User blog comment:The Pro-Wrestler/Villains Who Never Deserved the Title Pure Evil/@comment-30861466-20190604153120/@comment-25008763-20190604153911

in fact some argue pure evil characters are by nature prone to being stereotypical or unrealistic because short of psychopaths there's not many people going around doing the extreme levels of evil such characters do plus many writers also use "pure evil" for shock value.. or it comes off as such.

far, far too many fan works try and make their antagonists all "pure evil" because they think it is somehow amazing, in reality whenever someone *tries* to make a character pure evil it comes off more as "edgey" unless they are either good at it or have purpose.

pure evil is like any character archetype - done right it can be great but done wrong it is among the worst cliches.