Just finished the Villainous official comic the Risky Heist and I gotta say. I just gotta say. Gimme the mic lemme just
A small part of me wishes the protagonists are Illuminarrow and Mawrasite instead. They're small-time villains in a world tangled with power-hungry maniacs and corruption that begins from the very top of authority, they fight their way to a better life and it's really interesting to see the world from their point of view
Uuu may nothing but good things come their way (•͈⌔•͈⑅)
I love?? How the exposition isn't dumped and boring?? And the leagues plus locations are set up in a really solid way! The pacing is somehow better than the cartoon I feel. And!! And the dozens of random characters are SO ENTERTAINING <3 Just brimming with personality in the brief periods they show up!!
Oh without spoilers I love it when characters are;; characters? (Only when they're intended to be deep by the writers of course) If that makes sense?? Like they have motivations and stick to their goals, with beliefs and hobbies, it all ties into what they symbolise and how they react to things RAARAFGHH GOLDHEART WHERE ARE YOU IN ALL THIS
Also the dread is so good. Like the events happening here are actually scary. Not to spoil but, the plot thickens. The plot was already thick but it thickens. I really hope the cartoon doesn't rely on the comics for lore, though it's pretty much accepted that Villainous is a multi-medium story right? At least Alan is telling the story how he wants. It would only be a little troublesome for us to piece the events together with internet now at least✌️ ( ಥ⌣ಥ)✌️
I'm telling you, it all comes down to power in this world, like the reputation kind
THERE'S ALWAYS A BIGGER FISH ETC ETC- how BH org influences the world down to the smallest details is done really well, you can really feel how imposing they are and how much control they have, the kind that can only exist in rumours even
But I canNOT GET OVER HOW THE FIGUREHEADS OF VILLAINY HERALDED AS PRACTICALLY MYTHOLOGICAL IN THEIR STATUS, AS TERRIFYING AS THE SUN IS TO AN ANT, ARE:
1. A sopping wet milk-soaked mop of a man who wishes, on a daily basis, that he couldn't Comprehend The Horrors
3. Mr. 'Forgets His Lines Doing A Snack Commercial' over here
And they all live in the same house and they hate each other.
Scary and silly is such a hard combo to balance!! Mate!! This godforsaken cartoon will haunt me until the day I die!!