#helen the magic johnson

[rosalie-starfall]

Nadja of Antipaxos

What We Do In The Shadows - Hybrid Creatures

[margle]

just finished the last episode of wwdits and im so confused about helen the magic johnson. the whole of ep 7 I was thinking she was part of the guide's fake curse. and I thought in the final ep the guide would mention hiring her to make nadja do something nice for someone or realise that the guide belonged with the group, in the same way helen belonged at the donut shop.

but she wasnt?

so who was she?? she wasnt in her class as far as I remember. how did she know about the curse? did she know nadja was a vampire? she must have known she was in some way supernatural in order to feel confident that nadja would believe she was magic. and nadja hypnotised the donut worker at the end - helen must have noticed. why did she even choose to approach nadja to get the donuts?? was she just working at the night school and overheard the conversation about curses and decided to try and manipulate her?

it feels almost like they wrote the plot point with the guide in mind but then didnt want to make the reveal that the curse wasnt real too obvious. so they came up with helen? idk

[doctorwenqing]

too many people talking about the latest episode of wwdits being “bad” or “not interesting” and not enough people talking about helen the magic woman

[macrolit]

The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.

As voted on by 503 novelists, nonfiction writers, poets, critics and other book lovers — with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review.

NYT Article.

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Q: How many of the 100 have you read? Q: Which ones did you love/hate? Q: What's missing?

Here's the full list.

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[battyaboutbooksreviews]

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[germhammy]

“Production meeting pt 2”

The food had arrived.

Mr Waipapa: I hear Hunter Bradley is playing the Devil? I’ve seen what he can do on stilts

Mr Johnson: yes but why limit things to just a guy in a suit? There are so much we could do with CGI and animatronics!

Wednesday: because One: not everything bigger is better. And two: completely relying on CGI to create the monster world greatly inflate the budget not only in post production but here as well

Xavier: you have no idea who you’re talking to!!

Wednesday: and you have no right or reason to be here. Just because Mr Johnson brought you to this meeting? You have absolutely no say in this matter

Xavier: oh and your parent chaperones do?

Wednesday: my mother is authorized to speak on my behalf while I am attending class

Mr Burton: Mr Thorpe is it? Wednesday is right. Doug. You should not have invited him. He has nothing to do with this production

Mr Johnson: he is Wednesday’s boyfriend. This production has gotten to her head and she has been neglecting him

Morticia: is that what this boy has been telling you?

Mr Johnson: yes. And you should keep your daughter’s ego in check!

Wednesday: first of all, Mr Johnson, you do NOT speak to my mother that way! Secondly I am not the elitist snob with an ego. And no, Xavier, I am not just talking about you. I have a girlfriend with whom I am completely happy with. She has opened my eyes to so much.

Ms Rowling: my dear. Calm yourself down.

Gomez: do not tell my daughter to calm down. She is perfectly calm. You really do not want to see her when she is not

Ms Rowling: I did some digging on you, Miss Addams. Expelled from eight schools in five years

Wednesday: they have not found one strong enough to hold me

Morticia: even Nevermore was not immune

Wednesday: Indeed, it was not. I was expelled from Nevermore as well. But after saving the school from an undead Pilgrim and subsequently solving a string of unsolved murders? All was forgiven and I was allowed to return

Ms Rowling: speaking of murder? You were almost charged with the attempted murder of the water polo team at your last school

Wednesday: what a shame the piranha succumbed to the chlorinated water sooner than I anticipated and the only casualties were a bit of thigh tissue and a testicle

Ms Rowling: Mrs Addams, what do you think of this?

Morticia: as I said. Wednesday is who she is. While yes, I do wish she would be more pleasant at times? She is a raven after all. And I cannot change that.

Gomez: my little viper will not hesitate to speak her mind.

Ms Rowling: no one in their right mind would think that ‘Hela’ is a good character! That is why I softened her up and changed it to Helen

Wednesday: Harley likes Hela. And my characters are not meant to be as black and white as good and evil

Mr Burton: indeed. When I contacted her after I had sent her the scripts? She was hesitant about Helen. I sent her your story Wednesday and told her that you would be on set. After reading your story she agreed to the part

Ms Rowling: Miss Addams. You said you have a novel in advanced reader status. Who is your publisher? I shall like to contact them and submit a review

Wednesday: No

Xavier: are you seriously declining the opportunity to have the great KC Rowling read and review your work? Are you out of your mind?

Wednesday: I am not. But I am also certain she will neither like nor give an honest review. And I might add I picked up a Galbraith Robertson novel because I enjoy a good mystery. A good mystery it was not. I read it finding it mediocre and highly predictable. I was not at all surprised to find out that Galbraith Robertson was a pseudonym for Ms Rowling

Gomez: Ms Rowling. You’re know for writing rather whimsical stories about magic and wizardry. Have you any actual knowledge of such things? My little death trap has had a fascination with death and murder from a very young age. I really do not think you would enjoy my daughter’s writing

Morticia: her story that she submitted for this contest, while rather gruesome? Is quite pale in comparison to what she normally writes. What was it one publisher said in their rejection that we were fond of, Wednesday?

Wednesday: Gratuitously morbid?

Morticia: yes. That was it. While you, Ms Rowling might write about a mere broken back? Wednesday would write a shattered spine

Ms Rowling: I cannot believe you condone this behavior in your child!

Mr Burton: Teariki? You enjoy scriptwriting do you not?

Mr Waipapa: yes, I do

Mr Burton: would you be so kind as to take the scripts Wednesday has modified and made changes to and re write them?

Mr Waipapa: of course!

[ninja-muse]

2024 Release TBR

🏳️‍🌈 - queer MC     🇨🇦 - Canadian author    ⭐️ - BIPOC MC 📘 - have an ARC bold - newly added

The Secret History of Bigfoot - John O'Connor (travel/history) - February 6

Ending the Pursuit - Michael Paramo (sociology) - February 8

Tomorrow’s Children - Daniel Polansky (post-apocalypse) - February 27

The Baker and the Bard - Fern Haught (YA cozy fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈- March 5

The Tower - Flora Carr (historical fiction) 📘 - March 5

Parasol Against the Axe - Helen Oyeyemi (literary fiction) ⭐️📘- March 5

Those Beyond the Wall - Micaiah Johnson (science fiction) ⭐️📘 - March 12

The Floating Hotel - Grace Curtis (cozy science fiction) 🏳️‍🌈 - March 19

The Angel of Indian Lake - Stephen Graham Jones (horror) ⭐️ 📘- March 26

This Skin Was Once Mine and Other Disturbances - Eric LaRocca (horror) 📘- April 2

Catchpenny - Charlie Huston (science fiction) 📘- April 9

The Proper Thing and Other Stories - Seanan McGuire (fantasy) - May 1

Plain Jane and the Mermaid - Vera Brosgol (YA fantasy) - May 7

Dreadful - Caitlin Rozakis (fantasy) - May 28

Tidal Creatures - Seanan McGuire (contemporary fantasy) - June 4

Echo of Worlds - M.R. Carey (science fiction) - 📘 June 25

Bury Your Gays - Chuck Tingle (horror) 🏳️‍🌈 - July 9

I Was a Teenage Slasher - Stephen Graham Jones (horror) - July 16 📘⭐️

Chaos at the Lazy Bones Bookshop - Emmeline Duncan (cozy mystery) - July 23

The Wordhunter - Stella Sands (mystery) - August 6

The Dollmakers - Lynn Buchanan (fantasy) - August 13 📘

Radiant Sky - Alan Smale (science fiction) - August 27

Buried Deep and Other Stories - Naomi Novik (fantasy/short stories) - September 17

Nightstrider - Sophia Slade (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈- September 17

The Village Library Demon-Hunting Society - C.M. Waggoner (fantasy) - September 20

Villain - Natalie Zina Walschots (superhero fiction) 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 - October 1 suspect this has moved to 2026

The City in Glass - Nghi Vo (fantasy) - October 1

Swordcrossed - Freya Marske (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 8

My Kind of Trouble - L.A. Schwartz (romance) - October 8

Shoestring Theory - Mariana Costa (fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 8

Sorcery and Small Magics - Maiga Doocy (cozy fantasy) 🏳️‍🌈 - October 15

We Do Not Welcome Our Ten-Year-Old Overlord - Garth Nix (middle grade fantasy) 📘 - October 15

The Scholar and the Last Faerie Door - H.G. Parry (fantasy) - October 22

Usurpation - Sue Burke (science fiction) - October 29

The Improvisers - Nicole Glover (historical fantasy) - November 5 ⭐️

Inkworld: the Color of Revenge - Cornelia Funke (middle grade fantasy) - November 12 📘

The Rivals - Jane Pek (mystery) 📘🏳️‍🌈⭐️- December 1 🏳️

[rel312]

What I loved about WWDITS S5 Episode 7 (SPOILERS!!!):

Guillermo climbing!

“Twilight”

Guillermo turning in into a bat!

Laszlo just… fucking around and finding out with his experiments

Laszlo accidentally making Guillermo drink his own piss

“HWHATSoever”

“I’m not gonna give up on you” Laszlo

The… the animals… what?????

“Kill them” those are his children

Nadja teaching at night school

“Hey I’m walkin here”

“Burgers and fries, Mickey Mouse Mount Rushmore, yeehaw!”

“Somebody burned down the school, and that person was me” Queen

THEYRE CLONES??????

One of them coming from the wool in Guillermo’s sweater

Nandor and Colin Robinson joining Nadja’s class and refusing to leave

Lol I’m pretty sure I saw a post talking about how they wish Laszlo discovered night school so he can do science stuff and now he’s the only one not in the class

The guy being the water cooler

Guillermo not being able to kill the animals

Helen the Magic Woman

Nandor and Colin Robinson both getting up to teach

Guillermo’s reaction to the talking animals

“Nolej”

Colin Robinson’s whole vibe with the fedora as “the cool teacher”

Colin Robinson giving out condoms

Colin Robinson’s rap

The nut

The animals calling Guillermo Daddy

“Daddy Gemerno”

“I kinda made the froggy… pregnant” “I want raw meat”

“Our elders spoke of a prophecy of a one true Guillermo who saves us” huh???

“This fetching bitch is my beautiful daughter, you may lay with her” I can’t with this lmao

“Helen, I’m home”

The doughnut order

“I wank in there all the time, 30 minutes ago to be precise”

“Daddy, what is wank?” This episode is ridiculous

Colin Robinson on the guitar

Nandor being so obsessed with history”

Nadja calling back to the camera crew

The vamps’ stuff being on display at the museum cause they just never claimed it

“Property of Nandor”

Nadja figuring this out from a poster

“Helen the Magic Johnson”

“That is a keychain given to me by my mommy” he’s a mommy’s boy

Nandor being so upset about his diary being called fiction

Nandor getting so angry he knocks over the display because he was accused of never having sex

Guillermo accidentally killing the birds

Colin Robinson stealing the keychain for him and rewriting the plaque to be nice for Nandor

Nandor’s smile at knowing Colin Robinson is a good friend

Guillermo dropping the animals at a nursing home

Guillermo keeping Binky

[jprgirl]

Best TAJ Episode: Poll 9

Use whatever metric you like! Personal preference, technical aspects, whatever! Feel free to make your case in the notes, and reblog to help spread the polls! :)

Possibly spoilery episode descriptions and screenshots below the cut to help you decide!

S2.E10 - Magical Fluffy Bunny World

Axl and Bryn cannot convince Gaia she will become a goddess. She confronts Mike, who has the goddesses explain things more gently. With Eggther still threatening to kill Zeb, Gaia insists on joining Mike, Olaf, Axl, Derrick and Bryn in facing him. Events almost get out of hand, but it turns out Zeb has been using amateur psychology on the giant to pacify him. Meanwhile, Anders and Helen get acquainted. Michele steals the Yggdrasil cutting and taps its power to heal Mike's injured back. Repeated mention is made of the importance of apples. Gaia is kidnapped by hooded men in a van.

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S2.E2 - Frigg Magnet

Agnetha and Eva trade barbs. Eva delays Ty from a meeting with Agnetha and Axl. Agnetha encourages Axl to give up his quest. Colin takes Axl out drinking, promising to help him in the quest: the next day, Axl faces an accusation of rape, engineered by Colin. Mike settles the problem by winning a wager with Colin, in the process taking ownership of a bar, although Colin seems unperturbed by the loss. Mike realizes he can move out of Axl's house. Agnetha sends Dawn home to try out some wine, then gets Ty to check on her, saying she is depressed because of him. Later, Ty and Eva brand each other with an iron designed by Eva. Jacob tries to break into Axl's house, looking for Gaia, and Axl forcibly ejects him. Axl and Zeb then discover Gaia hiding in a closet: she asks to move back in.

Episode descriptions taken from Wikipedia

[pacific-rimbaud]

Hi! You write beautifully and so I feel like your taste in fics and books are just as lovely. Would you mind sharing some of your favorite fics and books? Thank you 🤍

Fics that have stuck with me include Room Serviced by Pir8fancier (Dramione), The God Abandons Antony by counterfog (Phryne Fisher and Jack Robinson from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries), and everything provocative_envy ever wrote for HP, especially her exquisite rare pairs.

For traditionally published work, I'm unabashedly feral for Tamsyn Muir, Genius Person. I'm also eternally devoted to Susanna Clarke. I'd like to tour her brain like Elizabeth poking sheepishly about Pemberley, but instead I'm finishing up a reread of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell and am, as ever, floored and full of so much wonder and admiration and that childlike desperation for magic to be real. E.M. Forster for life. I yearn for Helen Oyeyemi's heart and humor and technical prowess, and Madeline Miller's ability to immerse and move. James Baldwin, both for his thinking and his way of expressing it. Thomas Hardy, Mrs. Gaskell, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Gogol. The Master and Margarita by Bulgakov. The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas by de Assis. Kazuo Ishiguro. Denis Johnson. John le Carre. Catch-22. Everything Vonnegut. Terry Pratchett. William Faulkner. And always, forever, above everything, Jane.

Not really sure what the general vibe is there, other than an impossible standard from a writer's perspective? Thank you for your kind words and for the ask, I'm imagining myself running up to you with a wild look in my eye and books spilling out of my arms.

[rosalie-starfall]

Nadja of Antipaxos

What We Do In The Shadows - Hybrid Creatures

Nadja: It was, like , a "Crullan." Helen: Cruller. Nadja: "Crewlour." Helen: Cr-uller. Nadja: "Crew-row-row…row-row-ler." Helen: Close enough.

[lesbos-crossings]

helen the magic johnson is so me bc I too feel at home at dunkin

[inmyhorrorsera]

S5E7 "Hybrid Creatures" thoughts

That's it. Those are my thoughts.

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Kinda...

I'm kinda used to the writers putting Nadja in situations and see what it sticks, but (un)holy shit its so obvious that they don't know what to do with her character. What we do in the shadows learn how to write women challenge.

I don't know if the Guide even appeared. My stream stopped a couple times and I have to refresh so maybe I missed her (if not see previous point because it also applies to her).

LOVED Nadja's kitty hair buns, love to see that at least the hair and costume department still cares about her.

The line about burning the school made me roll my eyes, not only because that story doesn't make sense with what we learned about her childhood, but also because I can FEEL when tv shows throw lines with the specific expectations of them being gifed, become memes, etc.

I know it's stupid to discuss about the ethics of Laszlo's experiments on the dick and balls show but in this episode I was all 😬😬😬 about it. Like, I don't give a shit if it was done with comedy purposes, animal experimentation is one of the subjects I will never find remotely funny or make jokes with, specially if we start thinking... How much consent Guillermo gave for Laszlo to straight up play with his DNA in this way? He has nothing to say about it except for a confused frown or looking panicky at the sight of the creatures?? More important, if Nandor did this exact same thing the past season and created the hybrids with a Djinn wish or whatever, how would the fandom have reacted??? (spoiler: waaay more angered than when everybody's fave Laszlo does it).

The work of puppetry and digital effects was good as always, nothing bad to say about the team behind the cameras that puts all their hard work and craft on this, sadly, mid storyline.

Despite how little I care about mAd ScIenTiSt Lazslo plot, the moment when Guillermo believes he won't help him anymore was truly heartbreaking just by looking at his face. You can see he really has all his hopes in Laszlo finding a 'cure'.

I wish the whole thing about Guillermo being incapable of killing the hybrids hit me harder (as if we didn't saw him luring innocent teenagers so they can get killed in the literal pilot).

Sorry but that lady character didn't work for me and the "Helen the Magic Johnson" joke was unfunny and kinda old :/ i wonder if half of the wwdits fandom even got the reference (also lmao shameless product placement, you can tell they needed the money to pay for the cgi used on the creatures).

Colin was like his season 1 self. I bet the wwdits reddit ate up that shit.

See also: Laszlo calling Guillermo 'Gizmo' again. Hated it.

Colin becoming the stereotypical 'cool' white liberal teacher was hilarious specially when he said the cliché "history is written by the oppressors" line because that's where the parody becomes too obvious. This is the guy whose dna results on s1 were "100% white" after all. AND YET some people here are still celebrating and repeating it as this 'so true bestie 😔✊' moment without realizing the show's laughing at you, not with you. But hey, this is the we don't get satire even if it bites on our ass site. Imagine fans celebrating when Kendall Succession shouted "fuck the patriarchy!" in front of the paparazzi for being a #feminist. That's how wooosh the moment went over some of y'alls heads.

Nandor and Colin at the museum felt a little tackled on, but at least Nandor annoyance at his personal items being displayed was fun.

And Colin being friendly (dare I say…sweet?) with him at the end again gave me a happy smile. I'll never guessed this season was all about the Colin and Nandor (Condor??) era but I'm all for it.

Biggest Mild laugh of the night: Nandor mannequin having male and female lovers on the display, the dude is wearing Calvin Kleins!

I can't say much about Guillermo leaving the hybrids at the senior home because it's a overused ending for wwdits at this point. Seriously, when this show doesn't know how to end an episode they always do the same shit: Leave the characters that are a problem in a different place. It happened with: Topher at the zombie sweatshop, Jim the vampire as the volleyball coach in Tucson, familiar Benji in a different city/state (forgot where), The Baron and the Sire in the countryside, Derek working at Sean's MLM, Freddie!Marwa in the Uk. They have done this ending 👏🏼lots 👏🏼 of 👏🏼 times👏🏼already!!

Having a wank?! The setup and payoff for this joke really worked.

Next episode seems interesting.

Anyway, I am once again asking for the Djinn...

[spicyvampire]

Helen the magic Johnson

[purpleplaid17]

Jess Watches // Tues 26 Dec // Day 95 Synopses & Favourite Scenes & Poll

Orphan Black (rw with mum) 5x03 Beneath Her Heart

As Clone Club reels from the loss of one of their own, Sarah gnaws at the shackles Rachel has firmly placed around her family. Alison struggles to find her place in the sisterhood.

The flashback of Alison meeting Cosima for the first time and not the clone you'd expect being the high one lol; Talk to the bouncing hand, Donnie; I did love that they added in Donnie's Scottish Highland dancing and his mandolin playing because of a party at MDK's house; I felt so bad for Alison being undervalued and that her feeling ashamed caused her to relapse; Her showdown with Rachel was a very satisfying way for the imminent danger to resolve.

♪ Cause baby, there ain't no mountain high enough Ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough To keep me from getting to you, baby ♪

What We Do in the Shadows 5x07 Hybrid Creatures

Nadja gives back to her community; Laszlo's experiments have some unexpected results.

Which 'The Shins' song in Garden State was Colin referring to. Caring is Creepy, or New Slang? And you can call me Helen The Magic Johnson because I too would do questionable things for a donut. 🍩

Keep Breathing Ep 1 Arrivals

Desperate to reach Inuvik after her flight is canceled, New York lawyer Liv Rivera hitches a ride on a small private plane. Then, disaster strikes.

Probably not the smartest idea to watch this at the same time my sister is on a plane. Though I do know for sure she is definitely tough enough to survive in Liv's situation too. She has trekked through 800 miles of the Appalachian Trail on her own.

[affablyevilshowdown]

Large Bracket Round 1

Large Bracket

No. No! Unless…

Patrick Bateman               (American Psycho)

Tyler Durden                      (Fight Club)

<3<                                      (Homestuck?)

Hedonist Lit

Lestat de Lioncourt          (Interview with a Vampire)

Dorian Gray                       (The Picture Of Dorian Gray)

Virtually the same person. I guess?

Discord                (My Little Pony (Friendship is Magic Gen 4))

Q                           (Star Trek)

The Doctor vs The Master 1

The Master (Delgado)     (Doctor Who)

Dr. Griffin                           (The Invisible Man)

The Doctor vs The Master 2

The Master (Crispy)         (Doctor Who)

Doc Scratch                       (Homestuck)

The Doctor vs The Master 3 (Animal Kin Edition)

The Master (Ainley)         (Doctor Who)

Doc Ock                              (Into the Spiderverse)

The Doctor vs The Master 4

The Master (Simm)          (Doctor Who)

Dr. Evil                                (Austin Powers)

The Doctor vs The Master 5

The Master (Missy)          (Doctor Who)

Heinz Doofenshmirtz       (Phineas and Ferb)

The Doctor vs The Master 6

The Master (Dhawan)     (Doctor Who)

Dr. Facilier                         (The Princess and the Frog)

This is so tremendously unfair, but hey it's the two inspirations of my favorite OC

Bill Cipher            (Gravity Falls)

Solf J Kimblee     (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Dracula was on Buffy the Vampire slayer too

Spike                     (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Dracula                (Dracula)

Entitled White Lady- Names (Since we don't have a Karen)

Helen the Distortion        (The Magnus Archives)

Lauren Mallard                 (Welcome to Nightvale)

Jennifer Check                  (Jennifer's Body)

Actual Entitled White Ladies

The Handler                       (Umbrella Academy)

Cruella De Vile                  (101 Dalmatians)

Fairy Godmother              (Shrek 2)

Fight your shadow lego self

Lego Joker           (The Lego Batman Movie)

Joker                    (Batman (2005))

*Heard over the speaker system, when you are about to have a bad time*

The Narrator      (The Stanley Parable)

Cave Johnson     (Portal)

Style Icons

Misa Amane                                     (Death Note)

Her Imperious Condescension     (Homestuck)

Nui Harime                                       (Kill la kill)

Dads

Hunson Abadeer                              (Adventure Time)

Asgore Dreemur                              (Undertale)

Mayor Richard Wilkins III             (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

Can do so much better than their ex

Harley Quinn      (Birds of Prey)

Spinel                   (Stephen Universe)

An image of the self

Kevin                                                  (Welcome to Nightvale)

Frankenstein’s Creature                (Frankenstein)

Double Trouble                                (She Ra)

Entitled Creeps

Nevel Papperman             (iCarly)

Killgrave                              (Jessica Jones)

Lil Gideon                           (Gravity Falls)

Scorpion tails >:3

Tyrian Callows   (RWBY)

Scorpia                 (She Ra)

Shaped

Big Jack Horner  (Puss in Boots: The last wish)

Eggman               (Sonic)

Wheatley             (Portal)

#girlboss

GLaDOS               (Portal)

Monika                (Doki Doki Literature Club)

Jesters

Marx                     (Kirby)

Rouxls Kaard      (Deltarune)

Second career as highschool staff

Yzma                    (The Emperor’s New Groove)

Baron Draxum    (Rise Of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Just a child, no, No Ignore the destruction and the carnage. this is a baby

The Collector                    (The Owl House)

Flowey the Flower           (Undertale)

Creates an empire with his "children"

Horde Prime                                                                  (She Ra)

John Gaius, Emperor Undying, Necrolord Prime   (The Locked Tomb)

Soft and fluffy, Soft and fluffy. Sharp and pointy! Soft and fluffy..

Kyubey                (Madoka Magica)

Monokuma         (Danganronpa)

In another world they're just an ordinary hero, and honestly that's worse

Gentle Criminal                 (My Hero Academia)

Megamind                          (Megamind)

Goro Akechi                       (Persona 5)

Fairy tale vibes

Rumpelstiltskin   (Once Upon a Time)

Salem                   (RWBY)

Space bois!

HAL9000                             (2001: A Space Odyssey)

Marvin the Martian         (Looney tunes)

Love and Anxiety is stored in the them

Spamton              (Deltarune)

Navy Ruby           (Stephen Universe)

Jinx                       (Arcane)

One says "you're gonna die" because of how good his food is, and the other you're gonna die and become food..

Lalo Salamanca                 (Better Call Saul)

Hannibal Lecter                (Hannibal/Silence of the Lambs)

Kira ;)

Yoshikage Kira   (JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure)

Light Yagami      (Death Note)

Radio Adjacent/Death Adjacent

Alastor                 (Hazbin Hotel)

Dusknoir              (Pokémon)

Their crime is basically just being a capitalist

Mr. Grizz              (Splatoon)

Varrick                 (Legend of Korra)

Elias Bouchard   (The Magnus Archives)

Wizards

Merasmus          (Team Fortress 2)

Magolor              (Kirby)

Death gods

Hades    (Hercules)

Ryuk      (Death Note)

Abstract Fears

Michael Distortion           (The Magnus Archives)

Other Mother                   (Coraline)

Godzilla                               (Godzilla)

Royalty

King Boo                             (Luigi's Mansion games)

Queen                                 (Deltarune)

Prince Humperdinck        (The Princess Bride)

The absence of the thing they're addicted to causes Problems

Gamzee Makara               (Homestuck)

Bender                                (Futurama)

I'm calling them both pirates

Long John Silver                (Treasure Island)

Khan Noonien Singh        (Star Trek)

Mobsters?

Gustavo Fring                    (Breaking Bad)

Wilson Fisk/Kingpin         (Daredevil (Netflix))

Listen, I don't know how long it would take to actually fit these three into a category that makes sense, I'm just glad I technically only have one strict Miscellaneous vote (actually there are 6)

Oogie Boogie                    (The Nightmare before Christmas)

Roman Torchwick            (RWBY)

Medic                                  (Team Fortress 2)