Board Thread:Clean up Concerns/@comment-2175012-20171030003307/@comment-2175012-20171211231653

Mesektet wrote: AustinDR wrote: It depends on the resources, for one. In more grand scale crimes, I would say that the evil overlord would have to be able to stand out in some way. For instance, there's the Maoh King. He's a mass murderer who was one of the primary reasons as to why human civilzation collapsed, he's especially reviled for being a serial rapist. Maoh King I could understand, if not totally agree with, as he does go above and beyond his immediate goals. But how do resources bring our antagonists closer or further way from PE status?

Teengohanrocks wrote: Standard world dominators? What standard world dominators are you talking about? Keep in mind, what a standard world dominator in one universe can mean very little in another universe. If the heinous standard is different, you can get very different threats.

As a recent example, I'm going to use Agent Orange as an example. Agent Orange only succeeds at standing out due to resources in the MCU, but if he was in Game of Thrones, he would fail to stand out because the standard heinous level for GoT is way higher than that of the MCU. And the comparison of different things being different dangers in one universe or another is exactly what I have been worried about. I was under the impression, Pure Evil was a judgment based on motivations, alignment and over all personality, that you could indeed have small scale villains who were still utterly irredemable in basic psychology. This is Pure Evil after all, not Big Bad or The Heavy ... right? That can play a part, but that's not the ultimate determing factor. A villain can have the motivation, but it has to stand out as heinous.