Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-35235206-20171101230020

I'd like to propose a few new ideas for categories on the forum.

Here are my proposals:

Final Boss: This category has already been deleted, but I think it's worthy of a revival. My version of the category wouldn't apply to video game bosses specifically, but would be a general term for the final foe faced by the protagonist in a story. Just like the "Big Bad" category, this should only apply to villains in stories with many other villains, and not just solo antagonists or villains who are only the antagonist in one movie. We already have categories that define the role a villain plays in a story, such as "The Heavy" category, so I don't think having a category for the final foe of a story is too far off.

Hidden: This is a category for three types of villains, which often overlap: Arc Villains: Alright, this is one of my more "out there" suggestions, and I'm pretty sure it won't get approved, but I'll suggest it anyway. One problem I've noticed on this wiki is that many villains who are only the main antagonists for one story arc are labelled with the "Big Bad" category, when there is another villain who is the main antagonist of the franchise. A category for "Arc Villains" would help sort out this gray area and decrease misuse of the Big Bad category.
 * Villains whose status as an antagonist is not revealed until the middle or end of the story.
 * Villains who are revealed to be the superior of another villain. Essentially the "Man Behind The Man" trope from TVTropes. This can also apply for old villains who are revealed to be behind new ones.
 * Villains whose true identities are unknown or are not known until near the end of a story.

Keep in mind that, just like with "Bigger Bads", a villain cannot be both a "Big Bad" and an "Arc Villain" at the same time. "Big Bads" is for villains who are the overall main antagonists of the stories they appear in. "Arc Villains" is for villains who are only the main antagonists of one story arc. Think of it essentially as a smaller scale version of the "Big Bad" category.  