#nygmobblepot

I will not rewatch Gotham.

It will take up my life as I cannot stop once I started.

I have so much drama work and school work to do.

I will just read fanfic and watch edits.

I WILL NOT REWATCH GOTHAM.

I finished writing chapter 8 last night.... it was supposed to be like 5 chapters, lets not talk about it. Anyway, a good portion of it is edited so that's nice. I think the final chapter count will definitely be in the double digits, but probably less than 15 chapters (hopefully).

The original premise has changed a bit. Instead of being solely focused on season 4, it's moved on to season 5 analysis as well. Again, I'm not used to writing canon compliant long fic so I'm not sure what to expect in terms of reader enthusiasm, so let me know if you're at all interested so I can have a little reassurance.

Since the premise has changed, I'm not too sure where I'll end the fic. Like, I don't know whether to include the time skip or not. I haven't gotten there yet (Chapter 8 focused on 5x8) so maybe it'll come to me as I keep writing, Idk. But if you have any thoughts, I'd love to hear them.

like oh yeah these are all actual batman characters and we have to get them there!! got to somehow make barbara x jim endgame too like canon so let's throw a baby in there! 😍

Basically the wish comes true, too accurately. Oswald can't seem to keep Ed in mind for anything anymore, and Ed is concerned when he meets the person who Oswald is suddenly smitten with. It's too fast, the person has a creepy obsession with Oswald's past murders and tragic history in Arkham (unlike Ed's own totally reasonable interest in the same subject, totally reasonable yeah), Oswald keeps ignoring his plans in favor of this person which is just so unlike him...

Isabella, though, is delighted. Even lightly, gently, scolds Ed for not being happy for Oswald. "It's such a rare thing," she breathes wistfully. "To find what we have."

It is. It is! ... Which makes this even more odd. In fact, now that Isabella has pointed it out, the parallels are much too... exact.

Clearly, this person was stalking Oswald for quite some time and, upon seeing Oswald crave what Ed and Isabella shared, decided to manufacture the same kind of relationship to get into Oswald's life past the usual safeguarding.

Unsure how to incorporate a similar thing to Isabella making herself look even more like Kristen into the way this person acts for Oswald... the obvious is of course the person trying to look lore like Ed, but that doesn't carry the same kind of PRSD-inducing element. Could lean into Oswald's odd thing with his mother and have them try to invoke her in some way (recently realized that "Anything for you" didn't just hit Oswald like it did for the loyalty element, but that st the start of the episode Oswald outright says "My mother told me every night she would do anything for me" so. There's basis there) but that's a territory of fucked up I don't wanna venture into, frankly. Dammit Oswald, why can't you have a dead ex?

Anyway, I'll work that out later, whatever that catalyst ends up being (including a rejected breakup slap or the like since Isabella did that too) is what makes Ed realize his wish somehow came true. And how much he hates seeing Oswald in this relationship, but he knows it's more than just discomfort over the way it exposes how his relationship with Isabella is Not Good.