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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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[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

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

[–] deus@lemmy.world 1 points 21 minutes ago

This reminds me of the Phantom Troupe.

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 2 hours ago
[–] theyllneverfindmehere@lemmy.world 24 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Basically the Harley Quinn show.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

Was gonna say

[–] richard3030@lemmy.one 2 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] Killer_Tree@sh.itjust.works 1 points 42 minutes 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/

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 hours ago

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

The evil bad guy's 12 best friends:

[–] upandup@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I like how they threw “sexy” in there.

[–] CannedTuna@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Makes me think they’re talking about Always Sunny

[–] TheGreatSnacku@lemm.ee 2 points 40 minutes ago

Nothing sexier than cultivating mass.

[–] hypnicjerk@lemmy.world 17 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] benignintervention@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] hobnoblin@feddit.uk 4 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] AliasVortex@lemmy.world 2 points 59 minutes ago

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.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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?"
[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] snf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour 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.

[–] RandomStickman@fedia.io 5 points 2 hours ago

Jessie and James and Meowth

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 1 points 1 hour ago

That’s basically Inspirational Skeletor.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

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

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 1 points 13 minutes ago

How would you say they are villains? Some may classify as antiheroes, but like… they basically literally try to save people from extermination.

[–] Sibshops@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Agatha all along.. Kinda.