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An  indie,  highly private  and selective  RP  blog  for 𝙿𝙴𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙸𝙽 aka Oswald Cobblepot, heavily inspired by Fox's Gotham. Unaffiliated  with  any  fandom  or  RPC. 𝚁𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜 31. He/him pronouns. Highly sporadic activity.  Please   read  my  carrd  before  interacting. Headcanon and mixed media based.

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𝙱𝙻𝙰𝙲𝙺 𝙶𝙰𝚃𝙴 ::

Reposting  this  post  because  I  seriously  think  about  it  all  the  time,  like  G*tham  did  a  lot  of  weird  ass  stuff  but  this  was  one  of  the  most  stand-out-y  weird  things  for  me  so,  like,  yeah,  I’m  gonna  say  because  G*tham  was  SHIT it  gave  no  one  any  info  on  why  Oswald  suddenly  was  in  jail  for  10  yrs.  Seriously  none  at  all.  It  just  came  out  of  no  where.  So  I’ve  decided  to  think  about  it  and  try  to  sort  of  tie  it  together  with  something  else  I’ve  thought  of  repeatedly  for  like  the  entire  time  I  was  a  active  viewer  of  G*tham  andwrote  Oswald.

I  think  its  all  relevant  since  even  though  I’ve  mostly  moved  away  from  Gotham  and don’t  consider  my  Oswald  canon  particular  to  Gotham  anymore  I  still  take  heavy  inspiration  from  G*tham  when  it  comes  to  dealing  with  Oswald’s  background  /  early  life  as  in  spite  of  G*tham’s  flaws  it  was  one  of  the  best  portrays  of  Oswald  since  BTAS.

Anyway,  the  actual  reason  Oswald  did  10  years  in  blackgate  was  the  murderand  mutilation  of  his  stepmother  after  her  head  was  recovered  from  his mansion.  We  know  Oswald  kept  her  severed  head  as  a  trophy  so  it  was  still  floating  around  his  mansion.  I  don’t  have  precise  details  but  at  some  point  someone  realized  the  head  was  real,  sent  in  a  tip  to  the  authorities  and  an  investigation  that  Oswald  obviously  wasn’t  prepared  for  confirmed  this  grisly  truth.  It’s  unknown  who  made  the  tip  but  obviously  someone  who  worked  closely  with  Oswald  and had  been  in  his  home. Oswald  wasn’t  charged  with  the  murders  of  his  step  siblings  because  unlike  Grace  no  trace  of  them  was  ever  found,  so  he  was  acquitted  of  those  chargers.  No  body,  no  crime.  It  was  argued  Charlesand Sasha  simply  fled  town  after  the  murder  of  Elijah,  not  wanting  to  get  in  trouble.  

They’ve  never  been  found.  Oswald’s  big  mistake  was  keeping  Grace’s  severed  head,  obviously.  I  kind  toy  with  the  idea  of  WHO  could  have  snitched  on  him  but  really  as  I  said  I’m  gonna  leave  it  open  so  maybe  it  could  become  a  little  plot  nugget  at  some  point. Oswald’s  sentence  was  lessened  in  regard  to  Grace’s  murder  due  to  the  circumstances,  most  presently  the  fact  there  was  also  evidence  Grace  murdered  Elijah  and abused  Oswald  and  Oswald  acted  in  self  defense.  Not  to  mention  Oswald’s  documented  history  of  mental  illness  and  so  diminished  capacity  was  also  argued.  Oswald  might  have  gotten  out  of  trouble  all  together  if  it  wasn’t  for  his  violent  criminal  history  that  ultimately  worked  against  him.  Either  way,  Oswald  only  received  around  15  years  and  got  out  around  5  years  early  due  to  good  behavior and  a  spotless  record  while  in  prison  as  well  as  his  eagerness  and  willingness  to  participate  in  rehabilitation  programs  like  Anger  management.  

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𝙶𝙴𝙽𝙴𝚁𝙰𝙻 ::

Oswald  was  disabled  in  his  late  20s.  As  a  result.  he  walks  with  a  limp,  giving  him  his  characteristic  “penguin  waddle."  As  is  canon  with  Gotham,  this  was  punishment  for  “snitching”  on  his  then  boss,  Fish  Mooney.  Additionally  he  is  also  blind  in  one  eye and  wears  a  monocle  over  the  artificial  eye  for  aesthetic  purposes. Technically  he  requires  a  pair  of  reading  glasses,  but  of  course  he  does  not  wear  them  as  much  as  he  should.  Oswald  is  also  a  smoker  and has  been  since  his  late  teens.  He  always  hid  the  fact  from  his  mother  while  she  was  alive,  due  to  fearing  backlash  from  her.  Sometimes,  when  Oswald  returned  home  smelling  of  “perfume”  his  mother  would  accuse  him  of  being  in  relationships  with  women.  The  truth  was  often  that  Oswald  would  attempt  to  hide  any  cigarette  smell  with  perfume  from  the  woman's  dressing  room  at  Mooney’s.  Oswald’s  smoking  is  very  pronounced  in  his  later  years,  easily  considered  a  ‘chain  smoker’.  This  has  resulted  in  wheezing,  noted  as  Oswald's  iconic  "quack”.

Oswald's  most  notable  quirk  is  his  obsession  with  formal  wear.  He  is  known  most  famously  for  his  immaculate  dress  sense  andrarely  to  never  seen  outside  of  full  and proper  formal  wear  if  he  can  help  it.  He  does  NOT  skimp  on  the  details. For  Oswald  this  means  going  the  full  nine  yards,  including  undergarmentsandall  accessories,  ranging  from  tie  pins  to  cufflinks. Though  Oswald  didn’t  always  dress  this  way  it  has  become  something  that  is  nearing  compulsive  in  his  modern  andlater  years.  I  tend  to  describe  Oswald’s  love  of  suits  in  the  same  way  a  bird  loves  its  feathers  ━  a  bird  with  feather’s  is  beautiful,  a  bird  without  not  so  much. Due  to  the  dysmorphia  and  low  self-esteem  Oswald  suffers,  Oswald  gets  a  lot  of  confidence  and comfort  from  his  suits.  In  his  later  life,  Oswald  also  has  his  own  clothing  line  known  as  “K!ng  P!n"  of  course dealing  chiefly  in  formal  wear.  This  is  very  successful.  All  clothing  articles  carry  Oswald's  embodied  "Umbrella"  logo.

Oswald  in  his  later  years  has  came  to  possess  a  dozen  pet  penguins.  They  are  mostly  Gentoo  penguins  andOswald  refers  to  them  typically  as  his  babies  and/or  children.  Penguins  are  not  the  only  birds  Oswald  possesses  however  ━  he  also  has  a  pet  vulture  and an  ostrich.  If  left  to  his  own  devices  Oswald  will  somewhat  compulsively  collect  exotic  birds,  at  certain  points  he  has  had  a  house  full  of  birds,  to  the  point  where  it  has  become  a  health  hazard.  As  a  result  in  later  years  its  common  that  he’s  forced  by  authorities  to  surrender  animals  to  various  zoos  around  Gotham.  It  would  be  fair  to  say  he  sometimes  suffers  from  animal  hoarding,  and though  he  means  no  harm  to  the  animals  ( quite  the  opposite )  this  is  just  one  of  the  more  tragic  manifestations  of  Oswald’s  fluctuating  and  usually  poor  mental  health.

Oswald  is  exceptionally  intelligent  though  he  doesn't  posses  any  form  of  Masters  or  PHD.  In  fact,  Oswald  is  a  high-school  drop  out.  Prior  to  becoming  infamous  as  the  Penguin,  Oswald  was  an  "umbrella  boy" (  a  nice  way  of  saying  "servant  boy”  )  and  ultimately  a  clever  con-man  beyond  that.  Needless  to  say Oswald  had  been  “affiliated"  with  the  Mafia  since  he  was  in  his  late  teens  and was  about  22  years  old  when  he  began  officially  working  for  Fish  Mooney.  He  spent  at  least  five  years  as  her  personal  servant  before  eventually  seeing  an  opportunity  to  overthrow  her.  As  a  result,  while  Oswald  is  not  overly  academically  gifted,  or  at  least  he  never  had  the  opportunity  to  be  recognized  as  such,  he’s  extremely  cunning,  street  smart,  worldly  anda  fast  learner.   Naturally,  despite  popular  “caricatures”  of  him  Oswald  is  not  grotesquely  obese  and  nor  does  he  have  fused  fingers.  He  is  also  not  quite  as  short  as  people  make  him  out  to  be.  the  Penguin  of  "rumor"andthe  Penguin  of  reality  are  quite  different.  In  his  later  years  Oswald  dons  a  receding  hairline,  and his  hair  in  general  is  not  in  fantastic  quality,  possibly  due  to  a  lifetime  of  constant  bleaching,  cutting  and  styling.  He  often  wears  a  top  hat  to  conceal  this  fact.  Again  in  his  later  years  Oswald  is  quite  "pudgy”  and  frequently  goes  on  “diets"  which  usually  entail  simply  starving  himself  on  and off,  although  occasionally  this  is  less  down  to  dieting  andmore  down  to  depression  /  disinterest  in  eating  and  other  self-care.  Regardless,  Oswald  doesn't  seem  to  understand  his  "diets"  are  as  unhealthy  as  his  eating  habits  as  he  lacks  the  proper  restraint  for  a  "real"  diet,  though  as  a  result  of  this  Oswald’s  weight  is  often  as  fluctuating  as  his  eating  habits.

Oswald  occasionally  online  dates.  He’s  never  had  any  truly  serious  relationships  particularly  due  to  low  self-confidence  /  fear  of  revealing  himself.  He  is  usually  crushingly  lonely.  One  of  Oswald’s  greatest  goals  in  life  is  to  experience  real  mutual  love.  Despite  his  criminal  lifestyle  and  nasty  reputation,  Oswald  has  a  profound  capacity  for  love  and  compassion.  He  is  as  touch  adverse  as  he  is  touch  starved  which  make  for  an  interesting  combination.  He  pines  for  love  and  affection  but  frequently  shuns  it  and hides  from  it  simultaneously.  Oswald  grew  up  the  son  of  a  poor  Austrian  immigrant.  He  was  entirely  estranged  from  his  multi-million  air  father,  only  ever  learning  of  his  existence  after  his  mother’s  death  when  Oswald  was  31  years  old. 

Oswald  was  bullied  harshly  for  his  odd  appearance  and  mannerisms.  His  mother  was  very  overbearing  and  their  relationship  was  quite  toxic.  It  would  easily  be  defined  as  "covert  incest”  which  has  had  a  lasting  negative  impact  on  Oswald  and  his  relationships  throughout  his  life. Oswald  isn’t  extremely  open  about  his  sexuality,  either,  both  due  to  fears  of  homophobic  backlash  ( Something  drastically  increased  while  his  mother  was  alive.)  And because  in  someway,  particularly  after  his  mother’s  death  when  Oswald  became  much  more  “”expressive””,  he  kind  of  thinks  if  someone  doesn’t  know  they  don’t  deserve  to  know  or  perhaps  more  those  who  deserve  to  know  already  do  know. Further, Oswald  grew  up  watching  old  fashioned  gangster  movies,  where  frequently  mafia  men  were  depicted  as  heroes.  Eventually,  Oswald  came  to  idolize  Carmine  Falcone,  seeing  him  as  the  real  life  version  of  his  movie  heroes  and  ultimately  the  great  man  his  mother  told  him  he  would  be.  Needless  to  say,  Oswald’s  view  of  gangsters  and   criminality  were  warped  from  a  young  age  and this  was  only  ever  emphasized  by  the  hash,  backward  reality  of  Gotham’s  streets  and  the  heavily  corrupted  police  force.  When  Oswald  was  young,  his  mother  would  occasionally  do  odd  jobs,  though  perhaps  due  to  her  own  mental  illness  she  never  really  held  anything  down.  They  managed  fine  however,  though  Oswald  never  knew  that  this  was  at  large  to  due  the  decent  sum  of  hush  money  Gertrude  always  received  from  Alida  Van  Dahl,  prior  to  the  latter’s  passing  when  Oswald  was  in  his  mid-late  teens.  This  is  around  the  time  when  Oswald  decided  to  drop  out  of  school and  find  a  job  due  to  his  mother’s  increasing  stress. It’s  no  secret  that  Oswald  suffers  from  mental  illness,  though  he  has  found  himself  in  both  imprisoned  in   Arkham  Asylum  and  Black gate  penitentiary  at  different  points  throughout  his  life  and  it  doesn’t  seem  as  if  Gotham’s  justice  system  can  decide  where  exactly  he  most  belongs.  As  far  as  anything  concreate  goes,  its  theorized  that  Oswald  most  likely  has  STPD  ( Schizotypal  personality  disorder )  which  accounts  for  his  social  anxiety  and  all  other  peculiar  traits  and mannerisms.  He  has  been  described  as  having  narcissistic  tendencies  as  well  as  the  aforementioned  unhealthy  relationship  with  his  deceased  mother.  He  also  has  bouts  of  extreme  depression  and  mania  as  well  as  some  mild  sexual  aversion  and considers  himself  “asexual”  though  if  only  in  coping  /  shielding  from   his  trauma  /  abuse.  Other  notes  on  Oswald’s  psychological  profile  include  mild  to  high  body  dysmorphia as  well  as  his  odd  obsession  with  birds  and  umbrellas.

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An  indie,  highly private  and selective  RP  blog  for 𝙿𝙴𝙽𝙶𝚄𝙸𝙽 aka Oswald Cobblepot, heavily inspired by Fox's Gotham. Unaffiliated  with  any  fandom  or  RPC. 𝚁𝚞𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜 32. He/him pronouns. Highly sporadic activity.  Please   read  my  carrd  before  interacting. 💜 Headcanon and mixed media based.

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