed fell first but roy fell harder kinda thing. one of my favorites is "ed comes back from his years of travels abroad, all grown up, an adult, very hot and mustang has a crisis"

examples of fun things to play with that can complicate matters: 1) roy met ed at literally his worst, rock bottom (and also while he was a kid), how does that effect ed's crush? their eventual relationship? 2) does roy feel like a creep? probably, but how bad is it? 3) how do their loved ones feel about it? does riza threaten to kill roy? again, probably 4) do they keep their relationship a secret? (even with the usual ff "magical lack of homophobia" it's still taboo on several levels)

it's just so fun, there's so much possibility since you have to change canon a little bit anyways(or extend post canon). it's weird cause the reasoning feels really obvious once you lay it out. like ed could, in the show, at fifteen, have a repressed one-sided crush on mustang and it wouldn't change the show at all lmao. in fact it'd be very normal and maybe even expected. but then all of our horny, parental-issues having asses are like "okay but what if when he's older they actually do get together?"

anyways, sorry if this is too long and thank you for the opportunity to infodump (from a fellow autistic lol)! idk if you, yourself, ship royed but if you do or are interested, i'm currently working on a little fic that'll hopefully be done in a week or so :)

i wish i could ask people to explain to me in detail why they ship something. not because I'm being hateful i just am curious at your thought process and I would like to understand. if i tag this with a ship you love PLEASE write me something explaining your reasoning please and thank you ❤️

[valkugo]

i'm not gonna lie, i cried my eyes out bc i was so scared for lochy. i couldn't even care about anything else happening, i just needed to see that he was alright. fuckass tim better treat him like the apple of his eyes the rest of his fucking life. also, that family of wankers wishes they were 1/10 of the person my boy is! "nobody is gonna make you a man, you have to do it yourself." he is more a man than you will ever be for just bringing up the elephant in the room, darling.

[teddybeartoji]

o wait before i start posting any pics.. i was thinking that maybe.. you guys could help me liquify this gender some more by switching up what you call me.... DON'T GET ME WRONG I LOVE . LOVE LOVE LOVE WHEN YOU USE HE/HIM AND JUST OVERALL LIKE MORE MASC STUFF THAT'S SOOO MMMMMMMMMSO FUCKING GOOD like i don't get to feel that irl at all so it really does make me so happy but i've just been thinking abt TRYING to switch it up more yk? does this even make sense...... . hhhh anyway i might won't even like it and i'll want to just go back to hehim but i wanna try... JUST TO SWITCH IT UP.

[hikeyzz]

i'm so fucking over it lol wdym "it sounds like you need to be seen within the next three days" my throat's just slowly swelling shut??? it's not THAT big of a deal can't i put it off for another like several weeks??? i mean its fineeeeee it's not even the breathing tube its the food one!!! i can survive plannyyy of time without eating i'll be fineeeeeee

[soggy-fishsticks]

guys ive been drawing so much lately I've been starting to actually hate it 🙁

[fooltofancy]

we've reached the bargaining stage: k bud if u can load everything all u have to do otherwise is sweep and vacuum we'll horrible cleaning solutions tomorrow.

[silent-sentinels]

i think it'd be cool to like. let other select plurals know we're plural without letting everyone know we're plural. like some kind of secret passphrase in our bio on main that only plurals used. limp wristing at the gays yknow.

[mars-ipan]

some postgame doodles for pride month

[selfinflictedgunshotwound]

sorry for only saying this type of shit lately but i kinda wanna drive a car straight into a brick wall at the highest speed possible

[bizarrocloudy]

I think... I'm finally ready to watch Hannibal.

[danzafila]

i'm a petty bitch. if i see otherwise pretty art of a character i like spammed in unrelated characters' tags, i'll simply refuse to like/reblog it sry 🤷🏻‍♀️

[teddybeartoji]

can't tell whether i'm getting fucked by my non-existent period or i've just fallen into a Ditch face first

[bacchuschucklefuck]

i love your bard! riz au so much. he is so tragic as a character for all the reasons of what living in constant danger fear does to your mind. can i ask about his relationship with the other bad kids and the major differences vs canon?

hey I'm glad ur enjoying what's goin on here! I don't have a Lot of it clear in my mind yet bc it is a full class swap of the entire party so some stuff will just. not play out until they do yknow? it is how it is. but I think from the beginning riz's motivation is decently different so he'll just get into it on an entirely different path - he did Not start out a very kind kid. he would be extremely conflict avoidant, he's got the Actor feat, he's stocked up on Disguise Self, he's ready to disappear mid-conversation, anyone who looks like troubles he's steering Clear of. he goes to aguefort not because he wants to be an adventurer but because sklonda was like "this works for you?" and he was like "yeah 's all good :]" (he is about to throw up bc that's where penny went missing)

I'd say he runs into fabian (rogue) first very briefly and they'd mutually be like oh. a guy. and immediately forget each other once they get out of the same like locked classroom they accidentally both hid in. and then during the corn cutie fight fabian would see the way riz react and Not Like It (haha whoa. like looking in a mirror amirite) and go actually I'd rather be a hero (derogatory) than whatever that is that guy's got going on. great surprise for him when they got out and registration's closed and the mirror is now one of his partners in the career-long group project :]

kristen (sorcerer) would be an Insane encounter at first for riz like this is someone who is extremely powerful, not very controlled, and so fucking starved for people to be nice at. riz is cordial to her on the way and she is like Fuck Yeah Friend! please go do paperwork with me I don't know shit from fuck I haven't had proper paperwork since I was like twelve and gay. do you like candies? she then throws ragh through a window for trying to bully gorgug and netting her and gorgug the detention (riz is of course immediately someone else while this is happening) (he shows up again right after like haha sorry that was scary! resolutely not looking at how kristen's face falls at the idea of someone being scared of her again)

riz and gorgug (cleric) get on like house on fire at first in the sense that they're at that point both fake bitches and they know this about each other and acknowledge this with each other implicitly and they're like I'm not poking at what's going on with you if you don't poke at what's going on with me. and then gorgug dies and sees that the god he's been feeding his anger to isn't real (yet) and has his realization that he's been indoctrinated into a cult through the support group he's been to and starts on deprogramming and in that process he starts poking at riz's deal just by proxy of dealing with his own. riz gets vicious about this a bit into it but after the arcade he kinda comes around again. it helps that at the end of sophomore year gorgug becomes the saint of the Inbetween and riz is very much in need of that stop on his way right then

fig (barbarian) on the other hand does Not like riz off the bat (her whole thing is leaning into rage to live her truth without fear) but then being as perceptive as she is soon she's like ohhhh you're just scared. like Really scared and it's ruining your life. and after that she's like I'll just protect you then :] (this is her solution to most things her friends go through) this does not help at first bc riz has picked up the pattern that is if you're protective of him bad things will happen to you. he will have a breakdown about this in sophomore year but it'll get better from there

adaine (artificer) on the Other other hand just straight up doesn't like riz until after the arcade lol. he's on the prep side, he's not socially awkward and he doesn't use that power for anything but being a coward, he lets biz talk at him in the AV club and that means biz never stops fucking talking, and every time adaine raises a complaint all he does is being like "sorry :[" and changing nothing. it's fucked up between them riz tries to appease her by doing nice things but he doesn't address the things she actually complains about so she doesn't take it. she's the person who outright calls him out for not having the backbone to stand up for himself or his party. despite this she never thinks of throwing him out of the party and he does pick up on this. they get better after the arcade and riz apologizing and by junior year adaine's the one handling the tech end of riz's freelance publication

all of this is subjected to change of course I'm mostly keeping things mobile that's where all the fun is hehe. the world is constantly in motion etc but this is kinda how I'm coming into my art atm we'll simply see!

[pochapal]

the nhs loves to gradually publish every single one of your blood test results over the span of a weekend except for your egfr. this is because they are evil tormentors <3