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irisamelia:

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Further reactions to the preview:

“Kristen is the one person who like, floods him with this history of who he used to be and what he used to want, and he can’t help but be like, consumed by what could potentially be a second chance.”

Cory says that Isabella brings Edward back to who he was before he killed Kristen. Yet Edward has repeatedly said that he likes who he is now, and he is certainly “hitting his stride” working for Oswald. Cory has said that Edward enjoys working for Penguin and has fun manipulating things in his favor, it’s literally the perfect job for him.

He has everything he wants.

Going off of that, when Ed said “what more could anyone ask for” to Oswald I feel like he was saying it too, y’know? He is just so happy where he is right now.

I think that he truly does not want to go back to who he was, but I also think that he’s going to explore the possibility and entertain the idea for the time being with Isabella anyway. This is because he wants to be sure that Oswald- and a life of Riddles™  and Crime™ – are what he truly wants

Which, I mean, DUH. He’s gonna become The Riddler, of course he doesn’t want Isabella and what she represents. She is a kind of metaphor for what Edward used to want, and where he wanted it from: love, praise, and acceptance from peers. He still wants those things, those feelings, but he is receiving them from a different source. Right now, he is getting what he truly desires more than anything from Oswald, and through more nefarious means than Kristen (‘normalcy’) offered.

TD;DR Ed is getting closure from his old life by using Isabella. This is part of his his journey to becoming The Riddler; he needs to completely leave Kristen and everything she represents behind in order to fully commit. But this is Gotham so of course it’s going to go horribly wrong 🙂

gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh *crying*

-pats your head-
I know… I know…

Fuck… it went horribly wrong, just like I thought when she was first introduced.

As in Ed didn’t let go of her through a conscious decision; Oswald made the decision for him

He is getting closer to becoming the Riddler

Hopefully he will realize that Oswald still satisfies what he needs most 🙏