Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-27729149-20151002040714/@comment-27560932-20151022014735

Being the "most evil" doesn't necessarily mean "causing the most problems" in a story. This is where the resource factor comes in; a Complete Monster is possible in the same universe as the Big Bad because while the Monster is a child-raping horror who's perhaps around as evil as the Big Bad if maybe a little less so (and may even horrify said Big Bad with his crimes) he's much lower on the villainous threat scale as he doesn't have as much influence, power, or resources as the Big Bad. Yet he can still count because he is still as heinous as he can be with his limited resources. There are numerous, numerous examples of this in fiction, and the story doesn't need to graviate towards the Complete Monster. The Monster merely must be heinous by the standards of the story and stand out even in comparison to other villains, Big Bad included, and this is a feat more easily accomplished than realized.