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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2026-02-01 04:05 pm

[ SECRET POST #6967 ]


⌈ Secret Post #6967 ⌋

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[personal profile] fscom 2026-02-01 09:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I love villains. But the instant we're supposed to root for a villain or a villainous character just because there is someone more evil, I lose interest. Darth Maul in Episode 1? Yes, please. Darth Maul coming back as a crime lord? No thank you.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-01 11:13 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I’m kind of the opposite. I love a villainous character who’s a bit less evil or just more intelligent and pragmatic than the Bigger Bad.

If the story feels like it’s trying to whitewash them, that’s another thing. But I’m a sucker for “lesser of two evils”.

(Anonymous) 2026-02-02 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
I can find the switch-up annoying. The villain is a villain because they're playing their role well. It can feel like a copout. It can feel like the creators like the villain a lot, and so they no longer want to have them be in the "How can we defeat this Bad Guy?" Role. So to keep a character they like around, they create a new Bad Guy to fill the adversarial role.