Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-24859393-20180221172235

I think I would just like to add one more thing on the critieria with Pure Evil. We all know an author's words or opinions on their characters doesn't make them PE. However I have recently found out on TV Tropes that the same strategy can apply if the author DOESN'T see their character as PE but they still count. For example, they cited Kevin from Sin City. Frank Miller said that Kevin is appauled by the Yellow Bastard's actions in murdering children. Problem is, this isn't shown explicitly on screen (or page). I believe Miller tried to present this by having Kevin not help Roarke when Hartigan is attacking him. But there isn't clarification enough on why he won't help him. He's a psychopath, he could have chosen not to help for that reason or other reasnons. It's not clear enough. Other claims against him are that Kevin never killed children, but we don't know if he would have or not. He subjected Marv's parole officer to same tortures he did his victims, proving he has willingness to target more that just prostitutes. See what I mean? 