Celesto from Dominic Deegan is definitely a villain. His intro to the comic is as he plots to murder a clearly-ill man in conspiracy with the man's wife, and this plot includes mind-controlling Stunt into signing a contract for a duel he can't win, enchanting Bumper into going along with it and then releasing Bumper from the enchantment in time to watch Stunt die and murder the man repsonsible in a jealous rage. Eeeevil!
He really doesn't improve that much throughout the comic. All of his plots have supposedly-noble motives - he seems to buy into the Chosen's ideals that chaos can change the world for the better, and a lot of his victims are Asshole Victims - but at the end of the day, he still does stuff like try to kill a kid and blame the king for it to show everybody how evil the king is. (Celesto, WHAT. ENDS DON'T JUSTIFY THE MEANS HERE!)
Frustratingly enough, Dominic offers him a bunch of chances to be better throughout the comic, and never stops believing that Celesto has the opportunity to be a better person. Celesto always takes these comments in the worst way possible, though, to the point of being offended by them. It makes sense, but at the same time, it makes it that much clearer that he's not just an antagonist - he's a villain who really believes that his way is the only way.
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Celesto (Dominic Deegan (Webcomic)) Roast
Date: 2020-02-13 12:08 am (UTC)He really doesn't improve that much throughout the comic. All of his plots have supposedly-noble motives - he seems to buy into the Chosen's ideals that chaos can change the world for the better, and a lot of his victims are Asshole Victims - but at the end of the day, he still does stuff like try to kill a kid and blame the king for it to show everybody how evil the king is. (Celesto, WHAT. ENDS DON'T JUSTIFY THE MEANS HERE!)
Frustratingly enough, Dominic offers him a bunch of chances to be better throughout the comic, and never stops believing that Celesto has the opportunity to be a better person. Celesto always takes these comments in the worst way possible, though, to the point of being offended by them. It makes sense, but at the same time, it makes it that much clearer that he's not just an antagonist - he's a villain who really believes that his way is the only way.