#gortposting

What if Gortash just has some sort of value that makes him nigh I resistable to bhaalists 😅

Bro, just let her have it already, why he gotta tease so much?? 😅 My #nsfw entry for #kinktober featuring #gortash the racoon man! Themes: teasing/denial/bondage/oral

Just shaking him like a bug in a jar because he makes me ill

I am a fan of villains, bad guys, like so many people and I think there's many reasons why. The fantasy of getting to indulge the worst impulses. The lack of moral tether opening worlds of opportunities.

A hero has generally one path and easy to identify motives and resolutions. They're going to do good things and save the day. Villains however can do whatever they want- good bad, doesn't matter. They're versatile. And sometimes we love a good redemption arc, for those who can see the error of their ways. And those that don't, well we don't mind seeing them get theirs in the end. (Mostly)

Then there's Gortash.

Enver Gortash is not a redemption arc villain. Because, and he'd be the first to tell you, he doesn't need one. He's not the one who's wrong.

Which is something I like about Gortash- hes not an ends justify the means villain like Ketheric (he is but he's more than that.) he's a "the cruelty is the point" he isn't just putting bombs in toys for refugee children because it will foment fear and chaos and within that sphere he will grab more power. He does it because it's funny to him. Two things can be true at the same time. He doesn't just run evil experiments for more data, he does it so he can see the blood, and can see who survives him. Who deserves to continue. (No one, they're all weak)

Redemption? From what? Diamonds are formed under pressure. He's not angry about the House of Hope it is what made him who he is. He isn't mad about being sold to a devil- who the hell would he be if he hadn't been? A dirt poor cobbler's son? Worthless. No no, what was done to him is a gift. This man romanticizes his wickedness to the degree of perpetrating it again to see if he will get the same result. That's why he sells Karlach- he was doing her a favor. She was worth putting in the crucible. And if she didn't survive, what good would she have been to him anyway.

And he wants to be adored for all of that. For seeing what no one else can. He wants you to see him as a hero- and rather than slog through that journey of self discovery and delusion, he's going to do what he does best. Optimize it. Set up the circumstances, play dice - and come out the on top in the end. Nat 20.

Who has time for a redemption arc? Who needs to be redeemed?

Not Enver Gortash. Unlike the other chosen he knows exactly where he is, doing what he's doing and what it will cost. All you other suckers just didn't get the memo. Which is I think why you can't talk him down in the end.

You can't save him because he doesn't need to be saved. He knows death is around the corner if you go to the brain and he knows what's waiting for him if he fails. But if he were to fail, what he'd get would be exactly what he deserved. Banehold is the punishment, and to his own philosophy it's also the reward.

I don't think Bane is ready for what happens when Enver Gortash finds his feet again.