I owed the That's-Joygasmic club on DA some art. This came instead. Haven't actually watched Batman Forever (?) in a while. Years, in fact. Had a grudge against the guy since childhood. Getting scarred on a Batman toy will do that.
Maybe that's why I tended to root for the villains….
Anyway, so sorry if there's anything I got wrong.
Hinted slash between Riddler and TwoFace. Don't like, you can ignore it. Or leave.
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Harvey's dead. He'd fallen to his death and it was all his fault.
Nigma lie, unmoving, in the shadows of his cell at Arkham. He'd been admitted earlier that day, after his plan had failed, taking away everything from him. He hadn't moved much since they locked him in. Mostly just to shift positions as he sobbed. He was out of tears for the moment, brooding. There were voices outside his cell door, but he paid them no mind.
Harvey.
Harvey, Harvey, Harvey, Harvey. Beautiful, twisted, Two Faced Harvey. His partner. His love…
He'd given up trying to blame the Batman for this. Sure, he threw the coins that made him loose his balance and fall into the pit, but the pit had been his idea. If he hadn't been so insistent, there wouldn't have been a pit to fall into.
If he hadn't been so stubborn, there wouldn't have been a Batman to toss the coins to begin with.
"Don't kill him." Words Nigma regretted so terribly.
Batman was alive because of him. And so, Harvey was dead because of him.
The thought sparked a new wave of tears, and he trembled, clinging to himself as he sobbed.
Harvey…
If only….if only he could be somebody else. Somebody who wouldn't feel his pain. Somebody unaffected by the loss.
Riddle me this, riddle me that. Who else could he be thinking of, besides the Bat?
Batman didn't feel his pain. He wouldn't have tossed those coins if he had.
A woman's voice. THAT woman's voice. Asking him who Batman was. Ready to plead to keep her boyfriend's secret. Nigma smiled.
"I won't tell you unless you say please."
"Please. Who is Batman?"
He jumped forward, into the light, flapping his straight jacket sleeves like wings.
"I'm Batman!"
The words left him hollow inside.