User blog comment:Rupert2/Should we erase the "'incomeptent villains can't be complete monsters' rule?/@comment-4708882-20170205210619/@comment-4708882-20170205213153

You can go out in a humiliating way and not be a Comic Relief and making Comedic lines doesn't always equal Comic Relief if the setting treats them as serious. Example: Joker who is often treated as a CM makes some funny lines in a often dark way in a serious setting yet doesn't at all count as a Comic Relief.