#rupert thorne

[darkmessiah2000]

“Who wants to shake hands with the skeleton?”

[randomnoteforfuturereference]

Creature Commandos shows us that frequently "regular humans" are not only the real monsters but are monsters that we see in real life. Be they incel militias, neonazis, or corrupt CEOs.

Just as important is that it shows us the humanity of those monsters.

Sam Fitzgibbon was a neonazi who implicitly wanted to make a "better country" by turbocharging white supremacy by violent insurrection. He also struck a genuine companionship with G.I. Robot and cared for his cats.

Rupert Thorne had no problem selling to brutal dictators, and he had no problem not only killing Alex's family but mocking him in front of their bodies. He was also a loving father to his kids.

Those monsters can be just like you.

And in many ways, that makes them all the more reprehensible.

[conchcreature]

It fits them perfectly

[transgwender616]

Penguin is the missing link between Batman's regular realistic villains (Carmine Falcone, Alfred Stryker, Roland Dagget, Rupert Thorne, Max Shreck, Hamilton Hill) and the more comic booky gimmick villains (Joker, Scarecrow, Riddler, Mad Hatter, Poison Ivy, Clayface)

[beeeclops]

[ballpitbee]

Some couples I love 🫶

(and this)

[ski0k]

it’s funny because I remember seeing doctor phosphorus in one of the timmverse shows from the early 00s but couldn't for the life of me remember which show specifically and for whatever reason remembered him as a superman villain and in my state of oblivion stuck with that as fact even AFTER being shown his backstory that literally has mob violence as the central theme and even recognizing rupert thorne as one of gotham's mob bosses

so imagine my surprise when this guy randomly pops up on screen

I literally went, "oh... yeah... it makes much more sense that you're a batman villain"

[katy-l1988]

Toxic love (redraw)

I really wanted to redraw this fanart I made a while back, and I think I've made quite a bit of progress, making my style something truly "mine".