Thread:Balthus Dire/@comment-3563804-20160111044022/@comment-1969141-20160111151530

Sorry but no, he is not. He never antagonizes Harry or the other protagonists and never poses even the most remote obstacle. All he does is having a minor role in three scenes, in which the worst he does his sending a death glare and deriding comments.

We have a policy of "Jerks =/= Villains" here, explained in our rules. They are despicable, but no threat nor foils, and as such no villains. Draco Malfoy counts as a villain for he goes out of his way to antagonize Harry and co and makes their lives miserables out of petty spite, let alone is Death Eaters activities. Crabbe is a villain for he outrights attempts to murder them. Zabini is a jerk, but not a villain, same for Pansy Parkinson and the like.