Bloody Mary's Greatest Archenemies (Patreon)

After doing the archenemy polls, I decided I wanted to do some promos to highlight the 3 major archenemies of some of NRG's most popular heroes. So here are Bloody Mary's greatest Archenemies: Refracted Man, Femme Finale and Terrorwatt

Again, it makes sense when you think about it that these three are considered the biggest and most personal threats to Slamazon. But again, for fun, I'm going to break it down for you guys:

Refracted Man easily holds the top spot as Bloody Mary's primary archenemies, because he is EXACTLY the kind of monster Bloody Mary tries to protect people from. Even before his horrible transformation, Refracted Man was sadistic, abusive, greedy, unscrupulous, perverted and more, having used his invisibility suit to commits unspeakable acts against mankind from grand-theft to murder to rape to petty revenge. All because he wanted to and felt he had the power to do so. The level of fear he brought into the public was enough to bring him into conflict with Bloody Mary. The real hook with Refracted Man, however, is that he one of Mary's first villains of her own making, and quite possibly her biggest. Chasing Refracted Man early in her career as a horror superhero, Mary brought the criminal into the mirror realm's but accidentally let him escape into it. At then she still had little understanding of the mirror realm's rules and systems, and unknowingly leaving Refracted Man in there is what turned him into the literal monster he is now; having spent what felts like decades trapped as the realms etherial magic warped him into horror abomination. All of which he blames Bloody Mary for, and intends to make her suffer for it until the end of time. If Bloody Mary is NRG's Batman, then Refracted Man is easily her Joker.

Then there is Femme Finale, the villainess archenemy who best reflects the kind of monster Bloody Mary could become if she chose to use her new horror powers selfishly. Originally thought to be serial killer survivor like Mary herself, the truth was much darker in that Femme Finale was the killer all along, only letting the public believe she was a surviving victim to avoid suspicion, achieve fame and whatever else she wanted using the 3 shadow monsters she controls. While Refracted Man spreads terror to either antagonize Mary or simply just because he can, Femme Finale spreads fear for her own personal gain, being the more straight up criminal of many of Bloody Mary's various enemies. But despite the lie she told the public, Femme Finale still sees herself as a victim due to years of growing up a social outcast. That all the lives she takes and the blood she spills is merely the universe finally giving her what is owed to her. So Finale doesn't just reflect that type of villain Bloody Mary could have become, but shows the type of person Mary Campbell would have been without her friends and loved ones in her life.

And finally, there is Terrorwatt, who serves as Bloody Mary's most personal archenemies as he is also her best friend, Terry Watkins. I'll admit, when I ran the poll I was pleasantly surprised to see people considered Terrorwatt amongst Mary's three biggest archenemies. But again when you peel back the character it really makes sense from a personal standpoint. Mary has always considered Terry her best friend, but never truly realized that Terry admired Mary so much that he was actually in love with her. Nor that she see he was growing envious of how brave Mary always was and that she was not just the person he wanted to spend his live with, Mary was also the type of person Terry always wanted to be. This ultimately came full circle when Mary tried to save Terry after he had been electrocuted as a result of crossfire during one her battles, and in desperation to save him she brought him to the mirror realm to heal. The Realm's dark magic built on Terry's repressed resentment, envy and unrequited love to create a second personality- Terrorwatt, a version of Terry that lashed out at a world who always made him feel so afraid and alone. Mary saved her best friend, but might have tragically lost him too. And to that Terrorwatt will always be Mary's biggest tragedy as a superhero.

And there you have it. Bloody Mary's biggest enemies and a breakdown of what makes them the greatest. Which one is your favorite and why? Let us know with a comment below!

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