#victor the penguin

[terminalskies]

penguin finale spoilers/theory(?) about victor

you're not delusional. victor is most likely still alive and i have a few reasons to suggest this.

if he was thrown into the water with his ID, this would be a much different story. but that's not what happened. instead he was left there on the ground. choked and suffocated yes, but it wasn't for a very long time and even then oz didn't check his pulse. he most likely just passed out from lack of air.

so here's the thing: victor aguilar is dead. that's for certain. victor aguilar has been washed away along with his old life. but the character, himself, is most likely alive. and if i'm right about the points i'm about to make, he's about to be really important. in fact, i'm going to go out on a limb and say that he's robin, or the red hood.

first let's talk about costuming. costuming has been used a major visual storytelling element in this show and that's difficult to ignore. it happened with sofia when she finally embraced her identity. she danced around in that light, yellow dress to showcase her satisfaction vibrantly. oswald at times, wore purple, in order to echo his further corruption and also reference his comic design. meanwhile, victor has almost always been wearing the color red. red shirts, red coat, you name it. it's not an obvious clue, but it's something i definetely noticed.

a second thing to note is the similarities in origin story to jason todd. victor's lost his entire family, just like robin. he was then found at his lowest point in life stealing wheels off a car. in victor's case it was oswald's sports car, but in robin's case it was the batmobile.

thirdly, he was beaten by a crowbar. can't forget that. jason todd's infamous death was caused by the joker beating him to death with a crowbar. victor was beaten by sofia, but he did not die. still, isn't it a weird choice of weapon? out of character for sofia and definetely intended as an easter egg worth picking out.

and so, i believe that there's still time for him, especially with the bat signal appearing in the sky at the final frame. i very very well expect batman to find him, and that we're going to be seeing him again relatively soon.

or, at least, i hope so. we probably won't know until the second batman movie comes out in 2026

[eros-thanatos89]

Anyone in BCS/Lacho fandom watching The Penguin?? Just saw the finale and the Victor//Nacho parallels have literally destroyed me.

[animusrox]

The Penguin (2024) S01E08 "A Great Or Little Thing"

[alpacinosgf]

[dspectar]

Oz concocting his plans after continuously getting in situations

[strawberrybyers]

being a slut and mentally ill means i’d do really well as a patient in arkham asylum

[catnelli]

He deserved better

[outislovescomics]

oh ,,,,

[olympain]

THE PENGUIN: BLISS (2024) THE BATMAN (2022)

[intheupside]

“i’m sidney crosby and i’m giving a compliment to someone who can play the whole 60 minutes”

[picturesofspideyman]

Thinking about them again

[balls-heheh]

Oh fuck you-

[animusrox]

The Penguin (2024) S01E01 "After Hours" S01E08 "A Great Or Little Thing"

[opheliacore]

NOOOOO NOOOO NOOOOOOOOOO NOOOO

[alpacinosgf]

[keikoyume]

I’m almost sorry for all of those, the brainrot is real