[ A horrible thought surfaces in her mind as she watches: Being the villain really does suit him better.
It's a cruel thing to think. In a story like this, nothing good comes of being the villain. The best you can expect is to be scorned and rejected even as the heroes sympathize with you, just to make a show of how pure and good they are. They'll smash you into the dirt all the same but you know they're the heroes because doing it makes them feel just a little bad.
But in a twisted way, it's more honest. Even if she can tell he's pouring out more lies the whole time. The bitterness, the frustration and the contempt - that feels much more real than the cheery, affable Faerie King. Like this, you could almost mistake him for something human. After all, it's only humans whose hearts end up so terribly cracked and filthy. ]
Mm. You really did pull this off much better.
[ It's bizarre. Up on screen, he's preparing to bring the whole world down with him, the very picture of the most loathsome sort of villain imaginable. And here she is, shamelessly perched in his lap like it's exactly where she belongs.
She wonders which one is the bigger lie. ]
You were scary like this back when I first summoned you.
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It's a cruel thing to think. In a story like this, nothing good comes of being the villain. The best you can expect is to be scorned and rejected even as the heroes sympathize with you, just to make a show of how pure and good they are. They'll smash you into the dirt all the same but you know they're the heroes because doing it makes them feel just a little bad.
But in a twisted way, it's more honest. Even if she can tell he's pouring out more lies the whole time. The bitterness, the frustration and the contempt - that feels much more real than the cheery, affable Faerie King. Like this, you could almost mistake him for something human. After all, it's only humans whose hearts end up so terribly cracked and filthy. ]
Mm. You really did pull this off much better.
[ It's bizarre. Up on screen, he's preparing to bring the whole world down with him, the very picture of the most loathsome sort of villain imaginable. And here she is, shamelessly perched in his lap like it's exactly where she belongs.
She wonders which one is the bigger lie. ]
You were scary like this back when I first summoned you.