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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and having a villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. They can either [[BelievingTheirOwnLies be unaware of their self contradictions because of their inflated ego]] or, even worse, not really support said ideals at all. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one While there a lot of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and characters that may come up as hypocrites in certain cases, having a an incredibly vile villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. They can either [[BelievingTheirOwnLies be unaware of their self contradictions because of their inflated ego]] or, even worse, not really support said ideals at all. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and having a villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* {{Hypocrite}}[=/=]StrawHypocrite: Hypocrisy is definitely one of the least sympathetic aspects a character can show, and having a villain that preaches about morality, but at the same time are highly immoral and heinous themselves can create a really despicable and hateable individual. They can either [[BelievingTheirOwnLies be unaware of their self contradictions because of their inflated ego]] or, even worse, not really support said ideals at all. This can also be great to subvert any possible "standard" a Complete Monster can pretend to have, reveal [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist that their "good intentions" are nothing but a front]] and show how much of a egocentric, lying bastard they truly are.
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* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: If the story's setting applies the IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim moral, a Complete Monster might force the heroes into situations where they will have to choose between killing them or suffer from worse consequences, thus so that they can get all of the CM's reputation and guilt for themselves. It can also be used as a ThanatosGambit, where the Complete Monster has no issues with dying if it benefits their plans in a long term.
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* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: If the story's setting applies the IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim moral, a Complete Monster might force the heroes into situations where they will have to choose between killing them or suffer from worse consequences, thus so that they can get all of the CM's reputation and guilt for themselves. It can also be used as a ThanatosGambit, where the Complete Monster has no issues with dying if it benefits their plans in a the long term.term, with the heroes forced to clean up the mess left behind.
