Board Thread:The Flash discussions/@comment-27700324-20180502172853/@comment-27700324-20180503061456

SuperBen 1000000 wrote: A OK episode overall. But the one thing that I REALLY didn't like was that DeVoe turned out to be the "villain is actually trying to do the right thing" archetype and this archetype is getting really cliche and it's ultimately ineffective with delivering the point across. Especially when we got Hive, Zamasu, Ultron-Sigma, a certain Marvel villain, Kilmonger, I mean we get it guys our world currently sucks right now! Next thing you know, technology is going to take away everything that makes us human and we're probably going to be those fat guys from WALL-E. If you guys want to do a "we should probably do something about it" type of deal, then show that through the hero! The villain is always made to be unrelatable and you are supposed to disagree with him. That's what I don't like about villains like DeVoe yeah they bring up controversy and make them somewhat intresting by adding a layer to their personality but ultimately mean nothing because we all root for the hero to kick his butt in the end and their ideas degrade over time making us kinda discouraged to make a difference. We need to go back to the villain who's money hungry and takes advantage of people in the sickest of ways which would represent the governemnt right now and that way people will know about how disgusting the governemnt really is and be more encouraged to make a difference. Not this dumb, convoluted villain archetype. Because the people who want to be evil just because they are evil is also a tired cliche. This whole thing of the villains wanting to do the right thing in extreme ways is pretty new.

Also we all know the real reasons the villains are the ones that tell these messages. Because the companies that cause the destruction of the planet are sponsoring our entertainment and if they make it so the bad guys are saying the world is ending by our hand, we are less likely to listen to them.