Thread:Redfork2000/@comment-31727837-20190329042515/@comment-26888167-20191121134127

Alright, I think I'm going to have to explain to you why I do this:

Most, if not all the villains that show up as finale villains, have their own plot arcs. I've planned ahead for them. They have to be total monsters during their season finales, as that mantains them looking as the hugest threat possible. But not all of them are going to stay that way. Some of them are going to re-appear later in HoEC, and will get redeemed then.

Think of Emily Green, for example. She initially debuted in the Season 3 opening, The Blocked Room Gang. In that episode she was pretty much the same type of pure evil villain that is usually seem in season finales. She manipulated everyone on her team, and simply used them to her own advantage. She locked the gang away so her gang could be the new heroes. She did some pretty bad stuff, and had no redeeming moments in her debut, so initially, she was a total monster villain.

Then Time Turmoil happened. Emily Green came back with the desire of having a revenge on the gang, and using the black crystals Captain Dark Shell had left behind, she used them to try and make the Locked Room Gang never form. She was still pretty much the same kind of total monster villain as before, not caring that the gng was warning her of the terrible consequences her actions would have for the entire multiverse. However, this time she did have her redeeming moment. She showed her motivation, why she was doing what she was doing, she showed her own vulnerability, she showed she was hurt, heartbroken, and messed up inside. As a result, the gang helped her out, and she was able to redeem herself, becoming a member of the Locked Room Gang, leaving behind her villainous ways, and became a friend.

Now, none of this would've been nearly as strong and effective if she had shown that side of her during her first appearance. The fact that she was already established as a manipulative, cunning villain who had no regard for anyone's feelings, made the revelation about her past all the more powerful. Emily Green wouldn't have bene nearly as effective of a villain if the whole redemption had taken place during her debut, or even if she had shown even a bit of her emotional side during her debut. The fact that she was established as a total monster villain made the revelation about her emotions and motivations all the more powerful.

This is what I'm trying to do for some of these villains. If I already show their emotional side from the start, the impact won't be nearly as effective. Some villains will be redeemed on the long run, but that requires them to begin as total monster villains in their debut, so when they re-appear later in the series, their transformation and redemption will be all the more powerful. This is what I'm trying to convey. A common theme there seems to be as HoEC advances is how the Locked Room Gang not only fights villains and saves the day, but also how they help people change their lives for the better, how they help people who most would've though were unredeemable and a lost cause, and showed them the light, they showed them a better way. Of course, not every villain they come across will be redeemed, but the fact that some villains begin as total monsters makes their redemption very powerful, and leaves that positive and inspiring message that even what seems like the worse of the worse can still be redeemed. Not everyone will open their heart to that opportunity, but some will do so if given the chance. But for the impact to be much more powerful, it's important that their first appearance makes them seem as bad and unredeemable as possible, so their transformation and redemption leaves a much greater impact. That's what I'm going for here.