#but also; i still very much believe that Five should've met Jerome. Jerome would've worshipped Five and i do not say this lightly
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psalmsofpsychosis · 7 months ago
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i adore Gotham's 514A, i think Five is among the best ideas that Gotham TV couldn't be assed to cash in on. Every other Tuesday on mainline comics we get a Batman clone like "what if this guy was evil blahblah fuck the No Killing Code and he actually knows how to laugh. terribly." And then there was Gotham TV bringing in the big guns; "what if Bruce Wayne had a clone that was everything Bruce Wayne was, minus the childhood trauma." and then they introduced the most distinct and subtle alternative characterization of Bruce Wayne; an utterly curious, wide eyed child with an undeniable vicious streak who holds love above everything else in life. He had long flowing hair that he cut to fit the role of "Bruce Billionaire Wayne" Because Bruce in and of himself is a performance of masculinity; he lived in Bruce's house and decided that the only thing worth having and worth holding in the entire house was Selina Kyle, he saved her and took her to places and he stole his sweetest first kiss from her and that was all that mattered to him at any point, to love and to be loved in return. When he later returned to the Manor the only person he saw worth saving was Selina too, and that's why he threw her off the building; he was utterly selfish for what he loved and that was his [sort of] downfall. Like, Gotham TV really came out and said "Bruce Wayne without the childhood trauma would still be a vicious possessive lover" with their whole chest and it was such a refreshing and romantic take on what makes Bruce. They were indeed very sexy for the concept of 514A
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