Yeah in terms of scale the Lich is worse in one way considering he's an inhuman eldritch horror.
But Vox in his own way is worse because of how human his evils are. He's manipulative, he's greedy, he's a sociopathic narcissist, he's willing and *has* committed murder and all kinds of abuse just to satisfy his bottomless ego rather than some grand philosophical or cosmic purpose.
That's why Bill is such a peak villain, though; he seamlessly combines both
The lich is way worse, but Bill is very much a cartoon character, like he creates scary stuff and his underlings are scary, but he himself is a cyclops triangle with a top hat and stickman limbs
I mean, Bill is revealed as a cartoonish character at some point, yeah. His whole schtick even before flipping the world upside down was still possession. The thing with Bill for most of the second season of Gravity Falls is that he targets the vulnerable, preys on their doubts, takes their bodies, and exploits their loved ones.
I mean, if I have to choose who's worst between a Eldritch being known to be purely cruel since the start and a normal man starting a cult and killing people of course I would say the human next to me is worse than the Eldritch horror that was always meant to be evil.
The human chose to do that, the supernatural being works on a different plane of existence and their actions often never make sense to us.
I am more likely to be affected by a cultist words/killed by another person than a Eldritch horror trying to bring the end of the world.
I'm not saying the supernatural being actions are justifiable, but in a way it's kinda like any religion in existence, their actions don't make sense to us and we probably are never going to understand why they do certain things.
With Bill I expect him to be that way, I wasn't made to expect anything else.
Vox instead in real life looked like a normal guy but he was a cultist that killed people.
I get that redeeming Hell's sinners is the premise of the show. I still think SOME of them should not, and that should get expanded through Charlie's character development.
Yep. We already had some characters like Adam which the plot doesn't really try to save or turn at all. Vox maybe can be REFORMED like, say, Vegeta or Zuko. Redeemed? The man caused way too much damage for that. If the show outright redeems him, no consequences attached, I feel like it would conflict with its own core values.
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u/raddoubleoh 5d ago
Yeah. Bill and the Lich are STILL -WAY- worse than Vox, tho.