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I just had a thought.
Why did Jeremiah choose the name “Xander Wilde”? I can’t remember if it was ever explained, but it’s the choice of “Wilde” that gets me.
The quickest association I can make with that is Oscar Wilde, the Irish poet, playwright and author. In association with that, I thought of The Portrait of Dorian Gray. A story of a boy with a portrait that collects and details his sins, and yet he stays unmarked by them.
I find it almost ironic that Jerome is the twin, the mirror image of Jeremiah, that is marked by his bad actions (the scars around his face, the scars to his mouth, I think there are other marks implied on the rest of his body) and yet Jeremiah, for the most part, is unscarred by his bad actions. When we meet him, he’s very much emotionally damaged, but physically unscarred.
Did Jeremiah ever find that book and make an association between himself and Jerome? Jerome is the one to carry the scars of his sins (his lies that led to Jerome’s torment, to Jerome’s insanity, to the scars that he willingly shows), whilst Jeremiah is unmarked by the consequences of those lies. Yes, Jerome committed those atrocities, he is absolutely to blame for them, but you can’t deny that it is likely that Jeremiah had some influence with the lies that he told and giving them (his mother and other relatives) reason to hurt him more.
Maybe Jeremiah chose “Wilde” as a homage to that, a way to subtly mark himself for his own sins, the lies that he told to keep the prestige that he gained after abandoning his brother? In choosing that name, he’s marking himself with the things he did wrong?
#gotham#jeremiah valeska#jerome valeska#3am thoughts#idk man#this has been on my mind for a while#it has been in my drafts for a while too#gotta post something semi-original lets gooo#is this my right of passage back into the Gotham fandom after being decimated by my degree
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i’d be really curious to know what percent of queerbaiting is
a) an intentional marketing scheme to stir interest in the project and attract certain fanbases (lgbtq people and young women) vs.
b) members of the creative team genuinely wanting to write queer characters but the corporate side of things force them to tone it down but they still leave little hints vs.
c) they legitimately did not know how gay something would come across
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Faithie’s Secret Of Moonacre Corner:
Robin De Noir Character Analysis:
Ok so… anyone else love the fact that when Maria jumps Robin is the first one at the edge of that cliff looking absolutely terrified at the fact that he couldn’t protect her.
NOT my gif all credit goes to: @bonniebirddoesgifs
Like if that’s not true love in the way he looks absolutely terrified at the thought of losing her then I don’t know what is. Not to mention the way he is willing though out the whole movie (mainly after she opens his eyes of course, but I also think before that too) to do everything in his power to protect her.
Examples:
1) When she comes to the castle and gets caught he has to be the one holding her. Here he may not even know it himself, but in a way he’s protecting her. And some may say “no your crazy he just wanted to impress is dad,” yes that’s very very true, but at the same time think about it. He knew the other guys he grew up around them he knows what they’re like. So there’s a possibility he was protecting her even then without even realizing it himself. Also how would him just simply holding her there impress his dad? Like there’s a lot of other things he could do instead of just holding her there when the others are perfectly capable of doing it.
Again NOT my Gif all Credit goes to: @bonniebirddoesgifs
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Even in this scene he as no clue if what she is saying is true, but he fights to get way so that his dad won’t hurt her, and again people will say “oh he’s just doing that so the valley won’t die,” again while that is true, he is also fighting to protect her.
Again NOT my gif all credit goes to @insert-sarcastic-reply
That’s just two of the many examples I can give of how he’s protecting her even when he doesn’t know he himself is. I could make so so many more cases of why I fully believe that from the beginning he was always somehow protecting her, but I won’t cause we’d be here for days on days.
Like Robin is such a gentle and kind loving guy even though he was brought up to be rough on the outside. I genuinely believe all Robin wants is to be loved by someone especially since he has to work so hard to prove himself to his father.
So when Maria essentially slaps (more like drops him on his head 😂) ex:
Again NOT my gif all credit goes to: @bonniebirddoesgifs
him over the head to get him to drop his pride he slowly falls for her and in doing so he makes a vow then and there to protect her no matter what.
I just love Robins whole story line and character arc. I mean think about it even when she gets away from the dungeons and stands up on the wall before falling down the hill all he wants to do is protect her after he sees her fall.
Like some may protest and say “oh he was just sacred his dad would get mad she got away,” no when I watch the movie and she falls off that wall I see a look of worry that she may be hurt before he realizes oh, ok, she’s good I can make it look like I wasn’t worried.
And that in itself is awesome because FORESHADOWING!!! In my opinion that scene foreshadows the ending because:
1) he’s worried about her in both occasions just the first time around he hides it more then the second. In the second at the ending he just actually makes it known now that he’s genuinely worried for her.
2) she asks him “we’re you worried Robin?” And he scoffs saying “no anyone could have done that,”
THAT’S HIM PLAYING IT OFF AGAIN he may be doing it in a playful way now instead of the “oh I can’t actually show this,” but that’s because now he can show it, before he couldn’t show it.
Anyway all this to say Robin is an excellent and extremely complex character and people don’t really see it and it makes me sad because I absolutely Love very complex characters to death especially Robin.
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"Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself."
The Collected Works, Franz Kafka
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Some artwork that I made a few years back for my third artbook, The Style of Loish. I just love neutral colors with a bright color glowing through it. Woops, I think I just described like 90% of my art 😅
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what do you mean this isn't a scene from S2???
yes, I'm back on my meme shit
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when internet people are like “i love gothic literature but i hate anything that discusses incest, sexual violence, oppression, misogyny, abuse, torture, gore, murder, or death”
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Reblog to put one of these in your mutuals’ pocket when they’re not looking


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I don’t really remember who’s already been tagged so wildcard! Anyone who wants to: go for it! This picrew is so cute!!
Tagged by @ianxiety for this picrew
Tagging: @ghostdata @hollowfied @puurrrfectnightmare @pvtaaaa @moonofiron and whoever wants to do it
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Hehe now it’s my turn to be a menace

Tagging @ynngaa and @danhasnolife and all of my other friends have been tagged (that I know of having a tumblr) so anyone else who wishes to, go right ahead!!
NEW CHALLENGE
1. FIRST, create a picrew using this maker, and then 2. SECOND take this quiz on how fandom would see you if you were a fictional character. 3 (THIRD) POST YOUR PIC AND YOUR DESCRIPTION IN THE REBLOG!
Bastard (Good)
You’re a bastard. A wet cat, if you will. And we love you for it. You’re a little shit, but in the good way. You are the baddest babygirl. You killed a man, but you looked good doing it. You flirted with the hero and the enemy. All of Tumblr is madly in love with you. Congrats, I guess?
Tagging EVERYONE but especially @magicaltear, @the-beeses-kneeses, @wafflesrisa, @mykingdomforapen, @marbat, @scientistsinistral, @halberdierminister!
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This is le moi, until I get my haircut at least 🤣
Tagging @connerluthorkent @ynngaa @whosthatpokaimon and anyone else who sees this post 😊
It me! I tag whoever wants to do this!
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These are honestly so absolutely adorable, I love them so much 😭😭
Harleen Quinzel | Harley Quinn
Ivy Pepper | Poison Ivy
Sock
Hugo Strange | The Philosopher
William Cobb | Talon
GOTHAM’S GROUP CHAT RP: The Plant Family
“Sock helped you avoid my plants under the promise of snacks, and now the Court’s best assassin is out and GONE, you moron! …Not you, Sock. You’re a wonder, and we’re thrilled you’re here.”
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i might elaborate later but fanfic replies literally develop writer’s metacognition and make them better writers
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