User blog comment:Magma MK-II/Characters that shouldn't be here, Part 3: Return of the Revenge/@comment-366087-20151230223311/@comment-366087-20151231062843

I didn't say Eric wasn't evil/wicked. What I said was his case is a good example answer to a criterteria-test question "WHY do the Good Guys tolerate a wicked/evil person?" With Eric it's because they are terrified of him, and rightly so. That is the reason I mentioned him.

But the question of "Why do they tolerate Uncle Ruckus if he is wicked/evil" is not so readily answered. Sure they dislike and hate him, but WHY do they tolerate and let him be around them?

See, the idea is that others should not, would not allow Wicked/Evil to hang about with them unless they are wicked/evil themselves. So IF GOOD GUYS allow such a character to be around them without a good answer to the question, then perhaps the "villain" is question is not Wicked/Evil.