Thread:MenInBlak/@comment-24859393-20170831190437/@comment-14660436-20170831193633

I mean, TV Tropes aside, if you pay attention to Euron's character (especially in the books), you could argue he qualifies under several of the signs of being Pure Evil:


 * They commit acts that are atrocious by the standards of the story, and have crossed the Moral Event Horizon. Villains who have only crossed the MEH once usually do not qualify, although rare examples exist. - He is a pirate who performed brutal raids on several locations throughout the world, participates in the slave trade and rape, and cuts out the tongues of his men for the sake of it. He has also murdered several of his family members, and sexually abused two of his brothers in their childhood.


 * They are taken seriously, causing fear, revulsion, and hatred from other characters in the story. Therefore, villains that fall under Comic Relief can never qualify. - The show's version of Euron might break the Comic Relief rule a bit here considering some of his dialogue. However, he is despised by his family (again, he sexually abused two of his brothers), both books and show, due to his cruel and unpredictable personality, so much so that Balon (in the show) tried to kill Euron upon meeting back up with him. Plus, he's universally feared for his pillaging: "From Ib to Asshai, when men see my sails, they pray".


 * They are never presented in a positive way. - Due to the reasons as mentioned above, in-story, he isn't.


 * They can never feel love for others. If they claim to have love for anyone, that "love" would merely be either perversion, possessiveness, or obsession. - He's fathered dozens of bastard children but completely disregards any of them as his children.


 * They are completely beyond redemption and absolutely nothing justifies their heinous crimes. - Shows no signs of redeeming himself thus far, and, again, would you consider sexually abusing your younger brothers in childhood and cutting out your recruits' tongues justifiable?


 * They display no sense of remorse towards those who they have hurt nor do they express any empathy for others as well. - None at all. He's pretty much insane.