Thread:Balthus Dire/@comment-7455247-20151215183402/@comment-1969141-20151218163817

I would advise you to ask another one who knows both the story and the Magnificent Bastard trope, for I admit that I am biased. Indeed, I used to thoroughly enjoy Kalandre's character of a mysterious, morally ambiguous secret mentor. I was a bit disappointed to see her turn more and more into a full-fledged villain in Origins, but back then I still saw her as a Magnificent Bitch.

But I was tremendously, tremendously disappointed by the Story Arc and its ending. She had all the build-up of a Magnificent Bitch of the highest order, it promised oh so very much... Only to  find a bitter, petty, selfish, self-centered, condescending control freak with a brother complex, whose actions are far too callous and horrible for me to sympathise with her (admittedly very tragic) backstory.

Because of this bias, I would like to ask you something. Can you please tell me if you think I went too far in Kalandre's Personality and Death segment? I never go easy in reminding in my articles that villains, even those I enjoyed very much like Tobi, Father and Frollo, are higly flawed characters (otherwise they would not be villains in the first place) who deserve their final fate. But I might have been a bit heavy-handed. Thanks in advance.