User blog:Queen Misery/Redesigning the Anti-Hero

since I'm not afraid of unpopular decisions I guess I may as well share my latest : Anti-Heroes and this wiki..

it is a loophole to allow characters that are Flawed Heroes rather than villains and since we are Villains Wiki we need to remember not all antagonists are villains.. nor can we continue to keep such articles.

in order to be a Villain proper a character must be actively malicious - a danger to those around themselves and I'm afraid to say just because a character may act antagonistic it does not always mean they are villains.

There is a Heroic Trope many have forgotten : "Good is Not Nice".

Many heroic / anti-heroic types go by a rule that they do horrible things but are ultimately on the side of "good", these characters should no longer be on this wiki and moved either to Heroes Wiki or some other place that deals with antagonists but not strictly "Villains" (as we should focus on Villains proper, not just "antagonists).

As far as anti-heroes goes, this wiki needs to trim down the term for use in this wiki and thus I say a new rule should now be in place:

ALL characters on this wiki must now be shown to be either actively malicious or deluded enough that their actions, while perhaps well-meaning, are reprehensible : furthermore a character must now be "evil" in intent, purpose or effect.. what is "evil"? for this wiki "evil" will be as follows - any action (or inaction) that causes unjust suffering to innocents or causes far greater harm to an enemy than could be justified.