Know what I want more of in my fiction?Ā āNice Guyā villains.Ā āIncelā villains. Villains who exhibit the most toxic aspects of current masculinity and culture and are shamed for it.
Like Tighten from Megamind.
I know itās years old but this movie is still the best, especially because of the characterization of their villain. He receives a dozen soft noās from Roxanne (the Lois Lane archetype), itās suggested heās been getting them for years, and he still pursues her even to the point of endangering her life. When he finally understands that her ānoā is final, he throws a superpowered shit fit and tries to kill her and her actual love interest (Megamind) and televises it in a ploy to get sympathy (āa reminder of the night she ferociously ripped out my heartā). He has no concept of boundaries or consent, and it is shown for the vile behavior that it is.
And the thing is? I canāt remember another villain like him? Not anywhere. You could make an argument that Snape is a Nice Guy, but the narrative doesnāt criticize the behavior. To the contrary, his eternal love obsession with Lily is praised. Every character who comes even close to Tighten, ends up praised by the end. And Iām sick of it.
Get on Megamindās level, screenwriters.
Megamind is a great movie and I will defend it to the high heavens.
