Apparently being evil means you lose 80% of your vocal range

[Joe_Mello]

I'm hoping this develops into a fun discussion about narrative, but until then, my two cents:

When you're writing a story where the bad guys are literal monsters, what do you do with human antagonists? A popular and simple answer is to make them seem less human. Deprive them of certain emotions and normalities and make them resemble the monsters more than the actor that plays him.

[takenoko]

I don't think it's bad to be just stoic though. Like some of my favorite characters from the Star Trek shows are Spock, Data, and Tuvok. At this point, it's just sounding like personal preference on whether that kind of character is your thing or not

[Skiks]

While Jun's character is overdone I agree the way he's used is going pretty well. If W doesn't let me down I assume he'll get a tinsy bit of character development before the end of the series. Honestly there is nothing wrong with an overdone stereotypes being used. So long as it's used well.

[William_Duel]

I like his sideburns. But poor guy is just a little clumsy, dropping everything all the time, he's just a nervous fellow and is afraid to let go of his emotions. HE is overcome with lust when it comes to Saeko!

But on a more serious note I am slightly in a way bothered by the fact that we have to associate such characters with the quirk they have. Jun is practically identified by his quirk of dropping stuff, otherwise what would make him that much different from the next stoic villain? It's his catchphrase practically.

[Joe_Mello]

Well, you have to make characters instantly memorable and classifiable to children, so you can't do much in the way of subtlety. Hell, you can't do that much subtlety when writing for adults, either.

It's not bad to be stoic, per se, but it does give you funny looks. And Star Trek seems to like making its alien races be, for lack of a better term, lesser than human beings, even when the aliens have clear advantages.