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The (ongoing) ''Literature/JackpotTrilogy'' consists of two science-fiction novels by Creator/WilliamGibson. By the 22nd century, a cavalcade of natural and man-made disasters known as "the jackpot" has [[DepopulationBomb wiped out 80% of the human population]], with nanotechnology and other super-science developed just in time to prevent a total apocalypse. What's left of society is ruled over by "the klept", an oligarchy of {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s who were rich enough to [[CosyCatastrophe weather the Jackpot]]. With [[Fiction500 nearly unlimited wealth]], lots of spare time, and access to super-advanced technology, members of the klept and their cronies often take up bizarre and elaborate hobbies to amuse themselves. One of which is TimeTravel, or specifically use of a mysterious server which allows digital signals to be sent to and from the past. When contact is made, a new timeline known as a "stub" is created, [[ExpendableAlternateUniverse which can be interfered with without affecting the present]]. People who engage in this practice call themselves "continua enthusiasts". The two books in the series, ''Literature/ThePeripheral'' and ''Literature/Agency2020'', both deal with what happens when someone from a "stub" becomes embroiled in a conspiracy after the future takes an interest in their timeline, with our candidate playing an important role in both books.

"Detective Inspector" Ainsley Lowbeer was a high-ranking and influential [[TheSpook spook]] in the British Government around the time that the devastation of the jackpot first started to take a toll on human civilisation, then identifying as a man known only as "Griff". Determined to do [[WellIntentionedExtremist whatever it takes]] to preserve some semblance of stability in order, Lowbeer would prove instrumental in ensuring the rise to power of the nascent klept, comprised mostly of TheMafiya who were more accustomed to operating [[RussianGuySuffersMost amidst the breakdown of law and order]].

And in a secret gene-lab beneath the surface of Luna, twenty infant Primarchs -- impossible beings far, far beyond human -- sleep peacefully, unaware that the foul forces of Chaos are to scatter them across the galaxy, sowing the seeds for a saga of resentment, betrayal and heresy that will tear the galaxy asunder.

* [[TheFaceless Wade "Mr. Hands" Bleecker]] is TheFixer for [[TheCityNarrows Pacifica and Dogtown]]. Following V's arrival in Dogtown, Hands is quick to curry favour with the skilled mercenary by offering passage in and out of the enclave, and later provides highly sensitive information free of charge, in exchange for V taking on [[{{Sidequest}} his gigs]] that serve to entrench his status as a power player and undermine the authority of Kurt Hansen, the ArmsDealer warlord in control of Dogtown. While he may be [[AffablyEvil polite towards V]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes cares for his young daughter]], he's a [[ConsummateProfessional shrewd professional]] whose insatiable lust for power and wealth eventually pays off, with him [[TheManBehindTheMan running Dogtown from the shadows]] after Hansen's defeat.

* CrazyInHeadCrazyInBed: Mentally unstable people are wild and passionate lovers.

* ConfessionTriggersConsummation: Characters ''immediately'' have sex after admitting their feelings towards each other.

* CrazyInTheHeadCrazyInBed: Mentally unstable people are wild and passionate lovers.

* FlexabilityEqualsSexAbility: A character who is "bendy" is a freak in the sheets.

* [[TheFaceless Wade "Mr. Hands" Bleecker]] is TheFixer for [[TheCityNarrows Pacifica and Dogtown]]. Following V's arrival in Dogtown, Hands is quick to curry favour with the skilled mercenary by offering passage in and out of the enclave, and later provides highly sensitive information free of charge, in exchange for V taking on [[{{Sidequest}} his gigs]] that serve to entrench his status as a power player and undermine the authority of Kurt Hansen, the ArmsDealer warlord in control of Dogtown. While he may be [[AffablyEvil polite towards V]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes caring towards his young daughter]], he's a [[ConsummateProfessional shrewd professional]] whose insatiable lust for power and wealth eventually pays off, with him [[TheManBehindTheMan running Dogtown from the shadows]] after Hansen's defeat.

* [[TheFaceless Wade "Mr. Hands" Bleecker]] is TheFixer for [[TheCityNarrows Pacifica and Dogtown]]. Following V's arrival in Dogtown, Hands is quick to curry favour with the skilled mercenary by offering passage in and out of the enclave, and later provides highly sensitive information free of charge, in exchange for V taking on [[{{Sidequest}} his gigs]] that serve to entrench his status as a power player and undermine the authority of Kurt Hansen, the ArmsDealer warlord in control of Dogtown. While he may be [[AffablyEvil polite towards V]] and [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes caring towards his young daughter]], he's a [[ConsummateProfessional shrewd professional]] whose insatiable lust for power and wealth eventually results in him [[TheManBehindTheMan running Dogtown from the shadows]] after Hansen's defeat.

!! Terror Weapon

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* AmusinglyAwfulAim: A character is a terrible shot, and this is PlayedForLaughs.
* ATeamFiring: Lots of gunfire is exchanged, but nobody gets hit.
* DivingSave: A character tackles another in order to save them from an oncoming threat.
* DodgeTheBullet: A character's enhanced reflexes allow them to physically dodge bullets.
* HeroTrackingFailure: Characters struggle to lead a target.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: {{Mooks}} can't shoot for toffee.
* PowerfulButInaccurate: A weapon packs a mighty punch, but it's difficult to hit anything with it.
* StandardHollywoodStrafingProcedure: Ground-attack aircraft always produce neat lines of impacts on the ground that always miss their targets.
* TakingTheBullet: Someone ''else'' gets in the way of the intended target.
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!!'''How bad are they, compared to the work's other villains?'''
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!!'''Who is (character name)?'''

'''Conclusion'''

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[[folder:Mr. Hands MB Effortpost]]
Hello all. Having gotten round to playing ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077PhantomLiberty'', I feel that yet another of Night City's [[TheFixer fixers]] potentially makes the cut, thanks to his AscendedExtra turn in this DLC:
!!'''What's the setting?'''
''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077PhantomLiberty'' is the first (and only) ExpansionPack DLC for ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', centred around Dogtown, the [[TheCityNarrows even more seedy underbelly]] of [[WretchedHive Night City]]. Planned as a luxurious leisure district for the super-rich, Dogtown was abandoned half-built in the aftermath of the Unification War, leaving behind a mix of shanty towns and crumbling skyscrapers as a monument to corporate hubris, all ruled with an iron fist by the NUSA military man turned cunning warlord [[ColonelKurtzCopy Kurt Hansen]] and his personal militia BARGHEST. [[PlayerCharacter V]], lured there by the promise of a possible cure for [[YourDaysAreNumbered the Relic corruption]] from the enigmatic [[TechnoWizard Netrunner]] Song So Mi, winds up getting caught in a [[SpyFiction high-stakes espionage operation]] involving the President of the New United States of America, the worn-down secret agent Solomon Reed ([[InkSuitActor portrayed]] by Creator/IdrisElba), and [[LostTechnology lost A.I.s ]] that [[DigitalAbomination really, really should have been left alone]]. In any case, the events that unfold offer our candidate a ''far'' more prominent role than he played in the original game.

!!'''Who is Mr. Hands, and what has he done?'''
* [[RedBaron Mr. Hands]], real name Wade Bleecker, was once [[CorruptCorporateExecutive an executive]] in the upper echelons of [[MegaCorp Petrochem]], who wound up getting caught on the wrong side of a corporate power struggle. Managing to successfully evade his "[[DeadlyEuphemism termination]]", he would go on to become TheFixer for [[{{Gangsterland}} Pacifica and Dogtown]], keeping his identity under wraps (and simultaneously gaining his nickname) by only showing his distinctive white cyber-hands on holocalls and [[TheFaceless leaving his face in shadow]]. In the base game, his only appearance involves him putting V in touch with [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder the Voodoo Boys]], who are largely responsible for V being stuck with the Relic in the first place, and also offering one [[{{Sidequest}} inconsequential gig]].

* Once the story of ''Phantom Liberty'' kicks off, however, Mr. Hands gains a much more prominent role. After the MarathonLevel that introduces you to the expansion[[note]](involving V meeting Song, breaking into Dogtown, rescuing the aforementioned President from a plane crash and a boss fight against a massive SpiderTank)[[/note]], he contacts V and "generously" provides them with [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration forged credentials that allow them to enter and leave Dogtown as they please]] and a new vehicle. Of course, Hands' rationale for this is because V, at this point in the story, has established themselves to be [[TheAce pretty damn competent]], and Hands seeks to exploit this by offering V a plethora of new gigs that all work towards his primary objective -- undermining Hansen's rule to carve out a bigger slice of Dogtown for himself, through eliminating threats, building relationships with corporations and other stakeholders, and entrenching himself as a key power player. Provided V has helped him out enough, he will agree to meet with them in person, explaining his plans and giving them the coveted and closely guarded blueprints to the Black Sapphire, an abandoned hotel that serves as Hansen's stronghold, to allow V, Solomon Reed and his partner Alex to infiltrate the building. Once again, this provides a major boon to Hands, as [[XanatosGambit whatever happens from this point in the story]], Hansen winds up dead, allowing him to essentially [[TheManBehindTheMan assume his place as Dogtown's kingpin]] -- a later side quest allows V to help him install a puppet to take Hansen's place as leader of BARGHEST.

!!'''Is he magnificent?'''
* Retaining [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a love for the finer things in life]] from his Corpo days, Mr. Hands is a ConsummateProfessional who's described by [[AllThereInTheManual the game's databank entry]] as a "businessman through and through - cool-headed, [[TheChessmaster calculating]] and supremely focused on his objective" -- it's also telling that despite being committed to bringing Kurt Hansen down, [[TheStarscream he operates right under his nose, and seemingly with his backing]]. He is [[AffablyEvil extremely polite and cordial with V]] throughout his interactions with them, and his series of mutual favours are still rather generous: after all, [[TheQueenpin Rogue]] only helped V after being paid ''and'' helping her resolve a problem, while Hands isn't expecting V to work for free.

* Furthermore, he is generally more satisfied when V resolves gigs without violence and through negotiation, and gets a fair handful of PetTheDog moments: several of his gigs help out the general population of Dogtown[[note]](rescuing the manager of a clinic that helps the less fortunate, [[BackAlleyDoctor shady as it may be]], breaking up a Voodoo Boys "ransomware" ring and stopping a Cyberpsycho on the loose)[[/note]], when the player meets him in person he can be overheard having a phone call with his young daughter who he [[GoodParents seems to genuinely adore]], and during another gig he's willing, at V's request, to help a [[DefectorFromDecadence Zetatech defector]] escape the wrath of his corporate masters, despite said gig being ''for'' Zetatech, with which he could undoubtedly curry favour with by turning the defector in, but keeps his word as a "gesture of goodwill".

!!'''Is he a bastard?'''
* When push comes to shove, like most of the Fixers in the game, Mr. Hands is ultimately a [[AmbitionIsEvil ruthless crime boss interested only in furthering his own power and wealth]], no matter how many bodies he leaves in his wake. It's not like Dogtown becomes any less of a hellhole once he takes command, nor is there any indication he is planning to -- after all, BARGHEST's profitable gun-running and ProtectionRacket operations are now under his control. Most of his redeeming features described above can be ultimately chalked up to PragmaticVillainy -- he prefers resolving situation without violence as this usually lets him further his connections with useful contacts (such as Dodger the BlackMarket boss and Alan Noël the [=NetWatch=] agent) who would otherwise be flatlined by V; he's polite and helpful to V because [[MyBelovedMinions they're an indispensable tool in his plans]]; and the defector mentioned above is a [[GadgeteerGenius skilled Techie]] who goes on to design a powerful new modified weapon for Hands.

'''''Conclusion''''': As a conniving {{Chessmaster}} with plenty of EvilVirtues, we have a presumably-easy keeper here.
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* Furthermore, he is generally more satisfied when V resolves gigs without violence and through negotiation, and gets a fair handful of PetTheDogMoments: several of his gigs help out the general population of Dogtown[[note]](rescuing the manager of a clinic that helps the less fortunate [[BackAlleyDoctor shady as it may be]], breaking up a Voodoo Boys "ransomware" ring and stopping a Cyberpsycho on the loose)[[/note]], when the player meets him in person he can be overheard having a phone call with his young daughter who he [[GoodParents seems to genuinely adore]], and during another gig he's willing, at V's request to help a Zetatech defector escape the wrath of his corporate masters, despite said gig being ''for'' Zetatech, with which he could undoubtedly curry favour with by turning the defector in, but keeps his word as a "gesture of goodwill".

'''''Conclusion''''': As a cunning {{Chessmaster}} with plenty of EvilVirtues, we have a presumably-easy keeper here.

[[RedBaron Mr. Hands]], real name Wade Bleecker, was once [[CorruptCorporateExecutive an executive]] in the upper echelons of [[MegaCorp Petrochem]], who wound up getting caught on the wrong side of a corporate power struggle. Managing to successfully evade his "[[DeadlyEuphemism termination]]", he would go on to become TheFixer for [[{{Gangsterland}} Pacifica and Dogtown]], keeping his identity under wraps (and simultaneously gaining his nickname) by only showing his distinctive white cyber-hands on holocalls and [[TheFaceless leaving his face in shadow]]. In the base game, his only appearance involves him putting V in touch with [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder the Voodoo Boys]], who are largely responsible for V being stuck with the Relic in the first place, and also offering one [[{{Sidequest}} inconsequential gig]].

Once the story of ''Phantom Liberty'' kicks off, however, Mr. Hands gains a much more prominent role. After the MarathonLevel that introduces you to the expansion[[note]](involving V meeting Song, breaking into Dogtown, rescuing the aforementioned President from a plane crash and a boss fight against a massive SpiderTank)[[/note]], he contacts V and "generously" provides them with [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration forged credentials that allow them to enter and leave Dogtown as they please]] and a new vehicle. Of course, Hands' rationale for this is because V, at this point in the story, has established themselves to be [[TheAce pretty damn competent]], and Hands seeks to exploit this by offering V a plethora of new gigs that all work towards his primary objective -- undermining Hansen's rule to carve out a bigger slice of Dogtown for himself, through eliminating threats, building relationships with corporations and other stakeholders, and entrenching himself as a key power player. Provided V has helped him out enough, he will agree to meet with them in person, explaining his plans and giving them the coveted and closely guarded blueprints to the Black Sapphire, an abandoned hotel that serves as Hansen's stronghold, to allow V, Solomon Reed and his partner Alex to infiltrate the building. Once again, this provides a major boon to Hands, as [[XanatosGambit whatever happens from this point in the story]], Hansen winds up dead, allowing him to essentially [[TheManBehindTheMan assume his place as Dogtown's kingpin]] -- a later side quest allows V to help him install a puppet to take Hansen's place as leader of BARGHEST.

Retaining [[ManOfWealthAndTaste a love for the finer things in life]] from his Corpo days, Mr. Hands is a ConsummateProfessional who's described by [[AllThereInTheManual the game's databank entry]] as a "businessman through and through - cool-headed, [[TheChessmaster calculating]] and supremely focused on his objective" -- it's also telling that despite being committed to bringing Kurt Hansen down, [[TheStarscream he operates right under his nose, and seemingly with his backing]]. He is [[AffablyEvil extremely polite and cordial with V]] throughout his interactions with them, and his series of mutual favours are still rather generous: after all, [[TheQueenpin Rogue]] only helped V after being paid ''and'' helping her resolve a problem, while Hands isn't expecting V to work for free. Furthermore, he is generally more satisfied when V resolves gigs without violence and through negotiation,

'''''Conclusion''''': A presumably-easy keeper here.
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[[RedBaron Mr. Hands]], real name Wade Bleecker, was once [[CorruptCorporateExecutive an executive]] in the upper echelons of [[MegaCorp Petrochem]], who wound up getting caught on the wrong side of a corporate power struggle. Managing to successfully evade his "[[DeadlyEuphemism termination]]", he would go on to become TheFixer for Pacifica and Dogtown, keeping his identity under wraps (and simultaneously gaining his nickname) by only showing his distinctive white cyber-hands on holocalls and [[TheFaceless leaving his face in shadow]]. In the base game, his only appearance involves him putting V in touch with [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder the Voodoo Boys]], who are largely responsible for V being stuck with the Relic in the first place, and also offering one [[{{Sidequest}} inconsequential gig]].

Once the story of ''Phantom Liberty'' kicks off, however, Mr. Hands gains a much more prominent role. After the MarathonLevel that introduces you to the expansion[[note]](involving V meeting Song, breaking into Dogtown, rescuing the aforementioned President from a plane crash and a boss fight against a massive SpiderTank)[[/note]], he contacts V and provides them with [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration forged credentials that allow them to enter and leave Dogtown as they please]] and a vehicle, all for "free". Of course,

Once the story of ''Phantom Liberty'' kicks off, however, Mr. Hands gains a much more prominent role.

Mr. Hands, real name Wade

''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077PhantomLiberty'' is the first (and only) ExpansionPack DLC for ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', centred around Dogtown, the [[TheCityNarrows even more seedy underbelly]] of [[WretchedHive Night City]] -- a luxurious district abandoned in the aftermath of the Unification War, leaving behind a mix shanty towns and crumbling skyscrapers as a monument to corporate hubris, all ruled with an iron fist by the NUSA military man turned cunning warlord [[ColonelKurtzCopy Kurt Hansen]] and his personal militia BARGHEST. [[PlayerCharacter V]], lured there by the promise of a possible cure for [[YourDaysAreNumbered the Relic corruption]] from the enigmatic [[TechnoWizard Netrunner]] Song So Mi, winds up getting caught in a [[SpyFiction high-stakes espionage operation]] involving the President of the New United States of America, the worn-down secret agent Solomon Reed ([[InkSuitActor portrayed]] by Creator/IdrisElba]]), and [[LostTechnology lost A.I.s ]] that [[DigitalAbomination really, really should have been left alone]]. In any case, the events that unfold offer our candidate a ''far'' more prominent role than he played in the original game.

'''Conclusion'''
A presumably-easy keeper here.

* His second major appearance involves him upstaging [[StarterVillain Faraday]], the crooked fixer and BigBad of ''Edgerunners'', by subjecting him to an [[FateWorseThanDeath utterly horrifying fate]]: he is brutally tortured at Robert's instruction, and then his own hand, which he [[{{Sadist}} bluntly admits his enjoyment of]], then sent to the AxCrazy Maelstrom gang to be [[UnwillingRoboticisation loaded up with as much cyberware as possible]], all [[SkipTheAnaesthetic done while he was fully conscious]], leaving behind an utterly broken EmptyShell that's hardly even human. And ''then'' Robert puppeteers the body to slaughter Royce, a Malestrom higher-up who's causing problems for the current leader Brick, complete with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything creepy sexual overtones]]. To make things even worse, it's very strongly implied it's not the only time he's inflicted this exact fate on a horribly unlucky enemy.

* His second major appearance involves him upstaging [[StarterVillain Faraday]], the crooked fixer and BigBad of ''Edgerunners'', by subjecting him to an [[FateWorseThanDeath utterly horrifying fate]]: he is brutally tortured at Robert's instruction, which he [[{{Sadist}} bluntly admits his enjoyment of]], then sent to the AxCrazy Maelstrom gang to be [[UnwillingRoboticisation loaded up with as much cyberware as possible]], all [[SkipTheAnaesthetic done while he was fully conscious]], leaving behind an utterly broken EmptyShell that's hardly even human. And ''then'' Robert puppeteers the body to slaughter Royce, a Malestrom higher-up who's causing problems for the current leader Brick, complete with [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything creepy sexual overtones]]. To make things even worse, it's implied it's not the only time he's inflicted this exact fate on a horribly unlucky enemy.

** Robert finally makes his move by confronting V and inviting him to dinner, at the end of which he has Valerie Taser her brother and allow Robert to activate his Doll chip. The puppeteered V is then subjected to a full swap-out of his chrome while under sedation only, allowing the 'real' V trapped inside [[StrappedToAnOperatingTable to experience his body being torn apart and rebuilt]]. And just to play up the PsychologicalHorror even further, Robert directs that minor cosmetic changes should be made to V's face to make it resemble his, letting his son know [[LossOfIdentity he can completely destroy anything that makes him unique]] at his whim. V eventually manages to break his control due to a clever DeadMansSwitch, but the experience level him [[HeroicBSOD an utterly hopeless and despondent wreck]] both physically and literally.

* His second major appearance involves him upstaging [[StarterVillain Faraday]], the crooked fixer and BigBad of ''Edgerunners'', by subjecting him to an [[FateWorseThanDeath utterly horrifying fate]]: he is brutally tortured at Robert's instruction, which he [[{{Sadist}} bluntly admits his enjoyment of]], then sent to the AxCrazy Maelstrom gang to be [[UnwillingRoboticisation loaded up with as much cyberware as possible]], all [[SkipTheAnaesthetic done while he was fully conscious]], leaving behind an utterly broken EmptyShell that's hardly even human. And ''then'' Robert puppeteers the body to slaughter Royce, a Malestrom higher-up who's causing problems for the current leader Brick. To make things even worse, it's implied it's not the only time he's done this.

* His second major appearance involves him upstaging [[StarterVillain Faraday]], the crooked fixer and BigBad of ''Edgerunners'', in [[EvilerThanThou an incredibly violent manner]]: the man is brutally tortured, including at Robert's own hand, then packed off to the AxCrazy Maelstrom gang to be [[UnwillingRoboticisation packed with as much cyberware as conceivably possible]], all done [[SkipTheAnaesthetic while he was fully conscious]], leaving behind an EmptyShell useful only as a remote-controlled attack dog. [[FateWorseThanDeath Yikes]]. And it's strongly implied this isn't the first time he's done it.

* Fuelled by spite, Robert began to climb the quite literally cutthroat Arasaka corporate ladder, and along the way he seemingly developed a fixation with forming his own ''perfect'' family -- one that would ''never, ever'' do anything wrong. After marrying the interior designer Eleanor, he would forcibly implant her with a [[MindControlDevice Doll chip]] that overrides her personality with that of a [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil simpering submissive]] at his command, [[AndIMustScream leaving her true personality conscious and aware of everything that's happening to her body]]. And when she [[DrivenToSuicide tries to escape her torment]], she discovers that he's registered her to a "Black Level" Trauma Team Plan, which has involved the implantation of cyberware that ''[[ICannotSelfTerminate won't let her die]]''. And at an unknown point, when she cheated on him, he had her lover killed while she was ForcedToWatch.
* He would later father a son, Vincent, who he would submit to an [[AbusiveParent utterly torturous upbringing]] while grooming him to be his successor, which involved implanting a Doll chip in him, too. When V, already taking after his granddad and becoming a Rockerboy while trying to defy his father in any way possible, [[LoveRedeems meets and falls in love with Gloria]], Robert is ''furious'' as this denies him an opportunity to entrench his position in the Arasaka hierarchy via AltarDiplomacy. He attempts to bribe Gloria to stop dating his son, and when she falls pregnant with his grandson David, he hires a mercenary to force Gloria into a back-alley abortion at gunpoint. She survived only due to luck, being able to push the goon off an overpass to his death, prompting her to go into hiding and a heartbroken V to join Arasaka.
* At some point after an adult V attempted to cut off as much contact with his parents as possible, Robert also fathered Valerie, with whom he took an extremely different direction -- no Doll chip, but she's been [[TykeBomb trained, brainwashed and controlled from birth to act as his personal enforcer and spy]].
* He is reintroduced to the narrative as having become aware of his grandson's existence while working in Tokyo. He dispatches mercenaries to monitor David and Gloria, while also informing Eleanor, currently trapped in a GildedCage of an apartment back in Night City, that he plans to return.

He's got a FreudianExcuse of having [[DisappearedDad a father who never even acknowledged his existence]], but this can be very easily dispensed with -- many people are brought up by single parents, and surprisingly enough the vast majority of them do not become power-hungry, cold-blooded corporate despots with nonconsensual surgery fetishes. What's more difficult to consider are his ''incredibly'' twisted "family values". There is perhaps ''some'' element of protectiveness he has for his descendants, given that he punishes Faraday for insulting his son, but it's difficult to see his perception of his family as anything other than ''literal'' Dolls -- mannequins to be manipulated for his amusement, and pawns to strengthen his power and serve his interests. There is no genuine love displayed towards anyone by this man.

[=RobinRounds=] sought to create a villain who was as vile as conceivably possible, who would make full use of the ''Cyberpunk'' universe's technology for his own ends, and she certainly succeeded. While he has [[FauxAffablyEvil pretensions of propriety]], he is described by his wife as "a horrendous thing that looks like a man" and by Gloria as Satan, being a truly disturbing villain who would deserve a CM entry.

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