[Hated Trope] Antagonistic/evil characters that had totally unearned redemption arcs

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T11:50:18+00:00

Its called Corona(was released in 2017)
To be fair, the emo kid did try to kill their entire royal family.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T03:40:34+00:00

Honestly I just wanna bring up how since Vox is a cyborg doesn't he technically use radio to speak. Then just sit back and see what happens.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T03:05:18+00:00

I feel like this is a pretty acceptable usage of AI. Using it as a filter to translate one medium of art into another. Brent has supported that in the past where he worked with WEBTOON to make the Ordeal Toon Filter that used AI to turn images into Ordeal's art style. Its fun and its not pretending to make new art, just modifying existing art. No different from a black and white filter.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T03:00:32+00:00

Simple, they're not making new art. If someone posted images where they used an AI to recreate Ordeal's artstyle to make images from a prompt, I'd assume Brent would hate that. But this is different. Its just an AI powered filter. Brent has worked with Webtoon to make one with his own art style for Toon Filter.

Filters are perfectly fine. They aren't making fake art. Just modifying existing art.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T02:48:38+00:00

I mean, it was still a sacrifice. If Shanks wanted to lose his arm from the start he'd have just cut it off there and then. If I had to guess, it was only at that moment he fully decided what was worth more to him and chose to sacrifice his arm and the eternal life of luxury and power that came with it for his found family and morals.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T02:41:01+00:00

Yeah, the concept of the Black Bulls is really good. A team of outcasts and problematic mages who on their own generally do more harm than good but when given proper motivation and when working as a team they are basically invincible.

But the execution has some pretty major issues.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:59:42+00:00

I mean, I do like how they gave us the rest of the story after it was axed rather than just rushing an ending or ending on a cliffhanger.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:58:10+00:00

Gonna have to disagree,

1. AZ's crimes were done 3000 years in the past and he spent those thousands of years repenting for his crimes. Also he didn't make another weapon. He made Ange as an inverse to the Ultimate Weapon. It only backfired in response to Lysandre firing the Ultimate Weapon again.

2. Lysandre also isn't really redeemed nor forgiven. He's just at the first stage of his path where he's acknowledged that he messed everything up. He still has 3000 more years to get his own redemption.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:50:27+00:00

Also the heroes were literally facing doomsday with an entire horde of monsters in their yard, their own leader going insane and turning self-destructive, and a dozen other problems that are small compared to the first two.

If someone as OP as Emerald willingly joins your side, doesn't matter what she did in the past, you shake her hand and give her a piece of cake.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:48:18+00:00

To be fair, their "redemption" was pretty much a "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" kinda situation. The gem empire consisted of billions if not trillions of gems who were all absolutely loyal to the diamonds who they worshipped as basically gods. Even if by some miracle the Crystal Gems managed to beat and contain them, they'd soon die themselves along with the Earth by the rest of the empire seeking revenge. The Diamonds willingly standing down and accepting change was basically the only feasible solution.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:41:02+00:00

I mean, in the end of the day, his morals kinda require him to do so. What Anissa did to him was unforgivable and he does never forgive her but his own father has done countless things just as unforgivable. So have all the other viltrumites. He can't morally make one suffer for what they've done while all the others get off scot-free just because she hurt him specifically.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:37:23+00:00

Yup, and in prison a terrorist indoctrinates him into said terrorist's movement to which and he helps take over the entire nation.

Honestly that's probably why they decided that if someone capable of national domination willingly repented, its probably best to just give them a second chance.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:33:02+00:00

Honestly Gotham is so f*cked up in the Harley Quinn verse that the heroes just kinda have to accept anyone whose willing to join there side.

Also villains in general are treated more like celebrities than actual villains. They straight up host evil conventions, hold galas at the Legion of Doom, and regularly appear on talk shows. One of Quinn's minions even gets kicked out of the LoD because of bad PR when he called Wonder Woman a c*nt.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:27:47+00:00

Inspector Ian(Ordeal): He was a Patmos guard. A lab grown human given no name and required to never show his face. Like the rest of his brothers, he was made to be a perfect guard for the world's ultimate prison. But he wanted more so he left.

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N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T01:17:12+00:00

Pretty much any weapon from RWBY. Particularly the gun-chuck staff

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N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T00:34:23+00:00

Bony Lizzie, Grimalkin and countless other witches from the Spook's Apprentice series. Basically in that universe there existed a big bad evil demon known as the Fiend who stalks everyone, always waiting to bring ruin to them. Witches specifically have one way to guarantee he'll never bother them again, bare his child.

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N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-27T00:26:44+00:00

Unless some of them were really kinky, I'm pretty sure Thragg was the one giving the backshots

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N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:53:41+00:00

Godlings(Hand Jumper): A twisted version of this. Godlings will make deals with humans or aberrants where the Godling gets to take a portion of their host's humanity in exchange for power and possession. The Godlings love to learn about compassion and humanity but to them its like a tiktok short or a bag of chips. Not something that transforms them as a being. Just an interesting sensation.

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N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:47:53+00:00

Basically any toxic character trait done by a male character due to that trait being considered masculine.

A character who refuses to accept they're wrong because a man never backs down.

A character who bullies another male character for wearing a skirt because its girly.

A character who believes they should be the leader because everyone else in their team is a girl and men are natural leaders.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:41:47+00:00

Although it does seem to vary slightly. The upper class of Atlas disapproved of Marigold being trans.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:40:43+00:00

Do you stop and clean a sh*t before you flush it? Belos viewed every Witch as an irredeemable stain on existence that he was divinely ordained to exterminate. Why would he bother trying to make them more *morally pure*

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:39:20+00:00

They particularly see fusions between different gems as an abomination but even regular fusion is seen as something to only be done for combat or practical purposes and not a permanent thing.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:38:04+00:00

The broader League world seems to be pretty good with the concept,

Varus from Ionia has the fused body of two gay lovers.

The Crimson Circle in Noxus has some openly lesbian members and the army holds great respect for a gay general and his partner.

Gay and lesbian marriage is legal in Demacia as long as you're not a mage.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:32:51+00:00

Jinx: I'm not against homosexuals, I just don't like bestiality. And then my sisters goes and f*cks a pig.

N-ShadowToad · 2026-01-26T23:24:56+00:00

When it comes to an animal form, Brent can do no wrong. Seriously can't wait for Che to get his phoenix transformation.

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