gotham – Page 48 – 🔥 There is beauty in destruction🔥

CR: She wants to take over Gotham so she can impress him (her father). She feels as though she has to manipulate her way into people’s lives to do that, so she has a relationship with Penguin and Gordon, and she’s trying to create a spiderweb somehow.

RLT: Our characters are intrinsically linked because again it’s about love for the both of them. Both of them go about their lives, and you know, making their plans and doing what they do, because there is a desire for love that isn’t being fulfilled. She’s looking for the love and approval of her father, Oswald is looking for the, you know, the love and approval of anyone really, even though I just said he’s closed down but deep down, that’s still his emotional center.

Crystal Reed and Robin Lord Taylor discuss Sofia and Oswald’s relationship in S4. (via languageofbirds)

@vampirebillionaire re: your tags. Her reminding him of Fish is something I hadn’t considered – on paper, there’s nothing about her that would really appeal to Oswald enough to make him vulnerable. It seems like she’s going to be playing both sides, so maybe she encourages him and presses some buttons. Maybe that’s why he has purple streaks in his hair, because he’s full of Fish emotions.

(via maysgreatnewusername)

Source: languageofbirds

mymycorrhizae:

undeclaredmilk:

mymycorrhizae:

2×06 & 3×14

I have to wonder how much self-loathing came crashing down on Ed, once Oswald confessed to killing Isabella, and realizing he’d given the same excuses to Kristen when he confessed to killing Dougherty.

Maybe that’s why, when he grabbed Oswald’s face, he seemed to go from angry to hurt. Maybe he saw himself, pathetically begging for understanding, in Oswald’s eyes and couldn’t stand how similar they really were. Quite possibly the catalyst for his obsession with destroying Oswald.

“If he goes away, that part of me goes away too, and nothing will ever hurt me again.”

Oh, umm, I actually don’t think he felt any self-loathing over that. In fact, I think Ed would be furious if anyone tried to compare the two situations. He would use the defense that Dougherty was abusive while Isabella was innocent. And while I don’t disagree with that, I think he’d be missing the point that killing someone’s gf/bf without their knowledge because you thought it was in their best interest, is just wrong. Also the “I killed him because he was hurting you” excuse doesn’t work for why he killed Kristen. Just going to draw attention to the last gif for a second:

There’s a reason I decided to include the footage of him strangling her instead of just cutting off after his words. It’s to show the irony in telling a woman that you were just trying to protect her from abuse, while strangling her with one hand and covering her mouth with the other. Also, he kills her right after she says that she’ll turn him in and he’ll be sent to Arkham. It definitely wasn’t an accident but I think Ed has probably convinced himself that it was. So, I really don’t think he would make the connection between the two situation, despite the similarities.

Source: mymycorrhizae

gothamdefiant:

Nygmobblepot Parallels
|Hands|

Source: toosweetmox

witchunters:

backwardabyss:

Well, I believe the answer is yes. She would be proud. Oswald, look at everything you’ve achieved. The people love you. Gangs fear you. And tomorrow night the creme of Gotham will be gathering to celebrate you.

#Oswald ‘tell me i’m a good boy’ Cobblepot #Ed lays the praise on so damn thick in this scene #partly bc it’s true and he believes it all but also partly bc he knows what oswald needs and Oswald needs the praise #he gets Oswald to smile and tear up more and he just stands there smiling to himself like a nerd bc he likes making Oswald feel good #lol….bye. #if there’s low-key kink in these tags it’s bc there’s low-key kink in this SCENE #i take no responsibility for what the show DOES and i have to DEAL WITH

Source: backwardabyss

thatdiscovampirething:

Okay, so…

I haven’t seen episode 2 yet, but I’ve heard that Ivy apparently hates Oswald now, and that he had it coming because he’s been being a dick to her, and I have a few thoughts on that.

People have been saying that Oswald doesn’t learn his lessons and keeps getting stuck in the same patterns, and yeah, there’s definite merit to that, but my take on it is that he mostly just keeps picking the wrong parts of his experiences to learn from.

Keep reading

THIS^

And it really is so sad and such a hard lesson to learn when you’ve been put down time and time again. I personally know EXACTLY how Oswald feels and I really have wanted to just shut off any sort of compassion and trust for that same reason because the end result is always too risky and painful, but like you said it just doesn’t work. No matter how much one may hate the idea of getting close to people for fear of betrayal and hurt, it’s just impossible to do. As human beings we’re social creatures who need interaction and help to survive. And yeah it sucks. It really does. Especially when you have suffered and lost precious people like Ozzie has.

Ultimatley, Oswald does need to learn to get past this. But after, no doubt, so many years of being put down and stomped on, and especially since this seems to stem from early childhood too, it will be really difficult. Changing such a mindset will take a lot of work. Months and years even, depending on how deep the hurt and wounds extend. Though it doesn’t just come down to Oswald in doing all the work. He also needs other people by his side who can see and understand this. To help him through this and help him realize this. Of course, people willing to be patient and really understand, without judging or leaving is really hard to find. Especially in a place like Gotham.

I know Oswald during this time will yeah, be shitty likely, and try to push others harder away, but others have to understand his point of view and remain firm and stay by his side. Again patience and comprehension is important. Especially loyalty. Then maybe they can start to change his views.

I really hope we can see Oswald grow as a character and come back stronger once he realizes this, while still being the adorable and cunning bird we love.