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Posted by chai (heart) @proyearner

you know what’s a really good trope? “the power of friendship” but they’re all VILLAINS. just a bunch of sexy, unhinged, & morally bankrupt characters who would do anything for each other. absolutely unparalleled

1:04 PM, 10/28/21, 4560 Retweets, 938 Quote Tweets, 20,8k Likes

  • @[email protected]
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    3913 days ago

    the episodes of the venture bros where the monarch is forced to interact with other villains are the best.

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      1613 days ago

      Baron underbite knocking on the monarch’s door for a place to crash because he “just got divorced”

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    2313 days ago

    Heros: “We did it, we finally killed the evil bad guy”

    The evil bad guy’s 12 best friends:

  • @[email protected]
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    2113 days ago

    Villains are usually better written, more developed characters while the good guys are just good for sake of being good.

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      13 days ago

      Isn’t that because there are fewer unambiguous ways to be “good”? Even many people doing “good” could be seen by others as being evil?

      • “I’m saving the forest!” “You’re killing loggers”
      • “No one will every go hungry again!” “You stole every piece of arable land and only grow the food you want to exist”
      • “I’ve saved everyone’s soul. Everyone is going to the happy afterlife when they die!” “Which religion’s afterlife are you calling the ‘happy’ one?”
      • Annoyed_🦀
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        213 days ago

        I defeat Joker and saved 10 people’s life!

        No you dingus! Letting Joker live mean more people will be killed before you stop him again!

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        13 days ago

        I remember an animated show where the reason why the villain was evil and how they were defeated was because they were aromantic

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      213 days ago

      I keep identifying the the villains, but eventually, I realized that the writers of mainstream media are heavily invested in the status quo.

  • the dopamine fiend
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    1813 days ago

    Dimension 20 basically did this with Escape From the Bloodkeep and it was, as usual, fantastic.

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      13 days ago

      My first thought! Although apparently it was designed to end in PvP. One of the best seasons in my book, definitely the top sidequest season.

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    913 days ago

    Season 3 of Legend of Korra does this pretty well, though the villains are also united by an ideology that drives them to act.

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    813 days ago

    Villains or antiheroes? Because this sounds like anti-heroes but villains are rather the people letting starving people die for profits.

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    713 days ago

    I feel like the animated movie ‘Bad Guys’ kind of encomappses this. They’re a ‘ride or die’ crew that is bad, at least at the beginning. It’s a good movie I recommend a watch.