Thread:Fedora Kid/@comment-24141224-20151010025528/@comment-1734566-20151010035529

The Skaters are amazing for so many reasons. At first, LONG before they made it obvious that they were the villains, I said that they were perfect because they were obviously exaggerated stereotypes of Eastern Canadians (AKA French Canadians), and they were SO over-the-top that it worked. But being the villains made them even STRONGER, to me, because they're still devious and maniacal as ever, but not dark, brooding, and menacing like Alejandro or Mal. To me, they're continuing the trend started one season ago by Sugar in Pahkitew - we're moving away from dark/menacing/brooding villains to more over-the-top, unusual, and flamboyant villains, which are MUCH better at providing comedy while still being menacing and evil. It's perfect. Plus, the amazing dynamic between Jacques and Josee themselves was also a lot of fun and developed them even more.