nygmobbleblog:

I’ve just had a revelation

So I’ve seen a few posts lately wondering whatever happened to the origami penguin Ed gave Oswald in Arkham. Like everyone else, I want to believe that Oswald held onto it.

Problem is, I’ve tried to hold onto origami figurines, and it’s really fucking hard. Especially if it’s special to you and you don’t want it to get messed up. Eventually you move around, it gets moved from place to place, it gets torn and wrinkled and soft and impossible to preserve just on its own. So yeah, he probably wouldn’t have been able to hold onto it for long.

NOW ONTO MY REALIZATION.

Ed’s puzzle box.

The puzzle box Oswald gave him that no other man can solve but Ed solved in 0.2 seconds.

The puzzle box that I assume, based on that information, Ed did not keep.

Because honestly, why would he? Sentiment, maybe. But it would be incredibly unsatisfying to keep a puzzle like that once you’ve already solved it in 0.2 seconds. Especially when you’re Edward Nygma.

So what if Oswald kept it? More importantly, what if Oswald kept the origami penguin inside of it?

He would never have to worry about anyone finding out about his sentimentality, because no one can solve the puzzle box especially not the idiot goons with which he surrounds himself.

Except Ed. Which, in and of itself is a really beautiful metaphor.

Like, just imagine Ed breaks into Oswald’s house or office to plant some sort of trap, and he finds the puzzle box from all those years ago, and he opens it up and there’s this tiny, old, delicate wrapping paper penguin lovingly tucked right inside.