User blog:Scottish-Terror/Greatest Rivalries

so, just a little Blog here that deals with the most famous part of any story, the rivalries.. whether it be friendly or hostile.. which rivalries do you think define Villains?

this is a broad question so I'll put my opinion first:

Worry versus Nebula = this started as a joke and remains mostly a joke but it's one of the most iconic rivalries in Villains.. it is surreal, nonsensical and completely different from anything else in Villains.. Villains is seriously dark stuff, Nebula and Worry's rivalry is completely off the wall and almost Looney Tunes in comparison.

Yet it still has elements of Villains that can't be denied.. I think Worry versus Nebula is one of the greatest rivalries because it deals with topics no other rivalry deals with yet.. the many types of comedy.. it seems Nebula and Worry stories try their hand at every kind of humor they can (mostly surreal but sometimes parody, dark humor and even elements of slapstick / cartoon humor).

The fact that such comedy-centric stories are also able to be canon and affect stories that are dark as mud shows that shared multiverses are awesome in the extremes they can take..

The "Nebula Stomp", the "Worry fails at everything" and the complete lack of sense by both hero and villain makes it an experience that even Deadpool would question.. and some readers probably don't understand it.. heck, writers probably don't.. that's what makes it great.

I can honestly see Nebula and Worry's rivalry becoming a mini-series in itself and allowing a comedic element to Villains canon.. with plots that defy our established canon yet often alter established canon in process.

What better way to retcon things than the eternal battle between a Pink Fairy and a Cosmic Bug? (need a new universe made? have Nebula mess something up.. need a new backstory for a character? have Worry mess something up.. need a complete reboot of a series? have *both* Worry and Nebula mess something up..)

Nebula and Worry, in their own surreal way, become the guardians of our retconning.. and neither even know they are doing it.