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lygma-nygma · 3 months ago

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The genuine struggle of being a Riddler fan when all three of his most popular incarnations are different levels of deeply ooc for completely different reasons and you find all three insufferable but they're his most talked about because they're the only non-comic versions of him that aren't Jim Carrey, in three episodes of an animated series, or made of lego. You still reblog stuff about the ones you don't like though because the art is nice but god damn does it ache a little.

#edward nygma #the riddler #I'm being a hater #The other non comic versions I'd recommend are both in fucking podcasts #Which #If it's a struggle to get people to read a comic then boy howdy I can't imagine a podcast is going to be any easier #And then you have the issue of “this comic series was great for Eddie- genuinely awesome characterization. The rest of it sucked.”#Which happens surprisingly often #Shout out to Killing Time for having one of the best Riddler's I've seen in years #And then dropping the ball so hard on everything else even the dudebros didn't want it #Literally the worst comic I've ever recommended to someone for this exact reason #He's also gets pulled into the edgy violent 'joker baby' behaviour for the rogues that DC keeps shilling now or made a joke #So even when I think I found a good eddie in a comic there's only like a 40% chance it ends that way #And yes I get that's because the rogues act as tools of the narrative before characters #So their characterization will be sacrificed in both comics and adaptations to push a plot along #But goddamn if I don't hate it every single time #Batman confidential you will always be famous

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