Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-108.69.217.22-20160217014404/@comment-108.56.135.21-20160628201309

75.109.83.84 wrote: I honestly can't wait to see more of Adam in the show. He's just what it needed; a villain with a cause who, at his core, believed himself to be in the right with his actions. That, in my personal opinion, is the best kind of villain for viewers to see, and the worst kind for the heroes to encounter, because it means he's going to be that much more determined to succeed as opposed to goofs like Torchwick who, while funny, never posed that much of a genuine threat due to constantly underestimating the heroes

I must whole-heartedly agree.

It is very interesting to compare Adam and Torchwick, as in a sense they are polar opposites.

Torchwick's motives are simple and easy to see, greed and fear; the only question was what did he stand to gain, and what was he affraid of losing. Although, he was able to rally the White Fang with silver-tongued speeches, it's clear Torchwick never really cared about their ideals, nor does he seem to ever believed that what he was doing what was right.

Adam, on the other hand, has (next to Blake) the most complex motivation in the series. He is all about justice, and punishing what he percieves as injustice, and unlike Torchwick he doesn't care about gain or risk of personal loss. The only fear for loss we have seen him express is fear for the concern for the lives of his men (way back before Blake left him). Even in killing people and harassing Blake, it's interesting how he always views what he is going as right.

Overall, Torchwick was great as a starter villain, because he was simple and you didn't need to wonder why he was doing things, you could just focus on what he was doing, and what the heroes were doing to stop him. Adam is much more fitted for this phase of the series, with a complex motive well meshed into the fabric of the world, which can be better appreciated now that we have a better understanding of that world.