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[daywalkingblade]

The "Villain redemption" trend is bullshit.

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[onthe_threshold]

And here I thought you liked me.

[daywalkingblade]

Don't know too much about your past, but yeah. You're all right.

[dusk_to_night]

So... I should shove you under a bus?

[onthe_threshold]

I think 'megalomaniacal supervillain' about covers it.

Who's on your nerves?

[nepharious]

Maaaaaan, you better be careful or all the Loki fangirls are gonna be up your ass. Wait, no, too late now. I'm already making popcorn.

[daywalkingblade]

Nobody in particular. Just noting a trend. You got that show, Once Upon A Time, redeeming all kinds of villains. And now Maleficent. Hell, I hear people talking about wanting motherfucking Loki to not be that bad of a guy.

It's dangerous. Some people are just evil. And thinking otherwise is just going to lead to people getting hurt.

[daywalkingblade]

Wasn't that on your to-do list anyway?

[daywalkingblade]

Loki's a mass murdering asshole with daddy issues. The number of people he killed in his bid for power is unforgivable.

Oh yeah, and he isn't even that good looking. [Oh yeah, he just said that. The gauntlet is thrown DOWN, internet.]

[nepharious]

[Neph just stares at him in open-mouthed shock for a minute before pointing at him and cackling like a magpie.

In the distance, a microwave beeps.]

[dusk_to_night]

Hm. Yes... But I'm only a villain to the people who wronged me... instead of the general public.

[daywalkingblade]

Yeah. He's got a receding widow's peak thing going on, and a gaunt narrow face. I give him maybe a five out of ten.

At least he's better looking than that Cumberbatch guy. Fucking horseface.

Think your burrito is done.

[daywalkingblade]

Huh. Thought you were saying I was the villain.

[nepharious]

[Beeping microwaves are not the only faraway noise; something wakens in the deep, a rustling of sound like a million keyboards pecking out angry tweets and lengthy tumblr analyses of Why This Asshole Is So Wrong. Neph takes her hands away from her mouth and says, in all seriousness.] Man, ya done goofed.

Oh, that's my popcorn! [She scurries away, leaving him to contemplate that steadily rising noise, and returns with a bag of Orville's and a Big Gulp.]

[dusk_to_night]

You were a boogeyman, not a villain. Now thought? I don't believe in villains. Maybe I was one to some people, but... Everyone has a reason for why do they do bad things.

[anegativeaddict]

Labels are overrated

[onthe_threshold]

Loki fucked a horse.

I actually agree with you.

[dealing_death]

I think I've turned things around nicely.

[hail_king]

Daddy issues. They all have fucking daddy issues.

[ten_chocolate_sundaes]

But it's such a classic staple of poetic literature among humans, isn't it? The darkened soul turning to the light, seeing the error of his ways and acting for charity and goodwill from then on?

[fire_dance]

And maturity and personal growth? Re-prioritization of ambitions? Is that bullshit too?

[daywalkingblade]

Yeah. They are.

[daywalkingblade]

So you've called yourself a villain?

[daywalkingblade]

Pretty much. Or mommy issues. Wonder what Freud would have to say about vampires?

[daywalkingblade]

And it is bullshit.

[daywalkingblade]

Of course not.