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b:tas riddlebat ship meme

 I had my bae @heroes-etc​ pick five questions from a couple different ship memes so I could write up some meta for riddlebat in different continuities. This one is from this meme.

8. What are their most prominent memories of each other?

Edward’s most prominent memory of Bruce is probably the scene in his debut episode, “If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Rich?” where Batman solves the riddle at the middle of Riddler’s labyrinth. I have billions of eyes, yet I live in darkness. I have millions of ears, yet only four lobes. I have no muscles, yet I rule two hemispheres. What am I? Bruce answers the brain, because it metaphorically meets all the requirements, but also because it’s the “only thing Edward Nygma respects,” which is what I always think of when I read Batman Adventures #11 and Eddie claims “no one else gets me!”

Bruce’s most prominent memory of Edward is probably from Batman Adventures #2, the beginning of Riddler’s Bill-Gates-tech-mogul style reform in the extended comics, during the period where Ra’s al Ghul was sending assassins to kill all of Batman’s villains as a “favor” to Bruce. Edward is initially pleased when Bruce comes to his rescue, but then has a mental break over how being “riddled with bullets” would have been a better end to the Riddler than whatever ignoble fate he’ll meet now that he’s reformed. I don’t think it’s an interaction Bruce would forget easily, even once Edward stabilizes in later issues.

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