#okay, let’s talk about this #i know that ed was insistent sometimes but #he was truly sweet to kristen at the beginning and she always treated him like he was nothing, making him feel useless and weird #c’mon look at his face in the left gifs #and now let’s talk about ed’s genuine smile when oswald showed him kindness and appreciation #he’s the first person who’s kind to him and who truly admire him #sooo wake up ed the love of your life is right in front of you
Like I feel bad for her cause having a guy insist on being with you when it’s obvious you aren’t into him is scary and maddening.
But also like you said there is the point where she did treat him like garbage, then she only dated him cause he got shot for her and told her they were going to date. She never really loved him, she just wanted to make him a guy she would want. Oswald on the other hand seems to accept and genuinely enjoy Ed and his things that make him Ed.
^ Exactly!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
>Oswald wanted him around, exactly as he was.
>Kristen didn’t want him around, and when she did deign to have him around he had to change the way he acted to please her.please tell me which one is healthier like??? >>>it’s a rhetorical question
#Gotham#I’m crying you can see how confusing this is for Ed he’s never had someone love him just how he is before#look at the confusion on his face in the last gif when Oswald hugs him#God poor Ed#no wonder he didn’t know Oswald was in love with him#how could he ?#and yeah like he WAS bothering Kringle and it IS really scary to make a guy stop doing that#but she never drew like clear boundaries and by s2 it makes sense why she didn’t she’s DATING him now#she had a lotttt of issues but I wish she had at least like said ‘Ed you gotta stop I’m not interested’ but clearly she was eventually so#even tho it was fake like Anna said#she’s so frustrated with his weird quirks at the fondue dinner but she’s TRYING to have fun#look at her behavior compared to how much Oswald enjoys Ed’s silliness over Chinese takeout (via @flux–and–flow)
bitCH!!! BITCH!!!!
Listen… This is why I didn’t and will never ship Ed and Kristen. She was mean to him and treated him like dirt. Like I understand that he was making unwanted advances but Ed didn’t understand that what he doing wasn’t okay. He doesn’t understand social interaction all that well, that was made clear in season 1.
All Kristen did was yell and say mean things to him but I don’t think she ever told him that she wasn’t interested in him. Maybe she did and it just wasn’t shown and I know it’s clear to everyone else that she’s not interested but it clearly wasn’t to Ed. And I get it, telling a guy to back off can be scary but she had no problem yelling at him and telling him that he is odd straight to his face, so I don’t think that was the issue. I think she found Ed annoying and weird but still liked the attention that he gave her.
Like, I have a friend who used to have someone like her the way Ed liked Kristen. He did things for her and gave her gifts, called her phone a lot and sent texts despite her not replying, and basically stalked her so much that she would refer to him as ‘stalker’ when we would talk about him. But, while she yelled at him sometimes for his behavior she never told him to back off because he wasn’t threatening or dangerous. She also never let me go after him for any of the weird shit he did even though I told her that I would beat him up and tell him off for her if he ever got to be too much (I was a violent person before). But the reason for that, as I found of later, was because she liked the attention even if she didn’t like him and found him annoying. I think Kristen was the same way.
She didn’t want to encourage his feelings in anyway but she also still wanted to continue to receive attention from him. And listen, I’m not just pulling this out of nowhere.
Remember the scene where Kristen walked in while Ed had Officer Dougherty’s body in the sink? When Ed and Kristen interact normally Ed would compliment her or tell her a riddle, but in this instant she asks him questions and he just answers them and then waits for her to leave. No riddle, no compliment, nothing. When he tells her that he has to get back to work and he needs her to leave and he basically kicks her out, her reaction is one of surprise. She’s just like, uhh okay, and gets ushered out the door. Ed’s not normally one to kick her out, normally she’s the one kicking him out. I think she was stalling a bit because she was expecting the usual riddle or compliment from Ed but wasn’t getting one, and didn’t get one. So, yeah, while she doesn’t like Ed she likes his attention.
Even when she decides to date him, she only liked him because he was acting differently. She never liked Ed for him. She wanted him to change.
Oswald however, accepted Ed for who he was. Never expecting him to change, loving him and all his quirks, and constantly giving him positive feedback and validation. Oswald was the first person to truly show him kindness and genuine appreciation. Oswald is the true love of Edward’s life. He just needs to figure that out and I hope he does soon.
THIS ^ God this was brilliant. I needed this. Couldn’t have said it better myself.
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