User blog comment:X9 The Android/PE Proposal: Grant Walker/@comment-39032584-20191223131830/@comment-39032584-20191223192804

Okay, so since I had time, I just rewatched the episode Deep Freeze, and honestly... ugh, I'm still not entirely sure which way to lean. On the one hand, the argument that his attempt to freeze over most of the Earth is quite similar, and therefore, doesn't stand out compared to what other DCAU villains attempt is a valid point. At least in the Sewer King's case, while what he did was on a far smaller scale, at least he also had next to no resources other than his pet alligators, not to mention his psychological abuse towards the children, harsh punishments towards them for even the smallest mistakes and forcing them into physical labor stands out as unique in its own way since other than the Joker trying to detonate a bomb at a kid's birthday party, even major villains didn't specifically try to hurt children in any way. Walker, conversely, is a billionaire with lots of technology and employees working from him on his side, so the lack of resources argument doesn't work for him.

...However, maybe this is just my way of thinking based on my own standards, but I can't help thinking the fact that he's a minor villain who only appears in one episode gives him some leniency. After all, Ra's al Ghul is a much more significant character/villain in general, and very few other one-shot villains, in other words, the ones who are on his tier, so to speak, can claim to have schemes involving killing most of the world's population. Plus, this particular exchange of dialogue gives me serious doubts that he's truly well-intentioned, and much more convinced that the "no crime, violence and pain" argument is just a shallow justification to play God and rule his own utopia:                                                                                                                     Batman: We've seen your insane vision of the future Walker. Walker: My world will have no crime, violence or pain. Robin: You can add free will to that list too! Walker: A small price to pay for order. Batman: Your order! For your select few! Walker: Excuse me but I fail to see the problem with that.

Because of all that, I still find it really tough to decide here. Maybe I should wait to see if anyone else's opinion can help.