Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-2175012-20170507201405/@comment-25305244-20170510023437

Love Robin wrote: The problem with "off-screen villains" is we have to take someone's word for it.

But how often is it in a story that some mysterious and unseen character did not ever exist, but was made up to divert attention from one of the seen characters? It is bad enough when we have a shadowy presence which really ends up being one of the visible characters.

Worshippers can *say* they are acting on the orders or will of some other personage or entity, but until we actually see *something* of such characters, then we could be just dealing with people (un)willingly and/or (un)knowingly transferring responsibility away from themselves as justifications of their own Bad Deeds.

"The Devil made me Do It" should ONLY be acceptable if indeed there is an actual *seeable* Entity which is somewhat responsible for them Doing It.

I understand. Seeing the acts are credible.