#Vlad ALMOST got the arc I would've loved to see for him ala Kindered Spirits

[grimgrinningghoul]

Hm! Vlad, Maddie and Jack for the character opinion meme?

All 3 of these characters were wasted in my eyes. Poor Jack was forced to just be a moron 90% of the time, which. Come on. Let him be smart He's simultaneously deeper than he seems while also being about as deep as a kiddy pool. Like the depth comes from his history with Vlad and Maddie, along with how intensely into his job he is and how. Y'know. He indirectly sorta kinda killed his son??? But that's not really looked at much so he's just the oafish comic relief to the parents' antagonistic duo. That said, I love Jack and Maddie's dynamic immensely, they got great chemistry

Maddie's not really all that different? She was certainly better off than Jack, but she still wasn't a DEEP character, y'know? She was just Mom.

I will explain that half colored ones real quick: I think they were decent parents in the context of the show. Yeah they were antagonists, but they were also used for comedy, so I don't think it's fair to take their exaggerated behavior as the end all-be all. They did horrible things, but I don't think they deserve to be called horrible people. This applies to both parents, but Maddie especially. She's downright vile in a lotta fanworks lol. I like angst but I do think it takes away from her original charm at times

I did not realize that I’d fill these out so similarly lmao but hey V-Man almost won Bingo

Vlad’s great. He also sucks. He’s got the most tangible origin and motive of Danny’s villains, but he falls flat for me due to a case of Premise vs Presentation. He sounds like he’d be a gratifying villain on paper, but he’s just a pathetic rich dude who can’t figure out how to win against a teenager. Funny, yes, but he doesn’t get the high points he’s set up to have. And why does his ghost form look like that

Also Ik most people like redeeming him eventually, but I just think he’s better when he’s Bad, and he gets like. The opposite of a redemption arc. I want him to get Worse