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Nov 7, 2017
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She was played by a popular actress that would have made a great presence without the helmet in a 3rd chapter.
She was also the head of the fascist child kidnapping-turned soldier department.
 

Spring-Loaded

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more specifically, I'd want to see their ideologies clash more without them outright fighting. I don't consider Killmonger's actions "redeemable."

Would also like a heart wrenching "what if" dream sequence where they got to grow up knowing one another as family
 
Oct 25, 2017
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Again, she was made that way by her tyrannical father. You can't just build up this no mercy, conquering war machine and then be like, "actually, I change my mind, let's stop." Let's also be honest, how hard did Odin try to convince her to stop? Dude was shit at raising all his children and constantly gave them bad advice or fed their worse tendencies. Oh hey Loki, let me constantly remind you how your brother will rule over you, no matter what, and feed your insecurities. Ah Thor, let me indulge your ego for centuries and basically make it so you believe you can do no wrong.

Wait, what's this? How dare you act out like a selfish twat Thor, I banish thee! Loki, I'm so disappointed. I raised you to be a conniving strategist and constantly fed you stories of my past glory, how could you possibly think I'd want you to kill off the Ice Giants? Tsk, tsk.

You know he probably tried for about two seconds with Hela before deciding that imprisoning her was the "best" option for everyone (it wasn't).
Look, I get that parents have an influence over their kids personality, but by a certain point it's on them, they didn't literally build them from scratch.

This mindset how we get freaking characters like the Persona 5 villain who kill multiple people on their own volition and then fall back on, "but my dad was mean to me, it's entirely his fault that I'm a coniving two face psychopath."
 
Oct 25, 2017
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The problem I have with Bakugo is he still treats people like trash, and if given a chance to go back in time I'm convinced he would still bully Midoriya the exact same way. You can't really say that about, say Vegeta.
I feel like it takes actual effort to get mad at him for yelling at old people to get to safety. Or if you're not following the manga the worst thing he's done recently is ... play with kids?
 

Dakkon

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Oct 27, 2017
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It's hard to answer because on one hand I have so many answers, but on the other hand I know it'd be so painfully stupid for it to ever happen just like most villains. It's a trope that is almost always non-sensical - it's basically always like this:

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I guess if I had to pick the one I would have liked most, then Frieza.

Except y'know, enslaved tons of races, destroyed tons of planets, etc.
 

BackwardCap

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Oct 28, 2017
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Baldur in God of War.

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Not entirely sure if he'd work as a good guy, just really loved his character and contrast to Kratos during the story.
 
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Buckle

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Oct 27, 2017
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Azula from Avatar.

I wanted to see Zuko help them salvage whats left of their family, with her being as tortured as she is, I always thought there was a chance. They were both victims of their father in different ways.

At this point though, she's just a lost cause.
 

mrmoose

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Nov 13, 2017
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I feel like it takes actual effort to get mad at him for yelling at old people to get to safety. Or if you're not following the manga the worst thing he's done recently is ... play with kids?

I'm not mad at him, I'm just saying he hasn't changed, he's still the same bully.

Same with Endeavor, he hasn't done any messed up stuff in a while but that flashback was enough for me.
 

RestEerie

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Aug 20, 2018
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Starscream wouldn't be fun if he's 'good'.

I want to see a clone of palpatine being 'good' just to see Star wars fandom mad :P
 
Oct 25, 2017
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I'm not mad at him, I'm just saying he hasn't changed, he's still the same bully.

Same with Endeavor, he hasn't done any messed up stuff in a while but that flashback was enough for me.
I'm not saying you have to forgive their stuff, but you have actively ignore character arcs, several in Bakugo's case, to be like, they're the same person. The interactions those characters have with others now would've been impossible by their introduction.
 

RedVejigante

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Aug 18, 2018
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Mr. Sinister, because his character has evolved into a hilariously fabulous foil for the main X-Cast, but his inevitable betrayal and return to full-time villainy is basically a forgone conclusion.
 

Lunar Wolf

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Nov 6, 2017
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My big anime pick for sure is:

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Why you have to do him like that, Kubo? You let trashy Grimmjow become a good guy and live but not my boy, Ulquiorra. Booooo!

Also low-key, Ulquiorra had more chemistry with Orihime and Ichigo than those two did with each other.
 

Quinton

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Oct 25, 2017
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Kahran Ramsus in Xenogears. He gets halfway there toward the end but never quite joins up. His active participation in the final battle would have been rather poignant. As it stands, I like to pretend he's there anyway.
 

Manbig

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Oct 26, 2017
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Just finished Avatar: The Last Airbender earlier today and...



I was surprised that Azula never joined the good guys or had a redemption moment in any way. For such an optimistic show about how people can change for the better, Azula really does turn out to be just the villain she seemed all along. Ozai being a one-dimensional bad guy was one thing, since his character never got developed at all, but you see a lot of Azula over the course of the show, and even a couple humanizing moments on Ember Island. After all that, she ends up going full paranoid tyrant as Fire Lord, nearly succeeds at killing her brother, gets beat and completely loses her sanity... and that's the last you see of her. I was just like, damn, that's pretty dark.


Azula was irredeemable honestly. The redemption arc completely belonged to Zuko. Azula having some small humanizing moments does not make up for her being a complete sociopath that only was able to control people through fear.

The comics sure fucked up her story afterwards though.
 

Professor Beef

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Oct 25, 2017
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I would've liked to see Madara Uchiha redeemed.

Granted, I'm fully aware it would've been a godawful idea for numerous reasons. But I would've liked to see the gymnastics required to pull it off.
 

Rendering...

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Oct 30, 2017
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Orochimaru from Naruto.

Actually that more or less happened, because in Boruto he's pretty much a chilled out mom who lounges around in sandals and sweatpants, does science in tidy well-lit facilities, and attends Mitsuki's parent-teacher conferences. He's calmed down a lot since he gained his immortality. I love that for him.

Of course, who knows if he'll pull a face-heel turn later on? He hasn't been pressed into any serious battles or had to pick a side since the Fourth Shinobi War.

I hope he stays on friendly terms with Naruto & friends, because he's a dope as fuck character, and he already got to be the villain for a long time.

Note that he lives in a world full of killers, so it's almost justifiable that he was a child-abducting psycho who did loads of unethical experiments in pursuit of the knowledge he later used to help save the world.

I don't think he has to steal people's bodies to extend his lifespan any longer either, since he took over the White Zetsu body. So, uh, that's a point out of the naughty column and into the nice one.
 

Trafalgar Law

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not quite on point but forever evil and superman lex was awesome, then dc and snyder decided to completeely fuck it up by all this nonsense with metal, no justice and apex lex

it was such an awesome turn and it got taken away so quick
 

Trafalgar Law

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Nov 6, 2017
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I'm convinced that half the population of Era that hates Bakugo has only seen one episode of My Hero.

lmao current and acid manga reader, ITS STILL FUCK BAKUGOU, shoutou is the best boy , bakogou is so grating and annoying, like the worst aspects of Sasuke and Vegeta dialed to 11 without the cool factor or reasonable explanations for angst
Hey, the Pymtron family dinner scene was great.
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pym gets such a raw fucking deal lmaoooo, he and the x-men get treated funny. the avenegrs have welcomed back way more heinous people back into the fold
 
Oct 25, 2017
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lmao current and acid manga reader, ITS STILL FUCK BAKUGOU, shoutou is the best boy , bakogou is so grating and annoying, like the worst aspects of Sasuke and Vegeta dialed to 11 without the cool factor or reasonable explanations for angst

pym gets such a raw fucking deal lmaoooo, he and the x-men get treated funny. the avenegrs have welcomed back way more heinous people back into the fold
Despite being more willing to work WITH the protagonist after months than either of those two after decades.
 

Imperfected

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Nov 9, 2017
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My big anime pick for sure is:

340


Why you have to do him like that, Kubo? You let trashy Grimmjow become a good guy and live but not my boy, Ulquiorra. Booooo!

Also low-key, Ulquiorra had more chemistry with Orihime and Ichigo than those two did with each other.

That's the problem. Too much sexual tension, had to go.
 

Aprikurt

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Oct 29, 2017
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With book Sam, there could have been a chance I feel. Film Sam was far harsher with Gollum and that may have pushed him beyond saving.
Didn't Tolkien say in a letter that, had Sam not alienated him, he would have willingly cast himself into the fire in conflict with his love for Frodo and for the ring?

I don't think there's any scenario where Sméagol isn't lava bait.