Tag: elijah van dahl

What if Ed came looking for Oswald after he turned him away aka how about a fic where Elijah mistakes Ed for Os’ boyfriend and Nice!wald is so naive and sweet he’s playing right into it.

thedeevirus:

Also added to AO3: ‘Shall I Be Mother?’

The title is a reference to an antiquated saying that basically translates to: ‘Shall I pour the tea?’

Enjoy!

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‘Ed! You came!’

Oswald beamed as he embraced Ed tightly. Ed allowed it, patting Oswald’s back companionably.

‘Hello Oswald’, Ed said, even though the person in front of him seemed a poor imitation of The Penguin he had known.

Whilst his clothes were expensive as always, Oswald was dressed in drab shades and his hair, whilst clean was limp and combed so extensively it seemed plastered to his head. Worst of all was Oswald’s smile: it seemed almost painted on and did not quite reach his eyes despite his apparently genuine tone. It reminded Ed of the kind of smile someone wore after accidentally hitting their funny bone.

‘You’re looking well’, Ed lied as he followed Oswald into the mansion.

‘Better than last time you saw me I bet’, Oswald laughed, gesturing for Ed to follow him up a staircase.

‘Your letter said this place was big’, Ed said with an appreciative whistle.

‘Isn’t it? It would get awfully lonely if I didn’t have my family living here with me’.

Ed recalled Oswald mentioning these ‘family members’ in his letter. He hoped he wasn’t about to be sidelined into a meet and greet with some long lost cousin or something. He had important things to discuss with Oswald. He hid his dismay as they entered a drawing room and Oswald introduced him to an older man with the same delicate features and dark hair.

‘This is my father, Elijah Van Dahl. Father, this is Ed’.

‘Ed Nygma’, Ed said politely, extending a hand.

‘Your reputation precedes you’, Elijah said, his voice soft but his grip firm as they shook hands.

Ed noted the faint chemical smell, the swollen veins on Elijah’s neck and the paper like texture of his hand. As he stirred in his armchair, Ed heard a faint rasp in Elijah’s breath at the slight movement. He wondered if Oswald knew his father was sick.

‘All good I hope?’ Ed half joked.

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honeybeehum:

granpappy-winchester:

#thank you Gotham#thank you thank you#I have problems and criticisms and concerns#but there are so many moments on this show that have truly and genuinely resonated with me#the subtlety of this – the lingering impact of suicide and the way trauma and mental illness can slip down through generations#the way Oswald believes in ghosts and worries about hell and stands at the edge of precipices#the way he clings to emotions and impulses to propel himself forward by power of will#the seductiveness of his loneliness and how he sets himself apart by choice#how much he wants love and connection and how terrifying it is for him to lower his walls#how manipulation is a serviceable substitute that lets him stay in control#(stay SAFE)#his careful balance of self-awareness and recklessness – actively seeking out things he can want and reasons to wake up in the morning#and especially ESPECIALLY the way his face crumples here at the recognition#post-Arkham Oswald is still Oswald#it’s just Oswald without his violent and narcissistic coping mechanisms#and that breaks my heart because
 I KNOW that look#Gotham#Oswald Cobblepot#(there’s a reason this is my favorite show. sometimes I just forget) ( @sure-as-eggs )

God damn, those tags.

Source: mymycorrhizae

rose-for-dead-alice:

Ed’s always been wrong about Oswald being selfish when it comes to love
.It mostly comes down to Ed never being there to see the times Oswald has been selfless or more than willing to die to ave somebody he loves, also Oswald has never told him anything cause he obviously never felt there was a reason to.

Os did so much, made himself a slave for Theo just to ensure his mother would be safe. Os would have happily let Grace kill him if it would have meant his dad living, and Oz just spent an entire episode going through so much shit to ensure that a kid he barely knows stays safe mentally/physically and alive.

So yeah Ed can choke on a dick when it comes to Os not knowing how to put others before himself cause he’s done it three times now.

sexy-psycho-killer:

akstruce:

We are better off unencumbered.

what truly killed me was the darn soundtrack. “nygma frees penguin’s mind” is the music they used in both of these scenes? gotham is seldom subtle but this is outright agonising? there are tears on my face? honestly every scene with that ost makes me Emotional.

I feel like his love for his mother and his father also weakened him too; he was in a bad spot when people threatened/ killed them. They were used as ammo against him, whereas Ed was both the ammo and the gun. A different type of love. A different type of ammo.

Source: akstruce

toriirdz:

mymycorrhizae:

joy-delarge:

oswalddcobblepot:

Oswald + Fear

I know how murdering people in cold blood is bad and shit, but to me this is one of the worst thing that has been done to someone in gotham.
It just made me so angry.

Ya, that’s his father’s corpse
 doesn’t get more fucked up than that.

Don’t even come at me again saying he deserved this from all the things Ed did to him for revenge, i know Oswald is a very sick person and has done terrible things too but this was too much and didn’t even suit the character development for Nygma. Just. too.much.

Source: oswalddcobblepot