Wow! That is excatly why i like the villans. They are deep. They have a story a pain they use as excuses. It is interesting when they see their faults and turn. I imagine that is right on with his thoughts. Great one shot!

Not a bad piece of introspection. Seems a bit likely he was thinking along those lines.

Whoa! Just...whoa!

"His once beautiful home-world of gold and silver had transformed over the years into one of grey and purple, its scarred metal laced with towering shards of crystallized dark energy and skeletal bodies of the long dead. "

That is a beautiful sentence! And the rest of the one-shot follows in the same fashion. This is a gorgeous introspective piece, and it works equally well as a stand alone or part of a larger tale. Looking forward to it either way!