TTD - True Evil 1/4
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Something was wrong, though!
Hero knew this. Of course they did. It was just that- that it was easy to forget. Maybe because ironically, since Villain was living with them, everything was fine. When the agency had questioned them about this, all they could complain about was that they couldn't use the shower and bathroom mirror three hours on a row anymore (on the evenings, at least). There was something eerie about how naturally Villain had come crashing into their life. Having them as a roommate was as evident as eating breakfast on lazy mornings when Hero had a day off. They were even hugging now.
For the moment though, Hero's butt was getting kicked. The sad truth was that Villain was much better at video games than them. The two roommates were affronting each other in a fighting match that neither of them enjoyed, but that was the only competitive game Hero had. Villain refused to cooperate, under the brilliant pretext that “they refused to ally with their fated foe”. Given that not five minutes before, their head was resting against the shoulder of said fated foe, there were a lot of possible refutations. Hero hadn’t bothered. After coming back from a long, exhausting day, the easier thing to do was rolling with it. They didn’t even shrug when the shadow next to them, leaning on their game-pad, gloated:
“This is your end, little Hero!”
“Don’t call me little. I’m 5’10.”
“I am 5’10 and a half,” was the smug answer.
Hero glanced sideways at the silhouette next to them, surrounded by a dark mist as always:
“I can’t be sure of that.”
“Then despair while that nagging doubt eats your mind for the rest of your life.”
“I’m good. I’ll rest assured that I have, like, 30 pounds of muscles on you.”
“How have you acquired that knowledge, may I ask?”
“Well, when we hug-”
“Stop calling it like that. And I’ll concede gladly that perk to you. Muscles, bah! Who would need that?”
“Most people, actually.”
“I have a brain. It’s enough. It’s getting rarer and rarer these days.”
They both stared at the Game Over screen.
“Once again, you are finished. Once again, I stomp on your pixellized body and your ego in an unending demonstration of my superior skills and-
Hero cut across them:
“You need to sign the form.”
Villain groaned. Not to be deterred, Hero presented the paper and a pen to them:
“Here.”
“Ah, paperwork. Truly the greatest evil. Even I, with all the darkness in my heart, cannot compare.”
Hero sighed:
“It’s just a signature. And be grateful for the form. It’s the only thing that can prevent Superhero from coming here and ripping you to shreds – possibly us both.”
“I don’t see why.”
“There are laws. If you confirm every day you’re here and reforming, measures can’t be taken against you.”
“Very well. I shall adorn my mark on this pitiful piece of paper.”
Villain moodily signed and Hero took a picture of it, sending it to the secretary and hoping they wouldn’t lose it again. Doing it every day was annoying, sure, but it was all they could find to protect their roommate from the agency – or rather, Superhero. They felt a little relieved every time they sent the text. Villain, though, didn’t seem to care one way or the other. It was irritating and a little worrying.
“Dinner?”
“Yeah, okay.”
Hero stood up and heated their meals on the microwave. Apart from smoothies, Villain was not that interested in food, and Hero was too tired to cook after work most of the time. Villain didn’t seem bothered with this. Actually, once you got used to their constant melodrama, Villain was a rather laid-back roommate. Too laid-back. Hero’s instinct was sending them warning signals. Their guest was taking their situation a little too well. The person they shared their place with and hugged was a complete stranger. All questions about their past were avoided. Hero knew there was an elephant in the room, but they had no idea of what it was made, and that was frustrating to say the least.
The microwave made a ding sound. After a while, Villain reluctantly got out of the couch to find Hero looking at the wall, their arms crossed.
“Are your sudden meditative moment deep enough to forget down-to-earth obligations ?”
Hero clucked their tongue. Villain jumped when their roommate suddenly leaned over the table:
“What happened to you?”
“My plate is getting cold?”
“No, we’re not avoiding the subject anymore. What happened? You have a physical body, but you never stop hiding behind your powers. I’ve checked, you’re listed among the most dangerous villains on the agency’s list. It says you’re a killer, but frankly, I do not believe that one second. You never say anything about your past, you never speak about yourself. When I tell you Superhero wants you dead, your answer is “yeah, okay” and you don’t bring the subject ever again. You get more emotional when I bring you the wrong screwdriver. What is wrong with you?”
“Plenty of things. I am a Villain, how can you hope to comprehend how my twisted spirit w-”
Hero’s fist banged on the table:
“Stop that!”
Villain stepped back. Hero sighed and lifted their hands in surrender:
“I’m sorry. I’m sorry, okay? But you are not helping me. My boss wants to kill you and I don’t know why. I can’t get us out of this if I have no idea what’s going on!”
“It seems simple to me. He’s a superhero, I’m a fearful villain. We’re destined to destroy each other.”
“I’ve never seen him so – so motivated. It goes deeper than that. You can’t keep me in the dark.”
“This is my nature. I don’t see why this is any concern of yours.”
They got their plate out of the microwave without adding a word. Hero dragged their hand over their face:
“Tell me one thing. Just one thing. Have you ever killed anyone?”
The shadow froze. The plate made a loud bang when it was dropped on the table.
“I’m not hungry,” said Villain.
Hero watched them going back to their room. Soon after, they heard the lock of the door.
“That went well,” they mumbled.
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if dorian didn't show up, do you think louis would have shot minnie?
I do. I know some people think either he wouldn't have or he would've missed so that's why the writers had him shoot Dorian instead, but mmmmmm no, I don't personally think so. I like to think that if he had taken the shot, his shaky hands would've caused him to shoot her fatally.
Mostly because I'm already so normal about the fact that of the Ericson crew, Marlon and Louis are the only ones with a body count. Well, that we know of, but shown to us in the game, at least. Plus, we know it's Louis' first kill.
Like yeah, Clementine and AJ become part of the crew and they have bigger body counts, and if we're counting indirect kills caused by actions, then Tenn has a count... and I guess everyone has blood on their hands for blowing up the boat... but I'm talking about killed directly with a weapon like....... I lied, I'm not normal about that at all, Louis and Marlon are the ones who have killed someone in Louis' route. I'm also not normal about the fact that Louis kills Dorian and then even as he's clearly in shock, he tries to go with Clementine to get AJ, and then later on when they talk about it, he says it feels like bile but not quite and he's glad he has it in him to do it.... listen, listen, listen... I'm obsessed with that.
Anyway, so if Louis shot Minerva, I think he would've accidentally killed her and can you imagine? He's already enough of a mess after killing the woman who pinned him down and tried to cut his finger off [or succeeded] but he knew Minerva, they were friends before the twins were taken. Even Violet couldn't kill her even though that would've been the smarter thing to do, and we know thanks to meta knowledge that killing her would've saved lives, but Violet couldn't, and I don't think Louis would intentionally either.
Speaking of Violet, if Louis killed Minerva, I hate to think about what that would've done to Vi. I think she might've actually left at that point, like what was planned before it got changed to her being burned. I don't think she would've attacked Louis over it, though, like yeah she attacked Clementine in the cell but Louis? I don't know, but I don't think so just because it's Louis and he'd be a mess about it anyway.
Though if he did kill her, it would be a neat parallel to draw... y'know, because Louis forgave AJ for killing Marlon even though he was pissed and heartbroken, and Violet was annoyed with him the entire time... but could she ever forgive Louis for killing Minerva? Y'know? We already have a similar parallel with AJ shooting Tenn, but still.
If Clementine killed Minerva in that moment, though, then I could see Violet attacking her since in her eyes, Clem proved her right.
So yeah, I get why they added the Dorian kill to his route. It adds another compelling element to Louis as a character, but we also need Minerva alive for episode 4; Louis can't kill her, he can't miss, and he's not going to stay with her because we need Violet to stay on the boat and him to be on shore for all routes.
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