#jfc...

I have seen… so many people depict them as misunderstood, broken, actually good guy. (Well, the broken and traumatized part is probably true, I just feel people focus too much on that aspect) And I see the vision, after all the very existence of Elfilin makes a LOT of implications about Elfilis. That, they ARE capable of being kind, they are capable of making friends, that they are capable of being a good person.

But, that’s the thing, they COULD be but they AREN’T! Even before they were captured, they were destroying/conquering worlds for a while. Enough to have one of it’s attacks LITERALLY be named “The Fermi Paradox’s Answer”.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind seeing versions of them being a better person, or headcannons that they’re actually misunderstood. I can totally get behind the idea that they might have been a decent person in the past but eventually changed for the worst. (A popular headcannon in the kirby community)

But, honestly? I want to see them as a villain more, y’know?! I wanna see them as a delightfully cruel, manipulative, condescending, petty, quiet, deadly force to be reckoned with, that will go to great lengths when things don’t go their way. That also maybe has a complicated relationship with Elfilin. It adds complexity!

You, Juno Songs, and Man on the Internet are probably FAVORITE portrayals of them so far from what I’ve seen! (Also, seeing Elfilis with heels just… feels so right for some reason. I can’t imagine it without them now, so thanks for that.)

Anyway, sorry for basically dropping an essay in your inbox! I just wanted to gush real quick! Keep up the good work!

Oh no prob, no prob; I love essays~ ^^

And I must say I agree with you about Fecto Elfilis-- like, for one thing, I too find it difficult to imagine them without heels anymore. ^^; And for another thing, I also prefer to see them as a true villain.

There's already a lack of outright 'mean' characters in the Kirbyverse to begin with (which is probably why I used to cling to the Dark Matter so much ^^; ), and as a lover of badguys I'll take what I can get. Additionally, though, I think it suits F/E's character to be evil; it makes their story arc more unique.

As fun as it is to do the "innocent alien captured by fearful humans and turned into the very monster they imagined" thing, I think there's a lot more to explore if the alien in question isn't so innocent. Like, it raises moral questions about revenge and 'justifiable' cruelty and fear on both sides of the equation. It's easy to feel sorry for a good person who was locked up and experimented on for 30 years...but what about a bad person, someone who "deserved" it? What kind of story would make us feel sorry for them? Or conversely, what kind of story would let us take pleasure in their suffering, even when faced with clear proof that they're still a person who CAN feel fear and pain (i.e. Elfilin)?

Just thinking about it gives me the itch to write. ^^ I love it, and that dynamic is why this is my favorite installment of the DDT comic. I love having Forgo talk to Elfilin, both sharing their trauma and trying to protect him in their own twisted way; it's like watching the two halves of Fecto Elfilis' soul having an argument. Maybe that's what goes on in their head all the time...an evil conqueror and a scared little kid just trying to protect themselves...

...Anyway! Since I like to post never-before-seen art when I answer these asks, take this:

I drew this a while back, when the DDT comic dub was first getting started...VillainsVoice (Forgo's VA) was doing some ad-libbing, and I felt inspired. ^^ I gotta give him credit for further enhancing my view of Forgo/Elfilis; he does a great job expressing the haughty, sophisticated flavor of the evil persona I write them with. Like, I never really thought to ask for the voice of "someone very suave and stylish who would also eagerly rip your face off with their teeth", but he delivered...! 8D And I couldn't be happier~

Ain't even saving this one for the Thanksgiving audacity filth drop post I scheduled, what in the world 😆 I just read the thread and mister infamously never nude was at a bathhouse or public sauna or something whole ass and dick out? I mean, its not an impossible tale being spun and good for him if he's gained the confidence to do that but hmmmm. It is a forum where people are known to wildly exaggerate in regards to celeb sex gossip and about their own personal exploits so...

IDK I know in my heart that man is hung. LISTEN I'm genuinely not even much of a size queen to be quite honest, surprising I'm sure hahaha. But in particular I still believe he's packing. I don't know. It's vital for some reason. Also how does this observer man know he's neither a grower or shower, it's not like it's that type of bathhouse hahaha. Come on.