So is The Widow supposed to be the Villain?
It seems as if Quinn is more an *beep*
shareI think both are villains at this point.
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I feel like we still don't know what the Widow is about. She is looking for MK, but for what reason we don't know.
The fact that she has that book seems to indicate she has a better idea of what is going on then any of the other characters, so far.
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Both are Villains, but in my eyes, Quinn seems to be a far more effective Baron, due to his experience.
shareRacist! Wait... sexist!
shareLOL, How is that sexist?
Quinn has far more experience having control and ruling his lands than the Widow does (who only became a Baron recently, after she killed her husband) - he was a Baron when Sunny was a little kid, and he still is a Baron (where Sunny is now a adult).
That's at least 20+ years of experience (for Quinn), compared to the Widow, who only has had couple of months experience ruling her lands.
I like both characters very much, but looking objectively, the way Quinn makes decisions, persuades (or manipulates) people to follow him, etc along with experience makes him look like a more effective baron than the Widow (though others' opinions may differ to mine).
Aside from the kid and the Doctor, there don't seem to be any real "good" guys in this series.
shareThere seems to be lots of villains on the show.
shareSo far, the two "central" villains seem to be the Widow and Baron Quinn.
I figured the wife would turn out to be the typical schemer planning to kill everyone who could threaten her son's ascension but they surprised me by having her be all "You know what, your father was right. You aren't cut out to be the next Baron and I'm not going to help you try to take over. I'd rather you live to hate me then see you die because you bit off more than you could chew."
I'm guessing pretty much all the Barons (according to M.K.'s opening narration in Episode 1, there are 7 of them including Quinn and the Widow, and Jacobee will likely make an appearance in Episode 4, from the looks of it) would be villains (at least in some way) - since they're pretty much dictators in their own territory.
shareYou know you really messed up when your own mother no longer has faith in you. It was one of the better scenes in ep 3.
share. . .but Quinn hasnt started any of the crap on the show. If not for the shenanigans of his son, the Quinn would not have done anything....well, aside from murdering the doc and his wife.
What about enslaving the populace and stealing his sons girlfriend to make his second wife? Not the good guy.
shareSurprised no one has pointed this out but Sunny, MK, Veil, and I'm on the fence about Tilda are the protagonists. Basically every other character, including the world they live in itself, are the antagonists. Then there's the cannon fodder, while being the most people on the show technically I would not call characters.
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Badlands isn't Disney. In real life there are no good guys vs bad guys. There are always shades of grey and moral ambiguity. Quinn and the Widow are no more or less villains than any real life politician, general or CEO.
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