If Mihaly were to become a villain how do see it happening?
OMG I'M SO HAPPY SOMEONE ASKED THIS
Alright I'm gonna try and keep this short(ish) since I plan on doing a video about this in the future, but I'll sum up my thoughts on the way I see this being pulled off
I really want to play up the parallel between Night Swan and Mihaly (especially with In Your Eyes now), but I also want it to play into the guilt that Mihaly would probably have knowing they'd corrupted themself in Swan Lake- they'd believe they caused all the pain and suffering people went through because they weren't able to overcome their own emotions in that moment
Eventually, I imagine they'd spiral a bit and somehow land at the conclusion that: maybe Night Swan was right; being imperfect is true suffering- they've experienced it themself: if they had been perfect in Swan Lake, they wouldn't have failed their friends- and they need to save everyone from that very suffering by basically just becoming Night Swan again, hence the "just follow my path" part of her tweets
I'd imagine they would be a lot more unhinged than Night Swan, especially if their reach is limited by the portals Night Swan had previously set up in Eternyx, considering they can't make their own, but the main difference is that they believe they're doing the world a favor by making sure everyone is perfect, which will lead to no more suffering (or something along those lines at least)
I'd also REALLY want to lean into the themes of perfection vs. fun that the story modes have shown so far with Night Swan and Sara and really hammer home the idea that it's not perfection that causes happiness, it's the opposite, and that's something they'd have to learn. That learning aspect would also play into the crux of their character, being that they're still learning in a lot of ways, which would now include that they need to learn that this isn't the way to go about coping with this kind of guilt because at the point where they'd need to be stopped, they'd be pretty far gone I imagine
Not only that, but they'd need to learn that Swan Lake wasn't their fault, and that no one really is "perfect". A huge lesson of this story would probably be that you need to learn to live with your mistakes- not, you know, become the second coming of Night Swan- as they help you grow as a person, which ties nicely into the whole "perfection vs. fun thing" and it's a good lesson for an E for Everyone game since kids would play it
They would also be redeemed at the end, I don't want them to not get redeemed- it would realistically be a rough recovery process, but I'd want them to get a second chance since in a way it was still Night Swan kind of messing with their idea of "suffering" (and no, I don't want Night Swan to be redeemed- that's why I'm mentioning this lol, but that's a yap for another time)
Realistically, this would definitely be a lot more nuanced if it was real, and whenever this video comes out, I want to go way more into detail but this is as basic as I could get while still wanting to get ALL my thoughts out :/