I have seen a lot of reviews for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish mention Jack Horner in the context of how refreshing it was to get a villain who is just bad, for once. Without any tragic backstory or anything.
I think it is actually deeper than just "refreshing" though.
I think that when we contrast him, in particular, with Perrito, who has an incredibly dark and tragic backstory and yet is still kind and caring to the world around him and other people he meets, we get an important message that we don't get enough of: kindness is a choice. And so is cruelty. No tragic backstory should excuse your horrible conscious actions. Your choices and your actions are your responsibility and your alone.
In an era when we have popular characters who commit mass genocide on planetary scales and their actions are somehow excused because their parents had gotten a divorce and their uncle was mean to them once, this is a crucial message to get. And a refreshing one indeed.
I'll update this as the rounds progress.
Lewis Pepper (Mystery Skulls Animated) vs. Professor Venomous (OK KO) WINNER: LEWIS
Guzma (Pokémon) vs. Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) WINNER: BILL
The Warden (Superjail) vs. Almond Cookie (Cookie Run) WINNER: ALMOND COOKIE
The Once-ler (The Lorax (2012)) vs. Megamind (Megamind) WINNER: MEGAMIND
Sans (Undertale) vs. Junkrat (Overwatch) WINNER: SANS
Tony the Talking Clock (Don't Hug Me I'm Scared) vs. Black Hat (Villainous) WINNER: TONY
King Dice (Cuphead) vs. Raymond (Animal Crossing) WINNER: RAYMOND
Wheatley (Portal 2) vs. Doc Ock (Marvel) WINNER: WHEATLEY
Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa) vs. Dr. Habit (Smile for Me) WINNER: KOMAEDA
Cecil Gershwin Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) vs. Slenderman (???) WINNER: CECIL
Jack Skellington (the Nightmare Before Christmas) vs. Turbo (Wreck-It Ralph) WINNER: JACK
Ingo (Pokémon) vs. Bruno Madrigal (Encanto) WINNER: INGO
Purple Guy/William Afton (Five Nights at Freddy's) vs. Spamton (Deltarune) WINNER: SPAMTON
Alastor (Hazbin Hotel) vs. Loki (Marvel) WINNER: LOKI
Arataka Reigen (Mob Psycho 100) vs. Beetlejuice (Beetlejuice (all versions)) WINNER: REIGEN
Herobrine (Minecraft) vs. Benr(e)y (Half Life VR but the AI is Self-Aware) WINNER: HEROBRINE
NOTE: Starting round 2, I'm ditching the bracket and opting for randomized matchups. The left side will stay on the left and the right will stay on the right, but otherwise it'll be shuffled.
Wheatley (Portal 2) vs. Lewis Pepper (Mystery Skulls Animated) WINNER: WHEATLEY
Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls) vs. Raymond (Animal Crossing) WINNER: BILL
Tony the Talking Clock (Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared) vs. Almond Cookie (Cookie Run) WINNER: TONY
Sans (Undertale) vs. Megamind (Megamind) WINNER: SANS
Loki (Marvel) vs. Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa) WINNER: KOMAEDA
Cecil Gershwin Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) vs. Herobrine (Minecraft) WINNER: CECIL
Ingo (Pokémon) vs. Jack Skellington (the Nightmare Before Christmas) WINNER: JACK
Arataka Reigen (Mob Psycho 100) vs. Spamton (Deltarune) WINNER: REIGEN
REVIVAL ROUND: The Once-ler (The Lorax (2012)) vs. King Dice (Cuphead) WINNER: THE ONCE-LER
Tony the Talking Clock (Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared) vs. The Once-ler (The Lorax (2012)) vs. Wheatley (Portal 2)
Sans (Undertale) vs. Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
Cecil Gershwin Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) vs. Nagito Komaeda (Danganronpa)
Arataka Reigen (Mob Psycho 100) vs. Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
It's my 5 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳
Time flies, doesn't it.
Random is better
*it’s not a real poll, i’m just asking for feedback
I’ve already seen people saying that they think I should’ve reshuffled the matchups, and while I originally figured that keeping the same bracket would lead to a more genuine rematch, I’m starting to think switching it up would be more fun. What would you guys rather see? The same bracket straight through, or randomized matchups after each round, starting with round two?
Who doesn't like a beautifully cunning seelie queen?
Top 3 Shadowhunters Villains as voted by our followers
↳ #2 Seelie Queen
Thank you all for participating in the sequel bracket! I know it took a while, and some of the polls were bloody, but I really think we made the obvious right choice here.
Tumblr Sexyrematch info
Tumblr Sexyrematch info
Tumblr Sexyrematch info