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A piece of art I commissioned of a scene near the end of "Son of Mine"; I like the style, but it was a bit hard on the artist, so I don't think I'll be requesting another from her.

my addition to this months chapter

that's what I was gonna say. aptom is exhausted. what is most interesting though is what dialogue they could have. I am surprised more hasn't been said about that. Aptom used to be Shou's enemy. Valkyrie is hunting Shou just like Aptom used to. the interchange between the two could yield a very interesting result.

hope for next chapter has more prominence Valkyrie,

Jesus! She's like the female version of the villain from the Patriot but even takes it up a notch by doing what the patriot guy would never do, cut a man's "valuables" off. D= Hmm, about that comment earlier about the forced laughs... yeah, it's cliche no matter what media. I find it rather stupid and tiring. There are exceptions though, like when Joker from "Batman beyond: Return of the Joker" is strangling our hero! He gives out the most clearly insane and joyful laugh when he's strangling the teenager. Just skip to 3:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LikMS5gDDI

Another example...someone who believes that notions of order and virtue are nothing but illusions, whilst chaos, violence and mayhem are the norm. Case in point...Cletus Kasady, better known as Carnage. I mean, yes, I know that people would argue that the Joker would better fit this category, but the Spider-Man/Batman crossover showed that their methods are quite different. Carnage favors numbers and actually seeing his crimes up close, whereas the Joker prefers a more "artistic" and "theatrical" approach to his crimes. Just to give you an idea, here's a panel from Amazing Spider-Man #363:

Kefka's actually got a side of him that's also pretty pathetic. A madman who was once sane but gave up on human values and even the cycle of life because it's a painful remorseless and possibly pointless existence. He sees destruction as the natural order of things, and everything else just a route for painful existence. He's in truth, a coward trying to avoid emotional pain. Kefka's only escape is madness, and some characters have questioned if he's actually tormented more than he is insane. I have to agree, he's a great villain in the sense that he's so dogmatic in his goal of destruction, but before they expanded on about why he became a madman, I figured him more of a badly done villain with a greatly done personality. These days I figure him as one of the top villains Molluck's from Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee They turn an entire sentient species into slaves and then later, cattle. I mean literally, they are turning their slaves into glue, food, drinks. One of their plans even involved them torturing slaves for their tears... so the tears can be turned to a tasty commercial brew. Granted, there are several of these guys around, but Molluk's as a whole are just god awful. Did I mention they are also slowly polluting the planet" They also do not care for the cruelty they force upon each other, let alone soldiers and slaves!

Alky don't fear Guyot. Alky gave him every chance he could to name things right. And when Guyot attacked him? Alky slapped him down like a little kid. Honestly, he exerted more effort to kill the Guyvers with their own megasmashers. Sometimes is hard to pin him down. Evil is in the eye of the beholder. He may not even have values like we do. Alky is from a different time, a different age. Heh, he's an evil captain America! Guyot... Has out ever been stated in the manga what his intentions were after he got a unit? I can't recall... I mean, it would be pretty obvious that its world domination, at least that's what we assumed? But what if its just a power trip? He wants ultimate power? Course this is all a mute point if Guyots endgame was mentioned.

If we're talking about comic book villains, in terms of body count the Anti-Monitor has no equals. But while he was evil, he was pretty clinical about it. He wasn't twisted - he'd always been evil. He would kill you and everyone you loved, but not for fun - just because he wanted you dead. Pure evil, pure evil... hmmm...