I loved both the performances here.Ā Cory got to show us this utterly destroyed Ed; with his intelligence gone he is left with nothing.Ā But Robin, damn son.Ā He managed to look like he was about three seconds from crying almost the entire time.Ā He gave us catty and heartbroken and pitying.Ā And right here, for a moment, I think he gave us relief.
Youāre not smart anymore!Ā Youāre not Riddler anymore!Ā Youāre not a danger, and look, you donāt even *really* want to kill me now that youāre not that name I wonāt say anymore-
And then in just a few moments, he realizes Ed isnāt only not the Riddler, who is obsessed with killing Os ā¦Ā he also isnāt Ed Nygma, the man Oswald canāt talk himself out of being in love with.Ā He says it.Ā Out loud.Ā Youāre not Ed Nygma.
This is not the face of a man who doesnāt care. Cāmon, Edward āI donāt love himā Nygma.
can i just say, if you just kind of look at this for a few seconds, you realize that heās not exactly just breathing in deeply. if you look at his chin and mouth when he breathes in, you notice that heās kind of stuttering, like heās about cry and is trying to stave it off, heās quivering