The Bad Life of Billy the Kid
is aThe Bad Guys (2022) fanfic by JOE1992.
Being a bad guy doesn’t mean you're always the bad guy, right? That’s how the titular thieves feel when they find an abandoned child and decide to give it a good home. Under the guidance of a not-so-evil guidance, what will that kid grow up to achieve?
’’The Bad Life of Billy the Kid’’ contains the following tropes:
- Accidental Kidnapping: Shark is technically guilty of abducting a child, but his conscience told him not to leave a baby that was left alone in a minivan.
- Anti-Villain: The Bad Guys are, as the title indicates, criminals with no remorse about stealing, but they are capable of acts of decency, like Shark rescuing a seemingly abandoned child.
- Even Evil Has Standards: The Bad Guys call out Shark for kidnapping a child, both for moral reasons and because child abduction makes them look bad and will get them in even more trouble.
- Hot Pursuit: The Bad Guys are introduced, escaping from the police with a stolen truck full of loot.
- Pet the Dog: The story is about Shark and the rest of the Bad Guys deciding to adopt a child seemingly left to fend for itself.
