Thread:LucidPigeons/@comment-2175012-20160323030814/@comment-26205772-20160419151359

I'd say that yes, the setting of the work and the heinous standard matters because the competition will always be different. Cooper easily counts because his single crossing sets the standard. If one were to believe Steele counts, it's a similar deal with him because he's by and large the only active major villain in Balto. With a larger setting like FMA, it becomes harder to count with a single crossing given the abundance of villains and the wide variety of atrocities being committed. Point is, the more villains there are in a setting and the crueler they all are, it becomes harder and harder to bypass the standard set with a single act. That single act will have be A. unique to the setting and B. nasty even by the standards of the other villains. One could still convincingly argue Tucker fits these guidelines, and that's why I've gone from believing he doesn't count to being neutral over his qualification.