Jim & Barbara | Plot Line

♫ Baby don’t you worry, I’ll be fine. You were good for the plot line. ♫
A video!!! Yay! It’s been so long since I’ve had the time and energy to edit, and I’m really glad inspiration struck while I’m on break from work for the holidays. I’m still very excited about editing Gotham, so here’s a new one for the collection. Not what I was expecting to make next, certainly. (Still waiting on finishing my Bruce/Selina vid honestly, but it’s too sad so I never wanna work on it lol).
As I’ve probably mentioned before, I want to edit like everything for this show-all my favorite ships as well as underrated characters and dynamics. That said, I surprised myself here because Barbara and Gordon were always really boring to me?? And therefore not something I planned on editing haha. Even as individuals, let’s be real. I always found Jim to be very dull (he doesn’t make it onto my list of faves... sorry, good fellow... though he's 10x more interesting around Lee), and Barbara really annoyed me. Until season 5, at which point I realized I’d begun to love her. She grows on you and then S5 hits and you’re like YES SHE ROCKS. There was a real change in the later half of the show, for the better, with her. I honestly think it’s the fact that she got over Jim so much which made her more interesting-as well as her developing more of a character outside of “I’m crazy.” (In my opinion the writers rarely knew what to do with her.) Though I still take crazy Barbara over season 1 Barbara. XD I also think her relationship with Tabby was a big part of her growing and becoming more likable. They had a good dynamic- and unlike in previous relationships, Barbara wasn’t constantly afraid of being abandoned, which was very sweet. But anyway-Barbara and Jim.
As per the song: while they weren’t meant for each other, they were both pivotal in the direction of each other’s lives, whether they like it or not. So that’s the idea I was editing from here, and I wanted to show how their relationship changes over time, too :) I also wanted to capture like... the feeling of what they almost were? Should've been? I think there could've been such an epic back-and-fourth, and while we got some of that, I think the show could've leaned into it more. Anyway! After making this vid I actually have more of an appreciation for their dynamic, which again I think really peaked in the last season 👌🏽. (Though the scene in Jim’s office was absolutely a plot device lol.) So yes, not a vid I was expecting, but a vid that I had a ton of fun making and am loving the result of! :D Enjoy 💛
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Song: /watch?v=KRC4SHOsbbc
Fandom: Gotham.
Coloring: Mine.
Programs: Premiere Pro 2020.
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[@SoniaJoie]

More Gotham edits! :) kzbin.info/aero/PLhPCBQjkt6QWeSdy6kTfsI0T8J58C35Kl

[@ryanabate1981]

I think Lee getting with Jim in season 5 was a last minute addition. All the episodes before 5x6 and after 5x6 were very Jim and Barbara heavy. That tells me that the original storyboards were created prior to the actress playing Lee returning. I think the direction of the show was heading towards a Jim and Barbara reunion and they had to make some adjustments due to Ben and Morena most likely asking for them to end up together. Everything Barbara did in season 5 points to her becoming Jim's biggest support again. She was there for him several times to save his life, she emotionally was there for him when he was feeling lost, and they proved they were still attracted to each other.

[@Greengobler]

I feel like that's what was supposed to happen but I kinda like barbara and Jim not being together but still raising barbara lee together

[@ryanabate1981]

@Greengobler yeah I liked that too, I also liked Lee and was glad they stopped with her manic villain arc lol. It was good to see her be the Lee from the first few seasons

[@Greengobler]

@@ryanabate1981 agreed lee in season 1 was the best

[@ryanabate1981]

@@Greengobler that whole thing with her and Ed was weird

[@Greengobler]

@@ryanabate1981 I hated that so much 💀