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Life, Love, and Best: thegirlnamedcove
 Know what I want more of in my fiction? "Nice
 Guy" villains. "Incel" villains. Villains who
 exhibit the most toxic aspects of current
 masculinity and culture and are shamed for it.
 Like Tighten from Megamind
 I know it's years old but this movie is
 still the best, especially because of the
 characterization of their villain. He receives a
 dozen soft no's from Roxanne (the Lois Lane
 archetype), it's suggested he's been getting
 them for years, and he still pursues her even
 to the point of endangering her life. When he
 finally understands that her "no" is final, he
 throws a superpowered shit fit and tries to kill
 her and her actual love interest (Megamind)
 and televises it in a ploy to get sympathy
 ("a reminder of the night she ferociously
 ripped out my heart"). He has no concept of
 boundaries or consent, and it is shown for the
 vile behavior that it is
 And the thing is? I can't remember another
 villain like him? Not anywhere. You could
 make an argument that Snape is a Nice Guy,
 but the narrative doesn't criticize the behavior.
 To the contrary, his eternal love obsession
 with Lily is praised. Every character who
 comes even close to Tighten, ends up praised
 by the end. And I'm sick of it.
 Get on Megamind's level, screenwriters.
 Source: thegirlnamedcove
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More niceguy villains, please (x-post from r/niceguys)
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thegirlnamedcove Know what I want more of in my fiction? Nice Guy villains Incel villains Villains who exhibit the most toxic aspects of current masculinity and culture and are shamed for it Like Tighten from Megamind I know it's years old but this movie is still the best especially because of the characterization of their villain He receives a dozen soft no's from Roxanne the Lois Lane archetype it's suggested he's been getting them for years and he still pursues her even to the point of endangering her life When he finally understands that her no is final he throws a superpowered shit fit and tries to kill her and her actual love interest Megamind and televises it in a ploy to get sympathy a reminder of the night she ferociously ripped out my heart He has no concept of boundaries or consent and it is shown for the vile behavior that it is And the thing is? I can't remember another villain like him? Not anywhere You could make an argument that Snape is a Nice Guy but the narrative doesn't criticize the behavior To the contrary his eternal love obsession with Lily is praised Every character who comes even close to Tighten ends up praised by the end And I'm sick of it Get on Megamind's level screenwriters Source thegirlnamedcove 48404 notes More niceguy villains please x-post from rniceguys Meme

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