Thread:Tearface/@comment-1762629-20140611014708

I ended up talking to Robinsonbecky a bit, and I'd like to present my opinion. I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with the notion of Aku being a Complete Monster.

Robinson's point about a few comedic villains being Monsterss, with the Joker of note, was a good point but here's the thing: he's insane. The Joker's humor arguably makes him even more evil. He can cracks up a joke while poisoning a city, while never losing his true nature as a consistent Monster. His humor arguably makes him more evil.

Back to Aku, he certainly meets a heinous standard as I continue to watch and look into the series in more depth (especially what he did to that Viking) but what I said to you in one of my edit summaries is that his humor detracts from his actual villainy. A lot, in fact. Aku provides over half the humor for the show and it rarely goes hand-in-hand with his evilness. And while sometimes he IS played as a straight Knight of Cerebus, but the episodes remain inconsistent with whether he's a Knight of Cerebus or not, and overall he's just too much of a hammy Card Carrying Villain that's far too funny to properly meet the standards of complete, utter vileness. Do think about that.

Demongo, though, steals the souls of dozens of humans then uses them to fight, but I'm on the fence about him at the moment. Is he comedic at all?  