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image transcriptPosted 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

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[–] earphone843 2 points 55 minutes ago

Kinda like It's Always Sunny, but better

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) (1 children)

"What? I wanted a longer car chase, its the best part."

Seriously that link is the first 6 minutes of the movie and if that doesnt absolutely hook you into watching it, its not for you.

Also my 5yo daughter makes me put on that song and do the sunglasses thing, shit is so adorable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Honestly the car sold me like 50 percent on that movie, haha. It's such a short bit of the movie but it's just fun and the car is obviously badass.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

It breaks my heart that Worm never got more attention. It's probably the best superhero (or villain depending on your perspective) story I've ever read

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

The villains code as well. Worms better though

[–] [email protected] 85 points 22 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Exactly my thought. If you don't have a session once a month where you look around and ask "are we the baddies?" then what the heck are we doing here.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

Basically the Harley Quinn show.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 18 hours ago

Harley being Batman's therapist and keeping his identity secret ("Doctor-patient confidentiality") was one of the most wholesome things ever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 22 hours ago

Was gonna say

[–] [email protected] 9 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Seinfeld.

You're describing Seinfeld.

Stupid, sexy Jerry.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 22 hours ago

Baron underbite knocking on the monarch's door for a place to crash because he "just got divorced"

[–] upandup 29 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I like how they threw “sexy” in there.

[–] CannedTuna 14 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Makes me think they’re talking about Always Sunny

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

Nothing sexier than cultivating mass.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

It's an integral load(:))-bearing essential element!!

[–] EmoDuck 23 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

The evil bad guy's 12 best friends:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

Organisation 13 if they care for each other

[–] [email protected] 19 points 22 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

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?"
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours 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!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Also, villains are often coded as minorities, whereas the heroes are basically the mainstream.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 15 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours 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.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 22 hours ago

Jessie and James and Meowth

[–] [email protected] 12 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 22 hours ago

I thought of Lost. They’re not all villains, but they’re all kind of shitty.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Isn’t that just DOOM patrol?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Doom Patrol isn't made up of villians. They are people whose superpowers caused them to be traumatized in one way or another.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

I agree, but they are very shitty “heroes” to the point of causing plenty of villain like fallout 😅 the rest really fits the bill though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Anybody read Worm by John McCrae / Wildbow? It's this and it's really really good https://parahumans.wordpress.com/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Actually, now that you mention it, Worm is this to a tee. Worm is still probably one of my favorite reads to date; highly recommend (it's like a The Boys with less evil corporations and more X-Men)!

spoilerFor all the praise, I'm not entirely sure I liked the ending, but the rest of the book more than makes up for it...

I keep telling myself to get around to reading Ward, but so far haven't had the time to commit to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

Interesting, I thought the ending of Worm was super satisfying and worth the wait.

I read it over 5 years ago and still think about it often, and still add to my playlist of songs that's an imaginary soundtrack to it ('Tracks' by Chelsea Wolfe is the main theme).

Everybody else just go read it, it's a web serial, it's free. I'm amazed that he hasn't managed to get physical books out yet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago

This reminds me of the Phantom Troupe.

[–] Killer_Tree 3 points 20 hours ago

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, but for a good read from a Villain perspective try A Practical Guide to Evil

https://practicalguidetoevil.wordpress.com/summary/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Wait, so what is going on over in the USA, but sexy??

I guess that would be significantly more palatable ... still murder tho.

But if I could choose my dictator I would like a big mommy dommy goth, pls!
(I would be a boot-locker & it would be illegal to kink-shame me!)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm currently reading a series called Everybody Loves Large Chests. The protagonist is a dungeon mimic who gains sentience and levels up. It collects a bunch of sexy villain characters along the way. Surprisingly compelling.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It's weeb degeneracy with rape, fantasy Nazis, and a loli that shouts Ora Ora as she punches because the author took a fantastic premise and smeared shit all over it.

It got recommended to me by a Redditor.

I do not forgive their sins, or yours for spreading it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

You're not wrong 🫤 There certainly are very cringey elements in it, and I haven't enjoyed every book equally. The writing quality (content aside) is largely ok, but the editing is spotty.

To amend my previous recommendation, do not read this if you are looking for thoughtful, high quality fantasy. It's an interesting premise, with some clever aspects and a lot of bullshit.

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