Your every foil

A multimuse hub for various characters of the villainous persuasion. Penned by Jack. Please read rules before following.

[vivalavillain]

Independent, Non-Selective Multi-Muse Role-Play Blog featuring muses from Pokemon, Marvel, Star Wars, and more.

As penned by Jack.

Rules and Muse list can be found here.

{Promo by Sarah.}

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{I apologize for my absence of late. My solid-state hard drive corrupted some time a week or two ago and I've been dealing with the aftermath of having to replace it, having only just gotten the whole thing back as of yesterday. I'm not sure when I'll have time to get back to replying but I am lurking here on mobile and available via IMs whenever one might have need of me.}

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Oh, look, the forgotten one deigns to speak up from the shadows of obscurity. What is it you do again? Drink and know things? Or was that a different unacknowledged failure of a firstborn? I can never remember.

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You'll forgive me, poppet, but you must be this tall to speak to or about me. Skitter on back to your precious Council where you can keep pretending you aren't the golden child of this trio.

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{I would like it on the record that as much as these characters mean to me and how much fun I have hamming them up as the "tragic heroes" they purport themselves to be, they are all either unspeakably unreliable narrators or flat out delusional about who or what they are. At no point do I personally believe or agree that they are better than their deliberate actions make them. They are rat bastards, every one of them. Which is what makes them so much fun.}

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Tried! Tried and failed, I'll have you note. It's been my greatest failure to date. And as I recall you never once shared such wisdom with me. You just played favorites.

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He makes a show of rolling his eyes quite dramatically.

"Oh, sure. Tell him the Code is whatever he wants to perceive or interpret of it, Council be damned, but when I try to eke out a miserable existence for myself, it's 'murder' and 'frowned upon in all fifty states planets in the civilized Galaxy.'"

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And we can't forget... N?

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onAug 20, 2025

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Fine, fine... Archer?~

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onAug 20, 2025

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jupiter and neptune for xanatos?

ASTROLOGICAL HEADCANON MEME. || Accepting

[ JUPITER ] how does your muse see morality ? what do the words good and evil mean to them ?

{Xanatos isn't as delusional as he perhaps comes across. He may talk a big game about being in the right, about being the victim at the hands of his former Master, about only having the best of Telos IV's interests at heart but, in truth, he realizes that most of that is only true 'from a certain point of view.' (Which, in truth, infuriates him because it was one of Qui-gon's teachings that he despised.) He does blame Qui-gon completely for his father's and sister's deaths, of course, but he doesn't pull the wool over his own eyes about the operations and functions of Offworld Mining Corporation-- that it is a slave-run organization, that it does strip planets of every natural resource it can get its hands on and abandon the population to poverty and death, that the whole point is to line his own pockets before he vanishes like a shadow at noon-- and he knows he has Fallen from the light side of the Force. That being said, he doesn't put much stock in morality insofar as how it applies to him. He will use the morals and social weaknesses of others to get what he wants but otherwise he doesn't care a lick for "good" or "evil."}

[ NEPTUNE ]does your muse dream frequently ? if they do, what kind of dreams (or nightmares) do they have ?

{Xanatos does dream from time to time but it's rare they make much sense to him. Most of his dreams involve rehashing old experiences of his life-- or, worse, happier versions of events where his father lived and he went on to become a star pupil-- and, on occasion, glimpses of some murky future he cannot fully comprehend. He sees Qui-gon and that boy standing before him somewhere on Telos IV but he doesn't understand what it means or how he's meant to interpret it. If it's a vision of the future sent to him by the Force, he doesn't understand why when it never seemed interested in connecting with him in that way in the past. If it's not, it's just his mind playing tricks on him, willing him to bring events to pass that he has no real vested interest in. Certainly, some day, he will deign to force Qui-gon's hand and make him come back to Telos, but for now, he's just as happy toying with the old man and his new little brother from afar.}

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You've been challenged by Rocket Executive Archer!

{Archer's new look as drawn by my housemate! Who unfortunately does not have a non-personal social media presence.}

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{I'm giving serious consideration to naming Archer's siblings Nomius and Delphinia.

Nomius is one of Apollo's epithets, specifically referencing the deity in his aspect as a Shepherd.

Delphinia is the feminine of Delphinius, another epithet of Apollo, this one referencing his slaying the dragon Delphine.

I like the concept of the Apollo clan naming their children after aspects of the Greek deity.

My other thought was being especially cheeky and naming them Hunter (or Lance) and Rouge.}

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[ PLUTO ] what is your muse's relationship with individuality ? do they feel that they need permission to be themself ? for N

ASTROLOGICAL HEADCANON MEME. || Accepting

{N is absolutely one of those who feels he needs to ask permission to be someone that even approaches what he considers to be 'himself.' He was raised to be Natural Harmonia Gropius, son and heir apparent of Ghetsis, King of Team Plasma, Hero of Truth. Everything about his life was planned out, explained to him in fine, intricate detail, and expected to be acted out perfectly and without hesitation. The arrival and subsequent meeting of Touya threw the first of many wrenches into this plan. Their heated rivalry tested N's resolve and made him question his own motives and desires but they were all "ultimately" just tests of his dedication. He knew who he was, who he was meant to be, who he was eventually going to be. Touya's interruption could never shake the foundations of everything he'd built across his entire life.

But then they did. He was beaten, soundly, and Ghetsis tossed him aside like nothing more than so much trash. Every aspect of his identity was erased, invalidated after that final fight. N's mind crumbled and he had only enough consciousness to keep from passing out while Touya fought Ghetsis for good and all. He would go on to recover enough to thank Touya for his help, apologize for having been a burden, and then vanish in a flash of light but it would take him years to come to terms with the idea that he was not who he thought he was. He returned to Unova when rumors of a second Plasma rising reached him in Orre but he still wasn't completely ready to face anyone yet, especially not Touya.

As of this moment, he's still not completely certain who he is or who he should strive to be. He understands the Touya is his twin, of a kind, and that they are like opposing forces-- Touya is the yin to N's yang (or vice versa, depending on who you ask) and that gives him some structure to help him shape who he wants to be but otherwise, there is still a lot of soul-searching for him to do before he comes to full terms with who N is and what he wants out of life.}

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(Neptune and Jupiter for Archer!)

ASTROLOGICAL HEADCANON MEME. || Accepting

[ NEPTUNE ]does your muse dream frequently ? if they do, what kind of dreams (or nightmares) do they have ?

{Archer does dream on occasion but most of the time if he remembers them, they're entirely nonsensical or some strange replay of the day's events. Most of the time, he is plagued by nightmares of either his time in the Johtonian Rebel Forces or as a prisoner of war. He recalls the deaths of his siblings in vivid detail and it and the erasure of his signature Houndoom-- as well as the events that lead up to that moment-- both still haunt him deeply. If the nightmares become too frequent, he will utilize Crobat's ability to put him into a deep slumber using Hypnosis and allow his Slowking (thank you again, Amano, for the suggestion!) to use Dream Eater on him. He doesn't like being 'under' for too many consecutive nights but some times it's necessary for him to get restful sleep.}

[ JUPITER ] how does your muse see morality ? what do the words good and evil mean to them ?

{Archer recognizes that a lot of what Rocket does is, objectively, evil. He's not deluded or stupid enough to think it's all "for the greater good" or that he's some sort of savior sent to give Johto its freedom from Kanto's control. Rocket is criminal organization. It employs criminals, it support criminals, it engages in often heinous, unforgivable, criminal activity. That said, he doesn't buy into the very black and white dichotomy of good and evil. Not every action that isn't inherently "good" is evil and vice versa. There's far too much nuance in the world to believe in all that. He does what he believes is necessary to achieve his goals-- some of which have altruistic value, some of which do not-- and if it steps on toes or ruffles feathers, so be it. He does not mind being painted a villain by those too short-sighted to see otherwise.}

@catadioptrics also asked this question!

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The next time N visits Touya, he'll find his fellow hero meditating, trying really hard to concentrate as he practices channeling Zekrom in a more efficient way.

The keyword being 'trying'. He actually seems pretty stressed and not that focused at all.

It has been an indeterminable amount of time since last the two Heroes have crossed paths and this time, it is not an intentional act on N's part. After having accidentally interrupted what N came to assume was a date, he'd felt self-conscious about trying to find Touya on his own again, lest he commit another such faux-pas. This time, however, it appears the other is decidedly alone as he sits, cross-legged, in the middle of a clearing in Pinwheel Forest.

It's quiet here, which is strange when the forest here is usually teeming with life. N cannot even make out the distant calls of birdsong and the silence around them feels thick enough to ring in his ears. It's not a natural quiet, something far more... not quite sinister, he thinks, but bated all the same. N approaches the seated male, careful to keep his footfalls at least audible and purposeful without intentionally disturbing the atmosphere. Stepping across his space, N takes a seat across the little clearing some ways, facing Touya, and crosses his legs in the same manner.

"What are you doing, Touya?"

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(okay let me preface this with the fact that i CANNOT draw to save my life but after watching these friggin nerds this morning, i had to. oh and this one gets an honorable mention. just because.)