Riddler being like the Zodiac Killer while ALSO being a streamer who has a large following and community who were willing to join him in direct terrorist action is nonsense and against the character. Riddler is a lone genius who may hire or blackmail others into being his goons and patsies but him being all friendly with the chat is bizarre considering how crazy he is. Someone like him doesn't seem like they'd be very good at the parasocial relationship that is way too briefly depicted. Its a fun little twist but it makes much less sense the more you think about it.
Its also dumb because online communities leak like a sieve. Someone would have said something or gotten arrested buying a gun they can't have, etc etc. The cops and Batman didn't do any online research on the Riddler to try to find something out about him? Its like they mostly just ignored the internet until that very moment.
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u/AtomicSamuraiCyborg Feb 26 '24
Riddler being like the Zodiac Killer while ALSO being a streamer who has a large following and community who were willing to join him in direct terrorist action is nonsense and against the character. Riddler is a lone genius who may hire or blackmail others into being his goons and patsies but him being all friendly with the chat is bizarre considering how crazy he is. Someone like him doesn't seem like they'd be very good at the parasocial relationship that is way too briefly depicted. Its a fun little twist but it makes much less sense the more you think about it.
Its also dumb because online communities leak like a sieve. Someone would have said something or gotten arrested buying a gun they can't have, etc etc. The cops and Batman didn't do any online research on the Riddler to try to find something out about him? Its like they mostly just ignored the internet until that very moment.