#killgrave is such a good villain

[weregonnabecoolbeans]

Killgrave is an underrated villain and season one of Jessica Jones is amazing

[strwrter]

matthew is loosely based off of killgrave from jessica jones and i love that for him

[neat-crows]

For some reason I've seen a lot of people disliking the way Jessica Jones season 1 ends. The vibe I've seen is that it wasn't epic enough, it was underwhelming, and that it was too simple and fast and Killgrave would be too smart to fall for it. etc etc.

I think these takes miss the point though. This is the only way he could have gone out, BECAUSE it wasn't an attempt to outsmart him at all.

The whole point is that Killgrave wasn't an epic villain, he was a weird misogynistic little control freak that was obsessed with owning Jessica because he couldn't stand that she was her own person.

The whole season is a game of cat and mouse between them, and you can see just how smart both of them are - they are both equally powerful and intelligent, BUT killgrave literally didn’t need to be doing this at all! He could have left ANY time, he didn’t have to send Hope after her, he could have left before the house, or after he escaped, or after the nightclub, literally WHENEVER

His obsession with controlling Jessica was always his downfall

She was the executioner, but in the end he brought it all on himself

He didn’t get an epic ending because it’s not ABOUT him and because he didn’t need one. It was never about outsmarting or overpowering him, it was about his incessant need for control and Jessica making a decision.

And it works SO WELL not just because it makes good commentary, but also because it mirrors exactly how Killgrave tried to get her to bend to his will; both of them aimed for each other’s emotional weak point - but killgrave failed because he doesn’t actually know or understand Jessica at all, just the version of her he made up in his head and made her play act like a little doll for him

He thinks her weakness is a hero complex, because the first time they meet she’s saving Malcolm from some muggers and killgrave asks her if it felt good to beat up those men, she says yes, and when he asks why she says

“Because I helped someone”

And he’s such an inherently selfish person that to him that translates to a hero complex - He can’t imagine a person who just wants to save people, not to bolster their self worth or to in some way help theme selves. He’s spent his entire life only doing things because he wanted to, because it brought HIM satisfaction, that the idea that someone might willingly do Anything that’s not to make them feel better doesn’t even cross his mind.

And that’s why at the house he shows her the (curated) videos of his childhood, why he “respects” her wishes about not hurting the nosy neighbor, why he goes and saves that family with her, and is genuinely helpful. His tactic to get her to stay with him is to show her how his powers can be used for good, show her he’s also a person who can experience pain and love and joy, and then make her ‘realize’ if she stays with him she could make him a hero and good person. Because he thinks she will sacrifice herself for him and for society if he presents it as a way to atone and heal her guilt.

But Jessica refuses. She betrays him and takes her own route while knowing if she had given up all her autonomy she could have made him a good person and saved countless lives. (I don’t think this was ever actually achievable but she believed it was so the point stands)

Jessica jones has a lot of problems, but a hero complex isn’t one of them.

But Jessica jones DOES know his weakness, his real weakness, her. Controlling the only person who could defy him. And yes it is an obvious and see through plan - Killgrave even calls it out! But then in order to prove she’s faking what does he do? He assaults Trish - and when she continues following his orders he FULLY believes it and completely lets down his guard.

Why? It’s such an obvious trick! He’s supposed to be clever!!!! Well it worked so well because he clearly WANTED to believe it so bad (self admittedly), he was drunk on his own power, he wanted to believe his own strength and he wanted to own Jessica again. But also because again

He thinks Jessica has a hero complex

Her allowing this to happen to her friend ? Jessica jones would never do this! He knows her so well! She just Can’t Help but Help people! If she was faking her helplessness this would have broken her out of it! (Also there’s the whole level of the jealousy he has of Trish and the love Jessica and Trish share but that’s for another post)

And so he dies, small, unable to speak, not being told he’s loved, with a simple snapped neck from a cheap, unplanned ploy, that was thought up on the spot. Just as he deserved.

[scoonsalicious]

Mother Pookie has fed her kitties well🩷🩷. There’s so many emotions idk which one i should talk about first?😭😂

BUT DANG chap 2.2 is just HOT

I am actually speechless😂 I have nothing to say except I am satisfied.

ITS SO GOOD OMG POOKIE? WHAT R U DOING TO ME? WHATT?!!😫😫

Lemme say, It didn’t take me long to hate Lilian. Like I swear, the moment she fucking said that Major looks like a SKANK gurl, fuck u.

My first impression on Major was like how Bucky saw her, a hot pretty dame that made me giggle like a teenager, making heart eyes and singing the whole world to my dick (if i have a dick)

And then throughout the chp, oh my goodness, I would’ve slap Leah the moment she starts bitching up. Major has a dang ass patience. I couldn’t.

THE THINGS I WOULD DO TO VOTE FOR BUCKYBABY TO BREAK HER HEART IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE (so far she’s 35% in my ‘dead’ list, better fix ur attitude if u don wanna end up like cunthage — ITS JUST BEEN 2 CHP?!)

Lindsay rubs the ick on me more than Jade (ofc Jade is worse but she dead now) but cuntly is so so so so so so so so so irritating. The absolute pick me, so called ‘one of the guys’. Ew. Even half of the team is irked by her attitude. That just says a lot.

Glad that our queen Major put her in her place. She needs more. Like, absolute humiliation (disclaimer: i dont support bullying but LILIAN FUCKING NEEDS IT)

And can we appreciate Wanda simping over Thor?😂 (you are not alone, i also dream of licking his abs — mhmmm)

Bucky and Major are purrrfect for each other. Its giving love at first sight 👀. Bucky simps hard. Like so hard. I can wait for more Bucky X Major scene (fluff,sexay — mayyybeeeee angst? i just love hurt myself)

Also, iMajor and Tony r absolutely gonna be ‘rich business badass besties’ and then them + Sam (Wanda and Nat at the back) roasting Leah. Oh what a beautiful dream~

Anyways, beautiful beautiful writing indeed. Waiting to see Bucky sexay POV next😂 Unleash the power of your blue balls. Also I can’t wait to read what your master brain had planned🌚. Love you Pookie🩷🩷🩷

PS// these past few days I was scrolling tumblr, searching for new Bucky fics/updates and honestly… I MISSED YOUU!!! I CANNOT STRESSED THAT ENOUGH!!! 😭 seeing your username the first thing when i opened tumblr made my night! i was planning on listening to songs, dwelling on my loneliness and delulu but LOOK AT ME NOW, ITS 4AM GOSH. THANK U POOKIE LOVE U HAVE A GREAT DAY

POOKIE! <3

Actual footage of me coming up to love on your comments:

I'm so glad people are enjoying 2.2! I gotta be real, I usually don't get hot and bothered when it comes time write smut, but that section? Whoa, boy... that section had me like:

(Yes, this is my second favorite gif of all time, and I will use Blanche to express my hot and bothered-ness whenever I can, lol)

I gotta tell you right now, the phrase "making heart eyes and singing the whole world to my dick (if i have a dick)" is now the highlight of my week, so I thank you for this. It's pure literary magic <3

Major is used to taking shit from peons; she was a woman in the military, after all, lol, which is why she's able to not let Lily phase her too much. Her patience will be tested, though. Where Cunthrage was just flat out unhinged, Lizard is more... selfishly insidious? Just, you know, she's not going to be kidnapping people and snapping their arms or murderously rampaging through Hydra bases or anything. (The stakes here are much, much lower, lol. Which, I guess, is going to prep us for Unbroken, where the stakes will be... Thanos-sized, lol.) I think what makes Lily feel worse, to me, is that she's far more realistic than Jade was. Like, I know girls like Lily irl; thankfully, never met a Jade (phew!). Much like Killgrave, to me, is the scariest Marvel villain, because I've encountered so many men like him in the real world.

The things I dream of doing to Thor would probably get me put on a list if he was a real person and not a fictional character, lol. Unless I'm doing AUs, I tend to stick with canon-pairings, but there is something about the idea of Wanda/Thor that I currently find very appealing, so hopefully, we will see something happen between the two of them. I think they would be adorable. And for some reason known only to my maker, I love making Wanda a little bit horny, lol. In fact, an earlier draft of Unwanted had Pocket referring to her as the Sokovian Horndog after she made some comments about Bucky's body, lol.

Is it weird that I don't plan on having Tony be too involved in this fic, because I feel like giving him a friendship with Major is like him cheating on his friendship with Pocket? That makes no sense whatsoever, lol, but I'm so protective of my girl. I'm like "Yeah, Major, I'll let you fuck Pocket's boyfriend, Bucky, but YOU CANNOT BE FRIENDS WITH HER PSUEDO-BROTHER TONY BECAUSE HE IS HERS!"

Bucky's got some sexy POV in the next sextion (see what I did there? lol) but there's going to be so much more smut in this one than Unwanted. It just feels right, lol.

[low-budget-korra]

Comments on Resident Evil Death Island

- There's nothing in Jill's eyes in the beginning, which is awesome. Like, sad, but a awesome touch. She was in Wesker's hand for a long time, what a nightmare for her, it's like Killgrave and Jessica Jones with all the things he made her do it, lost in her own body.

-Claire lesbian conformed. She stopped in the middle of the action scene to help a beautiful brunette, and almost died because of it. Also, how the hell she escaped that? I'm glad for sure but I wanted to see that.

-Chris, Claire, Leon and Jill together, that's the dream. Leon and Jill was also fun af to see. Love all those fanservice with all them together. I waited years to see that and loved every second of it

-Chris and Claire together in action, gosh please let the Code Veronica remake rumors be real and if it is, let be goddamn good as the original.

-Im so Valenfield right now. And with Valenfield I mean Claire x Jill. The chemistry. Them caring about each other, the villain using Claire to bully and mess with Jill's feelings. I can't, they really feed us shippers with this movie.

-The villain became what he hated. But I like the origin story of him being a Umbrella soldier survivor that had to kill his friend. Still, in the end he became the "I want to destroy the world" bla bla. And the damn long speech... I mean, glad it was because if it wasn't Rebecca wouldn't get there in time to save them.

-Yes, THEY GOT JILL!

Love that everyone had its moments but Jill deserved to be the star here.

-Gotta love a fanservice done right.

[prettywitchiusaka]

Also, this is a minor nitpick, but I cannot believe that Professor X of all people is actually arguing, "Well, maybe The Goddess is doing a good thing!"

Leans in...

No, Charles! No, she wasn't! I know your whole schtick is that you're a Martin Luthor King Jr. expy and so you'd rather things be peaceful, but you're a telepath with limited mind-control abilities. You should know some woman brainwashing your friends into being her loyal subjects and making villains docile (without their consent) is a bad thing!

This is like arguing, "Well maybe Doctor Doom did a good thing when he kidnapped The Purple Man and turned his mind-control powers into a frequency that he used to brainwash the world and made himself Earth's Emperor! He was doing things to improve humanity!". Yeah! And he still kidnapped a man and brainwashed the entire world into being his slaves! Zebadiah Killgrave might be a monster! But he still has rights!

[thezfc]

a lot of americans know david tennant from doctor who as well as killgrave from jessica jones. the tenth doctor is what made doctor who so popular outside of uk and killgrave is widely considered one of the best marvel tv villains along with wilson fisk from daredevil. broadchurch is also well known thanks to streaming and now there is good omens of course. tom may be more of a traditional leading man than david, but tom is definitely not working like david is, which is what’s disappointing.

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[lxvenderhxzehv]

Intro: Jim

(Keanu Reeves) [The Relentless]. Please welcome [Jim Dunford (He/Him)] to Huntsville, WV. They are an [55]-year-old [VISITOR] who lives in [THE COMMUNE]. You may see them around working as a [UNEMPLOYED]. They are looking for [Em Dunford] their [Ex-Wife] Poor unfortunate soul. We’ll see if they survive.

Name: Jim Dunford (Radley Killgraves) Nicknames: N/A Age/DOB: 56 December 21st, 1968 Gender: cis-Male He/Him Sexual Orientation: Heterosexual/Romantic (Potentially questioning) Personality type: The Relentless Relationship status: Single/divorced (Not officially he still thinks he's married to Em) Occupation: Unemployed Destianation: The commune

Jim Dunford grew up to two over barring and strict parents. Parents that wanted him to be the best of the best. Jim always rebelled, pushed back. He was the kid your parents warned you about in school. He was always getting kicked out of class, schools, even homeschooling didn’t work. Eventually his parents washed their hands of him and sent him off to military school. It was there that Jim began his training, bettering himself and his body. If you can’t beat them Join them. And Join them he did. When he returned to his parents he was a completely different man. Disciplined and clean just like them. At least that was what he wanted them to think, Jim was still the rascal of a kid at heart and as always got himself in trouble and involved with the wrong people or perhaps the right people depending on who you ask. One night while walking home from the bar Jim was Jumped by 4 men. Jim, because of his excessive training, took them out with no issues. He stood in the alleyway perplexed as a man with a scar across his eye (Think Typical James bond Villain) came out of the shadows and applauded “Impressive, your reputation precedes you.” .He was offered a position on the team as a hit man. He had just taken out 4 of this man's best players after all and He would be an idiot if he didn’t take the job. The money was good and Jim wasn’t opposed to offing a few do badders. For about 20 years Jim traveled all over the world offing whoever his boss needed him too. That was until he saw her.

He was supposed to kill her but the moment his eyes met hers in that scope something in him short circuited. No matter how hard he tried He couldn’t pull the trigger. He went rogue and somehow found a way to “bump” into her Introducing himself as Jim Dunford, a name he made up on the spot to make her think nothing of him.He fell in so deep and so easily. He was always told to never get involved or learn more about his Targets but now learning about and meeting Em he was beginning to wonder if she wasn’t the only innocent person that he had on his list after all these years. Suddenly he didn’t want to do it anymore. He didn't want to kill anyone anymore at the risk of killing someones loved one.

So he faked his death, sending a bloody letter to his boss stating that he had been killed in a “Freak Explosion”. He began spending more time with Em, taking on this new persona of Jim Dunford. Jim Dundford was a retired Military vet who was honorably discharged due to an injury and spent his time reviewing books online for some extra pocket cash and volunteered at retirement homes and soup kitchens. He had enough money from his actual Job that he could retire comfortably. He got an ID made and had someone on the inside help curate this whole new person for him. He got quite comfortable in this new life, with Em and not long after they got married. Everything was going great! Until it wasn’t.

With Em’s job requiring her to be out of town all the time, Jim was always worried for her safety, worried his boss would find her and send someone after her. He was always calling, always checking in. It was around this time that Jim began to ask Emma to think about settling down and maybe looking for another job. They never seemed to be on the same page one always working, the other always longing for more time together. Jim knew the marriage was faltering and they were pulling apart. It was when Emma  left for a work trip and never came back that he began to worry. No contact from Emma was a bit stranger and her phone wasn’t even ringing anymore. Since that day Jim did everything he could to find her, Even coming out of retirement and pretending to be back in the game to use resources to track her down. After months of Dead ends Jim nearly gave up even planning on going back to work for his boss as he had been welcomed back like nothing had changed. He already had a family that he had forgotten had got him where he was today. When suddenly There was a new development, a ping from a GPS matching the one em had from nearly a year and half ago. It was positioned in the middle of nowhere in west Virginia. Bringing up old maps and revealing a town that was said to have been abandoned. The ping came from just outside of a town called Huntsville. There were multiple reports of people that had been near or around that area that had gone missing, just like his Emma. Jim Scribbled the name and the coordinates on a piece of paper and rushed to Find her. Even if it was just another dead end it was the closest thing he got to something.

When he got to the fork in the road and turned he was in such shock to find Huntsville was still very much a real place and there were people there still alive and living relatively normal lives. He quickly decided to move into the commune when he figured out what was going on with the monsters. It was fixing to get dark out he could look for Emma in the morning.

[atlaese]

okay but killgrave is actually such a good villain i love him

[van-oskuro]

Who should be the villain?

Probably is going to be the Inventor since he was the first true villain Ms Marvel faced in the comics, but he's kinda lame. Stormranger is good, but the first season seems too soon for an evil doppelganger (more on that latter). Thus we have a toss up between my two personal picks: Lockdown and Doc.X. Lockdown is another Carrol Danvers fangirl, but went on a more extremist path than Kamala. The series could present her as a dark mirror of Kamala, something the comic didn't (or maybe failed) to do. Doc.X would be a more risky choice as it is a sentient virus that is an internet troll (quite literally as it usually takes the form of one). It is one of Kamala's more memorable enemies, and as an agender being that can take on various forms, they could use multiple varying actors to portray the character. Not only can it hack computers, but it also gains power to hack humans (kinda like Killgrave from Jessica Jones, but not as sadistic) though Kamala's polymorph nature protects her. The writers could use Doc.X as an allegory for the harm of trolling on the internet, and how it can affect us in the real world. Better still, if there are latter seasons that introduce Stormranger, Doc.X could posses the cybernetic doppelganger as a physical body to challenge Kamala on her level.

[fleurdulys]

kilgrave was such a good villain

[sebastianshaw]

*  knowing  your  partner  well  can  potentially  make  writing  a  lot  easier,  repost,  do  not  reblog.

name : RF, Ratmun, RodentFanatic, Ratty, Ms.Rat, Shawmun, 90s, 90smun

pronouns : she / her

preference  of  communication :  IM or asks :3

name  of  muse(s) : Sebastian Hiram Shaw

experience / how  long  ( months / years ? ) : I started RPing online on forums/boards in 2005, came to Tumblr in 2015

best  experience : I’ve had a really nice time on this blog!

rp  pet  peeves / deal  breakers :  The “absolutely will not follow/interact” dealbreakers are whitewashing (yes, even if canon did it; looking at you, MCU Maximoffs), and characters who are pedophiles, Nazis, or rapists. I’m willing to make exceptions in cases where the trait in questioned was confined to one issue/run/writer/etc or it’s something that was added to the character long after their creation and the mun is NOT portraying that version, since I know it’s comics and shit like that happens (ex: what Morrison did to Talia Al-Ghul) and I’d be a huge hypocrite not to understand that considering all my hangups and hate around post-2008 Shaw. But if it’s something that is a huge part of the character like Killgrave, it’s just a HARD NOPE for me.  My pet peeves are MANY and would make me sound really judgey if I went on about all of them tbh, but one thing I see a lot in the superhero/villain fandom is characters not taking EXTREMELY powerful and dangerous beings seriously. Everyone wants to be that really special sassy person who just mouths off to the Biggest Big Bad with zero consequences and I find that really annoying. And as someone who has been on the end of it a few times, I definitely try not to do it to others. Shaw does canonically have a tendency to poke the bear or play with fire in canon due to his own arrogance, but I always have a clear understanding with the other mun that I understand he is opening himself to mega consequences and I welcome said consequences because I do genuinely love it when he gets what’s coming to him. But I also don’t like it when I feel he’s being used as a punching bag either by muses who realistically should not dare try this shit, let alone get away with it. I’m fine with it from some people for comedic purposes, and I am ALL for Shaw getting fucking roasted by the people who CAN get away with it, I really enjoy that, just there’s once in awhile someone who really takes shit way too far and it’s like. . .I don’t wanna be the asshole who has my character crush yours but what else am I supposed to do there? I also really hate when people try to force their own interpretation on my muse. 

plots or memes : I super duper love memes the most because they’re so good for quick fun interactions with low commitment, but I’m definitely open to plots that can carry a proper thread too

preferences  fluff,  angst,  or  smut : I’m not into any of these so much as Shaw just being comedically horrific to everyone on my dash. Like I just want everyone’s eyes to fill with regret because they looked at any response I wrote. 

best  time  to  write : 10 AM -12 PM EST during weekdays is when I get a lot of thread replies done, evenings EST is more just for memes. I’m asleep all morning during the weekend tho XD​

TAGGING: anybody! I ganked it from @divminded

[thevindicativevordan]

I have a raging fever…and the only thing that can cure it is your take on Superman’s various villains

😉

Hm guess I'll rapidfire a bunch of small Superman Rogues that I keep getting asks for but don't have really have opinions on.

Luminous - Cool name, cool powerset, but not really all that deep. Were I to use him I would keep the name and powerset and change everything else to the point it wouldn't really be the same character.

Faora/Ursa - Cool as Zod's right hand/wife/mother of Lor, don't think she offers all that much on her own. Would be interested in seeing more of her opinion on things when it comes to building New Krypton, the Els, and raising Lor.

Titano - Rules. Never going to be more than a Silver Age gag or a one off issue at best I suspect but still very cool.

Satanus & Blaze - Find them dull personally, would rather Shazam keeps them since they're the Wizard's kids if I recall correctly. Mxy or Vyn are better "devils" for Superman.

Blackrock - Throwing him in here for the record, but I don't find him interesting at all.

Composite Superman - Lame. Don't get why people keep bringing him back.

Insect Queen - Give her to Kara or Jon.

Psiphon and Dreadnought - Lame.

Sleez - Hahahaha Jesus Christ how does this guy keep cameoing every now and then?

Subjekt-17 - Wrote about him already, I liked him and what he represented, he would make a good foe for Jon.

Killgrave - Give him to another member of the Superfamily or forget him completely, there's already plenty of mad scientist Superman Rogues.

Nick O'Teen - Please somebody use him as the Kite Man/Condiment King of the Superman Rogues Gallery!

[fruitpunchninja101]

If u got a chance to choose a superpower....what it will be?

Oooh boy!If you asked me this a decade ago my mouth would foam up and I'd scream "Dr.Manhattan's power!" because I get unreasonably competitive and I wanna win any hypothetical superhero battles with my friends. But as an adult, I think it will be pretty cool to have Killgraves powers so my brother could finally close the door behind him every time he visits me in my room! Or maybe, I can walk up to Jeff Bezos and tell him to use his money for good by paying his employees a decent livable wage and start treating them humanely! Oh! while were at it,I'd tell him to use his resources to fucking fix climate change & global hunger. I hope I don't eventually turn into a villain. This is a pretty cool ask!HBU? :)

[thebonerpit]

A few brief thoughts on Black Widow:

LOVED IT.

I don’t know if it’s just because I haven’t seen a full Marvel movie in so long but man, this is seriously up there at the top of my list.

I am completely in love with Yelena and I cannot WAIT to see her again. AND SHE GOT HER PUPPY AT THE END ;_; I also adored Milena and Alexei and just their whole dynamic together... it was incredible.

It was weird though, I feel like Natasha was almost a secondary character to everything else going on? I felt way more connected to everyone else. Also I wish ScarJo wasn’t such a doofus IRL because I think I’d honestly like Natasha more but seeing her face irks me sometimes, even though she is a pretty good actor. (I mean she pales in comparison to literally everyone else in this movie BUT WHATEVER).

Dreykov was legitimately one of the most disgusting villains I have ever seen. He gave me actual shivers especially during the scenes with Natasha in the Red Room, BARF. It reminded me of other villains like Obie and Killgrave where it was like STOP TOUCHING MY FAVES GET AWAYYYYY.

Basically it reminded me of all the best parts of CA: Winter Soldier but with almost an entire cast of women kicking ass which was incredible to see. And the fights were so brutal??? Excellent choreography there (and omg Yelena ripping on Natasha for “posing” all the time skadjlskdj love it).

Anyway, highly recommend especially if CA: Winter Soldier is one of your faves.

[danielstalter]

Dream Date was stronger in concept than it was in execution. I really liked the ideas that Sinclair Smith was playing with here. There were some genuinely creepy moments, and there was even an example of a good boyfriend. That’s a rare find in these books. Katie’s journey was relatable for me, and I could see that being the case for a lot of teenagers. I was once painfully shy myself. That being said, Katie was quite bland for the main character. I wish she had a hobby or something that she felt passionate about. Heath felt like he was based on an awful person that the author knew. He had more than a few moments where he made my skin crawl; reminded me at times of Killgrave in Jessica Jones at the best of them. I wish he had been a bit more dynamic, but he still worked well as a villain. I also really wanted the dream space to be more imaginative. It was a missed opportunity to get surreal, which could have given this book a sense of atmosphere. I’m also not the biggest fan of third-person narration with tons of italic first-person thoughts, but that could just be me. The ending worked aside from one minor contrivance I’ll save for below the jump. I didn’t love it, but it worked. Dream Date may have over-promised with its ideas and under-delivered with the details, but it was still an enjoyable read.

Score: 3

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