Nova was always committed to the Anarchists, even in Renegades, but in Archenemies, the stakes feel far realer as she finds herself being influenced by Renegade beliefs.
In their minds, a villain is a villain, and cannot be rehabilitated to use their powers for good, yet in reality, a good half of the people in that room would likely push against Agent N’s use at least until a possible antidote could be created. I have trouble believing that not one other person in that room would at least be a little uneasy, or consider it of questionable morality. Everyone, that is, except for Adrian and Nova.
Every single Renegade at that meeting was excited, intrigued, and all-around eager to start using this irreversible power-stealer. I think the hardest thing for me to swallow was with the introduction of Agent N. Frostbite and her team continue to act “villainous” without any repercussions, only there to serve as a justification for Nova’s hatred and unease of the Renegades while the rest of the Renegades seem like goody-two-shoes and the Anarchist methods, despite Nova’s point of view to humanize them, still come off as villainous deeds. Yet other characters don’t get quite that same treatment. It makes sense, in a way, for the main characters to be developed enough that they can’t quite be classified as good or bad, superhero or villain. And Adrian, as Sketch, is a law-abiding Renegade just trying to do some good, while using his other alter-ego, Sentinel, to break Renegade codes in order to do more good without all of the red tape. But she’s Nightmare at her core, an Anarchist trying to pull down the Renegade regime.
Nova, as Insomnia, doesn’t just pretend to make friends as she infiltrates Renegade headquarters she actually does find herself agreeing with their policies and way of life from time to time. On the one hand, both Nova and Adrian, the main characters, find themselves playing both sides. That said, Archenemies can’t seem to make up its mind on whether it wants to have good and bad guys or if it wants morally gray. If it’s your cup of tea, then no judgements from me you may find yourself really loving Meyer’s work. I want to start off by saying that I’m not usually a huge fan of the superhero genre in general, as it tends to divide good and bad into boxes too neat and tidy to properly reflect on the real world. The cover of Archenemies, Renegades book #2 Superheroes versus Villains
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