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@riddlebirdweek day 2: Children

(Ignore that riddlebird week was months ago)

They’re watching a Christmas parade together

Reblogs appreciated!

Closeups under the cut

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For those of you in the Gotham section of fandom, there's an event happening over on the other site for Nygmobblepot. Join in or promote as you wish.

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There has been a fantastic turnout this year!

We absolutely smashed last year's total and came pretty close to the numbers from the first year we ran this event. What I'm really pleased by is the consistency of posting, with no significant dropoff throughout the week. It gives me real hope for next year and valuable feedback on what works and what doesn't.

Thank you to everyone who contributed either with submissions or by liking and reblogging the entries. It would not have been a success without you. I wish all riddlebird fans a very happy New Year and we'll see you again in 2024.

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Day 7: proposal. Merry yaoi week!

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Day 7- Proposal

Here it is! We reached the end! Thanks to everyone who joined this year! For the last comic, we have Ed propoding to Oswald!

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REALLY LATE but I finally finished it!!

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I don't know what possessed me to try a mini comic but I couldn't abandon it in the state I left it in originally, for my own sanity, so I toughed it out until it was done. There's a lot of points I like and dislike about it, but I'm glad I finished it

the longer I worked on this the more I kept thinking about like... if Oswald was the first to propose, if he made an effort not to get carried away with putting on a spectacle for Ed, he might propose at a quiet night in a super exclusive restaurant that he's rented out fully to ensure that they're alone when he pops the question - there's no simplicity, he really doesn't have an off switch, but I wanted to keep it simple for the sake of this drawing

the resolution is... fairly large, so full view is best!!

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Day 6- Crossover

For today, have my Gotham pokemon AU. I wrote a new chapter to go with the art. You can read all of it at the end, but here is the new chapter:

When Edward decided to take an ex champion, alleged evil team leader and killer in his home, he expected one million things. He could decide to just kill Ed for the hell of it, maybe he enjoyed the sound of his screams and decided to torture him to know all information he knew about Galavan. Ed did work for the police after all. Perhaps he would force his savior to become his servant or, maybe, if the forensic scientist was lucky, he would take him under his wing and make a true trainer out of him. Instead, it took a week for Oswald to properly wake up due to his infections.

 At first, he was skeptical, he even threatened Edward and assumed that the other would be a danger to him, but upon realizing that wasn't the case, Gotham's greatest trainer in the past fifty years became docile. He would spend most of his days either crying or sleeping. To even eat, it took everything out of him.

 Now, Edward knew something had happened to the man's mother. He spoke about her when he slept occasionally and even sang to himself. He was understanding at first, allowing Oswald to take his time to mourn, however, after the first month, his patience was running thin. If the champion had at least tried to kill him, that would have been interesting. 

Worst of all was Ogerpon. She wasn't exactly the patient kind and she seemed to be particularly unhappy with Oswald's pokemon eating her favorite snacks. Ed tried to buy enough for everyone, however he wasn't made of money. 

That evening, Ed was getting home after work. Despite being tired, he had stopped by the supermarket to buy a few things for dinner. Just as he was making his way up the stairs, he heard a loud noise coming from his apartment. His eyes widened and he immediately dropped his bags to run home faster. He would recognize the sound of Ogerpon's attack anywhere. “Oggy!” He shouted as he unlocked the door to find Oswald's empoleon blocking the ogre's club just before it could hit his trainer. 

“What the hell is going on here?!” Ed shouted and Oswald barked back.

“Your pokemon went crazy!” The champion's words seemed to spark something in the grass pokemon as her eyes burned and she let out a cry before jumping into the air to try and stab the trainer with her tiny horns. 

Before she could hit, however, a glow came from one of Oswald's pokeball, revealing his togekiss which immediately used its wing to slash at the grass type, critically hitting it and sending the creature flying through the bathroom door.

“No!” Edward shouted and ran after her. 

Oswald stood up from the bed and followed after them. “Crap- I- is she ok?” 

Ed cradled her in his arms and stroked her head. The attack had been strong enough to knock her out. “S-she will be fine. She just needs to rest.”

Oswald sighed with relief. “Thank Arceus.”

“What happened?!” 

“I'm unsure, I was watching television and I think my blaziken decided to eat something, one of the treats in the jar from the top shelf so I grabbed it for him and your pokemon suddenly freaked out. What is she anyway? A legendary I assume. Are you a member of the elite?”

“That's it then… those aren't snacks, they are special herbs from back home. I told her not to touch them because they were special, so she must have been trying to protect them.” He kissed her head, “I'm not an elite. Just some kid from a small island. Ogerpon is said to have arrived on my island a long time ago with her friend, but they were attacked and her original master killed so she got her revenge. This caused the people of the village to become terrified of her. Really, she is a sweetheart with just a bit of a temper.” 

“Shit, I'm really sorry Ed…” 

Edward glared at him. “Where did you get a togekiss anyway?! I thought those pokemon only went with good people.”

Oswald winced and the togekiss flew in front of him protectively. “It's ok, Eli.” The champion stroked its white feathers, causing it to relax. “My mother actually brought it with her when she moved from her region. They used to be quite common there until- until the elite trainers invaded searching for their legendary pokemon and stronger ones.” He spat, “people like the international police you so proudly work for.”

“They are just trying to keep people safe!”

“Really? Legendaries have been doing that for thousands of years without their help. Now look, you have people capturing them into mind control balls and using them to force those who can't afford a master ball into submission. Is that what you want to keep?”

“Well, I don't see anyone trying to do anything better!” 

“I did! I tried! I reached the top, all without a single legendary pokemon, defeating one after the other, do you know what the thanks I got?! The whole city was hunting me down like a beast and my mother- my- my mother-” Oswald teared up. His lips quivered and Ed knew he had said what he shouldn't have.

“What happened?”

“It doesn't matter.” Oswald whispered and turned around, limping back to the bed.

Ed frowned and grabbed his pokemon before joining his roommate who was now sitting by the window with his pokemon around him. As the scientist sat down, the empoleon, togekiss and blaziken glared at him, protective of their trainer.

The brunette simply sat on the floor in silence trying to think of what to say and how to apologize.

Oswald was the one who broke the silence though, “El was her pokemon. Not mine. He joined my team to help me bring her back.” He wiped his tears with the palms of his hand. The champion didn't need to speak for Ed to know they hadn't been successful.

“Did you lose?”

Oswad laughed. It was a bitter laugh. “No. I won. It wasn't even difficult. That was the problem though. These people don't accept losing. It was my fault. I should have just let him win. Gotham isn't worth it. Nothing was.” 

Ed watched him with pity. Even evil team leaders were capable of love, huh? “Well… what are you going to do about it now?” 

The champion looked at him. “Huh?”

“Well, no offense, Oswald, but your mother was only dragging you down.”

“Excuse you?! My mother was a saint!” His pokemon seemed ready to attack and with Ogerpon still unconscious, Ed knew he wouldn't be able to stop them. 

He still kept going. “Exactly! She was a good person, the thing you loved most. And she is gone. That means you are not tethered to anything else anymore. Nothing to hold you down.” Ed crawled to him and placed his hands on Oswald's thigh, causing the other to tense up and blush. “You can make a real difference, Oswald. You could save this region.” 

The champion finally looked down to meet his eyes, cheeks still pink. “Y-you really believe in me?” 

“More than I have ever believed in anyone.” 

Oswald was silent for a moment. He inhaled and looked down at one of his pokeballs. “Maybe… maybe I could try again. There is just one problem. Galavan took half of my pokeballs. Elijah, Gertrude and Blaziken are the only pokemon I have left and I don't think I have the energy to train three new pokemon from zero.” 

“What's your plan?”

“I'm unsure. I need to talk to some people, hope someone is willing to help. I still don't know if this is a good idea, but like you said, what do I have to lose?” 

Edward smiled a little. “Well, Ogerpon and I will be by your side the entire time.”

“I'm not sure how happy she will be about that, but… thanks. Edward, was it?” 

Ed felt beyond happy. “That's my name, alright".

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Day 5- Absence

Oswald is out of the city on a business trip in Metropolis, and Ed is being very brave (and normal) about it. Yes, he made that oswald Plushie himself, and he has 3 other ones that look exactly the same, why do you ask?

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Day 6: Crossover

Gotham and The Batman

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Day 7: Proposal

Based on Lego designs

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Hello everyone! I'm feeling a bit better, so I decided to complete day 4 of riddlebirdweek! Dating someone with meta abilities certainly has its perks!

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riddlebirdweek day 7 prompt "proposal" (I will post the other riddlebirdweek art at a later date.)

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Here's all I had for @riddlebirdweek day 7 - proposal btw. I'm not going to finish it anytime soon if at all so you can have my. sl? slightly upgraded from a thumbnail sketch Sketch and pretend it's more than it is. I've never drawn post series oswald, and if I did he would not look like he actually does during the finale, so I did not come up with a design, and I'm not crazy about weddings so I didn't really want to do this one

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What an amazing week its been! So many wonderful submissions and such an incredible display of talent. Although we're at the end of the prompt days, we'll continue to reblog and share late submissions. I'm aware life throws up delays and AO3 had maintenence as well. In the meantime let me wish everyone happy holidays!

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Chapters: ½ Fandom: The LEGO Batman Movie (2017), LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Super Heroes Unite (2013) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Oswald Cobblepot/Edward Nygma, Jonathan Crane/Jervis Tetch Characters: Jonathan Crane, Edward Nygma Additional Tags: Plans, Declarations Of Love, Unfinished Summary:

Ed is going through his plans to declare his undying love to Oswald with Jonathan. What can go wrong?

For the riddlebirdweek day 7 prompt, proposal

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Sorry for not posting for Riddlebird week these past few days, I have COVID right now and I just haven't been in a great place for a while. Here, you can have a little vent comic I made from my version of the boys. It is mostly just non sense traditional doodles, but ya know. Tw implied child abuse

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for the riddlebird day 7 prompt: proposal