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What makes the villain the villain (inasmuch as it's useful to examine TLT characters through that kind of simplistic lens) is that when the chips are down and he has to choose, his priority is punishing the wicked, not saving the people left behind.

I would invite anyone whose engagement with their cause consists of finding the 'correct' group of people to hate, to consider whether 'evil emperor' is the next career move you see yourself taking, and if it isn't, to gently suggest disembarking from the hate train.

I really like how the scientology speedrunning trend is developing, in this clip we see that the participants are

Not deterred by the closed door

Working as a group

Protecting their identities

Inflicting material costs to the institution via property destruction

Getting away at the end

like okay man you're gonna want to start with the bible. yeah the whole thing. you're gonna want to hit the apocryphal books too just in case. and then homestuck. yeah the whole thing also. ok now go on ao3. don't search for a specific fandom just do a general search and then open the "edit search" thingy and hit the button that says "explicit," sort by "date updated," and read the first 10 that come up. and now the iliad the odyssey the anaeid the orestia. and plato's symposium and ovid's metamorphoses and probably also the theban plays to be safe. and ok i don't need you to read the entire canon of gothic literature but i'm gonna need you to read frankenstein dracula and carmilla at the minimum. and the three musketeers and don quixote. and also an agatha christie or similar. i think and then there were none should serve our purposes well enough.

ok and now you can read gideon the ninth.

cool so now you're gonna have to read the divine comedy and paradise lost and a couple of shakespeare's histories, i think julius caesar and the richard plays should do it. also the picture of dorian gray. in terms of poetry, annabel lee and the raven should be sufficient, but read cristabel also if you want to go above and beyond. and now i need you to hit the telltale heart and the masque of the red death, and also the confessions of saint augustine. and listen to lose yourself by eminem and a few of evanescence's top hits. now is probably also a good time to read my immortal. and lolita.

cool have fun with harrow the ninth.

ok now i need you to cozy up with anne of green gables and any middle-grade adventure series that strikes your fancy, but for our purposes i'd particularly recommend a series of unfortunate events. and the call of cthulu. the color out of space may also be advisable. and read the myth of galatea and watch the barbie movie.

the bible (kjv recommended)

the apocrypha

homestuck

the first 10 explicit works which appear in a general search on ao3 (no other perameters)

the iliad

the odyssey

the anaeid

the orestia

plato's symposium

ovid's metamorphoses

the theban plays (to be safe)

frankenstein

dracula

carmilla

the three musketeers

don quixote

an agatha christie mystery or similar (and then there were none recommended, though murder on the orient express or death on the nile would also work)

gideon the ninth

the divine comedy

paradise lost

julius caesar

the richard plays

the picture of dorian gray

the poetry of edgar allen poe, particularly "annabelle lee" and "the raven"

"christabel" by samuel taylor coleridge (not mandatory)

the telltale heart

the masque of the red death

st augustine's confessions

eminem's "lose yourself"

your choice of evanescence's top hits

my immortal

lolita

harrow the ninth

anne of green gables

a middle-grade adventure series (a series of unfortunate events recommended, though a mystery series in the line of nancy drew, the hardy boys, or the boxcar children would also work, in which case you would not have to read the full catalog, but should read a minimum of three.)

the call of cthulu

the color out of space

the myth of galatea

the barbie movie

Man ranting on the internet about the Superbowl halftime show or complaining that something is "woke"? Hobbyless Behaviour. Girls mocking another girl for not looking right? Hobbyless Behaviour. Mindless vandalism? Hobbyless Behaviour.

in Gideon the Ninth, in order of first incidence

a hideous witch from hell

a psychopath

a butt-touched nun

Nonagesiumus

insane creep

jackass

bitch

my sweet

bucko

Reverend Daughter

gloom mistress

penumbral lady

night boss

bone empress

tenebrous overlord

my lamentable queen

Harrow

numbnuts

you asswipe

assmunch

my midnight hagette

my crepuscular queen

sunshine

ignorant sack of eyeballs

loser

bozo

dick

sugarlips

Bonus: things not stated outright by Gideon but included in the narrative in a way that strongly suggests Gideon would have said them given the chance

desiccated mummy of hate

marchioness of bones

in Gideon the Ninth, in order of first incidence

Griddle

a disgusting little cuckoo

Nav

you recreant

idiot

illiterate peon

you tool

dolt

hog

an incredible swordswoman

a dreadful human being

moron

Gideon

dullard

imbecile

fool

nincompoop

my only friend

yellow-eyed moron

a weenie

first flower of my house

the greatest cavalier [the ninth] have ever produced

sexpal69 gives valentine's day advice, gideon fends off minors, and pyrrha gets caught