Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32931283-20170828122858/@comment-366087-20170829205059

Well, Chaotic Evil characters are the ones most likely to be *felt* as a tyrant by most people.

When you consider a community of "Average Joes", they tend to take on the mentality known as "sheeple" so long as they are *personally* not negatively impacted. For example, Doctor Doom is a tyrant, but his rule ALSO brings to his people levels of positive conditions. Their country is protected from invaders, technology gives them better access to medicines and food and whatnot. The average citizen of Latveria feels their quality of life greatly improved under Doom's rule. So *they* either don't consider him a tyrant or accept him as the price for ALL the positive improvements to their lives over what it was like before he seized power.

Turbo (Wreck-It Ralph)King Candy was considered as a benevolent ruler of his particular Sugar Rush cabinet-game. Until the truth came out his populace adored him, with only one, Gumball, knowing differently. But once his veneer was chipped and complete backstory narrative revealed, it was apparent he was a tyrant.

In both these examples, the People of the Land do not see their rulers are someone to rise up against and oppose. Unlike the people under most chaotic evil as their brand of tyranny is usually easily felt as negatively impacting the quality of their lives.