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Homosexuality can happily reside in campiness. But in Gotham no one cares.
Who knows what will happen? Even in amazing shows like Supergirl, the fact that one of the characters is gay is a big deal -- with plot lines dealing with the character coming out and how others will react.
Also, Barbara doesn’t seem to care that much for Tabitha on the whole, and Tabitha was hooking up with Solomon Grundy. We hope so. Nygma goes to Penguin when he hasn’t heard from Isabella (guest star Chelsea Spack). They’re huge, huge villains, and Gotham has turned one of them gay, and the other? Bruno Heller (The Mentalist, Rome), Danny Cannon (the CSI franchise, Nikita), John Stephens (Gossip Girl) and Ken Woodruff (The Mentalist) serve as executive producers on the series.
The all-new “Mad City: The Executioner” episode of Gotham will air Monday, November 14 at 8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX.
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It’s refreshing, and it’s something that could only happen on Gotham. She’s an entire character type, so seeing her being with a girl isn’t that unique or weird. But we’re not looking past them; it’s just that they're not as neat or as interesting as Penguin and Riddler. But still, Gotham went and said that Penguin is actually, full-on in love with the Riddler.
So, yes, Penguin is in love with Riddler, though the latter is a bit less than reciprocal.
It’s not reciprocated, at last verbally, but this is Gotham, and there are no happy relationships here. Okay, okay, Ed actively tries to kill Oswald, but that’s only because the Penguin killed the woman Ed himself loved out of jealousy. Heck, both of them have already appeared in live-action movies, played by Danny DeVito and Jim Carrey, two huge actors.
It’s considered out of the ordinary, weird enough to mention, despite this being a universe where giant monsters regularly attack. As a result, the only place it can be seen as normal and regular is where nothing is normal and regular.
Which is why in Gotham, Riddler and Penguin’s relationship is so special -- because it’s not actually presented as anything special at all.
Now, there are other same-sex relationships in Gotham, including a one big one you might think we’re ignoring: the relationship between Tabitha Galivan and Barbara Kean.
Even FRIENDS, which had many issues with queer people, depicted lesbians in one of its first episodes. Sure, the Penguin (whose mayor) is in love with his best friend and personal assistant. Sure, as we saw in the finale, for now their love is on ice, but we’re sure it’ll come back in Season 4, hopefully stronger than ever. So, everyone should really check themselves.
And after the loss of both his mother and his father — coincidentally both dying in his arms, the only people he ever loved and trusted — the person who was there who gave him respect and really there for him was Edward Nygma.
For one thing, the show presents it as completely normal.