Glad to hear your family is safe! I am most curious about the antagonist, and would have no problem with taking a comedic overdramatic kind of route, I mean I find some of the puns and jokes you slide in to be funny and give me something to enjoy aside from all the real, and well dramatic climbs you give us.
But I am confident you will do what you believe best and I am sure that we will love the story no matter what!