User blog comment:Scottish-Terror/Pure Evil Removal: Darin MacNamara/@comment-2059440-20190526134015

the sad truth is, Scott, that Darin *is* worse than Ryan by sheer virtue that he did a HECK of a lot more damage and pain on-screen - is he Pure Evil by Buffyverse standards? hard to tell but I'd say Darin is more than just a hate sink.. he definitely went further than a lot of the one-shot villains on the show.

Buffyverse has high heinous standards, that's why many don't qualify but the argument about him versus Ryan doesn't weigh up because he has much more screen time and resources.. and is ultimately a much bigger on-screen threat to everyone.