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Subj: Re: Dwindling Participation and Dangling Plotlines Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2010 at 06:22:02 pm EDT (Viewed 471 times) | Reply Subj: Dwindling Participation and Dangling Plotlines Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2010 at 11:15:16 am EDT (Viewed 8 times) | ||||||
Quote: But seriously, I think HH's villain breakdown can be a bit more specific. Having two of your three villain types be "the total opposite of the hero" or the "almost identical to the hero", well, that covers a lot of ground. Venom and Scorpion both could be clasified as "almost alikes" to Spider-Man, but they were both vastly different characters. Er, when they were different characters, of course. TV tropes has a nice list of all the villain tropes that is a bit more comprehensive, if overlapping in places. Oh, no thank you... I have things to do today. Once I go to TV tropes, I get suckered into to following link to link to link and never resurface until hours later. Quote: As for the Parodyverse, I find it interesting that two of its bigger villains more often than not are on the side of the heroes. The Hooded Hood and Akiko Masamune are usually allies or at the very least some kind of support, so as interesting as they are I don't think they can be considered archenemies of the Lair Legion. Honestly, while I keep Akiko in reserve for a possible Big Bad, she was always meant to fill the role of the villainous ally. She helped the Legion in the International Incident story that introduced her before she ever crossed swords with them (briefly) in Mob Rules, and was allied with them again by the end of the story. Quote: Speaking of never getting around to finishing stories, I've made a ton of villains in my time here at the PVB. Most are rip offs of characters that exist in the Marvel or DC universes, and beyond my own stuff haven't had a huge impact on the Parodyverse as a whole. I suppose my three major contributions are the Grey Eminence, who outside of his name I don't think is all that unique, Factor X, again, not an original concept, but probably my best villain in that he is extremely competent and can be considered major threat, and the Idiom, who might be the one bad guy I have that could actually relocate to an existing superhero universe be her own person, even if she is equal parts Catwoman, Riddler, and Pre-Crisis Lex Luthor.The Idiom is a lot of fun, and I don't think any modern creation can help being somehow a composite of characters that have come before. I'm also not so quick to dismiss all of your true Parody villain creations... I think they tend to show a lot more wit and interest than most attempts to create knowing nods to existing characters. | |||||||
