drawings or sth

I'm really struggling on what to do with Isabella's character. I initially thought it'd be better to write a completely different take on her, make her an actual Hugo Strange clone, or use that plastic surgeon who was giving mafia people new faces or something. But the more I think about her, the more I can't stop thinking about her.

Even if we just take we have from canon, we can only assume she was a regular woman who just happened to look like Kristen Kringle. But not only was she willing to look past the fact that Edward murdered his last girlfriend, she dyed her hair and dressed exactly like her. Who would be capable of doing that? Who was this woman? Why didn't we get to see more of her? Did the writers have an actual plan that had to be cut off or were they just winging it?

Gotham writers were hinting at something and posting images from the movie “Vertigo”. I believe there was some plan that got scrapped along the production. Or maybe they just liked the aesthetic.

From “Vertigo”:

From “Gotham”:

Fic title: Second Banana (which is a terrible joke, but I couldn't think of a better title and once this came into my head I couldn't not do it. I might change it later, depending on how I feel)

Fandom: Gotham (TV)

Ships: Oswald Cobblepot/Salvatore Maroni; Oswald Cobblepot/Edward Nygma (background)

Summary: While Oswald Cobblepot presides over the Pax Penguina, the deceased mafia don Salvatore Maroni, resurrected by a mysterious sponsor who disapproves of Oswald's rule, walks into the newly opened Iceberg Lounge and finds a Penguin very different from the one he remembered. Oswald, meanwhile, finds himself strangely well-disposed, even nostalgic, toward the man who was once his mark, his (fake) boss, and his enemy, for reasons that aren't entirely clear even to him.

This was written as a gift for @ynngaa for the Nygmobblepot Haven Secret Friends Exchange. Happy New Year (belatedly)... or 10th day of Christmas, I guess?

Here was the prompt I wrote it for: “It takes place during the Pax Penguina era. Maroni is brought to life because some traditionalist wants old order back in Gotham and paid Hugo Strange to do it because of course the Court of Owls kept his body intact. So he’s back but Gotham is not what he remembers. And his little boy toy is not what he remembers and they navigate through this completely new dynamic. Oswald is wary but despite what he thinks his heart isn’t his only weakness so it’s easy to get swept in memories. I don’t expect anything long, especially when this is not everyone’s favorite ship. I’ll be fine with just one scene that plays out without world building. Of course if the author gets carried away I certainly won’t complain ♥️”