#batman confidential

[l0verseyes]

Batman Confidential 26-28

#batman #batman confidential #riddlebat #bruce wayne #the riddler #edward nashton #edward nygma #draws #the batman

[matildaverse]

Little Riddler and Batman panel redraw of King Tut’s Tomb. (Not unburied universe cause my dumbass didn’t google Bruce)

#riddler #Edward Nygma #Batman #Gotham #rogues gallery #dc #dc comics #THIS IS NOT FROM UNBURIED JUST A PANEL REDRAW OF A COMIC #King tuts tomb #Batman confidential

[booster-boy]

I love these mfs sm

#edward nygma #batman #the riddler #ed nygma #riddler #bruce wayne #riddlebat #batman confidential

[cecexoxo]

Iconic moments featuring Brucie Wayne and Alfred from "Batman Confidential"

#dc comics #batman #bruce wayne #dc #comic panels #comics #dc universe #batfam #alfred pennyworth #brucie wayne #batman confidential #Bruce and Alfred

[eagledrawsandvibes]

I love it when Batman manhandles his villains, especially a twink like Riddler in this comic

Also some bonus Riddlebat images, like Riddler with the Batboobs and Batman admiring Riddler’s ass

#eagletalks #batman confidential #batman #edward nashton #edward nygma #the riddler #riddlebat #you can’t tell me they’re not in love #it’s literally a twink x hunk pairing #those are always great

[balu8]

"How might I help you....besides an honest critique of your fashion sense?"

Batman Confidential #17 by Fabian Nicieza; Kevin Maguire; I.L.L. and Sal Cipriano

DC

#dc comics #batman confidential #kevin maguire #fabian nicieza #comic book #batgirl

[surrender-souls]

theyre playing webkinz

#i speak #riddler #batman #batman confidential #dc #bruce wayne

[emma-d-klutz]

Ok the explosion of affection I felt immediately at Batman Unburied's Riddler being a condescending little jackass made me, like, really click in my mind how I feel about the character in a way that I can word now. And keep in mind, this is just going to be MY personal feelings and preferences and not real character analysis with reasoning behind it, so like if you feel differently, I'm not saying your take is wrong.

We good? Ok.

I think Riddler's best as an ally rather than an antagonist.

Why? Because he feels most like himself to me when he's just a little guy. A silly little billy with a genius intellect that he wholeheartedly devotes to riddles and puzzles and escape rooms just because that's genuinely what he’s passionate about and how he wishes to spend his time, and he will steal, hack, blackmail, and even take hostages as a means alone to this life's calling. He is a person who needs everyone everywhere to know all the time that he is the smartest and cutest person in the room or so help him god. He deeply loves Batman/Bruce Wayne in the way one who unironically called themself a “sapiosexual yandere” an online rp forum back when they were 14 deeply loves, and he will throw a tantrum if he doesn’t get enough attention. He roasts and gets roasted. He annoys and gets annoyed. He is just a funny little guy to me!

Now here's the issue:

In Gotham, rogues can be funny. Goofy - wacky even! It is in many ways encouraged. Securing your own campy gimmick is integral to getting into the rogue business there, and they mean it, the campier the better. HOWEVER, a rogue must still be seen as a threat. A real threat. Otherwise, you are nothing but a third string gag character.

So what is one to do with Eddie, who is a main and major rogue of Gotham's gallery so high ranking and OG he can contract and subjugate lower level villains into his plans and who is also just a funny little guy with motives that do not necessitate mass killings or disabling psychological torture? Well, I have seen properties tackle this by making him into a real threat with new or expanded end goals, and I have also seen properties decide to make him pathetic and snubbed, sadly relegated to a dejected gag.* And I don't particularly dislike or disrespect these as a whole. I'm more lukewarm to them, I guess. They still have my affection, but it is proportionally incomplete.

But when you make him an ally?

Well now! That’s a horse of a different color!!!

When Riddler’s an ally he can be competent and taken seriously while also being entirely a silly little guy who is insulting you and bragging. Full bombastic personality and full respectable skillset. AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH!! When he works as an ally, I go from “Eh, it’s the Riddler,” to becoming putty in this character’s gloved little jazz hands! And it’s not even about if he’s actually a reformed “good guy” or not. It’s entirely about letting him be powerful without making him scary. Er, to the audience. (You know, like how we know the Batfam scares the shit out of everyone, but as the audience, we’re not scared; we just think it’s funnier and cooler, because we’re in on it? I realize I’m overexplaining, and I thank you if you have read this ramble this far.)

I think comparable examples are Catwoman and Harley Quinn. Big, big name villainesses, yes. But Selina has always been more of a career thief than a coldblooded killer, and since she has a romance with the Bat, we don’t think of her as anything but an ally even when she continues to act as a rogue. She is allowed to cool and respected as a character without having to be the kind of crime you expect Batman to spend his time prioritizing. Harley, on the other hand, seems much more prone to murder now and forever, but because we always knew it was something she had been pulled into by the Joker, the audience already kind of saw her as an ally, and she often is one. Now she’s just a freewheeling antihero with a girl gang of roller derby baddies and other villainess/ex-villainess friends, associates, and love interests. And she’s still herself! She is just a funny little chick with a M.D.! She is bombastic and adorable and still very much able to pull her shit off. She annoys and is annoyed. A gremlin girl if you will. She is the easiest parallel, and I do not think it is pure happenstance that one of the times Eddie turned coat, she was involved in (and all the sirens were clients to) his detective agency. Nor, would I say, is it a coincidence that Eddie and Selina have also had a longterm friendship that’s-sometimes-slightly-more. Similar things are going on here, yaknowhaddimean?

But for some reason, Eddie’s switch to ally is the one of those three that just never sticks. And I have no theories as to why at this time. I just think, personally, that being a weird little grey-area character that is usually on the same side of the heroes is the best place for him. It is where he can best express being both a worthy rival and a little guy with glasses. You wouldn’t hit a guy with glasses, would you? Oh, you would. Ok.

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk, and goodnight. 

*Shout out to instances that split the difference and go, "The Riddler will mislead Batman into thinking he's a real and present danger, but the punchline is no humans were harmed and he has tricked the Batman into playing riddles with him and hanging out." Those feel like an achievable, believable compromise and also are always funny/cute.

#riddler #the riddler #edward nygma #edward nashton #batman unburied #batman #batman meta #gotham rogues #a war of jokes and riddles #the batman 2022 #batman the animated series comics #batman the animated series #the batman 2004 #batman confidential #batman arkham games #i'm just listing all the titles i can think of that crossed my mind while writing this that were relevant ok? #i'm sure i missed some. these tags are clogged and not gonna be useable in a search feature anyways. who cares? I'm siting sources here

[gothamsfinestdummy]

Was reading this on my break and just wanted to say that I really like this panel :)) love the “I’m having the time of our lives. Why would I want to escape?”

#the joker #batman confidential #I suppose this would be considered batjokes? he said this to Batman #batjokes #I suppose #ALSO Joker is really adorable in this comic #at least to me #he is very gorgeous to me #!!!

[allthatbloodshed]

Batman: Confidential #21

#i can not and will not be attracted to the joker #the SHOCK that went through my body when I saw this panel #looking like an anime character wtf #Batman #The Joker #Batman Confidential

[l0verseyes]

riddlers, riddlers everywhere

#batman #the riddler #edward nashton #edward nygma #draws #the batman #batman confidential #batman adventures #batman unburied #dc vs vampires

[just-an-enby-lemon]

I just wanna let very clear that the museum was totally right. Not only Edward had a huuge historic of stealing from it but he didn't even tried to defend himself by telling Tut that if the museum had brought the exibition he would not have robbed it. He even shows his interest in Egypt by knowing a lot about pharaos and having the pyramid texts about Atum memorized. If they had borrowed the exibition it would had be another loss for the Museum.

Also I love the implication that even though Batman was abble to arrest Riddler for robbing the museum all the other times somehow he never was abble to recover the itens Eddie stoled (and posibly neither the ones stoled by other rogues). Riddle boi tots disapeared with everything.

#edward nygma #riddler #batman confidential

[jovialjuggernaut-draws]

“friends kiss eachother right?” “no.” “i mean-” ??

"Friends kiss each other, right?"

"No."

"I mean-" Edward grinned, not seeming the least bit put off by Bruce's curt reply. "-It's a good thing we're not friends, then, isn't it?"

Bruce huffed with frustration, desperately attempting to keep the little creep's face from his own. "Enemies don't kiss each other, either."

"We're not enemies, not this time," Edward purred. "We're partners, remember? And partners certainly kiss each other."

"Not this kind of partnership," Bruce refuted.

"Aha!" Edward seemed far too pleased with the rebuttal. "So, you admit it is a partnership!"

Shit. A wordsmith to the bitter end. Bruce had nearly forgotten, with the way the Riddler had been plastering himself to his side all day, how much the man enjoyed running him in verbal circles. "We are not partners, you do not get to refer to me as your partner, and you do not get to kiss me. Am I making myself clear?"

Edward hummed, tracing a pattern loosely around the bat symbol on Bruce's chest. "What if I ask very, very nicely?"

"Then I will remind you, very nicely, that my answer is no."

"And… what if I then kissed you anyway?"

"I would break your nose," Bruce threatened.

Horrifyingly, Edward looked like he was seriously considering it.

Bruce heaved a sigh. "Fine. One. Then you solve the damned door puzzle and free us. De-"

Before he could even finish, Edward was tugging him down, surprisingly strong arms tugging him down to meet soft lips… strawberry-flavored?

"Are you wearing lip gloss?"

Edward giggled, kissing him again. "Ma~aybe."

"You planned this."

"And what would you do if I did?"

The kisses didn't let up. "I told you just one."

"Mmm… as long as our lips are still touching, it counts as one kiss," Edward claimed.

"By that logic, we could be here forever," Bruce pointed out.

"Maybe that's the plan. My evil, dastardly plan. Keep Batman off the streets by holding him hostage by the mouth. You never even considered the possibility, did you?"

Bruce rolled his eyes, gently pulling Edward's arms away so he could finally break contact, though he pressed his lips to the sharp line of Edward's jaw before pulling away, preemptively placating his protests. "If I let you do that, we would both starve to death, not to mention the murder we're still trying to prevent. The door?"

Edward pouted, but didn't press the matter. "Whatever you say, partner."

And for his own sanity, Bruce didn't press that matter, either.

#riddlebat #batriddler #batman confidential

[cecexoxo]

"Alfred? Why does my mask feel uncomfortable?"

"First time you've worn it smiling, I expect."

The reason for the uncomfortable mask:

Batman Confidential #7

God, I miss Alfred

#dc comics #batman #bruce wayne #alfred pennyworth #dc #comic panels #comics #dc universe #batfam #alfred is so funny #Batman confidential #dcu

[matildaverse]

I really like those slutty Jorge Jimènez comic covers so I tried to recreate them with Riddler and King tut lmao

#batman #fanart #the riddler #gotham #dc comics #edward nygma #king tut #Victor Goodman #Batman confidential #year of the villain #edward nashton #dc

[weirdefilippis]

Happy Dragon Age Day!

This year, for Dragon Age Day 2022, we’re donating copies of our work, Dragon Age and otherwise, that we will sign (and for some, so will Autumn).

It is all to support Trans Empowerment Project, so please go to the Unofficial Dragon Age Day campaign on Tiltify and see if any of our stuff seems worth a donation.

We have Dragon Age comics (Knight Errant, Deception, Blue Wraith, Dark Fortress, and the Wraiths of Tevinter Hardcover collection) plus New Mutants, New X-Men, Hellions, Maria’s Wedding, and Batman Confidential!

#dragon age day #dragon age dark fortress #blue wraith #vaea #fenris #autumn the mabari #dragon age comics #francesca invidus #dragon age deception #ser aaron hawthorne #dragon age knight errant #tiltify #trans empowerment project #new x men academy x #new mutants #hellions #batman confidential #king tut #the riddler #maria’s wedding #signed comics