On Villainy

I've been meaning to post this since last summer, when a comment thread fed a pebble into the rock-tumbler of my brain, but there was always something more important to do ... Well, I have a lump of unexpected free time so I am carpeing the diem.

WARNING: I do go on rather.

( I. Pass Me the Science Ingredient! ) ( II. The Vanishing Trickster ) ( III. You either die a hero or live to see yourself become the villain. )