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thedreammweaver · 4 years ago

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 8 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Chapter 7 Chapter 9

Warnings: major character death, animal death, body horror

“What the hell..” Bruce mumbled.

Ed figured he ought to explain a bit. “Uhhh....well, I...Oswald did something to me when I was in the water.”

“What do you mean?”

Ed lifted up one of his pant legs and showed the suckers which had multiplied, the skin around them was darkening. Before Bruce could react he was hit with pain in his own leg which made him wince and clutch the wound. “I think I saw painkillers in the freezer..” Victor said “We should get out of here anyways.” He pointed to the floor which was filling with water from the sinks. “We should check if Oswald’s done anymore damage to the ship while we’ve been in here.” Selina suggested as they all began shuffling out of the room.

Apparently Oswald had poked a few more holes in the ship and more spaces were filling with water, plus the electrics were on the fritz. As Victor entered the kitchen to get to the freezer there was water up to his calves. He begrudgingly walked through it and opened the freezer door which made water flow in. While he was looking for the painkillers he was distracted by a bigger issue. Sparking from the kitchen door caught his attention and he went back over only to find that it had malfunctioned and locked. The freezer door had too malfunctioned and was now stuck open. The sinks were slowly emptying more water into the room and it was starting to get cold.

Selina was looking around the ship for a fire as the fire alarm in one part of the ship had gone off, she was starting to think it was malfunctioning as she didn’t smell any smoke but better safe than sorry. She entered a room where she was in about waist deep water, now mostly just looking at the damage. She was looking around for where the water in this part had come in when she saw a fin moving in the water towards her. Without thinking she quickly moved over to a nearby table and jumped up onto it, grabbing a dislodged pipe from the damaged ceiling. As the shark lunged at her she drove the pipe into it’s mouth and down its throat, having to grab onto a cord hanging from the ceiling to steady herself. The shark expectedly stopped moving and slumped back into the water, blood coming from its mouth. She waited a moment then climbed down into the water, feeling somewhat relieved. As she made her way to the door she stopped halfway, startled by a snapping noise. She was afraid the shark was somehow still alive but as she looked back it was definitely not. Movement from the ceiling caught her eye and she realized the cord she’d used to right herself was coming loose, the electrified cord. “Oh, shit..” was all she could say before the cord hit the water.

The kitchen was reaching freezing temperatures and the water had come up to Victor’s ribs now. He was trying to find a way to get the door open but he was starting to think it was hopeless. He startled when he heard a knock on the other side of the door. “Victor?” It was Ed’s voice. Victor relaxed as much as he could considering his predicament “Yes, I’m still in here..the door is stuck and the freezer is making everything in here cold, it’s flooding as well.”

Ed searched for a way to release the door but he too came up with nothing “I can’t get it open.”

Victor sighed, turning away from the door “That’s...alright, Ed. Thank you for trying.” He was shivering as the coldness of the water felt like it was biting him. He was about to relent to the cold when he saw the picture of Nora he kept in his pocket had floated out and was next to a handheld oxygen tank. His eyes darted to a door in the ceiling of the kitchen that lead outside. “Ed, I have an idea. I’m going to go out to one of the mini-subs.”

“What? You’ll freeze to death out there!”

“And I will freeze to death in here. Out there I will have died trying to get back to my wife. Can you meet me at the mini-sub?”

Ed hung his head “Victor, I think...I think we both know I don’t belong on the surface anymore.. you go ahead, good luck.” He said before walking away.

Victor waited until the water got high enough so that he could reach the door. With the mouth piece of the small oxygen tank in his mouth he filled his head with thoughts of Nora and opened the door.

Ed was feeling rather miserable both emotionally and physically as he walked through the ship. He didn’t know quite where he was walking, he supposed he was just trying to ignore the part of himself calling for the deep dark water outside. He was distracted as he bumped into Bruce peering through the window of a door.

Victor breathed a sigh as he got the mini-sub started and detached from the ship, he was shivering terribly but relieved. As he was moving away from the doomed vessel the mini-sub stopped and Victor realized in his haste he’d forgotten about the reason the ship was sinking in the first place. A big black tentacle was wrapped around part of the sub, dragging it back. Victor cast a longing glance to the waterlogged picture of Nora he’d set against the front of the sub. Suddenly the tentacle released him. Victor wasn’t one to wonder why and take the release for granted so he pushed onward.

Bruce stared at Selina’s corpse through the small window of the door. He could tell the water was electrified by the cord still sparking into it. He wanted desperately to run to her and hold her but he couldn’t do that without killing himself as well, all he could do was watch her float. He jumped as Ed tapped his shoulder. “What’s wrong?” Bruce didn’t answer and Ed looked through the window “Jesus..” he muttered as he saw Selina’s body floating next to the dead shark.

“Bruce, I-“

“We should get to the mini-sub..”

Ed could practically see the walls going up inside Bruce and him numbing himself. “Is Victor still here?” Bruce asked.

“No, I don’t think so.”

“Alright...so we’ll go to the other mini-sub and-“

“I’m not going.”

“Yes, you are. I’m not losing another person down here.”

“Bruce, I’m not-“

“We can get you help once we’re on the surface. We are both getting the hell out of here right-“ Bruce was interrupted by a big black tentacle coming through the floor and dragging him into the depths. And then Edward was alone.

#oswald cobblepot #edward nygma #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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hellbenddestruction · 4 years ago

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Thanks for the tag @connerluthorkent!

1) Roadrat

2) Riddlebird

3) Stanchez

4) Stricklander

5) Harlivy

6) Jigun

7) Speeding bullet

8) Clex

9) KuroFay

10) yeah.

1. Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

JiGun has been on my radar since ep 1 I think. The JiGun centric ep from Woman called Fujiko Mine really drove it home tho!!

2. Have you ever read a FanFiction about 2?

Riddlebird restored my literacy. So many.

3. Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr?

Noup but they gave me heart attack when GdT retweeted my fanart of them.

4. If 7 were to suddenly break-up today, what would your reaction be?

Exhilarated. I’d be here for minimal thinking applied revenge fallout. Speeding bullet has no reason to exist, and yet.

5. Why is 1 so important?

Whew. Loaded. First time I really apologetically loved something to bits in a fandom space. They have this beautiful balance of mania and genuine no-fucks given policy, while being smart but not really into flaunting it unless for practical application. Canon AUs with different dynamics and they still somehow always find each other...They’re bad people but care for each other, albeit in such different ways, and I love them.

6. Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?

/inhales/ I thought Clex would be serious, but I’m gonna make it fun and if its the last thing I do.

7. Out of all of the ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?

oh you dont want me to answer that.

first instinct would be to say riddlebird, but theyre about the same amount of cursed as kurofay in that department. (Oh you lost your EYE for me - parallels anyone?)

honestly i think the correct answer is stanchez and stricklander, considering they canonically fuc-

8. Out of all of your ships listed, which ship has the strongest bond?

Uh, they all range from soul bound, to bound by criminal affiliation, so...

9. How many times have you read/watched 8’s fandom?

I’m new in Clex town, so it remains to be seen.

10. Which ship has lasted the longest?

KuroFay since 2007 (? the fuck)

11. How many times, if ever, has 2 broken up?

/ spittakes / yes. four...five....six times? once they get married I see them dramatically throwing their rings back and forth on a weekly basis tbh.

12. If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?

Both. They Riddlebird and Clex both do canon apocalypses on the reg, they’ll be fine.

13. Did 5 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

:( if we could let lesbians just be together, thatd be great. I think harley would want to keep it hush hush for a good while to keep it from mistah j, and ivy while not thrilled, but not being into pda exorbitantly, would let her until fed up.

14. Is 4 still together?

yes. unless they broke up in the spin off series they’re still living their best monster fucker life.

15. Is 3 canon?

haha yes. cross media author confirmed. they exchanged ilus. pry it from my cold dead h-

16. If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

Roadrat because that’s the life they live & Speeding bullet since it’s their job.

17. Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 10’s ship?

Aside from their respective families, their bosses, society uh. Nah I think they good.

18. Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?

They’re all like...problemtiqué if you want to go there, but honestly I just want to chill with them.

19. Do you spend hours a day going through 1’s tumblr page?

Not anymore, that’s been taken over by Riddlebird now.

20. If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she´d break them all forever, which ship would you sink?

JiGun would be the obvious answer but I could NEVER. Speeding bullet can take one for the team I guess, they’ll be fine.

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thedreammweaver · 4 years ago

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 9 FINAL (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Chapter 8

Warnings: PTSD

Swirling black tentacles. That’s all Victor could think about as he sat on the beach.

Even after six months in a mental hospital and therapy a few times a week he still had to sit facing away from the ocean. Some of his and Nora’s friends from college wanted to go for a beach picnic and he didn’t want to be a hindrance. He’d completed a goal he’d set for himself in order to get out of the hospital which was floating in a pool for five minutes. He’d barely done it but he’d done it, having fought his fears a little he felt justified in never going into the ocean again. “Are you doing okay?” Nora asked, coming back over to him from having been in the water for a while. Victor nodded, a bit absently as she put her hand on his shoulder.

“You didn’t have to come, you know.”

Victor sighed “I know, but then I would’ve missed seeing you in a swimsuit.” He said before pulling Nora down into his lap. Her laughing made him momentarily forget about the trauma he was now riddled with and of course if it were for her he would brave a thousand freezing oceans filled with monsters.

It had gotten harder and harder to find hiding places. Especially as Ed was now taller than Oswald. The physical changes had been excruciating but thankfully it was over in about a month. Less fortunately, Oswald had found Ed’s hiding spot again. Ed found Oswald much easier to understand after having whatever the other being’s language was forced into his head. It was a lot clearer now than when they communicated through a computer trying to put things together. That didn’t mean Ed wanted to talk to him.

“Why do you keep running away?” Oswald asked.

“You killed my friends.”

Oswald huffed “That was a long time ago, I let go of the one that helped me.”

Ed rolled his eyes “Well, that makes everything okay then.”

“It does??”

“No, I’m not being serious. I know you don’t get what it is to feel connected to others but you don’t just...get over it when they die in front of you.”

Oswald folded his arms “I only killed two of them...not my fault the rest can’t outswim sharks.”

Ed pressed his head against the ground where he was laying “Just leave me alone.”

“You don’t understand...the humans I met when I was six tried to hurt me too.”

“Not everyone on the ship wanted to hurt you.”

“They would, it always starts with one.”

“I said leave me alone.” Ed growled.

“If you want me to leave you alone why don’t you go away from here, there is more to the ocean than my cave.” Oswald said, moving closer “You’re being dishonest with yourself-“

“I told you to stay out of my head.”

“The only person on that crew you really liked is free. Your forced morality is doing little to cover the fact that you have a desire equal to mine to ma-“

Ed quickly moved away from Oswald, wanting to flee from his conflicting feelings as well. He didn’t want to admit to himself that Oswald was mostly right. Watching his colleagues die did sting but that didn’t outweigh his fascination for Oswald. He could just leave, there was so much more ocean, he could leave and never see Oswald again...but everytime he’d tried he had come slinking back around the cave. He thought maybe it was just the crushing loneliness of the deep blue surrounding them, nothing but rocks and unintelligent creatures stretching on and on and on. It was more than that though, he wanted to be with Oswald specifically. Something in him still governed by human standards told him that was wrong, but how long could he hold onto those standards down here without losing it? He figured maybe it was time to let go of those tethers and give into what he thought might make him happy.

Ed avoided Oswald for a few more months until he couldn’t find it in himself to come up with reasons to hate him anymore. He returned to the cave and for the first time since he’d ‘evolved’, he went inside. He quickly found Oswald and before the other being could say anything Ed hugged him. Oswald was stunned, he had never felt a loving touch before.

“Y-You’re not hiding anymore?” He asked, afraid this was some kind of trick.

“No...I suppose I’m not.” Ed murmured, enjoying the contact as Oswald returned the hug.

“So we can mate now?”

Ed let out a nervous chuckle “I think..it’s a little soon for that. Let’s just be not alone together for a while.”

“Not alone..” Oswald repeated wistfully. Strangely, as Ed was enveloped by Oswald’s softness, he felt like he was where he was supposed to be for maybe the first time in his life. He shook off wonderings about what his father would think stirring in the back of his mind and finally let himself melt into Oswald.

#oswald cobblepot #edward nygma #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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thedreammweaver · 4 years ago

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 7 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Chapter 6 Chapter 8

Warnings: Thalassophobia tw, violent major character death, blood tw, viscera, gun violence

Bruce had been wracked with guilt all night and decided against letting Oswald be ‘dealt with.’ Harvey was getting equipment ready when Bruce came into the room where they kept diving suits.

“I can’t let you do this, Harvey. It’s murder.”

Harvey scoffed “Like how our friend Oswald murdered that oil rig crew.”

“That was practically self defense, he was probably scared-“

“Oh now you’re making excuses for it...unbelievable.” Harvey angrily continued getting stuff ready.

“I said I can’t let you do this.” Bruce went over to take the highly powered harpoon Harvey was intending to use but stopped when Harvey drew a gun on him.

“I’ll do what I have to in order to protect this country and this planet from that thing.” He said flatly.

“And I’ll do what I have to in order to stop you from taking what I consider to be an innocent life.” Bruce said continuing to advance. Without much hesitation Harvey shot the other man in the thigh. Bruce was sent to the floor, writhing in pain. Selina and Victor ran in, having heard the gunshot. Selina ran over to Bruce “What the hell have you done?!” She would’ve lunged at Harvey if he didn’t have a gun pointed at her. “I gave him a reality check. Does anyone else want to side with the monster out there?” He was met with silence “I didn’t think so.”

“So how do you think I should go about this?” Harvey asked Victor as he was getting into a diving suit. Pamela was going with him to make sure he didn’t accidentally harpoon an innocent creature. Victor felt bad about even answering but he didn’t want to face Harvey’s wrath “I don’t know, I think...I think for something this big with so much padding around vital organs the weakest point would be the eyes or ears..maybe the temples.” he said. Harvey nodded and continued getting dressed.

Ed woke up from his sleep with a start, in a cold sweat. He felt like his head was being filled with stuff he couldn’t and shouldn’t know, cosmic things he couldn’t comprehend. He got up to go shower off but as he entered the tiny bathroom attached to the small sleeping quarters he hit his head on the door frame. Usually he could just barely fit under without bending down. He rubbed his head as he pondered, had he gotten taller?

Ed still felt weird as he made it to the main room, he’d forgotten his glasses but found he could somehow see fine without them. “Where are Pam and Harvey?” He asked.

Selina looked down “They’re out..taking care of Oswald.”

“And you just let them go?!”

“Harvey shot Bruce for trying to stop him, what were we supposed to do?”

Ed paused “Wait. Really??”

Bruce winced as Victor was tending to the wound in his leg. Even though Ed was seeing it with his own eyes he could barely believe it had come to this.

The crew had moved to the main room, Ed was trying to distract himself from what could be happening to Oswald. That got especially hard when a message came up on the computer.

‘Why?’

“Ignore it.” Bruce ordered as he saw the concern in the others’ faces. The message started repeating rapidly until the computer crashed. “I think he did it.” Bruce mumbled, everything felt a little too still now. Bruce sighed in relief as he saw Harvey swimming back in the distance “Yeah, he’s coming back now.” Bruce said pointing out the window to the spot where he saw his colleague. Though as Harvey got closer it was clear something was off. He was indeed getting closer but he wasn’t moving and half of him didn’t seem to come out of the darkness no matter how close he got. “Oh god...” Bruce uttered as it became clear what was wrong. Only the top half of Harvey was floating back towards the ship, his intestines falling out in the water behind him. Selina gagged but managed not to vomit. Soon a shark swam by with the other half of Harvey in its mouth, another one came by to seize the top half and swim off. There were more sharks starting to circle, Harvey’s corpse having essentially chummed the water. Selina went over to the radio “Pamela, are you alright??” She could see that Pam’s vitals seemed fine, a little spooked but alive, Selina had to be sure though “Pammy, please tell me you’re okay.”

“Yeah, I’m okay.” Selina breathed a sigh as she heard Pamela’s voice.

“Where are you?”

“I hid in some kelp.”

“Okay, well, get back here. And be careful there’s sharks everywhere.” Selina warned.

Pam went to swim out of the kelp but some of it was wrapped around her leg. She huffed “I know, I know, I love you too but I have to go.” She tried to wiggle out but it wouldn’t unravel. She bent over to try and free herself with her hands “Please don’t make me cut you.” She mumbled, genuinely worried it would come to that but luckily she managed to get her leg out without hurting the plant. Relief was counteracting the anxiety she had about making her way back to the ship and she was starting to feel hopeful as she turned around and was met with...teeth.

Selina was looking out the front window anxiously, hoping Pam would be back soon. Bruce, against Victor’s wishes, was still not resting and was looking outside the front window as well. Soon the sharks reappeared outside but one had something in it’s mouth. It only took a few seconds for it to be obvious the thing was Pam, still struggling against the shark but not being able to bring herself to hurt it. Selina screamed and hid her face in Bruce’s chest as another shark came up and ripped half of Pam away from the shark that was carrying her. Bruce went over to the console about to try to get them out of there but he couldn’t before an alert came up informing them of leaks. As Bruce pulled up a diagram of the ship that would show damages it was clear that a panel had been pulled away on the side as well as some pipes. He was questioning why Oswald would only rip a small part of the ship when he could just crush them and it occurred to him that he wanted them to die slowly.

The group had relocated to the lab, wanting to be away from where the ship was flooding and away from the front which they figured wasn’t safe anymore since Oswald was obviously nearby and pissed. They couldn’t stay in the lab for long as the break in the pipes was making the sinks leak and had already filled them. Bruce was trying to keep everyone calm as he suggested they try to make their way to the two mini-subs the ship was fitted with, each could hold two people so it was enough to get everyone out. Selina rolled her eyes “Yeah right, like that thing is gonna let us leave.”

Ed was leaning on the table, he felt woozy.

Bruce was firm “We still have to try, I’m not going to let anyone else die-“

As if on cue Ed dropped to the floor and started writhing. Victor ran over to him trying to assess what was the matter. “What’s wrong with him??” Bruce asked. By Ed’s gasping and clutching at his throat Victor could make a guess but wasn’t sure “I-I don’t know, maybe some sort of anaphylaxis?”

“But we were all tested for allergies before we were sent down here, they wouldn’t have let him down if he had any.” Selina pointed out. Victor’s mind was doing gymnastics trying to figure out something to do before an insane idea popped into his mind. He hoisted Ed up and brought him over to the overflowing sink before shoving his head in it. “What the hell are you doing?!” Bruce ran over to shove Victor away from Ed and was about to take Ed out of the water before he was interrupted “Stop, look!” Selina said, pointing at Ed’s abdomen which was rising and falling normally indicating he was breathing. After a few moments Ed came out of the water, shaking it out of his hair. “I feel fine now..” Ed mumbled, a bit weakly.

#oswald cobblepot #edward nygma #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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thedreammweaver · 4 years ago

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 3 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

(A/N: I’m ripping off a lot of old enclosed space horror films at once here (mostly Sphere) so if you recognize something no you didn’t.)

Chapter 2 Chapter 4

Warnings: thalassophobia tw

The rest of the crew quickly followed Selina out of the lab and into a corner of the main room with computers in the walls where the translation software had been running. To everyone’s surprise there was actually something on the screen, numbers and letters rapidly appearing. Victor shakily sat down at the computer “I was only running it to cover all our bases I didn’t expect any-“ the room fell silent as the numbers and letters were replaced by one word.

‘Hi.’

Everyone was a bit stunned until Harvey spoke “Jesus, we were kept up all night cause this thing was saying ‘Hi’?” He huffed “Can we reply?”

“Can we- Oh! Yes, yes, we can.” Victor typed ‘Hello.’ into the computer.

‘My name is Oswald.’ Was the response that came back.

Harvey scoffed, a bit surprised “That has to be a mistranslation, that’s an awfully human name.”

“Where did you get that name?” Victor verbalized as he typed.

‘You.’

“What is that supposed to mean?” Selina asked, leaning forward to look at the screen.

“Nevermind that,” Bruce interjected “Ask it about the whale.”

Victor obliged “Did you eat that whale?”

‘Entities are real? Entities are with me?’

“It’s dodging the questions..” Harvey mumbled.

“Reassure it.” Ed suggested.

“Y-Yes, entities are real. We’re with you.” Victor said as he typed.

‘I am happy’

That response produced a nervous laugh from Pamela.

“Could you come to the front of the ship so we could see you?” Ed spoke and Victor typed what he was saying.

‘No. I am scary.’

“At least it’s self aware.” Harvey snorted.

“Who told you that you were scary?” Ed asked. Victor gave him a questioning look, not typing what he said. Ed rolled his eyes “Where would a life form at the bottom of the ocean get a concept of itself as frightening? There’s certainly no mirrors down here. Ask it.” Ed explained. Victor obliged.

‘Who said you were scary?’

‘You did.’

Suddenly the screen went blank. “What happened?” Bruce asked.

“Hmm...we lost the signal. It either stopped making noise or moved away from us.” Victor answered.

“You did..” Ed repeated to himself “Is it possible it meant ‘You’ as in ‘You, the human race’ rather than us specifically?”

“It’s plausible.” Victor said thoughtfully.

“It said ‘You’ when we asked where the name came from so...it’s met humans before, right?” Pamela theorized “That would have to be sometime in the seventeen hundreds or before.”

“That means it had to have gone up to land or the surface at least..weren’t any submarines back then..” Harvey didn’t like the conclusion he’d just reached.

Bruce noticed Ed looked worried, his brow furrowed and his arms crossed “What’s on your mind, Nygma?”

Ed snapped out of his thoughts “Oh- well, it said ‘I am happy’.”

“What’s wrong, don’t you want Oswald to be happy?” Harvey joked.

“Honestly...I’d rather Oswald didn’t feel anything at all.” Ed admitted “It asked us if we’re real, that suggests it has encountered life forms that turned out to be not real before, I’d venture to guess some sort of hallucination. It was afraid of being let down again so it learned from last time or however many times that might’ve happened and asked us to make sure it’s mind wasn’t playing tricks. This creature is displaying emotional intelligence and complexity equal to ours. Now think, how would you feel if you’d been stuck in a cave for three hundred years with no one to talk to?”

“Lonely.” Bruce answered.

“Desperate.” Pamela pitched in.

“Yes, lonely and desperate- the eggs!” Ed was quickly building onto his psycho analysis of Oswald “There were no empty shells around, nothing’s hatching, nothing is in them, but a ton of eggs just left there to rot, why? I think this thing is obsessively making them in hopes that some miracle will take place just so it’ll have something to interact with.”

“That’s so sad..” Pamela mumbled.

“What’s your point, Nygma?” Harvey asked.

Ed cleared his throat “My worry is...that this being has been feeling such crushing loneliness that it’s possibly developed obsessive behaviour and has suffered delusion at some point so now that it has real people to talk to.... what do you do when an enormous alien life form gets clingy? What if when it comes time for us to resurface it won’t want to let go of it’s ‘new friends’?”

“We’ll cross that bridge when- if we come to it.” Bruce said, not wanting Ed to insight paranoia.

“What do you do when it gets angry?” Ed continued.

“Enough.” Bruce ordered “This is all new so let’s just take baby steps before we assume this life form is going to be a danger to us.”

“Tell that to the crew of that oil rig..” Harvey muttered.

“That was different, those people obviously disturbed it’s habitat.” Pamela said, a bit of spite in her voice. As they droned on spitting out theories Ed wasn’t paying attention, his mind elsewhere.

Ed had trouble sleeping that night so he’d elected to stay up reading. The book he had curled up with was Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea which was only fueling his insomnia but if he tried to focus on anything except the horrors of the deep he knew he wouldn’t be able to.

#oswald cobblepot #edward nygma #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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thedreammweaver · 4 years ago

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 1 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Chapter 2

(A/N: I’m stealing stuff from like fifteen different films here, just go with it)

Warnings: thalassophobia tw, emetophobia tw

Ed was not looking forward to spending who knows how long in a submarine with people he was only lukewarm with but the details of this expedition had piqued his interest too much to ignore.

It wasn’t everyday one got to go to the bottom of the ocean to investigate potential alien life. They’d been summoned because a cave that’d been sealed for at least three hundred years had been broken opened by an oil rig recently set up nearby. The rig’s crew of course expected to disturb wildlife but perhaps got more than they bargained for as the entire rig was pulverized in only a day or two with few survivors. The reports from the remaining crew were...chilling. No one had been curious enough, or stupid enough, to go see what toppled the rig yet. Ed was now descending into the area with a crew of five others, of which he was the leading scientist. Besides him there was their captain and mechanic for the time being Bruce Wayne, his second in command Selina Kyle, marine biologist Pamela Isley, their medic and other scientist Victor Fries, and Harvey Dent who was FBI there to make them sign non-disclosure agreements if they did find something.

Things were quiet as Ed made his way to the main room where some of the others were. “Are we seeing anything weird yet?” Ed asked, looking out the front of the ship. “Yeah..” Selina hummed, going up to the window in the front “We keep going through this..stuff.” She pointed out the wisps of dark material their front lights were catching. “Maybe it’s oil, they were drilling out here.” Bruce suggested.

“I’ve seen oil spills before, it’s not this colour.” Pamela said, the dark stuff in the water around them was black and green and looked sticky.

“Could it be ink then?” Selina asked.

“You’d have to have a lot of threatened cephalopods to make this much and I haven’t seen any.” Ed said, peering out the window more.

“Maybe we could stop and one of you could go out and take a sample.” Bruce suggested. That prospect made Ed nervous but they were here to investigate, he supposed that meant getting out of the ship sometime.

As Ed stepped out of the air lock with Pamela it was like stepping into another world, a dark and scary one. The sound of himself breathing in the suit he was in was all he could hear, he was just trying to focus on not getting overwhelmed. He and Pamela were supposed to get samples of the stuff floating around them, that was all. Trying not to think too much, Ed took the jar he had in his hands and pulled it through the water so the greenish black stuff would go in before sealing it and heading back towards the ship.

“Any idea what it is?” Harvey asked, walking into the lab where Ed and Victor were examining the stuff brought in from outside. “It’s seems to be some sort of bile, though I have no idea what it belongs to..” Victor answered.

“So basically something is puking a shitton of this guck into the water?” Harvey asked.

“Yeah..basically...” Ed mumbled, wishing the other man would just leave them to their work. “You find anything weird, remember, you talk to me first.” Harvey ordered. Ed rolled his eyes as the man walked out.

Ed was brushing his teeth, getting ready for bed, when he felt a weird vibration hit the ship. He figured it was nothing and crawled into bed, his mind drifting to all the exciting and horrifying possibilities of what could be in the depths with them.

#edward nygma #oswald cobblepot #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 4 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

(A/N: I was supposed to be taking a break from this since I actually have thalassophobia and ‘research’ for this chapter was taking a physical toll but this has now become a hyperfixation and separation was making me depressed so...my break was brief. I’m feeling a bit better now and it was definitely worth it.)

Chapter 3 Chapter 5

Warnings: thalassophobia tw, animal death, blood tw, panic attack

Ed was still engrossed in the book by breakfast, hardly noticing the idle chatter between his crew mates. “Doin’ a little homework there Ed?” Harvey asked, referring to the book in Ed’s hands, patting him hard on the back as he passed by. Ed shook his head and ignored the other man. Bruce came into the kitchen looking a bit frustrated “I heard thumping outside, it could be nothing but something may have come loose. Who wants to go check?”

Ed grumbled as he walked the length of the sub looking for anything missing or damaged, he’d definitely drawn the short straw. He felt chills go up his spine as he noticed bubbles coming from part of his suit helmet. “Hey, Bruce?” He asked. Bruce was inside watching scanners and whatnot and by the radio.

“Yeah?”

“There’s bubbles coming out of my hose here, am I okay?”

“Oh- yeah, I think you’re just dealing with a faulty valve. I’ll fix it once you’re inside, your air is fine don’t worry. Just don’t breathe too hard, it’ll fog your mask up.” Reassured by the knowledge he wasn’t going to drown Ed reached the front of the sub, he scanned around looking for something off but couldn’t find anything. He rolled his eyes and started back. The sub was about 360 feet long with a few doors placed on the outside, the closest one was seventy feet from him. As he slowly made progress back towards the opening he’d come out through he found his mind drifting to the impenetrable darkness all around him.

“Ed, I have your vitals pulled up, what’s going on with your heart rate?” Bruce asked.

“I’m just freaking out a little here.” Ed chuckled nervously “Could you stay on for a bit and talk to me so I can’t...think.”

“Sure.”

“How are things with you and Selina?”

Bruce got a little flustered but obliged “Good- They’re um- they’re good, we’re getting to spend more time together than we have in months, that’s for sure. Not a lot of good dating spots down here though.” He laughed. Ed felt a little calmer, now just fifty eight feet from the door.

“Did she ever tell you how I proposed that was a very hectic-“ Bruce suddenly fell silent “Ed, stop for a second.” His tone had switched to dead serious so Ed did as he asked. “Not to sound cryptic but you’re not alone out there. Something big just came into the scanner, about forty feet long. It should be above you.” The scanner picked up everything within 200 feet so Ed could guess that was roughly how far away it was “Just keep your head down and take your time, I’d be willing to bet it’s only a sperm whale or something like that.”

“Kinda deep for a sperm whale...” Pamela mumbled, she wasn’t close enough to the radio for Ed to hear.

Ed felt nervous but kept moving as Bruce suggested. If he’d been on land he could’ve easily sprinted but of course humans were so terribly adapted for the water and he could only go so fast. Harvey came over having heard the scanner beeping since something large was in range. Bruce’s brow furrowed as the longer the animal stayed in one place the clearer the shape on the scanner became, it went from a a forty foot blob to a shape more triangular, the end of it splitting up and forking out in many directions, Bruce’s heart dropped as he and Harvey reached the same realization simultaneously “Jesus Christ, is that a fucking squid??” Unfortunately Harvey was close enough for Ed to hear him loud and clear. Ed immediately remembered the comment about his book at breakfast “Oh, that’s really hilarious, Harvey.” Ed shook his head, the corners of his mouth turning up in annoyance “Has anyone told you you’d make a great comedian? I’d guess not since you’re really not that-“ Ed out of reflex had looked up, the light on his helmet at full brightness since he’d been looking for damaged or possibly fallen equipment, expecting to see nothing or at the least the underbelly of a whale but instead he faintly saw suckers as big as frisbees about 160 feet above him “...funny..” he absently completely his sentence, most parts of his mind now on autopilot. He quickly put his head down and dimmed his light, hoping the thing didn’t see him. Without realizing he had come to a stop at fifty two feet from the door back into the sub. “Forget everything I said about taking your time, get back in here now.” Bruce said. Ed felt himself beginning to panic, trying to keep his breathing calm as he couldn’t afford to loose visibility now. He went as fast as he could despite everything in him wanting to curl into a ball. “It’s coming towards the ship now,” Bruce said “It’s eighty feet and closing, get the hell out of there.”

If Ed had the presence of mind he would snap at Bruce for assuming he was trying to do anything but get back to the door.

“Sixty feet-“

Ed felt himself freezing up “Bruce, I can’t do this.”

“Don’t say that. Forty feet-“

“It’s closer to the door than I am! I ca-“ Ed was cut off by something huge swooping by the ship very fast causing a current that made the ship move and sent Ed flying. He was relieved as he remembered he’d tethered himself to the ship earlier, Harvey chiding him for being paranoid, but the relief was short lived as he felt the tether snap and himself continue to spin away from the sub. He tried desperately to reorient himself or grab onto something but it was of course no use and so commenced the desperate clawing and pathetic wiggling of a human quite literally far out of their depth. When he finally came to an almost stop he noticed at some point during his spinning his glasses had come off and he couldn’t get them back on without taking his helmet off which wasn’t an option. Realizing he was stranded and unable to see made him panic, unable to keep from fully hyperventilating now and clouding his mask, obscuring his vision further. Not that he’d be able to see with the pitch black around him on all sides. Just as he’d begun to imagine what drowning would be like for him he felt something brush against his back and then start pushing against him. That’s it, he thought, he was dead, he was about to be eaten. But the thing behind him just kept pushing, he could only assume it was taking him somewhere to be eaten. Though soon he could make out the lights of the ship and felt himself being pushed onto it, then he wasn’t being touched anymore. After gathering himself for a moment he started feeling around for the door. The lights kept catching something red in the water around him which he couldn’t make out. As he felt around he jumped back a bit when his hand landed on a tentacle against the ship in front of him. There was more red around it. As he cautiously inspected further he discovered the tentacle....wasn’t attached to anything. He shakily stepped over it and felt like he’d gone from the deepest layer of hell to paradise as he finally felt the door of the sub.

“Just leave him alone for a while, Dent.” Bruce ordered, barring Harvey from entering Ed’s small sleeping quarters.

“He has to tell me what happened out there.” Harvey insisted.

“He’s in shock. He shouldn’t be made to recount anything too soon.” Victor insisted.

“Oh what are you now, a psychologist? Whatever, I’ll ask him later...” Harvey huffed before walking away. Ed was curled up in bed, having not spoken for the last hour. Bruce walked away as well but Victor came in “Try to get some rest, Ed. You’re okay now.” He said softly before leaving. Somehow Ed managed to sleep.

About forty five minutes later Ed stirred awake to vibrations shaking the ship a bit, he was going to brush it off and return to sleep but he soon recognized it as the same vibrations they’d felt when Oswald was first trying to make contact. He yawned as he crawled out of bed and grabbed his glasses before making his way to the main room of the sub.

Victor was at the computers once more and everyone else was sort of hovering around him. “Did I miss anything?” Ed asked.

“No,” Victor assured “It is just greeting us again.”

Harvey wanted to take control of the conversation this time “I need to know about it’s species, where are the rest of them, are they aquatic, that kind of stuff.”

‘Are there others like you?’ Victor typed.

‘Nothing is like me.’

‘Where is your species?’

‘I do not know. They left me.’

Pam frowned, feeling sorry for the creature again.

‘Does your species usually inhabit water?’

There was a delay, like a pause someone would take if they were being flooded with painful memories.

‘I evolved.’

“So basically it’s a freak.” Harvey said flatly, that was met with glares from the rest. “Oh, don’t be so sensitive. What I want to know is if it has met humans before how do we have no record of an enormous monster?”

Victor rolled his eyes, as he typed, Harvey was definitely dampening the wonder of this experience.

‘You have met entities like us before?’

‘Yes.’

‘You’re quite big, yes?’

‘Yes.’

‘Entities like to keep record of big things, why is there no record of you?’

‘Wasn’t big then. Had only witnessed five turns of this rock and one equivalent off of it.’

Ed puzzled “Five turns...I think it means years.”

“So it was left here when it was only one?” Pam had a very sad tone to her voice as she absently pulled at the slightly too long sleeves of the green sweater she was in.

‘No more askings from entities.’

That made Harvey start fuming “Yeah, right, ask it-“

“Chill out,” Bruce ordered “You already have more information than you did a few minutes ago, give it a break.”

“Who are you to interfere with my operation?”

“Your operation which is being facilitated by my ship...” Bruce reminded. Harvey glared at him before storming out, knowing he couldn’t really argue.

Another message appeared on the screen that floored Ed.

‘Lost entity is safe now? I brought it back.’

“It saved me on purpose...” Ed mumbled, he’d though maybe the squid had just been in the wrong place at the wrong time and gotten eaten by something and...he had been blocking out the part where a mysterious force pushed him back.

‘Yes, entity is safe now. Thank you.’ Victor typed, marveling at the care and apparent gentleness Oswald possessed. There was another delay.

‘You help me now?’

‘What is the matter?’

‘Hurts.’

The medical doctor in Victor was now seeing Oswald as a potential patient which was surreal. Pamela cleared her throat “It might’ve been injured while attacking the oil rig or by another predator, I doubt they appreciate suddenly being demoted and their whole ecosystem changing. Some of them might be trying to fight back. I’d be willing to bet a lot of wild life has been out of sorts since the cave opened.” She said, going to look out the front window.

‘How were you hurt?’

‘Sharp whale.’

“What the hell is a sharp whale?” Selina muttered.

“Shark.” Pam said.

“Yeah, it probably means a shark.” Bruce nodded.

“...Shark...” Pamela squeaked once more.

“Yes, Pam, we heard y-“ Bruce stopped as he turned to look at Pamela and in turn followed her gaze out the window. Barreling towards them was a shark that had to be at least a hundred feet long, jaws open. “Oh..” was all Bruce could say before there were teeth colliding with the ship.

#edward nygma #oswald cobblepot #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 6 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Chapter 5 Chapter 7

Warnings: thalassophobia tw, some body horror, emetophobia tw, infected wound

Oswald was asleep and it seemed he would be for a while so the crew had decided to explore the area around the cave a bit. They hadn’t expected to find anything too interesting compared to alien life but they stumbled on something quite amazing.

Victor was standing close to the front window as it was surrounded by beautiful blue jellyfish. “No one ask me to do anything. I promised my Nora that if we found jellyfish I would stop and pay attention.” He mused, absently feeling for the picture of Nora he kept in his pocket. “Where is Ed? You’d think he’d be fascinated with this.” Pam observed.

“He was in the shower last time I checked, I’m starting to think he dropped dead in there.” Harvey scoffed.

“Who died in where?” Ed asked rubbing his eyes as he stumbled into the main room. His hair was still a bit wet and he looked pale.

“You. You kinda look like you did.” Harvey said. Ed rolled his eyes moving over to a chair “I’m fine..just didn’t sleep well.” Ed mumbled. He finally laid eyes on the sight outside the window, which made him feel a little better. “I don’t know if anything could make this sight better.” Selina mused. Bruce went over to his console space and opened a drawer with CDs in it, he flipped through them for a moment before deciding on one to play. Ed was flooded with thoughts of Oswald as the waltz from Swan Lake began playing. “I stand corrected.” Selina chuckled, moving over to Bruce so they could slowly sway together. Ed wished he could continue to enjoy the peace that had settled over the room but being out of the shower was making him feel weird. It felt too hot, as he glanced over to the thermostat it was only 68 degrees in that room, he had expected it to be much hotter. He tried to shake off the faintness he felt and how dry his mouth was but it was impossible. Without thinking about it too much he got up and went out to make his way to the kitchen and to the freezer. He opened the door and stumbled in, pressing his head against the wall. He felt cooler now but everything was still too dry. Before he could react he felt himself falling over and everything went black.

He woke up with a start in the lab but was pushed back down. Victor had found him and was taking the liberty of giving him a check up. “You fainted in the freezer. You shouldn’t be getting up yet.” Victor said as he finished taking Ed’s blood pressure. “Why were you in there?”

“....too hot..” Ed mumbled.

Victor looked surprised “It’s not hot, Ed. I’d guessed you maybe had a fever but you’ve been out of the freezer for thirty minutes but you’re temperature hasn’t gone up yet.”

“I’m fine..” Ed insisted, getting up. He however was not fine as a wave of nausea hit him and he ran over to a nearby bin to puke. As he regained his senses he was horrified to see that what came out of him was that blackish green bile. Victor’s face was one of total alarm as he came over “What happened when you were alone with Oswald??”

Ed huffed “Nothing! He showed me a music box and other junk then he wrapped one of his tentacles around my hand and...got that black stuff all over it...”

Victor shook his head “You had your glove off?”

“There was an air pocket up there.”

Victor sighed “Getting another living thing’s...fluid in an open wound would be bad under normal circumstances, Ed. You should know better.” Victor scolded, helping Ed up “You’re probably dealing with an infection, hopefully it will pass. Speaking of that hand I should probably redress it.” Victor led Ed back over to the examination table and unwrapped his hand. The wound had turned black and was oozing more of the greenish black liquid “Oh boy..” Victor mumbled.

“Oh good, you two are back. Maybe I’ll get some level-headed opinions.” Harvey said pointedly as Ed and Victor re-entered the main room. “We need to kill this thing, it’s too big and too comfortable with interacting with humans.”

“You can’t do that!” Pamela protested.

“You never said anything about killing it, there’s so much we could learn from it!” Victor was immediately siding with Pam.

“This isn’t a field trip, doctor. I was sent to determine how much of a threat this thing is, it’s already killed people, who’s to say it won’t come to the surface again? I can’t let that happen.” Harvey said firmly.

“You never said anything about murder.” Bruce growled.

“It was better not to say anything, people like you always get touchy.” Harvey muttered.

Ed had been seething as soon as Harvey suggested any harm to Oswald “You can’t kill him..” he growled.

“Oh, it’s a ‘him’ now is it??” Harvey asked mockingly “What, did you check under the hood while you were out there?”

“What? No! I- calling Oswald ‘it’ is just dehumanizin-“

“News flash, sunshine, you can’t dehumanize something that isn’t human! What the hell happened to you out there?”

“Nothing! I’m fine! I just-“ Ed was interrupted by a fit of hacking coughs ripping through him which ended in more of the dark bile dripping from his mouth.

“Jesus...” Selina mumbled.

“Look, Bruce, I know we don’t see eye to eye but this creature out here has displayed extremely violent capabilities, it has killed people, and now it has infected one of your crew. It is dangerous.” Harvey insisted.

“Fine...” Bruce said “You can do it tomorrow when we go back to the cave..” Bruce said before walking away. Pamela glared at Harvey before storming off as well.

Ed was trying to relax, back in the shower. The cold water felt nice but as he was running soap over his legs he noticed something weird. The back of his leg in the pit of his knee felt...sticky. He paused to inspect his leg and was extremely confused as he found a cluster of small pale rings spreading from the middle of the back of his knee. As he ran his hand over them his fingers briefly stuck to them. He felt like fainting again as it occurred to him that they looked and felt like suckers you’d find on an octopus.

“They look like suckers.” Victor said after finishing his inspection of Ed’s legs. “I was hoping you’d say something different...” Ed mumbled, pulling his pants up. Victor was just as concerned as Ed was but didn’t want the other man to be scared “Maybe it’s just a rash, I’m sure it will pass.”

Ed nodded absently “In the meantime can we keep this between us?”

“Of course.” Victor said.

#oswald cobblepot #edward nygma #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 2 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Chapter 1 Chapter 3

Warnings: thalassophobia tw, dead animal

Ed yawned as he shuffled into the main room of the ship. “You didn’t sleep well either?” Bruce asked.

“No, there were these-“

“Vibrations all night, right?” Selina finished for him “Something is making a very loud noise out there. Victor is looking into it with Dent. Trying to run it through some translation software built off of other extra terrestrial encounters...there apparently have been other encounters...”

They were getting closer to the site where the oil rig had fallen and closer to the cave that had been opened by the drilling.

“If you ask me I think it’s nothing and they’re wasting their time.” Selina said, she was obviously trying to cover up some nervousness “Maybe it’s just a-“

“What the hell is that??” Bruce sat up in his chair a bit, pointing out the front window. In front of them was a blue whale, dead, it had a sort of crater in the side of it. “What happened to it?” Pamela hummed, mostly to herself.

“Let’s get out there and find out.” Bruce said, getting up.

“Is this a good time to mention that I’m not that great of a swimmer?” Ed asked, climbing out of the ship, back into the depths alongside Bruce and Pamela. “Chill out, Nygma. We’re doing more walking than swimming here.” Bruce said, making his way over to the whale, Pamela had already gotten over to the whale and was examining it. It wasn’t long before Ed and Bruce heard her shaky voice coming through the radios built into their helmets “Bruce, I..uh...I think this is a bite mark.”

Bruce scoffed “That’s insane there’s no animal big enough to take a huge chunk out of the side of a blue whale, hell, this wound is about forty feet wide.”

“I don’t think it was an animal.” Pamela said as Ed and Bruce got over to her. “This is a human bite.” She was running her hand along distinctive grooves in the side of the wound “It would have to be a human with sharp teeth but still there isn’t any marine animal with this jaw shape.”

As Pamela and Bruce argued about what was and wasn’t possible something caught Ed’s eye. One of the submarine lights was reflecting something- or a lot of something attached to a rock nearby. Ed made his way over to it. As he got closer he could see it was...eggs, covered in more of that black-green stuff they’d seen before, the flashlight on Ed’s helmet was illuminating more in the area but he just focused on the ones in front of him. They were oval shaped and a bit bigger than Ed’s hand. A lot of them looked to be white under the sticky substance but others appeared to be greyish or even black. Ed reached for one and it was surprisingly easy to pull out of the mass.

“Nygma, we’re going back in.” Bruce said.

“I found something. It looks like eggs..” Ed replied.

“Well, grab one and let’s go.”

For good measure Ed grabbed one of the grey ones as well and went to make his way back to the ship but found something was wrapped around his legs. When he looked down in appeared to be some kind of grey rope.

“What’s the hold up, Eddie?” Pamela asked.

“There’s like rope caught around- nevermind, I’m fine, I got it.” He’d managed to get the rope off of one of his legs but it was still attached to the other, he shrugged it off as he could just remove it once he was back inside.

Ed carefully set down the eggs before trying to change out of the diving suit, Pamela elected to come over and help lest he get tangled again, had to get the rope off of the equipment anyways. As Pamela grabbed what was around the leg off Ed’s suit she paused, studying it. “What?” Ed asked, getting the top part of the suit off. “I don’t think this is rope, it looks like- um...well it looks like hair.” Pamela mumbled. Ed looked down at it, studying it himself. It did indeed feel and look like a very long piece of wet grey hair.

“Great, so this thing sheds too.” Harvey huffed circling around the lab from one table where the hair was to another where Ed and Victor were looking the eggs over.

“I don’t know, these things could be unrelated.” Selina suggested.

“I doubt it.” Bruce muttered. “What even lays eggs that size?”

“Nothing I can think of.” Pamela said absently, transfixed on the foreign objects before them.

Victor was currently studying the grey egg that Ed carried in. He grabbed a scalpel “If something comes out of this and attaches to my face I give you permission to use my body for research.” He joked flatly, before cutting into the egg. As soon as he did a foul smell entered the room. Selina covered her nose and mouth, quickly running out. Bruce and Harvey were recoiling as well but felt some amount of duty to stay, Pamela was too invested to leave. “There is nothing in there,” Victor choked as he finished splitting it open “But it is definitely rotten.” He quickly took it over to an incinerator in the wall of the lab and disposed of it hoping the smell would soon clear out. He figured keeping it around for further inspection wasn’t worth the trouble if it smelled that bad. Ed, glad he picked up a grey one instead of a black one which no doubt smelled worse, had taken the liberty of cutting into the white egg which didn’t release any noxious odours but was empty as well. “I don’t get it.” Ed puzzled. He was about to pose a theory when Selina came back into the lab “There’s something I think you guys need to see.”

#oswald cobblepot #edward nygma #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 5 (Burton-Schumacherverse Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Chapter 4 Chapter 6

Warnings: thalassophobia tw, blood tw, animal death, panic attack

As the shark collided with the ship it shook the whole thing, sending some of the crew to the floor.

A glass had fallen and shattered, Ed’s hand landing on top of it, creating a gash. “Shit!” He hissed, looking down at the now bleeding gash in his hand. It of course didn’t take him long to remember that they were currently being attacked. All that could be seen from the front window of the ship now was the inside of a shark. Bruce went over to a control panel and pulled a lever which sent an electric current through the outside of the ship, it was pretty much the only defense the thing was armed with. The shark let go and swam off a bit but was soon coming back towards them. Bruce was just starting to fumble on what to do when something too dark to see grabbed the shark and slammed it into the rocks of the sea floor. The crew was mesmerized as they watched the shark get slammed into the rocks repeatedly until it wasn’t moving anymore. “Fuck, that’s a lot of blood..” Harvey said absently.

“We better move before more sharks come.” Bruce mumbled. They were all a bit shocked at the brute force whatever had saved them just showed. Another message had come up on the computer.

‘Sharp whale is gone. You can come to my cave to help now?’

“I want to see this thing before anyone goes out there with it.” Harvey said firmly.

Victor dusted himself off as he got up and went over to the computer.

‘We need to see you first.’

There was a delay.

‘You will fear me.’

Ed pondered for a moment before nudging Victor away from the keyboard and typing himself “You just saved us twice that proves you aren’t scary. We won’t be scared.” He said sincerely as he typed.

There was another delay, a bit longer this time, Ed was afraid Oswald had left.

‘Okay. Lights off.’

Bruce went over to turn the front lights off which earned some glaring from Harvey.

A few minutes passed before Ed spotted something weird in the distance. It was a small blue light and then another and another, soon there was a small cluster of blue lights.

“Is that it?” Harvey mumbled, sounding as if he felt ripped off.

Suddenly there was a burst of lights and they all gasped. Oswald obviously possessed bioluminescent capabilities as now the blue lights, like dotted lines uniformly painted, were covering him and apparently there was a lot to cover. Ed realized the delay had been Oswald moving himself a distance in front of them so they could actually see all of him. He was obviously humanoid, they could make out arms and....hands? And a face as well as a torso, quite a filled out one at that. Then the human like traits came to a halt, leading into webbing that connected to long black tentacles that were splayed out behind Oswald.

“H-How tall do you think that is? Minus the..tentacles..” Harvey asked.

“I would say roughly around 2,600 feet.” Ed observed getting closer to the front window to look. Oswald was sort of laying on his stomach, trying to make himself look smaller as to not be so imposing but Ed was good at estimates like this “The tentacles look to be double that.” Ed concluded. At that Pamela, who had barely been holding it together, broke down into sobs and was hyperventilating. “Selina, go take Pam for a breather.” Bruce said. Selina was soon leading Pamela out of the room so she could calm down and collect herself. After a few more moments the colour of Oswald’s lights started changing. Orange traveling down into green, over and over, a sort of pulse could be heard and felt through the water as the lights changed.

“What the hell does that mean?” Harvey murmured. Victor looked over to the computer which was filling with question marks as Oswald’s light show continued. Bruce soon realized the colour of the lights matched the colour of Ed’s hair and shirt “I think it’s mimicking you.” He said.

“No,” Victor pointed to the question mark covered screen “It’s asking about you.” he said as he sat down and started typing.

‘That’s Edward, the entity you saved from the squid.’

‘Want Edward to help.’

Victor paused for a moment.

‘Is it alright if another entity good at getting rid of hurt comes out with Edward?’

‘All is good as long as Edward comes to me. You will follow to the cave now.’

With that they watched as Oswald, still lit up, moved to swim ahead. Bruce quickly got to his chair and console to steer. Ed was still a bit shaken, why was Oswald so curious about him?

The inside of the cave was enormous, swallowing Ed and Victor as they entered it. It was filled with bioluminescent life forms clinging to the rocks and illuminating a lot of the cave. It of course didn’t take them long to find Oswald, he was hard to miss. He was even more intimidating up close. He seemed more vulnerable as he presented a part of one of his tentacles to Victor. There was a big tear in it, Victor was hoping he had brought enough to stitch it up “This is going to take a while.” Victor sighed. Rumbling and clicking was emanating from Oswald which of course they couldn’t understand without the translator in the ship. Oswald had turned his attention to Ed and moved to wrap one of his tentacles around him picking him up. Victor was momentarily pulled away from caring for the wound “Are you okay??”

“Yeah, I-I think- I think it’s fine. Don’t worry about it.” Ed felt...calm, he had no idea why. He should be terrified especially as Oswald shifted a bit and started moving Ed to the top of the cave. Ed found himself being placed into an air pocket that was basically a smaller cave in of itself. Oswald had let go of him and was now just staring at him, his head only partly out of the water. As Ed looked around with the light of his helmet he realized there were...things all around him, human’s things. There were books piled in a corner, damaged of course but some still legible. There were jewels and random baubles strewn about, Ed found a chuckle escape him as he saw a rubber duck on it’s side in a rusty birdcage. One of Oswald’s tentacles reached into the small cave and picked up an ornate music box with a swan on it, handing it to Ed before twisting the crank of it. Ed recognized the piece that started playing as one from Swan Lake. He didn’t know why but tears were streaming down his face. He wanted to distract himself from feelings he didn’t recognize welling up inside him “Where did you get this stuff?” Ed asked, not totally sure Oswald would understand him. Using his arm this time Oswald pointed to a model of a sunken ship in a bottle. “Ah..I guess that makes sense.. I suppose there’s other openings into this cave too? Probably too small for you to get through but big enough for stuff like that duck to float in?” Ed asked, pointing to the duck. Oswald nodded. Ed felt...weird, an overwhelming feeling that he shouldn’t ever leave came over him, he needed to get out of this cave soon. His mind seemed to be somewhere else as he set down the music box and took off one of the gloves to his diving suit before going over to where Oswald was resting one of his hands. Ed knelt down and put his hand on Oswald’s. Their hands were remarkably similar considering Oswald was an alien, the only real difference was that it looked like the three fingers that would be opposite of the thumb on the human hand were fused together on Oswald’s. Ed had heard of humans with deformities that caused such things so it wasn’t even that odd, it certainly wasn’t off putting to him. Oswald’s hand was warm and plushy. Ed found himself leaning down to essentially cuddle the appendage, he didn’t know what had come over him he just knew he needed to be close to Oswald. He was only taken out of his trance when eventually Oswald pulled away. Ed felt his heart sink, why did the absence of Oswald’s touch make him so sad? He didn’t have to be sad for too long as one of Oswald’s tentacles came up and wrapped around Ed’s exposed hand. The pressure of Oswald squeezing a bit reminded Ed of the gash in his hand he’d received earlier. As Oswald pulled away once again he left Ed’s hand covered in that black green substance “Weird handshake..” Ed murmured as he wiped his hand off on his suit and put his glove back on.

#oswald cobblepot #edward nygma #the penguin #the riddler #riddlebird

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Masterlist

No longer being updated, here’s my ao3

Gotham (TV):

Draft Dodgers chapter 1. (Nygmobblepot 60s AU

Draft Dodgers Chapter 2. (Nygmobblepot 60s AU)

Draft Dodgers Chapter 3 (Nygmobblepot 60s AU)

Try (Post 5x12 Nygmobblepot fluff)

But Lately I’ve Been Crying like a Tall Child (Young!Gertrud, baby!Oswald)

Poof ( Nygmobblepot Hurt/comfort, Angst, trans!Oswald)

Like a Stuck Penguin (Post 5x12 Nygmobblepot hurt/comfort, insecure!Oswald)

Save the Wedding Bells for My Returning (During the ten years nygmobblepot angst/fluff)

Goodbye Horses (Nygmobblepot AU, photographer!Oswald, Model!Ed)

A Bit of a Jam (Post 5x12 Nygmobblepot fluff)

Hate Myself For Loving You (Nygmobblepot angst)

Baby Blues (post 5x12 Nygmobblepot hurt/comfort, angst, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Operation “Friendship” (Nygmobblepot AU, hurt/comfort angst, jealous!imaginaryfriend!Oswald)

La Valse Du Sang (Post 5x12 nygmobblepot, vampire!Oswald)

Jump in the Saddle, Hold Onto the Bridle part 1 (Gotham Beetlejuice au, nygmobblepot)

John 6:53 (post 5x12 Nygmobblepot, cannibal!Oswald)

Stupid Cupid (Nygmobblepot fix-it fic, angst, hurt/comfort)

Yakety Yak (post 5x12 Nygmobblepot)

Latch On to the Affirmative (Post 5x12 nygmobblepot, Insecure!Oswald)

Rotten (Nygmobblepot, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Something About a Soldier (post 5x12 Nygmobblepot, jealous!Ed)

Baby, You Ain't Lookin’ Right part 1 (Post 5x12 Nygmobblepot, hurt/comfort)

Baby, You Ain’t Lookin’ Right part 2 FINAL (post 5x12 nygmobblepot, hurt/comfort)

Hurry Back, Hurry Back (Nygmobblepot, during/post the ten years au, angst, hurt/comfort)

The Lines We Cross (post 5x12 Nygmobblepot angst)

By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Nygmobblepot au, werewolf!Oswald)

Baby and All (Post 5x12 nygmobblepot, angst, hurt/comfort, trans!pregnant!Ed)

Kiss Me, Mother, Kiss Your Darling (Gotham AU, angst)

A Fuss Among Friends (Post 5x12, nygmobblepot, protective!Ed)

Feed Me (Nygmobblepot, little shop of horrors au, plant monster!Oswald)

A Safe Place to Nest (Post 5x12 nygmobblepot, trans!pregnant!Oswald

At Last (Nygmobblepot 5x12 au)

Bump in the Night (Nygmobblepot)

Too Late (Oswald angst)

Unsought (Nygmobblepot, angst, hurt/comfort, trans!Ed)

Call of the Magpie part 1 (Nygmobblepot angst, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Call of the Magpie part 2 FINAL (Nygmobblepot angst, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

My Pretties (post 5x12 nygmobblepot)

Not Over Any Oceans Chapter 1 (Nygmobblepot, The Santa Clause 2 au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz, elf!Penn)

Not Over Any Oceans Chapter 2 (Nygmobblepot, The Santa Clause 2 au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz, elf!Penn, Toy Santa!Burtonverse Oswald)

Not Over Any Oceans Chapter 3 (Nygmobblepot, The Santa Clause 2 au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz, elf!Penn, Toy Santa!Burtonverse Oswald)

Not Over Any Oceans Chapter 4 (Nygmobblepot, The Santa Clause 2 au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz, elf!Penn, Toy Santa!Burtonverse Oswald)

Not Over Any Oceans Chapter 5 (Nygmobblepot, The Santa Clause 2 au, Santa!Oswald, elf!Zsasz, elf!Penn, Toy Santa!Burtonverse Oswald)

Not Over Any Oceans Chapter 6 (Nygmobblepot, The Santa Clause 2 au, Santa!Oswald, elf!Zsasz, elf!Penn, Toy Santa!Burtonverse Oswald)

Not Over Any Oceans Chapter 7 FINAL (Nygmobblepot, The Santa Clause 2 au, Santa!Oswald, elf!Zsasz, elf!Penn, Toy Santa!Burtonverse Oswald)

Not Quite Down the Hatch (Young!Elijah x young!Gertrud, baby!Oswald)

Comfort and Joy (young!Elijah x young!pregnant!Gertrud)

Things Lost (Post 5x12 nygmobblepot)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 1 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 2 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 3 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 4 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 5 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 6 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 7 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 8 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 9 (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

When I Hear Those Reindeer Paws I’m Gonna Break The Law Chapter 10 FINAL (The Santa Clause 1 Gotham au, Santa!Oswald, head elf!Zsasz)

Melt Away (Gotham au, young!elijah, young!pregnant!Gertrud)

Working In the Kinks (post 5x12 Nygmobblepot)

Uplift (Post 5x12 nygmobblepot, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

And They Were Cellmates (During the ten years AU, Nygmobblepot, angst)

Remembrance (Nygmobblepot, angst)

And You See Me, Somebody New (Post 5x12 nygmobblepot, mayor!Oswald)

When The Penny Drops (post 5x12 nygmobblepot, angst)

What A Headache (Nygmobblepot, mayor!Oswin)

Guten Abend, Gut’ Nacht (Nygmobblepot)

What You Told Me To Do (Gotham Interview With The Vampire AU, nygmobblepot)

A Better Son (Gotham Detroit: Become Human Au, android!Oswald)

Aw, nuts! (Gotham, nygmobblepot)

Better Than Expected (Nygmobblepot, pregnant!Oswin)

Oh, So Quiet (Gotham, nygmobblepot, teenage!Martin)

Every Night (Nygmobblepot)

Toddling Towards Greatness (Young!Elijah x young!Gertrud, baby!Oswald)

Batman (Burton-schumacherverse):

I Loaf You (Riddlebird Domestic fluff)

In the Meantime Let Me Tell You That I Love You (Riddlebird mild angst/fluff)

You Really Thought I’d Leave? ( Riddlebird hurt/comfort, angst, trans!Oswald, coming out)

Cramps (Riddlebird fluff, trans!Oswald)

Fever (Riddlebird Sick fic fluff)

Syncope (Riddlebird hurt/comfort, fluff)

Smitten for a kitten part 1. (Riddlebird Jealous!Ed)

Smitten for a kitten part 2. (Riddlebird Jealous!Ed, lonely!Oswald)

Smitten for a kitten part 3. (Riddlebird Jealous! Ed, lonely!Oswald)

Smitten for a Kitten Part 4. FINAL (Riddlebird, jealous!Ed, lonely!insecure!Oswald)

Old Abram (Riddlebird angst, major character death)

Wiegenlied (short riddlebird fluff)

Kinderszenen (riddlebird hurt/comfort)

Four’s a Crowd (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Four’s a Crowd continuation (riddlebird, Trans!Oswald)

Four’s a Crowd Part 3 (Riddlebird, trans!Oswald)

Not the Words of One Who Kneels (riddlebird angst, hurt/comfort, major character death)

Cough Syrup (riddlebird fluff)

A Bit of a Jam 2.0 (riddlebird, hurt/comfort)

Gut Rot (riddlebird hurt/comfort, embarrassed!Oswald)

With Drooping Wings Ye Cupids Come (Riddlebird, Victorian AU, angst, Doctor!Ed, Patient!Oswald)

Felicia No Capicia (riddlebird, Ace!Ed)

I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (Riddlebird hurt/comfort, trans!Oswald)

Tickled Pink Penguin (riddlebird fluff)

One of These Mornin's, You're Gonna Rise Up Singin' (Victorian AU, hurt/comfort, Doctor!Ed, Patient!Oswald)

Cry Baby (riddlebird, hurt/comfort, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

La Petite Énigme (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Ed)

Don’t They Know It’s the End of the World (riddlebird, hurt/comfort, trans!pregnant!Ed)

Friday Afternoon (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort, trans!Ed)

The Flood is Nigh (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

For the Good Times (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort)

You Are My Destiny (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort)

The Nightingale (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort, Trans!pregnant!Ed)

Living in a Material World (Riddlebird fluff)

From Lemons to Lemonade (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort)

Disturbing the Suburban Routine (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Disturbing the Suburban Routine Continuation (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Lazy Lark (riddlebird fluff)

The Tide, I Declare, Does Carry Upon It the Scent of My Lover’s Perfume (riddlebird pirate au, merman!Oswald)

As the World Falls Down (Riddlebird, hurt/comfort)

Too Good to Be True part 1 (Riddlebird)

Too Good to Be True part 2 (Riddlebird)

Too Good to Be True part 3 FINAL (riddlebird)

A Little Bliss (riddlebird fluff, deaf!Oswald)

One Way or Another (Riddlebird)

I’ve Looked at Clouds from Both Sides Now (riddlebird bodyswap fic)

Nothing Guaranteed (riddlebird, angst, trans!Oswald)

Le Veau D'or (Pre-the events of Batman Returns, fix it fic?, vengeful!Penguin)

Puffy (riddlebird, hurt/comfort, trans!pregnant!Ed)

Kiss-Curl (riddlebird au, Hairdresser!Ed)

Flamingoes Have Nineteen (riddlebird hurt/comfort)

The Best Things In Life Come In Two’s part 1 (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Ed, yearning!Oswald)

The Best Things In Life Come In Two’s part 2 (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Ed, yearning!oswald)

The Best Things in Life Come in Two’s part 3 (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!ed)

The Entropy of Atrophy (riddlebird)

Dead Weight (Riddlebird, angst, vengeful!Oswald)

Words Don’t Come Easy (riddlebird, trans!Edward)

Somnolent Cygne (riddlebird au, Angel!Oswald, demon!Ed)

For the Love of All Things Purple (Joker x Penguin, lonely!Oswald)

A Weighty Subject (Riddlebird, insecure!Oswald)

Love is Draining (riddlebird au, vampire!Oswald)

Dead of Night (riddlebird, angst, trans!Oswald)

Shivers (Riddlebird sick fic)

In the Still of the Night (teenage!riddlebird au)

Ask Not For Whom the Duck Quacks (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Ed)

Synced (riddlebird, trans!Oswald, trans!Ed)

One of Us, One of Us (angst, toddler!Oswald, toddler!Ed)

Saddled (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Nothing’s Too Good For My Baby (Riddlebird)

Unmentionable (genderbent!Riddlebird)

Flippers Are Forever (riddlebird, hurt/comfort)

Tomorrow (older!riddlebird, major character death)

Petit Oiseau (riddlebird fluff)

Black as Pitch and White as Snow (riddlebird au, mayor!Oswald, ballet dancer!Ed)

Four and a Half (riddlebird, vampire!Oswald)

Ghost Story (riddlebird au, ghost!Oswald)

Penguins Go Moo (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

A Little Less (genderbent!riddlebird)

Foam at the Mouth and Fall Over Backwards (riddlebird angst, trans!pregnant!Ed)

When Chickens Rule Foxes (riddlebird, Victorian!au, vampire!Oswald)

Clown Lung (Joker x Penguin, jealous!Oswald)

Glow (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

I Don’t Wanna Play House (riddlebird, agere, little!Ed)

Paw Prints (riddlebird fluff)

Elasticity (Riddlebird)

Starlit (riddlebird au, actor!Ed, director!Oswald)

A Festive Delivery (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

A Much Awaited Evening (riddlebird, Victorian au, Patient!Oswald, Doctor!Ed)

Together?? (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort)

Last Christmas (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort)

Merry for the First Time (teenage!riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort)

Not Fair (riddlebird, fem!Oswald, angst)

Please, Go All the Way Chapter 1 (riddlebird, fem!pregnant!Oswald)

Please, Go All the Way Chapter 2 (riddlebird, fem!pregnant!Oswald)

Please, Go All the Way Chapter 3 (riddlebird, fem!pregnant!Oswald)

Please, Go All the Way Chapter 4 (riddlebird, fem!pregnant!Oswald)

Please, Go All the Way Chapter 5 (riddlebird, fem!pregnant!Oswald)

Please, Go All the Way Chapter 6 (riddlebird, fem!pregnant!Oswald)

Please, Go All the Way Chapter 7 FINAL (riddlebird, fem!pregnant!Oswald)

In Paradisum (riddlebird, Victorian au, doctor!ed, patient!oswald, hurt/comfort)

Love is a Sinking Feeling (riddlebird, angst)

A Virulent Arrangement (Riddlebird fantasy au, fairy!Oswald, wizard!Ed)

On the Wings of a Snow White Dove (50s au, southern!riddlebird, pastor!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 1 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 2 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 3 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 4 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 5 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 6 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 7 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 8 (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

That Would Suffice to Make a Formidable Monster Chapter 9 FINAL (Sci-Fi Horror au, riddlebird, sea monster/alien!Oswald)

Ladies and Gentleman, We’re Floating In Space Chapter 1 (riddlebird, the Truman Show AU, Ace!Ed)

Ladies and Gentleman, We’re Floating In Space Chapter 2 (riddlebird, the Truman Show AU, Ace!Ed)

Rock-A-Bye Edward (riddlebird)

Eye of the Beholder (riddlebird, blind!Ed, angst, hurt/comfort)

Metal Allergy (riddlebird, fem!Oswald)

Dirty Pillows (genderbent!riddlebird)

Humbly At Your Door (BatCat, Riddlebird, trans!Bruce, trans!Oswald)

Dolly Lills (Riddlebird)

Gourmand (riddlebird, chef!Ed, food critic!Oswald)

Welcome to the Dollhouse (teenage!genderbent!riddlebird)

The Same Bloody Thing (trans!Bruce, batcat)

Don’t Care For It (riddlebird, ace!Oswald)

Far From Over (riddlebird)

Out Very Soon (Riddlebird, Pregnant!Edith)

Plenty of Fish in the Sea (riddlebird, catboy!Oswald)

Or Live On Mars And Have It Your Way Part 1 (Burton-Schumacherverse au, riddlebird, superhero!Ed)

Or Live On Mars And Have It Your Way Part 2 FINAL (Burton-Schumacherverse au, riddlebird, superhero!Ed)

I Felt Like I Knew You So I Just Wanted to Hug You (2020 Robotnik x Burtonverse Penguin)

Round and Round in Circles Until One of Us Drops Dead (Burton-Schumacherverse riddlebird, trans!Oswald)

Baby, They Ain’t Got a Clue (Burton-schumacherverse Batcat, Riddlebird, fake dating, jealous!Ed)

Burton-Schumacherverse + Gotham (TV):

“Excuse me, um, I love you.” (Gotham (TV) Ed x Returns Oswald)

Split Personality part 1 (Burton-schumacherverse/Gotham crossover)

Split Personality part 2 (Burton-schumacherverse/Gotham crossover)

Split Personality part 3 (Burton-schumacherverse/Gotham crossover)

Where Evil Grows (Forever Ed x Gotham (TV) Oswald)

Birds of a Feather (Burtonverse/Gotham (tv), toddler!Oswald, young!Gertrud)

The Batman (2022) stuff:

Oh Boy, What a Prize (2022 Riddlebird)

The Puzzler Invisible (2022 Riddlebird, Invisible man au)

Flinch (2022 Riddlebird)

Batman the Animated Series:

The Calm After (Riddlebird, hurt/comfort)

A Few Hundred (Riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort)

Stretched Thin (Riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Dozing Daisy (hattercrow fluff)

The Morning After (Hattercrow)

Rude and Restless (Hattercrow, trans!Jonathan)

Sorry (Hattercrow, angst, hurt/comfort? , trans!pregnant!Jervis)

A Cuddly Compromise (Hattercrow)

A Touch of Softness (Hattercrow sickfic)

Thou Wouldst Hate Me in the Morning (Hattercrow, werewolf!Jonathan)

Don’t Blame the Projectile (Riddlebird)

Needy (Hattercrow, trans!pregnant!Jervis)

Smothered With Care (Hattercrow x Riddlebird, polycule fluff)

Care Bear (Hattercrow)

Labour of Love (older!Hattercrow, angst)

Tied Up (BtAS Hattercrow, trans!pregnant!Jervis)

Gotham New Orleans:

Muscle and Blood

And You Know You’re Going To Fall (Hattercrow)

Prying Eyes (Hattercrow)

Such a Clatter (Hattercrow)

Bat in the Warren (Hattercrow)

Life With Jervis (Hattercrow, domestic fluff, some angst)

Baby, It’s Loud Outside (Riddlebird)

Better For Me, Better For You (Hattercrow)

Staring at the Abyss (Dork Squad, Hattercrow)

Like A King (Riddlebird)

The Talk (Gotham New Orleans, kid!Oswald)

Unsupervised Cuteness (Gotham New Orleans, toddler!Oswald)

Happy Accident (Gotham New Orleans, baby!Oswald)

Only Broken On The Outside (Gotham New Orleans, toddler!Oswald)

The Batman (2004):

Divinity Defiled (Riddlebird, angel!Ed, demon!Oswald)

Grateful (Riddlebird)

My Loopy Love (riddlebird, sick fic)

Do You Hear That? (riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

Only A Raccoon (Riddlebird, werewolf!Oswald)

Chronic (riddlebird, angst, hurt comfort)

Spitting Image (Riddlebird)

The Harder They Fall (Riddlebird, angst)

Hidden Heat (riddlebird au, demon!Oswald, angel!Ed)

Bouncing Bundle of Surprise (Riddlebird, trans!pregnant!Oswald)

3,000 Teeth Are Better Than A Brain (merman!riddlebird)

Keep It To Yourself (riddlebird)

Pen Pals (cluemaster x riddler)

Back On The Sunny Side (Cluemaster x Riddler)

Auk-Aukward (2004 Batman, Riddlebird)

Peeping Birdies (Riddlebird)

Leech (genderbent!Riddlebird)

Batman (1966):

A While Longer (Riddlebird)

Quite the Buster (riddlebird)

The Grating Call of a Hungry Fledgling (riddlebird)

Batman (non-specific media):

Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Harlivy, Riddlebird, Hattercrow)

Harley Quinn (2019):

Perte (Riddlebird)

Personal Growth (Riddlebird)

Clueless (riddlebird, angst, hurt/comfort, trans!pregnant!Oswald, buff!riddler)

Tightly Bound (Riddlebird, buff!riddler)

Non-existent (Riddlebird, Hattercrow, trans!Ed, trans!Jonathan)

If I Was A Flower Growing Wild And Free All I'd Want Is You To Be My Sweet Honey Bee Chapter 1 (Harlivy, temporary Ivy x Kiteman, pregnant!Ivy)

If I Was A Flower Growing Wild And Free All I'd Want Is You To Be My Sweet Honey Bee Chapter 2 (Harlivy, temporary Ivy x Kiteman, pregnant!Ivy)

If I Was A Flower Growing Wild And Free All I'd Want Is You To Be My Sweet Honey Bee Chapter 3 (Harlivy, temporary Ivy x Kiteman, pregnant!Ivy)

If I Was A Flower Growing Wild And Free All I'd Want Is You To Be My Sweet Honey Bee Chapter 4 (Harlivy, pregnant!Ivy)

If I Was A Flower Growing Wild And Free All I'd Want Is You To Be My Sweet Honey Bee Chapter 5 (Harley Quinn show, Harlivy, pregnant!Ivy)

If I Was A Flower Growing Wild And Free All I'd Want Is You To Be My Sweet Honey Bee Chapter 6 FINAL (Harley Quinn show, Harlivy, riddlebird)

Merlin (2008):

Through Infirmity (Merthur sickfic)

Ash VS Evil Dead/The Evil Dead 1-3:

Away

You Ain’t Nothing But A Hound Dog

Better Dreams (Ash vs Evil Dead)

Star Trek: The Next Generation :

New Tricks (Daforge)

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Broadway):

Two Boys On A Bench (Broadway CatCF, Mike x Augustus)

Harvester (1996):

How they spend Valentine’s Day with you part 1

How they spend Valentine’s Day with you part 2

#oswald cobblepot #gotham #edward nygma #nygmobblepot #the penguin #riddlebird #the riddler #harvester 1996 #daforge #geordi la forge #data tng #merthur #hattercrow #jervis tetch #jonathan crane #ash vs evil dead

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