Talk:Francis/@comment-38355399-20190630172735

Lots of people hate what Francis did. Yes, he is arguably the most hated amongst many villains, but in terms of character development, I’d argue that Axol would’ve fit better in the role, and that the charmeleon would have worked better as a pawn. Why? Francis was literally worshipping that stupid neuron for Mario Saves Anime, not to mention Axol had a bigger role for the first chapter. In addition, Axol had the more subtle, yet more fitting traits of subtly hanging around the gang and frequently mentioning about ink. I don’t know if SMG4 really likes Axol or something, but the neuron has always been around the bottom 3 in my eyes. As I mentioned earlier, his personality and character traits are basically dead (or lackluster to be generous), and as an OC, he has a harder time than necessary to fit into the SMG4 universe (unlike characters like Boopkins or even Francis).

As such, while Francis is an evil villain, and character development was hindered by simply taking over Axol’s potential, I consider him to be above many of my least favorite characters (Tari, Saiko, Axol, Boopkins, and Desti by a considerable margin, as well as Shroomy and Jeeves by a slight bit).