Thread:Magma MK-II/@comment-29644557-20180922030320/@comment-2059440-20181002135721

NerdWithAKeyboard wrote: Well, the crime of defamation (which slander and libel fall into) are illegal internationally. Just figured you should know. Nerd, also consider a thing called "in universe heinous standards" - now yes, minor crime happens but this is a world of SUPER villains.. him slandering and libeling is literally zilch when you have many villains who kill, terrorize and do so much worse.. that's what you got to look at.

Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus, even Sandman.. think.. minor crimes like libel mean nothing in such settings.

vigilantism is a crime, so is wearing mask / concealing your identity.. every superhero ever made is a criminal.. if we apply such nitty-picky logic.

he's no more of a villain than Peck from Ghostbusters.. not for lack of trying but literally because he's dwarved by the actual bad guys in the setting.. compared to the actual villains in universe he is just a pest.. a nuisance.

just as we don't apply "every vigilante is a criminal thus must be added here" we also shouldn't apply "this jerk has commited a very minor crime thus must be considered a villain" - a villain usually commits more serious crimes, or inhabits a world where minor crime is sufficient to cause a ruckus (like Sesame Street or something).

simply saying anyone who commits any small crime is a villain is going to flood us with minor jerks, instead look for those who commit more notable / dangerous / destructive crimes.. those are villains.