"And why doesn't this qualify?" Kaz asked.

His English teacher had asked them to write an essay about character development in a book. She had already warned Kaz that the book had to be a known writer. She had read essays on Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare and other well-known English authors. The students all did well, and she gave all of them rather high grades. There was only one student in her class who failed to please her.

"It had to be a book." She said, and Kaz shrugged.

"You said graphic novels could be useful." He said in his defense. His teacher sighed. When would he learn? She had said explained the difference between a comic book and a graphic novel when he hadn't been listening. But to be honest, when did he listen to her?

"Graphic novels and comic books aren't the same," said the teacher, "And all you did was writing about comic book characters. You didn't even mention who wrote it." Kaz sighed. Okay, he did his best, he tried to get a good grade for once, and all his teacher did was telling him how he should have done it. She should've at least give him points for trying to make the best out of it without asking Oliver for his help. He didn't care if she had more power than him, but she did need to know he put an effort in it. Besides, comics should be more appreciated by the people.

"The villains in those comics have great character development! And Ambrose really tries very hard to get the comics released in time. I thought someone like me could…" He thought a little to find the right words to say, "someone like me could give him some attention. He really deserves it. On top of that, I really tried very hard to make this work, too! you shouldn't have given me that grade!" the teacher crossed her arms.

"You talk about the author as if you know him." Kaz' eyes widened. He said too much… no, he didn't say anything, he just made it sound like he knew him. And now his teacher was feeling suspicious. It wasn't too late. He could still talk himself out of this. He still had a chance to keep her from finding out about Mighty Med.

"I-I don't know him. I just think he should get some appreciation." The teacher didn't comment on the Ambrose anymore and got to the point. If she didn't, they'd be sitting here for a very long time, with her criticizing everything he wrote down and the fact that she did not even read those comic books.

"Mr. Gordon, you had to read a book." Kaz nodded.

"And I did. I …" he was interrupted by the teacher.

"I meant a book with no pictures." There was a silence, but Kaz knew he had to say something. He couldn't fail this essay. He just couldn't, or his mom would be mad again between her being busy with his siblings.

"Okay," he eventually said, "I'll read a book and…" his teacher didn't let him complete his phrase for the second and last time.

"I am not going to change your grade. This is the one you handed in, this is the one I graded. You have an F, and that's a final." The temperature dropped, and Kaz sighed. Well, if she didn't want to give him a second chance, he'd tell his parents about this. They would be a little mad, but they had twelve kids to take care of (including visiting those who were in jail) and they would be too busy with his brothers and sisters.

He left his essay on the desk and left the room, who shook her head. What was wrong with that Kaz Gordon? She appreciated the fact that he did hand it in on time, and he clearly tried his hardest, but it just wasn't good enough and could've expected the topic. He almost got a D-, but his work wasn't that good in her eyes to even deserve a D-.

She took the essay in her hands and re-read it for the last time.

Villainy

by Kaz Gordon

I read some comic books, because graphic novels were allowed. But I haven't read just one – I read them all. And they do have a lot of character development, too much to even begin with every character appearing in all of the MM comics. Instead, I will just focus on one type of character appearing in all of the comic books: the villain.

I chose the villain because they are great antagonists, but they also give some great histories. And personally think their history is much more interesting than the average superhero. The heroes almost always have the same background, but sometimes there is one who stands out like Tecton, who survived a fall into the Earth's core. The villains also have similar backgrounds, but at least we can say there are four kinds of villains. You have those who were born evil, you have those who grow up to be evil, you have those who choose to live an evil life and you have those who have evilness thrust upon them.

We'll begin with the villains who were born evil. It isn't uncommon a new villain is born in a family or clan of villains and he or she is quickly initiated, often trained from birth. The traits of these people don't necessarily change during their life and they normally stay with their family or clan until they are mature or adults. Then, they usually go their own way. Some stay with their family or clan, to become the next leader. Some want to change their ways, but they are unable to as the old rules of their family or clan are still applied or they continue their evil ways indirectly. Only one in hundred born villains are able to break free from their villainy. A classic example is the Demon family. Crimson, Blue, White and Matt Demon are born evil, as they are demons and thus they are creations of evil. They do not want to change their ways and are happy to cause chaos.

Then there are the villains who grow up evil. Normally, these villains have had some turning point in their lives, with a defining moment. Let's take the Annihilator as an example. He was bullied because of his mutant powers. Those moments weren't only defining, they hurt him. He wanted to make the world suffer as it made him suffer. In other words: he would use his powers for evil. These villains are the most powerful and have a strong moral code, in comparison to others. They decided they would be evil because of the circumstances. So because the Annihilator was bullied as a kid, he wants to rule and possibly destroy the world. He's more than willing to kill, implying he does not care about other human beings. Another example is Megahertz. He wasn't bullied – in fact, he had a nice life – but he and his intellect were refused several times before his defining moment (a bomb placed by the crime organization Insula) happened. This organization found him, gave him his robotic parts and were long gone when he woke up again. He is a victim of circumstance, and he's doing evil because there is nothing else he could do when he first tried to work with his new body parts. The world let him suffer, and now he battles the most popular of superheroes, vowing he'd always be at the side Tecton wasn't on.

Some villains chose to be evil. But these villains have never been a victim of circumstance. These villains may have acquired their powers from an accident (and this only happens to half of this kind of villains) but they have never suffered. They had a good life up until their choice, and they still live a rather good life. Let's take a look at Wi-Fi. He is, to say the least, a cunning businessman. He steals information to make money out of it. It isn't good what he's doing, but he made his profession out of his powers and he is living a good life. Whenever we see him, he is smiling. There are other villains who chose the same life as him and are unhappy, but most people are happy with their lives, even if they risk imprisonment and being caught by the normal people out there. Until now, none of these villains have been caught by the civilians.

And now, last but not least, there are the people who have villainy thrust upon them. and I mean the people who didn't get to choose but, unlike the people who were born evil, this has been the case when they have already decided not to be evil. A great example is the mind control some villains possess, or the invasion of the mind by Revengeance. They make their victims mindless minions, making them villains, even if they're just normal people, like you and me. But an even better example is the famous contamination arc in the League of Heroes series. The Annihilator is back in this arc and he plans to turn all heroes evil with the contamination serum, which he made himself, starting with Skylar Storm. There aren't many people who can escape him. This is a different kind of mind control – if it even has something to do with control. The victims believed they chose to follow the Annihilator, considering him as their leader and master. Skylar Storm later did turn against him, but she still was evil and wanted to conquer the galaxy.

Then there's the tricky case of Titanio. During the contamination arc, he pretended to work together with the Annihilator. Yet, this only was revealed in the end. So, where to put him? personally, I want to place him with the category who were turned evil. But according to my theories, I will have to place him in the same category as Wi-Fi and considering him as a hero who chose to be evil, even if it was just a short amount of time and he did it to rescue the others.

These are the four kinds of villains. As you can read, there is a lot of character development which is also very easy to explain once you get into it. When you get the chance, you should try it. The heroes might become a little boring, with similar backgrounds as the rivaling DC and Marvel comics, but the villains most certainly are very interesting.

So before mindlessly saying "you're evil!" to someone who did something bad, remember these four 'stereotypes'.

Hey guys! I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. I also hope this is accurate enough, because I'm not American and I have no idea if they/you ever have to write an essay in English class about that, but let's pretend Kaz had to do that about this topic. Well, there ain't anything else to say except that I will be writing a Mighty Med/Lab Rats crossover (if you're interested). More info on my profile.

-Writer207