Strange Little Band is one of the sexiest stories on the internet, and how can it not be when you are looking at two supervillains navigating their way through parenthood and romance?  The wonderfully adversarial relationship between Addison and Shane creates a dark comedy of errors inside of a top secret society that may or may not be on the side of the world outside of its nefarious influence.  Unlike many romances, neither Addison nor Shane are likeable characters, their evil natures tempered only by their interaction with their children and the dysfunctional family life they manage within their relationship.  There are few characters who are ‘good’ people in Strange Little Band, save for perhaps Svetlana and Teague.  Both Addison and Shane are selfish people who seek out their successes at the expense of others and aren’t afraid to use and abuse those around them with their alien and psychic powers respectively.

The main crux of the story is the often rocky process by which Shane and Addison discovering they do, in fact, have souls.  Their children are selfless and understanding, a wholly alien outlook to their own parents, and thus become teachers in how to get back those components of their humanity they had lost.  The fault perhaps lies in Triptych Corp., a mysterious entity that blends both science and magic within it, manipulating those within its employ and enslaving those who are weak within it.  There is a good description of the living arrangements of its employees, along with how people interact in its corporate culture.  What its purpose ultimately is is never clear, but this is secondary to the main focus of the story which is the relationship between Addison and Shane.  As was said, the story is mainly a love story between two very bad people who use and manipulate others at will.  It’s an interesting point of view, like seeing how a master villain and his relationships play out on a day to day basis. 

Though they are unlikeable, we stick to watching Shane and Addison playing with these new feelings of care because we understand that they are finally learning an important aspect of their humanity—The ability to love.  It could be argued that they are already more than halfway there with their feelings for their children, but the bringing someone not of your blood into your relational clan is no easy thing for either character, and realising that hurting someone emotionally is a self destructive weapon is a huge step in the developement of their humanity.  Empathy may not be a good trait for a supervillain to cultivate, but it certainly makes for some darn hot and sexy conflict.

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