I agree with you on the El Topo and Le Cherve depiction in the show. I agree that their relationship shouldnt be made a big thing. I want their relationship to be treated as normal. When I say I wanted them to kiss, I mean a casual peck. Similar to the kiss Benson and Troy from Kipo briefly shared in the timeskip. Its not a big deal, just a bit of irrefutable confirmation that they are in a relationship.

Love the rant about the difference of family in VILE and Team Red! However, I’m not sure how much I agree that the Faculty isn’t exactly family. Brunt certainly believes they are. Maelstrom certainly doesn’t. I get the impression that Bellum and Cleo do genuinely care for each other, but not the other faculty members as much. I also think they did somewhat enjoy each other’s company at their Halloween party, though its definitely not in the same way Team Red does.

What do you think of Brunt’s perception of Family in VILE?

-Anon 1

fair enough!!!!! I think that definitely would've been a cute addition <33

I also agree that vile isn't necessarily not a family; in the last post I was mostly focusing on how they were different from team red so some things got lost in translation. I agree that brunt is the strongest believer in the "family," and maelstrom is probably on the opposite end of the spectrum, with bellum and cleo somewhere in between. I think the biggest thing is that each faculty member has a different idea of what they all are to each other. to coach brunt, they're a family that has each other's backs through the thick and thin. to bellum and cleo, they're allies who collaborate together and are working toward a common goal. with maelstrom, I get the vibe that he's only really part of the faculty because he can accomplish more with all the resources of vile at his disposal; but the second it gets dangerous/inconvenient for him, he dips. and the way brunt and maelstrom were captured at the end just really highlights this. coach brunt fought and punched her way through entire squads of acme agents before eventually being brought down. meanwhile, professor maelstrom snuck out through a secret tunnel that probably only he knew about. brunt was fighting to protect her home and fellow faculty, but maelstrom just cut his losses and ran.

which brings me to my next point!!! coach brunt!!!!

she's actually one of my favorite faculty members because this is so interesting!! to her, the "family" of vile was more important than anything. so important, in fact, that she was willing to crush her adopted daughter to death because she'd betrayed that family. but as we saw at the end, maelstrom and the other vile operatives (not even just the faculty, but everyone) either tried to escape on their own or simply resigned themselves to capture, leaving brunt alone to try and fight for them. you could write this up to brunt's more aggressive and confrontational nature, but I like to overcomplicate things so to me that was brunt trying to protect her family...even if they never extended the same courtesy to her. and this is where I really like to play in the mud pit, because somehow coach brunt was raised in vile believing that they were all a family. which, to me, means that at some point they must have been. maybe when they were all students together, or during some of the heists they worked together on. maybe not with those specific faculty members, but with vile as a whole. sometime during brunt's life in vile, she grew to love her fellow operatives like family. and then they all slowly fracture apart and leave her alone to try and defend them.

I just....I want to play with that concept a bit. we can see some members of vile being ride-or-die for each other (le chevre and el topo, and even just most of the group in carmen's graduating class) so I'd imagine they weren't the only ones. but in the end, when acme was coming down on them and their entire world was crumbling, family didn't matter when it came to survival. no honor among thieves and all that