Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-2059440-20160506190434/@comment-1969141-20160508215518

We agreed long ago that merely bullying was not enough. Our conception of "Villainous Jerk" stated that to qualify as a villain, a bully should be really vicious and going out of their way to make the hero miserable.

We also agreed that brainwashed heroes like Princess Jasmine in "Forget Me Lots" where her amnesia is exploited by Abis Mal did not count. "Possessed/Brainwashed" is for villains who spend much more time and are much more memorable as villains than as heroes, whose identity as a former good guy is more often than not a spoiler, like Darth Vader, Golbez, Tobi or Koren.