Thread:Balthus Dire/@comment-15895329-20131220193600/@comment-15895329-20131223161419

No, the trope itself is NOT subjective. There are clear guidelines in place to differentiate between Affably Evil and Faux-Affably Evil. That and I would of course assume that any villains who are considered this by TV Tropes (the originator of the Trope) would be considered so here.

Second, isn't the whole point that people make requests and you judge them on a case by case basis? Because just saying "no" to all of them seems much too rigid to me. If a request is valid, it should be accepted. If not, say no to it.

And again, there are clear definitions to what genuine Affably Evil entails. Part of it is, like you said, the affable nature NOT being an act and not just sounding polite but not acting it. Even if the two of out of 30+ examples you listed don't qualify, there are plenty more who do. In fact, I just found several more names to add. So really there should be enough cases for it to fit either way and the unshakableness of the rule is nonsense to me. Just judge requests on a case-by-case basis. Besides that, I was told that if I wanted a new category I had to ask for permission. Well here I am asking permission and still being turned down.