User blog comment:DragonDude83/PE Removal: Dead Water/@comment-30634893-20190915142621

Totally forgot that this guy was listed as PE. And yes, he's a definite cut. Something not mentioned here is that "Dead Water" isn't actually a person or a true entity--rather, it is a self-defense mechanism of the sentient water creature Tethys. Basically, when somebody gets too close to a portal to Tethys' dimension while possessing hostile feelings, they turn into a Dead Water creature; which was what happened to Jonah. As such, Dead Water certainly is "made of evil", because it doesn't really have any moral agency since it is essentially manufactured to be malicious in nature.

Also, even if it was truly sentient, Dead Water's crimes fail to stick out for the DC Universe's massively high heinous standard.