The uneasy solution had been to avoid saying anything about the local villains, beyond the fact that they had participated, but problems had stemmed from that, too.
Naturally. You either rile up those who don’t like the villains, or you rile up those who do (a.k.a. the villains themselves).
This kind of reminds me of the situation at the start of Tangle, with Taylor being annoyed that the Protectorate glossed over the villains’ involvement in taking down the Aching Beam Blasters.
(This time it’s an ABB gag. We don’t have any terrorists named Aching Beam Blasters over here.)
Subordinates or teammates of the fallen villains had made a scene over these omissions, sometimes during the funerals, and villain participation in Endbringer situations started to decline.
Which is definitely not something anyone wants, unless their goal is the destruction of the city.
More issues came up, rooted in the reality that people who went out in costume were more theatrical or dramatic as a rule. Too many vying to take the spotlight, hero and villain alike, even some of the fallen, with measures or requests placed in advance.
Oh my cod she’s right they’re totally a bunch of drama royals
It didn’t happen every time, but enough events became sideshows and media circuses that the whole purpose of the events was defeated. The media was banned from recording the event, but the capes who’d sought to stand out only tried harder. Fights had erupted.
Naturally.
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