Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-2175012-20161110182052

The problem with the Marauder is that his actions are insufficiently heinous. His only unique crime, brainwashing Mons via the Dark Balls, isn't portrayed as that bad. Several antagonists have attempted to kill Ash in more nasty ways (J trying to burn Ash alive in a forest being one such example), and him attempting to electrocute Pokémon was done by other villains, so it's not unique. Kodai, for instance, nearly electrocutes Zorua - a child- to death in front of its mother, and he fatally electrocutes Zoroark. Pretty much, electric torture is portrayed in a far more grim way. So, in short, the Iron-Masked Marauder is no longer heinous. 