#━━ ❛ jerome : ask.

[gawayne]

is the lancelot bdsm paper real this is crucial

Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. “Masoch / Lancelotism.” New Literary History, vol. 28, no. 2, 1997, pp. 231–60. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/20057415. Accessed 14 Apr. 2024.

"In bed or in life, it's one and the same." Depeche Mode, "Master and Servant"

[gothamitelove]

J squad(separate) married life headcanons 👉👈

hi anon! dw i gotcha! and sorry that this took so gd long oh my lord... i forgot this was in my drafts and NOT my inbox

jonathan crane:

makes you coffee (or your preferred drink of choice) every morning

is an early riser, but if you're not, will tuck you back in once he gets out of bed

forehead kisses are big

long, long hugs

quiet quality time. he will also read you books

asks about your day and remembers most (if not all) of the things you tell him

jervis tetch:

big cuddler fr

sometimes he just presses his forehead against yours. it's just a thing he does. he closes his eyes and just enjoys being close to you

is a total gentleman. holds doors for you and the whole 9 yards

lots of pet names (dear, darling, etc.)

loves cooking for you

jerome valeska:

the "THATS MY PARTNER" guy

very touchy. wraps his arm around your shoulders, around your waist, cheek kisses, the works

if he thinks someone's flirting with you he will kiss you Deeply right in front of god and everybody. will look up at the other person and grin and go, "don't i just have the prettiest partner?" emphasis on partner

[aseriesofunfortunatetexts]

asoue + tumblr, special anxiety disorder edition

[pawzofchaos]

Can you draw a picture of Jerome and Buggs being friends please? 🥺🙏

cool besties 😎

[batman-dc-imagines]

𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘰! 𝘔𝘺 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧𝘨𝘢𝘯𝘨 (𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘈𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘰𝘭𝘧𝘺!^^) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘧𝘰𝘦𝘴! 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘮 𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴!^^

𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘦: 𝘐'𝘮 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘎𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘮, 𝘈𝘳𝘬𝘩𝘢𝘮 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘵𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦!

𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 3/3/24 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘜𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 5/24/24

🔞𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘸 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦!🔞 🫂𝘴𝘧𝘸 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵!🫂 🕊️𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵!🕊️ ❗𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘴❗

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢 𝘹 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨!

𝘐𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘮'𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯!

𝘐𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘹 📥 18/♾️

𝘙𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴: 1. 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 I 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 2. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘪𝘴. 3. 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳(𝘴) + 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘦 (𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵) + 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳/𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘦𝘵𝘤. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵: 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (𝘦𝘹. 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘑𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘴 𝘛𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦) 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 9) 𝘐𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩…(𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧) 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 (𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 4-5)

(𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘺: @𝘤𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘦)

𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳(𝘴): 1. 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯(𝘴) 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳(𝘴) 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭. 2. 𝘔𝘺 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘤𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘵 𝘍𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺, 𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.

𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭: 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 1. 𝘒𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵, 𝘐 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵. 2. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘐 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵. 𝘈𝘯𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘴. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 (𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘮𝘪-𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤) 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐'𝘮 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨/𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘰𝘵. 3. 𝘐'𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘰𝘬𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘦𝘹. "𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘰𝘣𝘷𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵." 𝘰𝘳 "𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦." 𝘐𝘵'𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦.

[kindergartenbuttiny]

Can I give Jerome a yo-yo as a gift? 😁🎁🪀

A yo-yo! He is overjoyed

[thermodynamic-comedian]

i cannot stop over-analyzing asoue netflix but guys. do you think that scene in hotel denoument when the baudelaires are trying to get everyone to leave the hotel that all of the side characters' reactions represent their fatal character flaws.

like how olaf's mentors immediately started berating him and calling him a disappointment just because they believed he didn't set the hotel on fire. so their fatal character flaw was cruelty.

and mr. poe and vice principle nero refused to take their blindfolds off, despite the situation, making their fatal character flaw their incompetence, which made them the series' definition of useless adults.

babs and jerome first tried to find a way out, but ended up panicking and staying in one place, so their fatal flaw was cowardice, the original reason neither of them were able to help the baudelaires in the first place.

with esmé and carmelita, it's a little more complicated, since olaf was able to trick esmé because of both her vengefulness and greed (which manifested in her obsession with the sugar bowl), but to some degree it was also about carmelita's stubborness and entitlement (which manifested in her choosing to stay with esmé)

and, finally, justice strauss, who attempts to stop the baudelaires from running away on the roof. i've always interpreted her fatal character flaw as naivety; she believes that all problems can be solved without breaking any rules. she trusts the system too much, which is why she couldn't ever fully understand what the baudelaires were going through, and that they really did not have a choice.

overall, this scene is so important to the story, because it's the exit of all of these characters. it's the last time we see any of them. that's why these negative character traits of theirs were put in the spotlight for this scene; even though these characteristics are flaws so fatal they literally end up being the characters' dooms, they're still aspects of the characters we need to remember in order to understand why nothing went right in the lives of the baudelaires: all of these characters were too cruel or incompetent or cowardly or greedy or arrogent or naive...to be able to help them.

so, as tragic as it is, all these characters end up dying (literally or metaphorically) because of the same flaws that made them useless to the baudelaires in the first place.

[bubblesxo]

i dont know if you will see this but i am a big fan of your g!bruce meets the batfam!!!! I literally have tumblr just for this series (and now that I’ve tried it im beginning to love it ngl) . Annyywaayy ive just read the new chapter and it’s so good!?? Like i am really excited for the next chapter!!!

Oh and I haven’t watched gotham ( im planning too ) but i sometimes mix the twins????? Like your explanations are good dont get me wrong but yk when your reading and you need to check which ones which? Yeah … and like i want to fix that idk how .do i just like memorize the twins personalitys??

also in this au is theres 2 jokers??????? I saw you once mention Jerome(?) being revived or something

ps .im that great at English sorry .

oh wow wow wow thank you so so much!! i'm really glad that you're enjoying my story so much! it really means a lot to me. <33 i think your english is good! but if you need/want me to clarify anything i say here, just let me know and i'll try to rephrase it for you!

okay, so in the Gotham tv show (this has spoilers for all 5 seasons, so read on if you're okay with that) the way that they approached writing the joker was actually really up in the air in the beginning. this is because they didn't have the rights to use the name "joker," and so fox (the company that made the show) planned on making a bunch of smaller characters in the show as a kind of easter egg as people who could be the joker or who resemble him in some way.

this changed when cameron monaghan (the actor for both jerome and jeremiah) guest starred in s1e16 "the blind fortune teller." in it, the character of jerome is introduced as a 17/18 year old boy who travels with the circus with his mother, who is a snake dancer. he is meant to be one of the aforementioned joker-like characters in the show and wasn't actually supposed to be included again after that episode, if i am not mistaken.

however, the viewers LOVED his performance and jerome came back in season two as a member of the maniax, a group of arkham inmates who were broken out of the asylum. i won't go too into detail about the actual plot, but in seasons two, three, and four, jerome shows up in at least a few different episodes with very memorable storylines each time.

it isn't until season four of the show that jeremiah is even revealed at all! jeremiah and jerome are identical twin brothers, however, jeremiah has been in hiding for years under the fake name "xander wilde" in an attempt to escape jerome, who wants to get revenge on him for lying to their mother about what he (jerome) did when they were children. basically, jeremiah lied to their mother (lila, who jerome is revealed to have killed in 1x16) that jerome tried to kill him, causing jeremiah to be sent away and be adopted by rich people and get to go to a well-funded private school where he could live out his best life as a child prodigy (which was jeremiah's end goal to this), whereas jerome was left behind in the circus that they lived at (haly's circus, the same one that dick grayson later was raised in before being adopted by bruce). during this time, jerome was horrifically abused by his mother, his uncle, and his mother's many romantic partners. this eventually caused him to crack, which creates the character we see in the show.

here's an easy way to remember the difference in their personalities:

in the standard american deck of cards, there are two jokers: one that is black and white and one that is in color. in this analogy, jeremiah is the black and white joker and jerome is the one in color.

this is jerome:

he's got a *very* boisterous personality. he's outgoing and charismatic and, of course, severely messed up in the head. he *enjoys* the pain he causes people and does it with little to no reservations. he thinks things through less thoroughly than jeremiah but jerome always has a plan and is actually quite smart. i couldn't do him the disservice of calling him the dumb twin, despite some points about jeremiah that i'll get back to later.

anyway, jerome has a grand plan for all of gotham: he believes that, fundamentally, everyone in the world is like him and is also at least a bit crazy inside. he wants everyone to tap into their inner selves and let themselves run free / go crazy. he successfully ensnares huge hoards of gothamites with his persuasive way of speaking and interesting flare to his words. he amasses a large cult following, all of whom are very similar to him in the sense that they all demonstrate similar signs of instability.

here's some more gifs of him.

jerome kind of invented the iconic "HAHAHA" signature joker laugh in the gotham universe, even though he isn't the one who goes on to become "mr. j" (gotham's version of the joker) in the end (that's jeremiah, though i have a lot to say about that).

jerome's always smiling, a genuinely creepy smile that throws people off at first but can be really scary once you know what you're looking at. he single handedly turns gotham into a madhouse on multiple occasions and is the one who basically spread the "crazy" to the general population (for short: genpop).

he's a classic cult leader in the sense that he can mesmerize a whole room with his magnetic presence but also will ruthlessly cut down any of his followers if they so much as upset him (or even if they're just being annoying or could have a greater purpose, like when he stabbed a follower in the gut to take their blood to draw a frowney-face on bruce).

that reminds me, another important thing to know about jerome is that he has an iconic stapled-on face! this is because he died once (in season two, though he came back to life for season three onwards) and one of his followers tried to revive him using some insider medical knowledge from doctor hugo strange (who is just... a whole thing. ew.). he thinks that he failed at doing this and steals jerome's face so that he can wear it on television in an attempt to control jerome's followers (spoiler: this doesn't work).

however, it turns out that jerome *was* revived from this, and he's pretty upset that some dude stole his face! so he uses a staple gun to re-attach it after he gets it back (and kills the guy who did it). his face is later punched off by jim gordon but reattached more properly during his time at arkham afterward (the carnival scene happened in season 3 and jerome came back with a kind-of healed face in season 4).

here's some gifs with jerome's messed up face!

jerome is the colorful joker because he's very much expressive. he lets out every single emotion he feels---unless he's trying to deceive someone, at which point he is a phenomenal liar. (in season 1 when we are first introduced to him, he almost successfully gets away with the murder of his own mother.)

jerome is funny and laughs a lot and is *loud.* he's also absolutely insane and incredibly cruel, as well as impulsive, but he's able to curb his instincts if he feels like he can pull off a big plan.

jerome is a showman by nature. he's a product of the circus and it *shows.* everything he does is like an act, something that is acknowledged by many people in the show.

he's a funky lil dude. totally crazy, but kind of adorable at times.

he's also SEVERELY traumatized from his horrible past and has huge trust issues.

so, yeah. jerome is colors! remember that.

unfortunately, pookie died in season 4 and doesn't seem to have been revived this time </3

now, onto his twin brother jeremiah!

jeremiah is, at least at first, presented to be the complete opposite of jerome. he's calm, collected, and seemingly sane---at least at first. bruce trusts him at first and he even befriends him for a period of time before jeremiah betrays him.

jeremiah is a genius engineer, and, when looking into his past, we can assume that he was a child prodigy. he worked with thomas wayne before he died and designed the wayne plaza building under the aforementioned alias "xander wilde." he also locked himself in an underground maze for ~6 years (i believe?) and never went outside, instead sending his proxy (ecco) out to act in his place during business transactions.

as seen here, jeremiah seems to be the complete opposite of showboat jerome:

when we first meet jeremiah, we are told that he is totally sane, but we can later see that this is not the complete truth.

i'll use jeremiah's project as a metaphor for this. jeremiah was building a set of generators which could make energy harvesting and usage much less expensive and much more bio-friendly (if i remember correctly). bruce promised to fund his project and jeremiah accepts his offer quickly.

after jerome dies in season 4 after kidnapping bruce and jeremiah, he left behind a concoction of chemicals that seemingly make jeremiah go insane. this is a play on joker toxin / joker venom from the greater dc universe.

however, after jeremiah reveals his new self

he says that the spray did not actually change who he actually is, but just gave him an altered appearance. there are a lot of fan theories about this, but the general consensus is that the spray likely lowered his inhibitions, which gave him the kick needed to reveal his true self.

even his complexion resembles the joker he corresponds with: black and white. he is the black and white joker because he isn't as expressive, is way more calculated, and is more cruel and less happy. even his skin is paper white.

here's some gifs of what he looks like after those "slight cosmetic changes" :

that looks a lot more like the joker we know and love today, right? bleach-pale skin, red painted lips, green hair. he's instantly recognizable as the stereotypical joker now.

remember when i mentioned the generators? let's go back to them. the entire time that the generators have been around, they've also been perfectly functional as powerful bombs. their ability to be used as bombs does not undermine the fact that they can also be used as generators, and both of these things were true at the same time *for the entire time they have existed.*

it is in this way that jeremiah's paradoxical nature has always existed. jeremiah is crafty, cunning, and absolutely vicious. he has no care or concern for human life in general and will sacrifice most people in his life if it means that he will get what he wants in the end.

this is shown both before and after the joker toxin in how he lied about jerome when they were children (which caused jerome to be heavily abused) and in how jeremiah willingly killed one of his most devoted and beloved followers, who was being ransomed, just because someone put him on hold and it was personally easier for him to just kill him than sit on hold on the phone for a while. (he also has a vicious streak, though, because he immediately moved the demolition of the bombs up to immediately once he was out of the blast zone because those people inconvenienced him.)

something that's important to realize about jeremiah is that he has an issue with being called crazy. jerome does, too, but he eventually comes to accept the term, almost like he's reclaiming it, but jeremiah is *violently* against it. that's one of the things that set him off in the previously mentioned interaction.

both jeremiah and jerome are obsessed with bruce, though in different ways. jeremiah sees bruce first as his best friend and later as the "brother [he] could never have, that jerome could never be." jerome just sees bruce as a particularly entertaining and interesting kid who he enjoyed tormenting who he would eventually kill.

anyway, despite jeremiah being crazy (or, depending on who you ask, just less inhibited) he is still crazy smart and calculating. he thinks through everything before he does it and his master plans seem like they go on forever with 10000 parts to them and backups and contingencies galore.

the only time that jeremiah ever really seems to break out of this is when he's fighting with bruce. while he still does have a greater point to make or something he's trying to accomplish, he thinks through things less with him and shows his impulsive and rash side a bit more, which is interesting because jerome showed his thoughtful and contemplative side when faced with the obstacle that is bruce thomas wayne. i love parallels and contrasts, especially in these two characters! i just love writing about twins, they're always so interesting.

some important things about their relationship to one another:

even though jerome kidnapped jeremiah and seemingly strapped a bomb to his neck (after breaking into his house and telling him that he would kill him), jerome doesn't seem to actually want jeremiah to die. instead, as we later find out, he wants jeremiah to unleash his true self and carry on his legacy of chaos and cruelty in gotham for him after his death. this is why he left behind the laughing gas for him.

(the fact that jerome thought to do all of that shows that he really was a smart character and that he truly did understand the world around him well. he knew exactly what would happen in the event of his death, i.e. bruce offering to fund jeremiah's work and jeremiah accepting, as is shown when jerome has the joker venom in a present box which claims to be sent from wayne enterprises.)

jeremiah *hates* to be compared to jerome in any way, as he thinks of himself as "the face of true sanity." he actually has an entire notebook full of jerome's ideas, which he says he will outdo and perfect, thus defeating his brother in the end, which i don't know if i agree with, but whatever.

i think that it's because of the reputation that jerome got at the circus. jeremiah wanted people to think of him as better than jerome and as the perfect child, which he succeeded at. to him, jerome is synonymous with crazy, which i've already mentioned that he hates to be called.

okay, just one more part to talk about. the infamous, much anticipated Mr. J!!!

in the series finale, it is revealed that jeremiah, after falling into a vat of acid, is horribly disfigured and pretends to be in a vegetative state for the whole ten years that bruce is on his quest to improve himself before becoming batman. he does this as a way of waiting for bruce to come back to gotham so he can continue to be obsessed with him.

however, though this is jeremiah, it seems that he has actually gone through immense mental trauma sometime during this time (perhaps during his fall into a vat of chemicals), which has caused him to sort of lose his sense of self. he once says that there was "another me" [another him] once, which is, of course, referring to jerome. this implies that jeremiah sees jerome as an extension of himself, almost, and almost makes it seem as if mr. j is a whole different entity of his own.

hopefully this clears everything up a bit for you!! let me know if you have any questions or want to know anything specific about the characters and i will be glad to oblige!

thank you once again for being so kind as to leave this ask!! it really made my day. thank you for enjoying my fic, i hope it continues to live up to expectations. i have a lot of fun things planned (and i am very happy that you decided to look into these characters more, because they are actually extremely important to the plot as we get more into the actual story!). <33

[kizi-zu]

Please do Jerome x Carla?

Girlboss x boyfailure

[ambersgiantpanda]

I always saw Patricia as a coffee lover, despite the fact that she's British.

Maybe it's because of all the Sibuna shenanigans, because let's be real, those kids would never survive all the late-night missions without a huge amount of coffee in their systems, but to me Patricia seems like a number one coffee obsessed in the house.

Just imagine: it's seven am, Sibunas just got back from the tunnels failing to crack yet another Frobisher's tiring task, they all had four hours of sleep maximum. And Patricia literally flies in the kitchen, shoves someone out of the way to the cabinet, and maniacally grabs a jar of coffee. That just seems so canon to me.

When someone tries to talk to her in the morning, she deadpans "coffee first, your problems second". And she never pours coffee over people, because she thinks it's too precious to waste like that. She always uses other beverages to throw at people when they are being annoying, but coffee is sacred to her.

Alfie sometimes uses that to mess with her. Patricia leans on the counter with a cup of fresh coffee in her hands and he jokes around, knowing that she won't throw at him anything except her words. But he gets his justice when everyone gathers at the dining table and Patricia manages to get a grasp on the OJ jug.

Eddie always makes jokes too, like "aren't you British to drink so much coffee", and even switches her jar to decaf as a prank, but Patricia cracks it momentarily and the storm named coffee-less Trixie dawns on Anubis House. Everyone is so stressed that day, afraid of what she can do, because "no one messes with Trixie's coffee, Eddie, you just signed your death sentence".

Fabian seems like a tea lover in season 1, like a stereotypical British boy who simply refuses to acknowledge other beverages. But midnight shenanigans in season 2 definitely get him to the dark side, and season 3 Fabian cannot get through the day without coffee in his system. Seriously, have you seen how on edge he is throughout the whole season 3?? There's no way he would be like that without becoming a coffee addict.

Maybe it's just stereotypes that I'm not closely familiar with because I'm neither British nor American, and I don't really know if British people are really that obsessed with tea. But something about contemplating Sibunas beverage choice is weirdly comforting.

[ask-teen-dorks-au]

What about Jerome? And, if you need questions: what kind of family does he have?

heres a jerome for you :3

[actualbird]

/ tot ch 10 spoilers

GENTLENESS AS THAT WHICH YOU SHOULDNT FOLLOW

[gothamitelove]

Victor Zsasz, Jervis Tetch, & Jerome Valeska (all Gotham) how they would react to you asking them to dance? If they say yes, what kind of dance would it be? Please and thank you:]

sure!! make those boys have fun bestie i support you (and sorry this took so long omg)

victor zsasz: is 100% down to dance. he knows some sick moves he can bust out. really likes dancing in public because he gets to show you off

jervis tetch: likes dancing, but doesn't do it much in public. he'll do it if you're asking, though. he likes more classical dance- think the waltz, stuff like that.

jerome valeska: also Very hyped to dance with you. he gives you a huge grin and says, "anything for you, doll" and then you are off to the RACES my friend. he's a little rough around the edges but he'll make sure you have fun

[jeromepowell]

if you ask me a “what if” question, my answer will be “it depends.” no exceptions.

[pawzofchaos]

Imagine if Male Principal and Female principal actually get married? Female principal would be trying to interact with Jerome trying to convince him that she is a good person and that she will be a great stepmother for him and he's like "I DON'T CARE YOU BITCH! I WANT MY MOM!!! JEEZ!!" Meanwhile Penny is trying to convince him that everything is fine and that everything will be fine but he just wants his mom TwT

Sorry the principals are kinda assholes

[ask-the-boxing-family]

Heya guys! To Doc mainly, who is your biggest troublemaker, or are they all equal in that sense?

"Hoo-wee... Both Mac and Birdie like gettin' into trouble. But when it comes down to it, Mac's the worse one. When he gets goin', there's no stoppin' him till he's done what he wanted to." "I swear, no one believes me when I tell 'em that Mac's not as sweet as he looks. I tell 'em that, n' then they always say somethin' like 'C'mon, Doc! Mac's a nice boy! No way he would do something like that!' But y'know what? That's exactly what he wants 'em to think!" "That boy's real good at actin' innocent, lemme tell you. You can usually tell when Peter's up to somethin', hell, he can't lie to save his life. But with Mac? Forget about it. You won't know a thing 'till it's too late."