So besides the video showing how nothing that Marduk does make sense I want to point out a few additional things for a villain that you should keep in mind:
They need a clear motive. Taking over the world, the universe, killing those who oppose them, it should be plainly obvious what is driving them to their goals. Marduk had such contradictory reasons and nothing that he did make sense. If he wanted to take over Asmundr, kill Kainan. If he wanted to kill Father, he'd be in the Sky, not on Aedra. He has interest in Jahla, but never bothered to go to her or the Akis on their island? Seriously, what is this guys problem outside of being a dick because reasons.
Give the audience reasons to hate them so much they love them. They could be cunning, they could be manipulative, the way they talk and how they can sway others to do what they say should be obvious. These one note displays don't really stick with you and it's pretty infuriating considering Marduk had all the tools and chances available to him. If Father was such a sticking point with this character, he could have swayed Asmundr away from him. "Look how I am here when your dear Father is not". Shower them in affection and gifts. I state again, this is a GOD. He has the ability to make it happen but because Kique is so fixated on other characters like Roamer, Ranach, and Rogio he can't develop the characters that need to matter in his stories.
When a villain falls, it should be cathartic in nature. All of those actions that they did, all of that scheming, lies, and manipulating comes down to this one moment. All of the choices that they made caused them to be put in this situation. There is none of that felt for Marduk because we don't understand anything about this character, his motive, and why he deserved to fall. Hell even the 'hero' Jahla has no build up to why she is behaving like this. Did you see her speak about Father for anything since coming to Aedra? Pray to the Sky Gods she cares so much about? Hell, this sudden act of rage shows that she has learned nothing when she approached Roghir and got in a fight with her brother, and we are 900 pages in! She is still this hot-blooded bitch that acts impulsively, another reason why I didn't care when Rome died. In the time that been shown in the comic, how much have all of the 'main' characters changed? If anything Marduk's arc only opened up more confusion as everything transpired the way it did. Kainan is so out of character it's not even funny.
In all, after reviewing Marduk's old pages, breaking down the issues with Kique's writing, it's painfully clear that he needs to go back to the basics when it comes to storytelling. You can't expect to write a full blown novel if you can't even explain why there are contradictory scenes within the same chapter - sometimes mere pages from each other. I'm pretty sure I pointed out over 15 story errors on Marduk alone, and he is not even a main character. That is horrible narrative writing.
Also, going off on what I said in the last part. You need to respect your audience as a writer. You need to understand who you are writing for and gauge their expectations. This is supposed to be a mature themed comic, yet even for Marduk, what is he supposed to represent? What do you get when you reflect on his entire character arc? Just a guy that bullied a bunch of elderly dogs because this fucktard author decided he wanted to get back at J-Harper and kill his character for shits and giggles.
I need people to understand that. This author, changed Marduk's entire personality, not for any narrative choice/reason, but to be petty. Kique got what he wanted, but he fucked up his entire story by doing that. Home doesn't make sense from any standpoint. Sky Gods apparently are fighting against humans armed with sticks and stones and they can't defeat them because... 'reasons'. Marduk said that he tried to use floods and plagues to stop them, but he has the technology to create a death dildo. Why wasn't that used on the humans? Do you see how stupid all of this is? It's clear the only thing the Sky Gods do is experiment on species, nothing else. Hell, the Sky Gods have access to their guardian species the Rabisu and Zioqua and Father didn't acknowledge them in Asmunder, which makes why Father chose to be involved with Kainan contradictory. Asmundr was put on Aedra last so clearly Father doesn't give a shit about them, hell none of the Sky Gods do because they abandoned the Shield Wolves to die AND their own fucking guardians! Asmundr just needed to move from to planet because of the big bad humans.
These 'main' characters we are following around have nothing to do with the Sky Gods or even the Spirits around this planet. Rogio made the bad nightmares go away by going to the Elk so he can fuck Roamer without interruption/guilt but when is the last time you've seen Kique DO anything else to worldbuild anything else? The more I looked at Father when I was going over this script, the more I'm convinced that he is a self insert too and why he is so fucking unlikable with the things he says and does.
Genuinely, I do not know who Home is for audience wise. I do not know the purpose of this story. Earlier chapters (1-6) it was surviving in this new and alien land with the new Asmundr generation as our guides. Now? It's just gay furry porn with such ill conceived plot tropes that are used badly and for shock value. There is nothing a reader can take away while reading Home, and that is honestly depressing considering how long it is.
Rome dying like he did meant nothing. I hated him when he first started out because he made no sense. He was portrayed as a morally upstanding citizen in the Ravencrest tribe. Supposedly he didn't like the way the brothers behaved, but he never left. He knew Jahla was never in any danger but didn't go seek help from Solar Stag tribe which he magically knew they were allies with. Instead, he tried to kill his tribe mates, he fucking stole their horse! He had all of this knowledge of herbs to draw the bulls to injure his pack mates, but not put them to sleep. And through all of this, the only thing that he ever did was agree with Jahla about everything. He had no personality outside of 'pleasing' her. Why in gods name would anyone expect any emotional impact for his death when he didn't do shit to begin with. Not only that, but notice that Kique spent all that time making sure that Rhov and Jahla were 'over' each other only to cut his life short. There was no build up, no reason for Marduk to kill him like that, he didn't even try to torture his victims. Just like a rag, he's discarded.
Same thing with Marduk. He had no clear goal or reason to do the things that he did. He wanted to be a part of the pack, then he demanded Asmundr to bow down to him but I still have no idea what he was trying to achieve in the grand scheme of things. He had the Solar Stag and the Sky Gods to go after. The Rabisu/Zioqa rendered Asmundr redundant. They aren't special, they aren't heroes because how do you compare them to a Sky God Guardian?
And his death was so ill conceived. He caused a Magical Girl transformation (not even that interesting mind you) and suddenly he can't snap Jahla's neck with this obelisk because reasons. You honestly expect me to believe that Marduk was unable to do that? What does that crest fucking do beside make the dogs look like a mal-formed cockatoos? What power does it give her? You did a magical girl transformation WITHOUT the power to go with it. That's the point of doing the magical girl transformation.
