The Blinker

The Blinker is a Meta-Villain who appears in the second season of the original Team Season with Superpsion webcomic as an enemy of Team Season. He is the main antagonist of the series' 34th comic, "On the Blink of Disaster". Like most Meta-Villains, The Blinker is unwaveringly loyal to Lord Lochindorb, his master, and is therefore a sworn enemy of the Season Siblings.

### Role in the Story

The Blinker only appears in the comic in which he is introduced, like many Meta-Villains featured in the series. His role in this comic is as follows:

After the deaths of the Skate Squad at the hands of Team Season, Brother Death is determined to outdo their creators, his sister and brother. He creates what he claims to be an "ultimate Meta-Villain", whose abilities are "superior even to those of the Skate Squad". The result is the Blinker, who possesses the ability to teleport himself anywhere he wishes. The Blinker then begins to teleport all over Vertvale City, causing havoc and mayhem until he is detected by Team Season and Team Holliday, who send their captains Eclipse Season and Patrick Holliday respectively to eliminate him. The two captains agree to work together to take the Blinker down deliberately rather than accidentally take him down the way they did for the Skate Squad. Though the Blinker initially has a significant advantage, Eclipse and Patrick slowly manage to gain the upper hand by working together.

Eventually, the Blinker attacks Eclipse directly, knocking her to the ground, and telling her that he can dodge anything she and Patrick can throw at him. Patrick then tells the Blinker to "dodge this", before shooting him in the back at point-blank range and sending him flying. Infuriated, the Blinker attempts to teleport in order to outmaneuver and attack Patrick, but he only manages to produce red sparks rather than teleporting. Patrick reveals that this is because he shot the Blinker's chestplate and damaged it enough to short out his teleportation matrix, taking away his ability to teleport. The enraged Blinker, proclaiming he does not need teleportation to defeat Patrick, charges him but is tripped up by Eclipse, leaving him at the mercy of Patrick. Peter Minella then arrives on the scene, using his psionic powers to trace the Blinker's signal, revealing the hidden hideout of his master, Lord Lochindorb. This causes him to have a psionic vision that reveals that, prior to being a Meta-Villain, the Blinker was a convict incarcerated at the local prison.

After Lochindorb's secret base is revealed, the Blinker attempts to warn him about Team Season's coming attack, but is shot in the face and killed by Patrick. After his human form is restored, the former Blinker attempts to escape, but is stopped by Eclipse and Peter, who intend to send him back to the prison. However, the man formerly known as the Blinker pleads with them to let him go, saying that he is innocent, that he has a wife and family waiting for him, and that he was wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Peter, using telepathy, finds this to be true, and with no reason to keep him there, he teleports him back to his home. What happens to the former Blinker beyond this point, much like most other defeated Meta-Villains, is unknown.

### Appearance

As a Meta-Villain, the Blinker takes the form of a tall man wearing a flamboyant costume with various shades of pink and red. It features a red chestplate with pink sleeves, a red belt, pinkish red leggings, red boots, a red cape, and a pink and red helmet with goggles on it. He also appears to have crimson red hair in Meta-Villain form. As a human, the Blinker appears as a tall brown-haired man wearing a prison uniform.

### Powers and Abilities

Enhanced physical abilities- The Blinker, like all Meta-Villains, is at peak human condition.

Teleportation- The Blinker has the ability to teleport wherever he wants, although he loses this ability once Patrick shoots his chestplate.

### Personality

As a Meta-Villain, the Blinker fits the bill of a typical Meta persona: initially cruel, sadistic, overconfident and destructive, but cowardly and groveling when left at the mercy of Team Season. In human form, his personality is largely unknown, but is presumed to be friendly.