Oh, Vril. He's a genius! And also, a lot younger than he looks--and horribly, horribly uncivilized. It's a wonder he came out with any empathy for other sentients at all, considering his upringing first in a tube and then as his father's lab assistant. And all the humane teaching he *got* was from a Durlan he kept as a pet--no wonder he tends to regard the world as inferiors.
For all that, though, he's better than both his (evil) father, and his son, who actually is/WAS a hyperintelligent, undercultured baby. He uses his powers for good, so we can, generally, root for him, even as everyone *around* him is driven to dispair--though also, of course, to doing his will.
He also has screwed up sexual tension with all SORTS of exciting people, including Lobo. And how can you not love the character arc of a guy who can say, in a domestic scene, "You should have considered whether you wanted kids before you raped and murdered me"?!
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For all that, though, he's better than both his (evil) father, and his son, who actually is/WAS a hyperintelligent, undercultured baby. He uses his powers for good, so we can, generally, root for him, even as everyone *around* him is driven to dispair--though also, of course, to doing his will.
He also has screwed up sexual tension with all SORTS of exciting people, including Lobo. And how can you not love the character arc of a guy who can say, in a domestic scene, "You should have considered whether you wanted kids before you raped and murdered me"?!