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mel || 25 || art/writing reqs open and wanted. spoilers ahead. this is my side blog where im going to be mentally ill about villains code by drew hayes. go read all his books

[toririvas]

why you [YES, YOU!] should read villains code by drew hayes.

do you like any or all of the following?

Female protagonists?

Found family?

Badass powers?

Characters that are actually multi faceted and cool?

A Dad Who Can't Stop Adopting Kids?

A forbidden love?

SICK FIGHT SCENES?

A DUDE NAMED JOHNNY THREE DICKS???

C'mon. You're a little curious. Come with me into the readmore, where I give you the back of the book synopsis and talk a little more.

"Gifted with meta-human powers in a world full of capes and villains, Tori Rivas kept away from the limelight, preferring to work as a thief in the shadows. But when she's captured trying to rob a vault that belongs to a secret guild of villains, she's offered a hard choice: prove she has what it takes to join them or be eliminated.

Apprenticed to one of the world's most powerful (and supposedly dead) villains, she is thrust into a strange world where the lines that divide superheroes and criminals are more complex than they seem. The education of a villain is not an easy one, and Tori will have to learn quickly if she wants to survive. On top of the peril she faces from her own teacher, there are also the capes and fellow apprentices to worry about, to say nothing of having to keep up a civilian cover.

Most dangerous of all, though, are those who loathe the guild's very existence. Old grudges mean some are willing to go to any length to see the guild turned to ash, along with each one of its members. Even the lowly apprentices."

What does it mean to be a hero? What does it mean to be a villain? Is the former always good? The latter, bad? Do those titles mean anything at all? These are the core questions in this series, and Hayes makes each character on any side of this debate interesting. The protagonist is a sardonic genius, a self proclaimed misanthrope, and definitely autistic one badass motherfucker. And if you think Tori is awesome, just wait until you meet the rest of her pals. From world-ending avatars of pure obliteration to dweeby programmers with hearts of gold, each one of the cast is a wonderful take on various tropes throughout superhero media.

Just... Read it. Trust me. I'm sure you could find it at the library. The audible versions are good too. Just give it a shot.

If you see this, btw, full permission to blow up my askbox with liveblogs! We also have a discord, not just for villains code but for all drew hayes works!

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[fosterchild4]

VC book one-

Ivan: *explains to Tori that the Guild avoids pulling jobs in places where a superhero’s loved ones might get caught in the crossfire and piss off said superhero*

Tori: “Wait, how would you even know? Don’t superheroes have secret identities?”

Ivan: *trying not to laugh*

Book two-

Tori’s new neighbors-across-the-hall: *trying very hard to pretend that Austin hadn’t been holding that couch up by himself*

Kyle: *says a neighborly hello in exactly the same voice as when his superhero persona had super sped Tori out of the path of a flying car just this morning*

Tori: “…”

Tori: “Okay, I get it now.”

[spacebrick3]

couples outfit idea

[teahmugs01]

Coming home from the farmers’ market ^^ ❤️

Who else is excited for spring? 🥰🌺

[konoko]

[vodka-is-gay-and-so-am-i]

[shepardlives]

“I’d kill for you. Please ask me to kill for you.” “No.” Is a top tier ship dynamic no I do not take criticism

[shepardlives]

The idea of a person being capable of incredibly immoral acts but held in check but their love of their partner sends me every time

[ii-zi]

yes

[joematar]

pairs well with this one

[valtsv]

"suicidal guardian angel" is Such an important character concept to me

[valtsv]

it's like. what if you were taught that the only value your life will ever have is being sacrificed to protect another. what if you couldn't care less what happened to you, but you felt a duty of care to others that limited your ability to act with true reckless abandon. what if you were so codependently entangled with someone that killing yourself would be all but certainly a dramatic act of murder-suicide. what if you cared so goddamn much about everyone and everything except yourself and wished you didn't because it would make it all so much easier. and you developed entirely understandable psychological issues about it.

[randomgirlyoudontknow]

love is stored in the fictional couple i’ve gotten overly invested in

[toririvas]

oh yeah! completely forgot. totally posting this here

post-CR fluffy stuff. Penelope& Beth bonding, background Helen/Ivan because obviously.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

this was my post for the great VC fic exchange of 2025!

[kinnoth]

Me, identifying a new blorbo in the wild like a form of psychic shock: ah, I see you too carry with you a wound of indescribable loss. No, don't attempt to explain yourself. I know you can't. That's what makes it .... interesting.

[roll4luck]

Ivan would be offended if she didn’t use his cookie recipe. You can’t really see it bc it’s small and my handwritings crap but the runes in Cookie Fornax’s eyes say Supernova and Fornstar. Lodestar looks a bit uncanny but I kinda like it, like a sort of unattainable beauty. I think my favorite part of this drawing is her eyes <3

[roll4luck]

CHILLING REFLECTIONS SPOILERS!

Vicky animation to a IHNMAIMS audio :D

Total time this took was 14 hours 😀

Uhhh yeah, the original audio was over 30 seconds so that’s why it’s only 15 sec

[toririvas]

INCREDIBLE THANK YOU!!!!!! we LOVE the INCREDIBLE ARTISTS IN THIS WONDERFUL FANDOM!!!!!!!

[thejaymaniac]

sometimes I'm like 'damn my life is kind of boring now what am I doing wrong' and then I remember I used to hang out with way more criminals

[tigeristired]

i think 'I trust you with my life but not your own' as a trope is one of the ones that can always fuck me up no matter what

[marvellouslymadmim]

"I trust you with my life because you are good and kind and noble--I know you will not hesitate to do everything in your power to save me.

I do not trust you with your own life because you are good and kind and noble--I know you would not hesitate to sacrifice yourself to save me."

THAT is where it's at!!!!!

[excavatinglizard]

Yeah sorry I’ll never be normal about characters who only see themselves as having value in what they can do for others. Yeah it’s terminal. Sorry.

[nailgunstigmata]

hes an old man to YOU to me hes a beautiful young maiden. and also an old man

[valtsv]

ive got that god in me *starts radiating divine light that melts and chars the skin right off the bones of everyone around me*