Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29275465-20170411013208/@comment-30634893-20170507052419

This is an issue that has been bugging me forever; guys, we need to update the definition of Complete Monster.

The thing is, a lot of the time, a villain isn't rendered a CM based on small details in their personality or a slight amount of mercy they may have. The best example of this sort of thing I can think of is Aku, who, despite having forced The Emperor to watch as he burned down his village, taken over the world, murdered millions of innocents for no reason and being the physical incarnation of evil, is not renderd a Complete Monster because he doesn't murder children age 1-9 or dogs (which, as shown in recent years, is no longer true). Another good example is the 2012 Shredder, who has love for Karai, yet is still completely obsessed with killing his enemies to the pont where he is willing to sacrifice everybody on the planet, including her, to accomplish his goals (let's not forget that Super Shredder left Karai to die trapped in a burning building the same way her mother did, even directly referencing her death).

My pont being that we should let a villain's actions have just as much weight as factors like Personality and Presentation in the story when deciding if they are CM material.

(I have more stuff to say, but I am tired af right now)