Talk:Greater Hexpectations/greater than now/@comment-26890640-20180511191617/@comment-3991308-20180512051109

I think some of the most engaging villains, or at least the villains I feel most for, are those who are so close to heroism, or villains that you can't help but see yourself reflected into, and they serve as a reminder of how far is too far, and how not to go about the wrong way in doing the right thing. I think that's the case with Bastion and Gabriel. They're searching for something idealistic and perhaps, admirable. Freedom, self-expression, some normalcy and predictability in their life that isn't dictated by an external force. They're lost, they're confused, they're in a world that tells them that they aren't worth much beyond facilliating a princess' happily ever after. And what kind of meaning is that?

So there's bitterness and anger. Of being denied what otherwise is a human right - the freedom of choice, of movement, of being your own person. But the world deludes you into unleashing that bitterness on the wrong source - on the same people that you once were, and hence, villainy.

It's like 1AM and I'm making no sense, but god. I hate and love these boys in equal measure. They're both so poised and vicious in such a way that you can't help but wonder, who hurt them?

(the answer: I did. As did the world of Ever After, I guess.)