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Growing up, a young Edward Nygma spent all of his time watching television. His parents had little to no time for him and thought the screen a suitable substitute. Or maybe they didn't, they didn't really care. So, television it was. Anything from Saturday morning cartoons to slashers. From plane crash documentaries to sketch comedy shows. As open as his tastes was, even Ed had his favorite genres. Sci-fi, murder mysteries and game shows. He found endless amounts of comfort in these shows and the characters. They somehow made him feel more seen than his own parents. He felt so at home in these shows, as if he could almost see himself within them. Almost. Simply watching these shows was never quite enough for Edward. He wanted to live them, breathe them, be them. So this was his mission. Create a contraption to teleport ones mind into the vast world of television. Edward had carried this idea with him all the way to adulthood, even after he had achieved his dream job. The head medical examiner at the GCPD. He felt as if the human body was the ultimate puzzle, so this job was the perfect opportunity for him to solve it. Ed was not popular at the GCPD, far from it. He only really made one friend in Jim Gordon. Well, to call him a friend is a stretch. Ed was having a hard time adjusting to life working there and it made him come across as odd. He was frequently teased by others there for being weird and Jim felt bad for him. He ate with Ed and would stop to chat with him at times. Ed could tell tho, it was out of pity. It always was. But, pity or not, it made life a bit easier so he ran with it.

Now he could spend all of his free time on his work and his project. He got so invested in both he would end up working through the day and conducting his experiments all through the night. Jim would often find him asleep at his desk in the mornings, passed out on a pile of concept sketches of his machine.  After about three years of this horrendous routine, it was finished. Edward's life work was finally completed. He had felt an overwhelming sense of pride. Now all he had to do was test it. He brought in his TV from home, an old thing from the 90s with a built in VHS player. He had gathered a varied collection of VHS tapes and grabbed one at random. An old game show from the 70s named Riddle Me This. A flashy sign of the times with an eccentric host.A scrauny red-headed man in a dazzling green suit.

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But yuh, I'm old and I'm tired 👍