Thread:Steven Pko/@comment-15895329-20170914142517

I am here to advocate that Frank Skimmerhorn is in fact Pure Evil for the following reasons:

1. Genocidal

2. Shooting in the back a man who had the white flag of surrender

3. Has no problem sacrificing white people to further his genocidal goals against Native Americans, as shown when he has Mercy shot by some of his goons disguised as Native Americans.

4. Tries to punish one of his men for refusing to go along with his heinous orders.

And to address the go-to arguments of the other side:

"TV Tropes doesn't have him as one!": 1) TV Tropes is not the word of God, 2) TV Tropes I don't think has ever even CONSIDERED this character, that is to say there has never been a discussion about him, so they have never to my understanding explicitly said that he ISN'T one (and again, they're not the word of God).

"He has a tragic past!": Zander Rice's father was killed by Wolverine. He is still a Complete Monster for wanting to kill all Mutants. Prometheus' parents were killed by cops. He is still a Complete Monster for his genocidal behavior. Darth Zannah was raised by Darth Bane, and she is still a Complete Monster. If they don't get a free pass, neither does Skimmerhorn.

Now, if you wish to invoke sympathetic or redeeming qualities (such as Pet the Dog moments, love for his kids, etc.) then by all means. But otherwise, I think he ought to be considered Pure Evil.

I have no great desire to get into an extended fight over this, for the record. If you are adamant that I am wrong but can also give a sound argument as to why, then I honestly won't be pursuing this further. But I do wish to make my argument at least and see if it works.  