Having watched the show when it came out, I loved it! It had flaws but I enjoyed it. It was nice to see a modern show in the style of the 2000s action cartoons I grew up onm So imagine my shock when the season 2 finale pulled a Disney Twist on one of my favorite characters in the show.
See, back in season 1 Malcom Kane was a reformed gangbanger who got his life together and started working for Jonathan Rook (the series Big Bad) as an honest man. In s2 there was some mystery about a militant techno cult/gang called the Tech Men - everybody's so creative - and the heroes trying to figure out who the leader is. In the penultimate episodes They find out that the leader is... Malcom Kane!
Huh? What?
Given what we're told and shown about Kane this twist doesn't make sense. The Tech Men don't even have a connection to the bigger story. Why would Kane, whose motivation hinged on being good, suddenly decide to remove free will and go back to committing crime? The sudden reveal that he never changed at all undermined his arc as if implying that criminals will never truly repent, will always be evil, there's no room for morally grey backstories. You get the idea.
Basically it was stupid and unnecessary.
I legit HATED that twist! It was such a cop out. So, I decided to change it to something that actually made sense.
Instead, Kane actually a government agent working against Rook. It goes along with his past as a reformed criminal, this time it actually stuck and connects him to the overall mystery.
Like in canon, he knew Rook's true identity for quite some time. However, he needed to gather enough information to put the vile CEO away for good.
What you thought the government wouldn't notice the disappearance of one of their planes carrying their top scientists?
Anyways, Kane got a job working for Rook. It was surprisingly easy, as Rook was impressed by Kane's work ethic and take charge attitude. He was also compliant which meant little risk of being questioned. Kane did everything he could to keep Rook's favor, it was the only way he would be able to crack the case.
Over time, Kane managed to decipher his true involvement in the crash. Unfortunately Rook had a lot of connections that made it nearly impossible to properly charge him. One of those connections included the militant group The Tech Men, whose previous leader Kane helped put away years ago.
Kane visited the leader in prison and offered to reduce his parole if he gave him information about the group. Kane had to play his cards right. He joined the N Men posing as their leader, which in turn led him to more information about Rook's ultimate goal. Kane didn't want teenagers to get involved with the investigation. So he acted the part of the cold no-nonsense lackey to try to push them away.
Kane didn't expect their determination to stay. He didn't think a couple of children had the drive to fight for another day. Deep down he had to admit he was proud of those boys - and girls one he realized who Riya was.
Making Malcolm an agent ahows that he is willing to make morally dubious choices for the greater good. In a way it makes him more of a parallel to rook: both suffered losses and didn't have it all good growing up, but one decided to put good out into the world and the other wants to rule it. And it's better to show that people CAN change for the better than that black&white way of thinking.
wow sorry for not posting in so long. lifes been busy lately and i havent had much time for art, but here's some drawings and wips. also the last one is the sketch of the first because it just... looks better ugh
not rc9gn tho, sorry because i know like 100% of my followers are here for the rc9gn stuff lol, i've just been thinking about this old show i used to watch and really wanted to draw some stuff for it!
oh and like a ps i just saw i have like, 99 followers?? thats crazy, thanks everybody :]
im planning on making a rc9gn comic as like, a celebratory thing or a thank you so just,, yeah look out for that! but with my track record i can't say it'll be all that soon lol.
I AM BACK INTO THE SAATFF THAT LIVES SPECIFICALLY IN MY HEAD.
Canon who? Joking! Just joking! But even now, after what? 3, maybe 4, years I still want to cry at what we could've have if Rook and Kane were who they originally said they were 😒 😭.
Rook could've been such a good adult character for the boys! You can have someone be full of chaos without them being evil! It would've been so fun!!!! 😭😤
And Kane, I don't mind him being a part of Epsilon because it definitely brings in more flavor to the show and character dynamics but, imagine if the combined energies of Rook, Jake, Nathan, and Ricardo had started to make him doubt his goals? What if he decided that chaos was a little necessary?
WHAT IF HE WANTED TO ACTUALLY BE ROOK'S FRIEND!?!? 😭😭😭
I am taking a big nap because some hours ago i did my last sport session.i had to run two hours because my father wanted me to and i did.i had my session at 10:09 this morning and finished at 12:09.julie
Long runs are the worst! But a nap does sounds good at least, at least you got that
