Everyone knows they are a couple. Itās a thing. If one of them is arrested the first point of action is figuring out where the other one is.
Oswald starts wearing the top-hat to look taller – which Edward counteracts by starting to wear heels
They go out on dinner dates a lot. Other peoples ādinner and a movieā is their ādinner and armed robberyā
Bickering like an old married couple is standard procedure but the thing that makes people even more uncomfortable is the fact that these arguments will always end with a ābecause you love meā and extended eye fucking.
Oswald was a little self-concious when he started to gain weight but Edward made it very clear that he does not mind and intends to shoot everyone who does in the knee
While bickering, theyāll still play the āyou killed meā and āyou killed my girlfriendā card but at this point the details got a little muddy like, āAre you sure she wasnāt called Isabell? Are you sure Edward?ā
Harvey is weirdly happy for them and whenever someone calls him out on it he goes āSomeone around here has to have a healthy, stable relationship and since it sure as hell aināt me or you it might as well be themā
They wouldnāt admit it if anyone asked but they do visit the pier on their anniversary now and then and make some good memories to override the bad ones. Ed always loved the view, after all.
Despite what people may think, they are really good for each other. Oswald reminds Edward to take his medication and calms him down when heās anxious. Edward rubs Oswalds leg when it hurts and keeps his temper in check.
Jim got an invite for the wedding. As in: Someone put a bag over his head and dragged him to the church where a priest was held at gun point. Oswald welcomed his āold friendā heartily and declared him best man.
alright, no jokes, what i actually really loved about tonightās episode is that it took Jeremiah revealing it for everyone to realize that Jerome wasnāt behind the whole plot, except Oswald. He took a cursory look at the situation and immediately knew that Jerome wasnāt doing this all from beyond the grave and that someone else was in charge now. I really really liked that.
Presentingā¦.The Use ofĀ āFreakā in Gotham (so far)
Lisa and I have been talking about this for months (especially regarding itās pejorative queer-coded use) and I have (finally) collected every (as of 4×03) reference
to someone in Gotham being called a freak or being described as one:
Unsurprisingly Oswald and Strangeās Monsters are called freak the most, with Azrael, Bridgit, and Ed tied for second place.Ā
The only people to self identify as a freak are Ivy and Oswald.Ā
Cops are the biggest users of the word, accounting for almost 1/3 of these (and Bullock accounting for more than half of those).Ā Ā
None of Strangeās Monsters are ever referred to directly as freak. Oswald is referred to directly 3 times, and Bridgit and Ed are referred to directly 2 times.Ā
Freak is used almost exclusively used for villains and true to comics, villains of a particular type. Even when Fish has powers, sheās wasnāt called a freak, and Mafiosi are never freaks, only masked villains (to quote Harvey āanother freak in a mask, awesomeā) and those with super abilities. (Which makes Oswald here so interesting since in the comics heās much closer to a gangster type, and in Gotham too, than the freakish masked villain type, hence the queer-coded pejorative discussion. Ogden Barker calls Oswald a freak immediately after referring to him as a āfruitcake leprechaun soā¦ And both Ed and Oswald end up killing someone in reaction to being called a freak)
Thereās a ton more info in the document (including the full line, who said it, if at was said directly, and if it was a self identification) which can be found hereĀ but this feels like enough to be getting on with. And Iāll update the list as we go through s4,Ā
[*] at the beginning of the quote means the line refers to more than one person and has been entered again separately for each personĀ
oswald gets called a freak even more than iād thought, poor thing. no wonder he uses it for himself – likeĀ āpenguinā, sometimes itās better to take a word for yourself to lessen the sting and take back some power. iām sad they havenāt followed through with the whole freak family thing so far this season for exactly that reason; it was such a nice idea. and i 100% agree about the whole queercoding thing.
(also, it doesnāt surpise me at all that harvey is the one calling people freaks most of the time. that kind of thing seems to be his shtick.)
š„ There is beauty in destructionš„ 