rritchiearts: A project for my illustration class. We had absolute freedom for a week, and so I chos
rritchiearts: A project for my illustration class. We had absolute freedom for a week, and so I chose something I’ve been meaning to do, which is giving the Alpha Vamp some love. While continuing the unfortunate trope of All Black Guys are Bad that seems so pertinent in Supernatural (with the exception of Rufus and a hunter who lives and dies in one episode), I feel that the Alpha Vamp transcends into a realm that black villains so rarely achieve— Affable Evil. Think of Crowley (Supernatural) or Moriarty (Sherlock). These villains are obviously villainous, but they have such charisma that you can’t help but like them and admire them. In fact, considering that the Alpha Vamp’s main motivation is keeping vampires as a whole prosperous, and his main beef with Sam and Dean is that they keep killing vampires and want to kill him as well, I would say he’s also one of the most sympathetic Big Bads on the show. He’s charismatic, subtle, powerful, and sympathetic. He defies every trope for black villains except the status itself. But there’s almost nothing showing support for him and other well-written diverse characters such as him, so I’m attempting to show my support through this piece of art. -- source link
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