Thread:AustinDR/@comment-1762629-20141205075204

Right, so I'd like to discuss to you specifically about two candidates I have in mind. I've got three in mind, but only two really warrant discussion. The other (Zygon, if you've seen Starchaser: Legend of Orin) I'm sure is a pretty easy keep.

The first is a Creepypasta villain, from a Jeff the Killer-esque CP entitled Patient 88. Patient 88 (Tavy Mord) in question is more like a typical Creepypasta, with no Mary Sue, no shout outs to Jeff the Killer, and more supernatural elements, it's just that the plot's painfully familiar. Regardless, Johnny counted and you think he's not well known enough to warrant a page, and I discovered Patient 88 by finding Tavy Mord's article.

Right, enough with the exposition. The villain in question in Mr. Richards, an enigmatic but brutal man who kidnaps Tavy, who's too quiet and submissive to fight back, and keeps her locked up in his home inhis basement with minimal food and drink for days. When she tries to escape, he violently beats her into submission, cuts out her eyes, and locks her back into the basement. Tavy sees what he's been doing; he's already killed about eight people, by slowly starving them to death to see how long a human could last without food or drink. His motive? Deranged curiosity at best. He's Faux Affably Evil, and unlike Randy, he outranks the killer he inadvertantly created in heinousness.

The second I imagine will draw a lot of controversy, but he's one I've had on my mind for a while. King Boo, more specifically how he's represented in Luigi's Mansion and its sequel. All other iterations usually simply have him as Bowser's lackey, but he acts on his own accord in Luigi's Mansion; it's vaguely implied Bowser is dead by the time of Luigi's Mansion. Whether or not Luigi's Mansion is canon within the main series, I'm not sure, but let's recap.

He starts off as a Well-Intentioned Extremist, a Deadpan Snarker, and a good boss to his ghosts, and ultimately ends up being trapped in a painting. By the time the sequel comes along, all of his redeeming traits have shed. He's now a Knight of Cerebus, he makes no mention of his status as a once benevolent boss (he treats his new minions like garbage), and his motive has now been replaced with a cravenly feeling of obsessive revenge. Here, King Boo shatters the Dark Moon, destroying the minds of the benevolent ghosts within Evershade Valley and forcefully making them hostile. He kidnaps Mario and several Toads, imprisons them into paintings (yes, this entails And I Must Scream), and expresses his regard to do the same to Luigi and his friends. Nearing the end of the game, King Boo pulls a Dimentio and catapults himself over the Moral Event Horizon by ripping open a portal in reality, to summon a horde of ghosts and destroy the universe. In the final battle, King Boo abducts Luigi as he's being teleported so he can kill Luigi himself.

The only problem is that there's some, if little, variance with his character. He does occasionally join the heroes for karting or whatever. However, not only did all of that happen before Dark Moon, it's inconsistent. If anything was consistent, King Boo would've been sealed away until Dark Moon. It makes the canon of the games frustrating to pinpoint, but I say his actions in Luigi's Mansion are his definitive role within the Mario universe, and the character he developed in those games is the one that defines him. That's what we measure when analyzing the character.

So, any thoughts? I'm still a little hesitant when it comes to King Boo, but he's committed several heinous on-screen acts, including one that put him on par with Dimentio. So... 