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I don’t normally go for those villain types, but Vincent Nightray of Pandora Hearts has it goin’ on.

Let’s look at this picture, from Jun Mochizuki’s art book Pandora Hearts: Odds and Ends. Compare how Vincent is holding his hand out, with how Jack Vessalius (featured here recently) holds his hand out. Jack is saying “come hither” while Vincent is saying “I put a spell on you, sucka.” By his look and his pose, you know Vincent is going to try to mess with you. Maybe he’ll cut your freakin’ head off like he did that stuffed pink bunny rabbit you see at his feet. But you know he’ll do it with a smile, ‘cause that’s the kind of guy he is.

Now let’s consider his character:

-two-faced, double-crossing blackmailer

-knows how to work his mojo, but is only pretending to like women

-handy with scissors; has been cutting up stuffies since childhood

-unwanted child; he and his brother Gil were sold to the circus by his mom

-brother complex; will do “anything” for his brother Gil

-heterochromia; one red eye, one yellow

As pretty as his grown-up form is, I have to say I didn’t feel much for Vincent till we got his backstory. And really, how can you hate a face like this?