I think the villains deserve a chance to shine. After all, they’re the ones who keep things interesting, aren’t they? What fun would the heroes be if they didn’t have anyone to challenge them?
K: Kallus, Alexander
L: Lucifer
M: Makoto
N: Nagasawa Aoi
Kallus’s redemption arc is a great example of how a redemption arc should be done, which I would recommend even if Rebels hadn’t been a phenomenal show (which it is). Kallus has to earn his acceptance into the Rebellion, and he does it by risking his own life time and again, right in front of Thrawn’s extremely smart, extremely calculating, extremely dangerous blue face. Death is the easy way out. It’s also the overdone, boring way. Give me someone willing to work for it and I’ll show you a real hero of the Rebellion: Alexander Kallus. While Sadaō comes to see Lucifer as an ally of sorts, Ashiya keeps Lucifer firmly on the “nemesis” side of the divide as, while he might not be throwing energy bolts, he’s certainly using his share of energy and more running his laptop constantly. And the damage Lucifer does to their household budget? Far worse than anything he did to the roadways and train station when he was trying to kill Satan and his right hand demon. Makoto is a spy, saboteur, and poisoner who would like to see more honorable men dead. Well. Men purported to be more honorable. Men who would like people to think they’re more honorable.. All of that is in the eye of the beholder, isn’t it? There is always an imbalance of power in client/caregiver relationships. If you violate that, even in word, even in conversation or declaration(which is as far as it goes in Perfect World), you are, for sure a villain. Find a new job. All kinds of villains this week and moving right along. Next time, O–T. Whose twisted mind will the alphabet take us into next…
