#the other antagonists either never actually appear (naheelid or the emperor)

[kareenvorbarra]

doomed to always be the only nahuseresh fan in the chat

#on one hand I get it bc he’s awful and he’s also the only major on-page villain we get? #the other antagonists either never actually appear (naheelid or the emperor) #or they are antagonistic but also sympathetic in some ways (sejanus or melheret) #or they become protagonists (irene in the thief) #even someone like hanaktos who is behind most of the plot of acok barely appears in it #erondites is the only individual villain who comes close to nahuseresh in terms of screen time #and he still feels slightly more distant from the main characters in general #it makes sense for people to fixate on nahuseresh a little when talking about bad guys in qt #but sometimes I think it leads to distortion of his character? I find him very interesting idk #and the whole story is less interesting if he isn’t fairly intelligent? he has these massive glaring flaws but he’s also good at some stuff #and just because he’s the most straightforward and present villain doesn’t mean he can be used as an all-purpose villain imo #there are things it doesn’t make sense for him to do #idk what the point of this post is….im embarrassed of how strongly I feel about this lol #fandom musings