Thread:Redfork2000/@comment-30384301-20180707030921/@comment-26888167-20180911125852

Ok, I'll be honest here.

Black Planter: I liked when she showed up. She did give me some Dark Green Shadow vibes, though, but overall, her encounter with the gang was pretty good nonetheless. The only thing is that since she's an evil counterpart of Green Shadow, there's not much difference between her and Dark Green Shadow, aside from physical appearance.

Polar Tundra: This one was ok. Nothing outstanding, but it was a good fight, I think.

Sir Cracks-A-Lot: I liked this fight a lot more. The idea of having to use a certain strategy to defeat them is one of my personal favorites, making it so that the gang has to defeat villains by outsmarting them instead of overpowering them, which leads to a much more satisfying victory. The character himself was ok.

Queen Chomp: Against, was defeated by being outsmarted, which is great. I do think she was a bit overpowered during the beginning though, being able to instantly destroy Blue Ocean's forcefield with one burp.

Rooto: His boss battle was ok. I liked the main mechanic of his head being able to regenerate, therefore being useless to target. However, I do believe that Dark Shadow and Black Gem have two new enemies now.

Professor Orange: I liked this one. The gang played smart on this one, and the whole scene was good. Professor Orange's battle could possibly be one of the best of the bunch.

Larry the Vegetable: Like Polar Tundra, this one was ok. Nothing outstanding, but it was ok. I do like how the key to defeating him was shooting him with his own darts.

Shiitake: One of my favorites. I like the fact that he could only speak japanese, and how this is yet another villain that had to be outsmarted in order to be defeated. Simple, but effective.

Thornabelle: Good as a character, but I do feel that the fight wasn't natural, and instead was forced in order to have the outcome you were expecting. I suggest that next time, we should talk about how the battle will play out beforehand. Otherwise... this happens. Yeah, that battle wasn't too good. Next time a similar thing happens in a story, please do consult it with me beforehand, otherwise we'll end up with forced scenarios like this one, where it just feels like this wasn't what should've happened.

Admiral Arson: Ok, perhaps the battle with Thornabelle didn't give this guy a good start. Besides that, there's not much to say here. He was just... there, I guess? To be honest, I feel like he wasn't really important, and it might have been better if he had been in the battle from the beginning with Thornabelle. Perhaps then that previous battle would've made more sense? Admiral Arson would've used his powers to weaken Red Fork, and then it would have been plausible for Thornabelle to defeat him without having to exaggerate Red Fork's flaw. I do believe they should've fought together instead of just being fought one after another. It would have made more sense for them to do so, and also for Thornabelle to get the elements of harmony.

In a ranking from best to worst, here's where I'd place them:

-Sir Crack-a-lot

-Professor Orange

-Shiitake

-Black Planter

-Thornabelle

-Rooto

-Larry the Vegetable

-Polar Tundra

-Queen Chomp

-Admiral Arson

Also, I'm feeling like nowadays, we might be overdoing a few tropes. There's the plot where a villain sends his minions out and the gang must defeat each of them. At the beginning, it was supposed to be something only Dr. Zack was going to do, but after doing it with Nitro Mania as well, it turned into one of the plots we just can't stop redoing. It works sometimes, but even in great stories such as the season 1 finale and the season 2 finale, notice how things only get truly interesting once all the filler villains have been defeated, and the gang is going on to fight the main threat.

I know I'm probably the culprit for having introduced us to this mechanic, but either way, I believe we should try to use this kind of plot less. When I used it in Red Fork's Rampage, I planned it to be something special to Dr. Zack, but now it seems like pretty much every villain is doing this, and things are getting repetitive. Just being honest.