Thread:DocColress/@comment-24945605-20160216234827/@comment-6489422-20160217032305

And I feel like this fear of CM becoming "meaningless" is unfounded. No matter how I look at it, it seems you're trying to apply TV Tropes standards to ATT's version of the trope. CM on ATT isn't just for any given villain who is the least bit nasty and crosses the MEH - it's established criteria and standards to determine what passes and what doesn't, and most of the examples you argue about make the cut based on that. (And yes, we do make a few exceptions for characters who only leave CM territory through Characterization Marches On rather than Character Development - Mayuri, Orochimaru, Tobi/Obito Uchiha, and Kevin 11/Kevin 11000 being prime offenders.)