You know, the Raikou special is awfully dark by Pokemon standards. I kind of want to watch the dub just to see how much was keptâŠ
And then thereâs Bashou just standing there, watching. Heâs not about to get his hands dirty, but he also has absolutely no problem watching his partner rough up small children. I think these two more than anyone else prove that Musashi and Kojirou arenât representative of Team Rocket at all. (Domino, too, but she has her comic relief moments. Bashou and Buson are just straight-up nasty.)
Please donât mind me Iâm just having a Team Rocket moment right now aaaaah
When are Gotham going to invent some metahuman with reality-warping powers, or just go for it and bring in the fact that magic exists in the comics, so I can get an episode where Oswald and Jim find themselves in an alternate reality where Gothamâs kind of gone to hell. Bruce Wayne is dead, the Tetch virus had a way worse impact on the city and Fish and Falcone stepped in in the aftermath to carve it up between them⊠buuuut, silver lining, somehow the point of divergence for this timeline was that Ed never met Isabella, so not only is Oswald still Mayor, he and Ed are a couple and in the process of adopting Martin (also Jim and Lee got back together, but Oswald doesnât care about that part). Tension ensues between Jimâs âeven though this is a universe where things worked out better for me personally, I must put this right and restore the world as it wasâ stance and Oswaldâs âfuck you, Jim Gordon, why do you exist to ruin everything, this timeline is flawless and I would personally kill a thousand billionaire orphans to maintain it if I had toâ counterargument.
ThisâŠsounds like the perfect idea for a fic. Someone write it!
I donât think Iâve ever read anything more in-character than that Oswald quote omfg
Next week, Gotham is bringing another Bat-villain to its nightmarishly delightful take on DC Comics in the form of Michael Cerverisâs Professor Pyg. But apparently, frequent Broadway star Cerveris will be bring a bit of the olâ razzle dazzle with him, alongside⊠well, you know. The âgruesome serial killer with a creepy pig maskâ stuff.
Ceveris dished on his multi-episode stint at Pyg to USA Today, revealing thatâplease pretend to be surprised for a momentâthat the noted murderer will find a kindred spirit on the show, in the form of fellow noted murderer Jim Gordon.
According to the site, Pygâs arrival in Gotham City leads to a string of cops being brutally murdered as part of Pygâs twisted sense of justice⊠except for Jim Gordon, who finds his fellow officers of the law turning against him when they realize the reason he isnât on Pygâs kill list is because Pyg doesnât see Gordon as a corrupt cop. Which is odd, considering that Jim Gordon a) has killed a shit-ton of people and b) is currently using Sofia Falcone to raise an army of criminals to stop Penguinâs very effective crime prevention program. But anyway.
The real delight of Pygâs arrival on Gotham, according to Cerveris, is not his relationship with Jim, but a planned encounter with the Penguin⊠which of course leads to Professor Pyg starring in his own âsong-and-dance number.â
âEspecially when they had somebody who played Sweeney Todd, they knew the direction they wanted to go,â Cerveris says, adding that he hopes Broadway fans who donât watch Gotham âmight give it a look simply because of that, and find that they have a new favorite show.â
I love the idea of Broadway fans tuning into Gotham only to find a serial killer in a pig mask doing a showtune. Love it.
Professor Pyg squeals his way onto Gotham starting next Thursday, October 26.
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