#he was edward and now he's batman

[roses-luckride]

RIDDLER BRAINROT REAL?!? (NOT CLICKBAIT)

#posting these here because i need to make sure EVERYONE sees the riddler sketches and wip art i made in all their uncropped glory #otherwise I'll DISINTEGRATE #(anyways hate insta cropping so shart) #anyways #riddler #batman unburied #batman unburied riddler #arkhamverse #arkhamverse riddler #arkham knight #edward nygma #edward nigma #edward nashton #why does he have so many different names #my mans needs to choose one and stick with it/j #also brainrot so real 90% of what i draw now is this dude and myself #arkham riddler #unburied riddler

[lustwithoutlore]

Batman: That's enough, Riddler! Time to end this!

Riddler: Good luck, Batman! All the cards are in my hand!

Batman: Uh, Eddie, that's not exactly how you win.

Batman, putting down a card: Anyways, Uno....

Riddler, throwing his cards on the table: GODDAMMIT!

#bruce wayne is an uno queen #riddler is diehard stacking 4+ cards #but bruce is too much of a gd rule follower to allow that #booooo batman #uno is ALWAYS stacking 4+ cards #everyone expects batman to play chess or mahjong #but dick grayson always wanted to play uno or gold fish with bruce when he first adopted him #so now bruce is extremely biased towards uno #bc if was the first time him and dick bonded #now he plays uno with eddie bc dick moved to bludhaven and bruce is SAD #batman #bruce wayne #riddler #edward nygma #batfam memes #batfam #dc comics #dc universe #the batman #robert pattinson #paul dano #the batman 2022 #dano riddler #dick grayson #nightwing #robin dc #batman and robin #batman and riddler

[bandicoot88]

Actually went up on his tippy toes to make himself appear bigger. Cute! 😂

#Batman #Gotham #Nygmobblepot #Oswald Cobblepot #Edward Nygma #Penguin #Riddler #My Gifs #My Batman Gifs #My Gotham Gifs #Batman Gifs #Gotham Gifs #Gifs #can't believe he actually does this #this is how they bicker all the time in the future #it's canon in my head now

[cheetahspy]

Class doodle I felt proud enough to post

I hate his pathetic ass so much *squishes his cheeks and pecks his forehead and sends him off with cookies and a glass of milk*

#digital art of him slowly coming along #but for now have a small sketch of Mr. baby face #he’s just a wittle guy *hides his long list of crimes* #riddler #riddler 2022 #Paul Dano #paul dano riddler #edward nashton #fanart #traditional art #the Batman #the batman 2022 #the riddler fanart

[abiscuit]

Hello tumblr. Please take this fanart I poured my mind body soul and riddles into it.

#I shaded riddlers mouth weird and now it looks like he’s wearing black lipstick #the riddler #Batman #edward nygma #query and echo #echo and query #riddler #edward nashton #fanart #Batman fanart #riddler fanart #query and echo are holding hands btw #this is my first fanart of basically anything I am hyped #grantsrants

[ghostofadragon]

🦇 SAME BAT TIME SAME BAT PODCAST

#SORRY IF THERE ARE MISTAKES ITS PAST 3 AM #ok first of all. yes i gave the riddler a 70s leisure suit. no he does not have this in the show. this is MY fever dream poster and ILL do w #hat i want with it #and second of all this piece is kind of tonally disjoined but its fine the podcast also varies widlly in tone at times #not that im complaining mind you its very funny and good #my artwork #batman #batman unburied #barbara gordon #edward nygma #bruce wayne #blood tw #i do not know what to tag the morgue imagery for so im just leaving it there for now

[r3djywhyn0t]

The Riddler trying to sell his own merch and failing

Imagine you're just watching tv in the middle of the night and then this horrifying commercial comes on

And then no one showed up 😭

(Poor guy. It's not like it's his fault that other rogues are more popular and likeable. It's just that everyone in Gotham is a fucking moron!)

#edward nygma #the riddler #batman fanart #dc #rogues gallery #batman rogues #hehe hes a gif now #no one even needs his stupid riddler trophes or Minifigures #poor little guy #he went broke after that #redjy draws requests!

[the-swift-tricker]

enough with the turtlenecks bruce wayne walks around the manor dressed like edward gorey and all his kids hate it so much

#he's not being even remotely ironic #he used to wear nirvana shirts but now that he's in his forties he exclusively wears shit like this #bruce wayne #batfam #batman #dc comics #edward gorey #swift-tricker's posts

[ed89]

(warning for the loud kettle hissing noise at the start)

"am i interrupting?" "yes." "i dont care"

#hes so rude (endearing) #this is the first riddler that ive just fallen in love with i understand the hype now #batman #batman unburied #riddler #edward nygma

[hamandeggbun]

girl's night!! 💟💕 (click for quality:)

#ham art #batman unburied #barbara gordon #edward nygma #podcast #fanart #still playing around with their designs #wasnt aware of how much i dont know how to draw perspective until now #is hard #anyways this is their weekly sleepover #on friday nights ed breaks into babs' apartment and eats her food until she gets home #then they hang out #sometimes as a fun twist he breaks into her home with food like some terrible takeout and they eat that #inspired by me being excited by the idea that they're both dyed gingers n having a little fun w it #gave up on making fun books for babs' pile so shes also just reading my current fav lol #batman fanart #Bruce wayne #Batman

[penguinseathearts]

so did selina and bruce just kinda had to deal with them

#you know he did! #i just know it i feel it in my bones #him selina and bruce were all besties in middle school as well #they’re all dating now as well #the batman #batman #the riddler #riddler #edward nashton #edward nygma #paul dano #paul dano riddler #danonation

[purplelurkinghini]

BATMAN UNBURIED (2022)

S1EP2 | S1EP4 | S1EP2

#Batman #Bruce Wayne #Batman Unburied #Edward Nygma #Riddler #Cornelius Stirk #Harvester #The Harvester #The Riddler #It's been sitting in my Drafts for a while now #and it's yet another thread connecting them #but that's nothing new #Bruce is hesitant to own up to it #but Ed and Cornelius are broken enough to wave back at the cracked reflection #Though you notice how Ed tries to fix himself by first admitting that he is indeed a 'crook' #while Cornelius has a different approach to the issue #which is to lean it ALL THE WAY

[fourcorpsmen]

are you ready, gotham city? it is the arrival of my 12-inch riddler figurine wielding a riddler charm of his own.

#telegraph wire #the batman #the riddler #edward nashton #edward #etc #he stands on my work desk now this is great

[forevercloudnine]

So was Oswald being polite by not openly referring to Bruce Wayne as Batman’s sugar daddy, or did the mercury poisoning also give him some form of amnesia, because...

#bruce wayne #oswald cobblepot #penguin #failsafe #chip zdarsky #batman 125 #also he's friends with edward who was extremely loud about his 'bruce wayne is batman's sugar daddy' back in the new 52 #OR does everyone just assume that batman has found someone else now that bruce wayne has gone down to a millionaire #i'm going to go with that because it's the much funnier option #batman disloyal golddigging hoe confirmed #anyway rip oswald. i'm assuming that you were faking your death #and that's how the failsafe plot is going to be resolved #but if not then i hope you get to have fun with your wife who's a literal penguin in bird heaven #or. more likely. bird hell #at least until someone injects you with lazarus juice and you join the ranks of batman villains who got task force z-ed

[ed-nygma]

I think some people have been watching The Batman (2022) and missing the point of the Riddler as a villain. Now, what follows is my own interpretation of the character, and this being a subjective matter means there's no real answer. Just keep in mind this is a vague reply to a post I read recently, and that I'm not replying directly to it because I think it would be pointless to argue about something like this over the internet. (Plus, I acknowledge it's not that deep, but I wanted to talk about my own analysis of Edward)

The Riddler wasn't just lashing out, and he sure as hell wasn't fighting corruption. He wanted attention. That has always been, and will always be, the main driving force for him as a BATMAN villain. He uses a carefully constructed facade of righteousness and victimhood to draw people in. He has a cult personality, and he knows how to weaponize it. His goal was never justice, he never fell down a pipeline of radicalization due to the internet, HE used the internet as a tool to get OTHERS. And YES, you can draw parallels to problems happening in the real world right now, but I don't think drawing said parallels are enough to turn something into a 1:1 allegory.

Edward doesn't care about anyone but himself and those he perceives as equals (Batman, and I believe the same might apply to the Joker later in the Reevesverse). That's the reason he was fine allowing all of his followers to die for him while he stayed at Arkham. He never saw them as equals, and he never believed in a cause. He believed in himself, and he wanted vengeance for himself and himself alone. He had a vendetta against Gotham for what it did to him, not others, and, as such, he targeted the city.

However, unlike the Joker, the Riddler prefers positive attention. He likes to be praised and he likes to feel admired- he wants to be venerated and worshipped by people who genuinely believe he's a genius. This is why Edward hides behind morality and complex schemes, while the Joker engages in much more senseless plots. He knows he can attract more people by validating their own misery and, again, you can draw parallels to how people recruit disenfranchised men for extremist groups, but he never wanted to help a community, it doesn't matter what kind of sugary words he uses to charm his followers, he sent them on a suicide mission while he was safe at the asylum because he wanted the WHOLE CITY gone. That was his "cause." In fact, he idolized Batman not because of his morals and the way he was "helping" the city but rather because he liked the way people feared, respected (in some regards), and flaunted him. He thought he was cool, and he wanted to receive the same attention Batman was getting due to being neglected in the past, never feeling acknowledged. He drew inspiration from Batman because of this.

He's a cult leader- one who isn't devoted to any cause but himself. He wanted to destroy the city because he believed he had the right to do so due to his own personal misfortune, but he never wanted to fight corruption. If he was given the chance to become part of the elite Bruce Wayne is a part of, he would have happily taken it and never once looked back at the people who were once in a situation like his.

#long post #Anyway #I think people can be aware of what a villain represents while still having fun misrepresenting him in goofy art #Now I would be wary of that if I believed the Riddler to be an actual allegory for white supremacism #But that was not what I got from the character at all #I will say though that you can parallel him to many different types of real criminals #But I believe the main one is an opportunist cult leader. One whose only goal is entirely self serving #Should I need to pull my idpol card for this one I want everyone to know I'm a nd queer latino #Woobifying a villain =/= not being aware he's a bad person zzzzzz #And this is coming from someone who finds excessive woobification of Batman villains to be obnoxious #But let's not treat it like a moral sin #dc #batman #reevesverse #the batman #the batman 2022 #the riddler #edward nashton #paul dano

[note-a-bear]

It's really a shame that Beetlejuice is a Tim Burton movie because it goes so fucking hard

#like...early tim burton is actually kind of wonderful and beautiful #but he is such a fucking prick #i say this as someone who used to rewatch his batman movies regularly #and who still regularly rewatches beetlejuice #i could never watch edward scissorhands that much because it made me too emotional #and now....wellk #anyways