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Edited by GastonRabbit on Aug 31st 2023 at 4:14:10 AM
Not!Suicide Squad Enchantress seems like the same case for Cipher. For now, she seems like an
. If something else comes up later on, we can always trim her.
So, on my end, I've gotten into the Deptford Mice trilogy while browsing around looking for other interesting franchises to get into. And although I've only read four of the novels—the original trilogy and The Alchemist's Cat—there are three nasty villains who could probably qualify for this trope. One definitely doesn't, the other two I'm still debating. The only reason why I haven't gone ahead and done the effortpost(s) yet is because I'm gonna be busy in the next couple days and I currently don't have time to do either of them today. That and because two of said villains have rather large mitigating factors. Well, one does anyway.
I'll probably(?) have the effortposts up in a few days.
I write stories and shiz. You can read them here.Now first I would like to apologise at Zerstörer, Dreyfuss and Jobe's write ups taking so long. Their proving harder than I expected, hopefully I'll have them completed sometime today or tomorrow, hopefully.
In the meantime, back in February I started to investigate to see whether one of my favourite old TV series had any candidates. Due to being busy with other things I stopped around half way and put it aside for later, now things have quieted down I have the time to carry it on.
The series question is The Wild Wild West, no relation to the awful film (no seriously, No Relation) which was a wonderful blend of a Western and Spy series, which really could have only been created in the 1960’s.
Set in the 1870’s, the show details secret service agents James West and Artemus Gordon, and there efforts to apprehend and defeat outlaws, political radicals, Mad Scientists, Diabolical Masterminds and all manner of exciting and imaginative antagonists.
Now like a lot of Sixties programs the series does possess a good amount of camp and silliness, but overall the majority of the threats were portrayed seriously, and it’s the level of violence (though quite tame by today’s standards, still a lot of people die in just about every episode, some in pretty horrific ways) is what got it cancelled.
This of course means that overall heinous standard is reasonably high; nevertheless I think I’ve managed to find a few candidates
Now First and foremost, I don’t believe that the shows main antagonist and Jim and Artemus’s archenemy Doctor Miguelito Loveless counts. While a very dangerous Diabolical Mastermind and Mad Scientist, whose plots usually involve mass murder and terrorism, Loveless just has too many migrating factors.
First and foremost he does genuinely love his lover Antoinette, its outright acknowledge that she is probably the only person he truly cares about. Now Antoinette disappears half way through the series (with the implication she died), and Loveless does have other women after her, he never demonstrates the same love towards them as he did to her.
Also despite his incredible bitterness and misanthrophobia, Loveless displays a wonderful amount of pathos and self-awareness, especially for a sixties Supervillain (hats off to Michael Dunn, he gave a wonderful performance) not enough to justify or redeem himself, but enough to make you question. Lastly there is the fact that Loveless does seem to care for animals, he’s seen caring for a variety on several occasions. Granted this the reason he prefers human experimentation.
Now that’s out of the way here is the first of candidate I believe may qualify: Doctor Arcularis from “The Night of The Howling Light.”
Who is he:
Doctor Arcularis is a psychologist, fascinated by the recent developments in Europe on the subject of behavioural modification and the discovery of conditional reflexes. As said process has been proven to work on majority of Animals, being a man of sound mind Arcularis decided to see if it also works on people.
Following an unspecified amount of testing, by the time of the episode Arcularis believes he’s perfected the process, where through a combination of a clear set of instructions how to react and a considerable amount of sensory torture, Arcularis is able to reduce people into mindless zombies who obey his every order.
Having already used this process to brainwash five people including the lighthouse keeper Mr Trowbridge, whose lighthouse he stole to use as his base.
Arcularis is contacted by Ahkeema, a member of the Okangan’s, who has devised to kill the great Chief Ho-Tami.
Ho-Tami has managed to unify the Okanagan, Cherokee, Pawnee and several others tribes in the area into a confederacy, to organise a peace treaty with Washington, and thus prevent a brutal war. Knowing James West personally, he entrusted him to deliver their terms to the US Government. However many natives don’t want the agreement to occur, including Ahkeema, so he contacts Arcularis to brainwash Jim to murder Ho-Tami.
What does he do:
At the start of the episode Arcularis kidnaps Jim by delivering a false message that Artemis Gordon has been seriously injured. Arriving he claims he’s died and asks James to identify the body, which James does revealing it’s not Artemus however as he leans in the doctor hits him with knockout gas and two of his victims carry him away (it’s not made clear, but its implied he murdered the dead man for the trap).
Jim awakes in Arcularis’s lighthouse base, where the good doctor demonstrates his control over his victims by causally assaulting them. He then has West tried up so he is directly facing the full beam of the lighthouses lamp, with brief rests as the light rotates. Eventually when the agony causes him to pass out, Ahkeema orders him released, which Arcularis reluctantly implements he then mocks his partner’s belief in Jim’s Heroic Willpower (despite him holding out longer than any of his other subjects), dismissing him as simply being a man with a strong body.
He also slightly threatens Ahkeema when he acts just a little too impressed and sympathetic towards Jim. However Ahkemma easily manages to reassert his control, and reminds Arcularis exactly whose running this operation. Arcularis then assures Ahkeema he can break Jim in time for the meeting with Ho-Tami, even though he would prefer to have more time.
The next morning Arcularis takes Jim to his laboratory, and goes on to explain the inspiration for his cruel experiments. There Jim encounters Arcularis’s latest victim a dying man imprisoned in a cage begging for water. Jim tries to give him a drink, which Arcularis seems to allow. However the moment Jim gives it to the poor man, Arcularis demonstrates that he’s already conditioned him to throw it away, with a single blow of his whistle.
Laughing at Jim’s displeasure, Arcularis then reveals the plan. Showing Jim a convincing model of Ho-Tami, and giving Jim a gun he tells him to shoot it. Jim of course turns the gun on Arcularis, but it is itself loaded with blanks. After having Jim restrained Arcularis boasts how in less than ten days he will make Jim kill the real Ho-Tami. Just to twist the knife further, Arcularis reveals that the gun did in fact have real bullets in it, but he accurately deduced Jim would only fire three times before giving up.
Continuing his brutal process on Jim, Arcularis imprisons him in a room underneath multiple giant bells and having them ring nonstop for six hours. Briefly pausing he gives Jim the offer of shooting the dummy of Ho-Tami to stop them. When Jim rejects it, Arcularis simply continues ringing the bells.
Carrying on in his attempts to break him, Doctor Arcularis has Jim returned to experience full beam of the lighthouse, while also exposing him to the freezing sea wind for two hours. Putting an end to the daily process he orders Jim is taken back to his cell, but Jim manages to break free and uses the lighthouse light to signal for help.
Taking back control of the situation, Doctor Arcularis breaks Mr Trowbridge’s arm to create the appearance that it was him who signalled for help, thus causing the investigators to leave without suspicion.
(Note, there is a slight ambiguity over whether or not Arcularis really broke his arm, as the man shows up at the end, which is only a few days later and seems to be fine. However the dialogue stated by investigators states it was broken and quite badly to. As Trowbridge was only played by a nonspeaking extra, I think it was just a production oversight and in story Arcularis really did break his arm.)
By the end of the week, Jim has still not broken and Arcularis’s confidence is shaking. However just as Arcularis admits he’s unsure when he’ll break, it finally works and Jim shoots the dummy. Following confirming that Jim has been conditioned, Arcularis sends him with Ahkeema to kill Ho-Tami. Meanwhile Artemus turns up trying to rescue Jim. Arcularis captures him to.
However on the day of the event Jim starts to resist. In the critical moment, seeing the light reflecting off Ahkeema’s pin reminds him of the Lighthouses main beam and manages to snap Jim out. Turning at the last moment he instead shoots Ahkeema. Returning to lighthouse he finds Arcularis has brainwashed Artemus to kill him with the blow of a whistle.
Jim manages to overpower and knock him out cold. Still finding this amusing Arcularis attempts to set all his victims upon the pair. Jim however argues back that the doctor’s conditioning process doesn’t work as well as Arcularis believes, revealing that Ho-Tami is still alive. Arcularis tries to dismiss this as a lie, but Jim manages to proves the cracks by showing that Indra’s started to break free to solely down to her distain for the doctor’s cruelty.
Urging the others to resist, Jim manages to break the doctors control, not enough for them to snap out completely, but enough that they turn on him. Arcularis starts to breakdown, continually ordering them to obey him. Artemus, who was himself freed by Jim knocking him out, recovers. Arcularis manages to get o his lab and lock himself inside lab. His former victims try to break the door down. Watching Jim considers saving him, before Artemus points out there isn’t a single good reason to do so.
Instead they just joke about his process, while the others break in and kill Arcularis.
Freudian Excuse or any redeeming traits:
Absolutely none. Unlike his partner, Arcularis has no personal stake in native-Government relations. To him the brutal war that will result from his actions (Jim outright states that 100,000 Indians will die) is not even a passing thought.
He has no care for Ahkeema either, and makes it clear he shares none of his honour. To him, Ahkeema is just excuse for him to carry on testing his brainwashing procedure. He only holds his tongue cause A, he’s a coward and B, he knows that his chances of beating Ahkeema in a one and one confrontation are non-existent. The one time he slipped up, Ahkeema quickly reminded him who would win if it came to conflict.
He has no concern for his help, a criminal Artemus interrogates is clearly terrified of the doctor. He likewise disregards his victims as lab rats, and causally refers to them as “machines” for his use not people.
Arcularis’s motivation is basically two parts science, four parts sadism. He makes no secret out of just how much he enjoys torturing and controlling completely innocent people.
Doctor Arcularis is also very much Faux Affably Evil and a huge Soft-Spoken Sadist, engaging in casual conversation with Jim all the while committing his crimes. He even mocking calls Jim a chivalrous knight when Jim expresses his disgust and anger towards his cruelty.
Memorably at one point Jim mockingly declares it was a pity Arcularis wasn’t alive during the Inquisition. Arcularis replies that he often regrets that himself.
Heinous Standard:
Now mad scientists are among the series most common villains. But Arcularis occupies an interesting niche, whilst he’s not the only brainwasher he is the only one whose methodology relies on torture over drugs, hypnosis or such.
That combined with the fact his plan will lead to a massive war (overall the tense relationship between the government and the natives was understandably a recurring plot in the series) pushes him ahead.
Now, while being the one responsible for the plot to kill Ho-Tami, Ahkeema doesn’t count. His reasons for not wanting the peace treaty to occur are following receiving a Western education and bad experiences, he doesn’t trust the Government to hold up there end of bargain. Believing the agreement is nothing more than a delaying tactic so that they can sap away his people’s resources until there too weak to fight back, and then steal their land.
His fears are portrayed quite sympathetically; likewise while confrontational, he openly expresses his admiration for West, his regret that Ho-Tami must die, and his last words are him confessing to the plot to save West from his fellow angry natives as any more bloodshed is now pointless.
Conclusion:
Arcularis is a deranged lunatic, a torturer, brainwasher, slave driver and to him starting a brutal war is nothing more than an afterthought. By the standards of a sixties spy show, he stands out.
edited 27th May '17 8:20:30 AM by MGD107
For D'Compose
As for The Enchantres, ehh...she really only shown personality when posessing Shield Knight. After leaving her body, she doesn't so much as say a word of dialogue, leading me to believe that the personality she shown came from a warped Shield Knight rather than her, so I'm not really certain if she avoids being a GDV. Could go either way for discussing it now or waiting for King Knight's campaign though
edited 27th May '17 8:52:44 AM by Awesomekid42
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ACW: Well Ranquin is interesting.
Ranquin is indeed Thawn's counterpart, as well as being a cruel, hypocritical fanatic (half the time he's delusionaly devout towards Kroll, the other half he seems to think he's running the show and Kroll will answer his every prayer, even when Kroll is outright attacking and eating the other Swampies) who hates all humans just as much as Thawn hates the Swampies (despite his fellow Swampies pointing out there not all the same and at least some of them want to help them) and tries to execute people by basically tearing their limbs off.
One of the things I like about the episode (though I'm apparently in the minority) is it gives a quite nuanced look it gives on the situation. Most of the humans seem pretty decent people if a bit wet who just want to do their jobs, while somewhat brutal most of the Swampies are also pretty decent just justifiably angry and very out of touch with what is really going on (to them Kroll's their god, and his return means that he will lead them to retaking their stolen home land. In Reality, Kroll's just a giant mindless beast who thinks humans and Swampies are tasty) .
Its only Thawn and Ranquin who are a pair of hate filled, truly horrible individuals.
However Thrawn does come out of the events looking worse, considering that despite clearly being a horrible person himself, Ranquin does at least have a valid reason to be angry with the humans as they did steal his people's land and banish them to what is basically a massive swamp. Likewise he never comes close to causing enough damage to qualify.
His worst crime being the aforementioned execution attempt and trying to kill around nine people at the refinery. Now if he could, I have no doubt Ranquin would kill all the humans, but he never comes close to having a chance.
edited 27th May '17 10:05:21 AM by MGD107
A 'Yes' to D'Compose and NOT Dr. Loveless Wild Wild West baddie.
As an aside, I'm almost done with Overlord's arc from Transformers as I mentioned, and nrjxll actually brought up a point: Overlord was never actually effortposted.
Now, the dude counts. No ifs ands or buts about it, but I DO wonder if I shoudl go ahead and put up a proposal for him while I'm at it before writing him up.
Thoughts on that are appreciated.
Alright, here's all my pending write-ups. Lighty gave me permission to do Bragan's as well, so thanks to him for that.
- Shadowgun: Dr. Edgar Simon is an insane scientist convinced of his own godlike superiority above all else. Originally hired by Tiltech Enterprises to experiment on the indigenous life of the planet Eve, Simon captured and butchered nearly the entire populace of Eve, using their body parts and irgans to craft himself an army of mutated monstrosities. After betraying Toltech and striking out on his own, Simon murders dozens of his fellow scientists, using them in his experiments, and, when Toltech hires the Shadowgun John Slade to capture Simon for them, Simon strans Slade on Eve before testing his armies of mutated aoldiers on him, promising that, once Slade is dead, he will harvest his body parts to further enhance his "research".
- Modern Combat:
- Dobrynya Popovich is the Big Bad of Fallen Nation, the third entry in the franchise. Originally just a low-ranking officer for a terrorist organization, Popovich used his position to organize numerous terririst attacks and sentence numerous American soldiers to be brutally tortured for information. Founding the KPR (Korean, Pakistan, Russian) Alliance, Popovich kickstarts Operation Fallen Nation, a fullscale invasion of American soil by the KPR, starting by setting off WMDs in numerous highly populated cities. Next beginning to lay siege to many American cities, killing tens of thousands of innocents across the country, Popovich simletanously captured and tortures numeorus U.S. military agents. After failing to wipe out America's entire Western seaboard, Popovich reveals his plans to launch several nuclear weapons at America, hoping to kill countless millions and reduce America to a ravaged wasteland. When confronted by Downs, a soldier he once sentenced to torture years back, Popovich gleefully reminisces about the Downs' torture before attempting to beat him to death, proclaiming that he will target Downs' hometown next while expressing his annoyance at not having more time to skin Downs alive.
- "The Zealot" Edward Page is an absolutely deranged madman convinced that America is a cesspool of filth and elitist "pigs", and is determined to wipe it off the face of the Earth no matter the cost. Once a Green Beret, Page turned on America and became a terrorist, having a huge part in Operation Fallen Nation, using his forces to back the KPR's evil plans to siege America. Taking center stage in Zero Hour as the main threat, Page kicks the game off by slaughtering his way into Seattle's War Crimes Investigation Building, soon after which he massacres a huge party hosted for the President of the United States before kidnapping the President himself. Having absolute indifference toward his own troops,Page leaves them to die, blows several up to stall enemy forces, and even threatens one of his hesitant partners by promising to show up at his young daughter's birthday party with a blowtorch. Page's horrifying final plan is revealed to entail unleashing a lethal plague onto the planet that will kill upwards of 4 billion innocents as part of Page's plan to "cleanse" the entire planet, and, even whn beaten, Page uses his last breaths to gun down as many American soldiers as possible.
- Cult of the White Lotus: The White Lotus Chief is the head of the White Lotus Cult, a fanatical and criminal organization that he uses to enact his evil crimes. Opening the film up by having a group of ex-convicts massacred before doing the same to an entire temple of people, the White Lotus Chief reveals that both were in an attempt to kill just two siblings so as to restore his honor after said brothers killed one of his old classmates. After successfully killing one of his targets, the White Lotus Chief orders all of his enemies across the land to be killed, notably leading to a charity event's defenseless patrons being slaughtered while they are trying to rebuild a temple. The White Lotus Chief shows no remorse for his own soldiers when he accidentally kills them during battle, and takes sick enjoyment from drawing out the deaths of his opponents by hitting them in their pressure points, then "letting" them flee, only for them to drop dead soon after.
- Golden Swallow: The Golden Dragon Branch Chief is one of the highest ranking members in the criminal organization known as the Golden Dragon, and despite his very limited screentime, stands out as the wirst among them. Introduced bisecting a man for treachery, the Branch Chief next has two would-be assassins brought out to him, where he questions their motive for trying to kill him. When the assassins reveal they were just ordinary people before the Branch Chief had their entire families, infants included, slaughtered, the Branch Chief just laughs at them before having their hearts carved out. Next dragging out one of his own soldiers, the Branch Chief orders the man be sliced into quarters simply because he refused to kill children on the Branch Chief's orders. These public executions are noted to be a regular occurence for the Branch Chief, alongisde regularly having families and inncoent travelers killed, and the Branch Chief does it all with a smile on his face and no remorse whatsoever.
- Conan the Adventurer:
- Baron Sharto from Conan the Gladiator is the ruler of a kingdom of cannibals. Known and feared for his knack of using cpatured prisoners as food for himself and his soldiers, the streets of Sharto's city are littered with countless bones of victims over the years. Once capturing Conan and his friends, Zula and Jezmine, Sharto firces them to fight in his gladiator games against starved animals and mechanical monstrosities, after which he forces them all to fight each other. Once Jezmine wins the duel, Sharto claims to return Conana nd Zula to their quarters, when in reality, he plans to boil them alive then devour them, with his kitchens filled with dozens of skulls, all while planning to make Jezmine his consort and become a high ranking member of Wrath-Amon's power base.
- The Master of the Black Circle from In the Days of Old is a youth-obsessed sociopath who uses magic to lure in unsuspecting travelers, then drain them of their youth, inevitably leading to their deaths. Storing their youth in bottles, with him possessing dozens of such bottles and victims, the Master performs the same on Conan's companion Greywolf when he comes seeking the Master's assistance, and after capturing Jezmine, the Master attempts to force her to be his love befire trying to murder Conan and Greywolf one last time.
- Peter "Mort" Mortimer, AKA Scavenger and later Barracuda, stands out as one of the most horrifying minor villains in the DC universe. Originally appearing as a dangerous, if corny, villain of Aquaman, with him attempting to poison an entire ocean and kill numerous people, a child included, being his crimes then, Mort seemingly took a turn for the better when he made a Heel–Face Turn to save children's lives. Unfortunately, this didn't last very long, as Mort was later revealed to be a despicable child rapist who rapes young boys, records then sells the acts, and will often rip the children's hearts out for fun. When confronted by an enraged Hawkman and Aquaman, the latter of whom thought Mort was a "friend", Mort shows nothing but smug glee at his crimes, with him brushing them off as nothing more than him having "urges" he needed to satisfy.
- The Heaven Cycle:
- From Heaven's Door:
- The Touch of Heaven: Alison "Alice" Witzenberg is a cold, amoral sociopath with a sick fascination with hurting others. Originally signing up for the P.A.R.A.D.I.S.E. Project just for the fun and fortune it would bring them, Alice took to manipulating the teenager Jackson into becoming their "sidekick", and, when Jackson discovers the truth, Alice first poisons him, then tries to strangle him to death with a smile on their face. Returning after overpowering their new personality of Mint, Alice immediately sets a hospital aflame, killing more than a dozen people, to serve as a distraction before approaching then manipulating the mentally unstable Jango into leading a full-scale slaughter against the city of Haven. Alice's final plan is to have Haven's thousands of residents murdered before unleashing the forces of Hell onto the city, which will lead the Association to nuke the entire city and wipe out Jango's entire army as well as any survivors while Alice flees and starts a new life. Fully aware that her machinations will end with the minds of all those killed in the midst of Haven being taken by Hell to be tortured for all eternity, and indeed even cackling at the idea, Alice's final act is a disturbing attempt to trap Tango in their mind for all eternity, forcing her to rewatch her rape and torture at the hands of Ash over and over while Alice personally tortures her until the end of time. With no motive bar a creepy desire for fun and a hatred for anyone who knew their "Mint" persona, Alice stands out as the youngest villain in the story, yet still one of the most wicked.
- Xcalibur:
- Kwodahn is the demonic mastermind of all evil in the story. Originally a Shogi Monk who turned evil to gain power, Kwodahn began bargaining with potential villains and evildoers to fully back their plana in exchange for their souls. Once making allying himself with the depraved Prince Bragan, Kwodahn uses every trick up his sleeve to ensure Bragan's rise to power and the elimination of all his foes. Kwodahn's crimes range from granting Bragan armies of demons he uses to slaughter opposing armies, to unleashing a soul devouring demon onto a province, and later notably tries to turn an entire city into statue-like zombies. His evil not limited to mass murder and corruption, Kwodahn once sought the sword of Excalibur, and, when the noble Prince Erwann refused his request, Kwodahn first tried to kidnap the man's infant daughter, before settling for murdering his wife for rejecting him. When Bragan is beaten and all their plans ousted, Kwodahn murders Bragan then tries to corrupt and turn the young Arthus into becoming his new servant, before finally flying into a rage and unleashing his forces ontothe entire kingdom with orders to kill every living thing they come across.
- Prince Bragan is the brutal, sociopathic Regent of the kingdom who rose to power thanks to allying with the aforementioned Kwodahn. Murdering his own brother, King Erwan, to ascend to Regent, Bragan immediately begins manipulating his child nephew Arthus into becoming nothing more than a figurehead, while Bragan rules the kingdom with an iron fist. Driving villages to starvation, massacring entire temples, and torturing his foes being regular atrocities of Bragan's, he also frames Prince Edwin and his daughter, Djana, for murdering King Edwin, and constantly tries to execute Djana and her friends in various cruel methods, along with many attempts at slaughtering entire villages they have taken up residence in. Once failing to poison Arthus and claim the throne for himself, Bragan eventually hands Arthus to Kwodahn to do with as he pleases, before trying to strike down his partner for ditching him in exchange for Arthus.
edited 27th May '17 10:48:50 AM by Ravok
No! That is NOT Solid Snake! Stop impersonating him!MGD: Thanks for that. Yeah, Ranquin doesn't seem bad enough, but not for lack of trying.
Ravok: How should Mortimer be alphabetized? Also: Yeah, can't hurt to effortpost Overlord properly.
edited 27th May '17 10:51:51 AM by ACW
Yeah comedy films as a genre should not have any. There's movies with comedy in them which can have some but films meant for pure comedy and nothing else? HA HA HA—No.
edited 27th May '17 11:26:10 AM by ReynTime250
So, for after D'Compose...I present to you the second of Inhumanoids' main villains:
Who Is He?
Blackthorne Shore is a ruthless businessman managing the family mining company with his more sister Sandra. At one point, Blackthorne came into possession of ancient texts that taught him of the Inhumanoids and decided he could use them to take over the world. Locating one of the Inhumanoids, Tendril, Blackthorne began to mine in the area, drilling tunnels there which ended up releasing Tendril from his prison, sending the monster on a violent rampage. Tendril went on to free D'Compose while our hero, Derrick Bright, went into the mine shaft to examine Tendril's prison. Blackthorne promptly cut the rope on the mine shaft to send Bright to his death. Shore then went to the corrupt Senator Masterson and had him cut the Earth Corps budget to keep them from stopping the Inhumanoids.
Using his own power armor, Blackthorne pursued the Inhumanoids into the earth's core and attempted to control them...unfortunately, this ended up with D'Compose going insane and escaping, in the process allowing him to seize and mutate Blackthorne's sister Sandra into an undead monster. Blackthorne begged the Earth Corps for help...and promptly betrayed them and left them to die and for Sandra to suffer as one of D'Compose's undead slaves. Realizing he had to switch tactics, Blackthorne went to Metlar and offered his help. Blackthorne gave the Inhumanoid leader the location of Soviet nuke deposits, allowing Mettlar to blast the world into an apocalyptic hellscape....Blackthorne just plans on a few islands remaining that he can rule over. Thankfully, the Inhumanoids are defeated, but Blackthorne escapes and frequently returns as their ally as he keeps his plans going.
Blackthorne uses Tendril to attack a prison, releasing multiple dangerous criminals...and in probably his worst act, assists D'Compose to brainwash teenagers into a cult where D'compose mutates them into his undead slaves and unleashes them on a city as part of a plan for D'Compose to turn all of humanity into his undead slaves. Blackthorne also attempts to control the new Inhumanoid Gagoyle, while also unleashing the old Inhumanoid leader Sslither to kill all his enemies. When the natives nearby try to stop him, Blackthorne tries to kill them all but his gun jams....he tops this by trying to kill all of Earth Corps, his own sister included, with a great line. When Sandra begs Blackthorne to stand down by saying he's just sick and needs help, Blackthorne retorts "You're wrong, Sandra! I'm not sick! I'M EVIL!
He then tries to have Metlar deal with everyone one last time...unfortunately, Blackthorne ends the series beaten but a free man.
Freudian Excuse?
His parents named him Blackthorne. His career options were limited. He kind of had to go with 'supervillain'
But in all seriousness, no.
Mitigating Qualities?
No. Blackthorne at fist seems to care about Sandra. When she's D'composed, he screams her name and begs Earth Corps for help...only to promptly betray them, leave them to die and demonstrates no more concern for poor Sandra....and later tries to kill her and everyone else.
Conclusion?
Blackthorne REALLY sticks out, being a human with heinousness equal to the worst the Inhumanoids do. Keeper.
to Blackthorne... sheesh that show sounds dark (but good) and a Karma Houdini...
edited 27th May '17 12:12:12 PM by MahStache

edited 27th May '17 6:46:38 AM by MahStache