Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26884760-20161010164146

most of you will already know this but I think I better make it clear as it seems some don't.. just because a character is killed or injured severely doesn't automatically make them a scapegoat - if a character is exceptionally horrible death is actually something that is required and is not really tragic.. personal views on the morals of killing aside it is a wild falsity to say every villain who is killed or suffers some personal tragedy/downfall is a scapegoat..

Alan Yates experienced a personal tragedy (seeing his friends get killed) then his own bloody demise.. he is not a scapegoat because his crimes far, far outweighed his own personal punishment..

I'm only stating these things because every now and then we see "scapegoat" being added where it doesn't belong and it's not really helpful at all..

also by very definition NO CM can ever be a scapegoat, no matter how many "Draco in Leather Pants" fan-fics may try and convince you otherwise.. 