User blog comment:Rupert2/Should we erase the "'incomeptent villains can't be complete monsters' rule?/@comment-4708882-20170205210619

Being an idiot alone doesn't always make someone incompetent nor does simply being an ass to everyone equal a CM by a long shot.

Incompetent villains are villains are villains who are not a threat to the setting and often played for laughs while a Conplete Monster is someone who is a threat to the setting, treated seriously, has no redeeming features and goes far beyond the generic base of villainy like trying to kill the heroes often to where they try to kill or harm as many as people they can and the absolute worse they can be with whatever resources they have currently. Some Complete Monsters are stopped (via imprisonment or death) in a humiliating way but that doesn't make them Comic Reliefs it's just karma often wounding their pride before the. Comic Reliefs can't ever be Complete Monsters as they are meant to bring comedy or very lighthearted moments while in a serious work where that doesn't often if ever happen otherwise. As a result no I don't think it can be changed to where either can count as they contradict the fact a CM must be a serious threat to the setting itself.