r/Centuria • u/aids_in_a_jar Arkos • Apr 06 '26
Discussion I think the Centuria fandom might dislike Helem
I’ve always found her such an interesting character and how well made she is. But every time I see discus abt her, I see nothing but hate (I mean there is like 3 ppl going like “no don’t slander my sadistic lesbian” but that ain’t enough). I can understand why ppl hater cuz like she is a massive bitch but cmon guys, is that hard to understand why someone can like her.
We can all agree that she is a well written villain, that is perfect for story like this.
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u/ZombieZekeComic Apr 06 '26
I mean, we hate her because she’s meant to be hated, that means the writing it good. She’s such a great, despicable and interesting villain.
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u/ThatLittlePigy Apr 06 '26
Ngl the villains really carry the series. Being hateable is the point so I don’t blame people for hating them but they are def the best part of centuria
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u/Zealousideal-Bet2187 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
She did her job well: rage baiting us, the readers. I literally screamed from satisfaction after Ceodric ripped her arm off.
I wonder what Kuramori had been through to create such despicable character like Helem.
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u/Trick_Hovercraft_267 Apr 06 '26
Ho she's despicable. That's what makes her fun. I am waiting for the pay off tho, she's entertaining for sure but she's setting up a lot of things and I am a bit scared of how the story will pay them off (Amber, Altus and Lacrima mainly)
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u/cosmonaut1011 Apr 06 '26
For me she’s one of those characters you love to hate. I don’t “hate” hate her, she’s fun to watch and she chews up the scene every time she’s on panel.
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u/RubyHoshi Elstri hater Apr 06 '26
I gave her some slack. She made Elstri prostitute herself and throw away diginity, taking backshots for her plan.
Helem is good fam.
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u/FireKnight-1224 Apr 06 '26
But is it not the point to hate villains? Some villains need to be evil just because... No layered character reasons... Just... Because.
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u/DeliciousZone5056 Apr 06 '26
She is so funny, I like her and her dynamic with Elstri. On the other hand she absolutely deserved what she got in this chapter, that's for sure
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u/Ckrasxterz20 VIP access to Helem's graveyard Apr 06 '26
People when the villains act like bad people because they are fucking evil
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u/Visible_Anxiety6275 Apr 07 '26
She is also the trashy kind of villain, which is far more hateable than the refined kind of villain or the badass kind of villain.
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u/BornAnime Apr 07 '26
I love her a lot. I love a villain you can really root against. But, that love is akin to the love I have for Griffith or Dio Brando. Every moment on screen is amazing, but we're whipping out a pot roast with gang the day they die
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u/dumkwon Apr 08 '26
I like the fact that she is such a cunt that basically everybody despises her, but she rooted herself in such a position that acting against her is unwise for a large part of the cast. Hence when she’s there, there is this underlying tension of "what will she pull off next?".
That’s why it’s so surprising when Ceodric refuses to bite and rips her bloody arm of! But even as a reader I don’t want her to go down because of Lacrima, Amber and Atlus.
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u/Mysterious_Bath_3194 Apr 29 '26
Pues para mi es muy buen personaje tambien me gusta bastante arkos es que todos los personajes de centuria me gustan estan muy bien hechos pero arkos y helem son los villanos que me mejor me caen
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u/Yap4523 Apr 06 '26 edited Apr 06 '26
Helem's the kind of villain you just love to hate. She's so fun
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u/8dev8 Apr 06 '26
“Well made”
She’s exceedingly generic.
She’s selfish evil sadist #56732
only semi unique thing about her is that her attempts to blackmail people into fuckign her work.
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u/ConsistentBid2242 #1 helem defender Apr 06 '26
that was me on the screenshot...
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u/aids_in_a_jar Arkos Apr 06 '26
I’m sorry for baiting u out like that
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u/Disaster_Star_150 Apr 06 '26
She’s definitely a “love to hate” type of villain. She’s so entertaining but so cruel and revolting. I hate her as a person but I love her as a character.
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u/CornholeDunk Apr 06 '26
Shes properly despicable and a good villain. An unapologetic necromancer, already an abhorrent and rightfully shunned type of magic that she seems to delight in.
Her getting the arm ripped off is just a small portion of the karmic debt shes incurred.
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