Magnificent Bastard Proposal Lists
(Character Name)
The Work
This is a brief summary of the work you're going to discuss. We don't need a full plot summary here, just however much we need to understand going into the discussion — it can even be as simple as quoting the summary on the work's page.The Candidate
This is essentially the character's biography — who they are, their story, their goals and methodology, and, preferably (though not required), what happens to the candidate at the end. It does not have to include every single thing they ever do — for some characters, we'd be here all day if that was the case — but it should include the highlights of their journey.The Candidate's Brilliance and Charm
This is the point where you highlight the character's brilliance. How to they convey their intelligence and charm to the audience? What makes them stand out among the crowd? What are their goals and how do they go about accomplishing them? This part welcomes a lot of creative thinking — not everyone has to be a Machiavellian Diabolical Mastermind to be worth considering here! This is also the time to showcase how the character can think on their feet if it's necessary.The Candidate's Bastardry
What kinds of moral lines is this character willing to cross for the sake of their goal? Are they willing to let innocents die? Start wars? Commit crimes? The character has to show some kind of unscrupulousness in order to count as a "Bastard". Notably, this character does not necessarily have to be the villain, and an Anti-Hero can cross the line if they're immoral enough, but they have to be immoral somehow.This is also the section where you then state your case for why they're not too bad. Perhaps their good intentions help mitigate their crimes. Perhaps others are shown to be much worse than them. Perhaps they're prone to Pet the Dog moments or are even fighting on behalf of loved ones. Whatever the case, there are certain lines that an MB can't cross, but as long as their villainy is reasonable for their goal, they can be considered.Final Verdict
This is where you post your final conclusion on the character in question. You can continue elaborating on your reasons or even just say a simple "yes" or "no"; at this point, we've heard everything we need to hear.Daybit Sem Void
The Work
Fate/Grand Order is a mobile turn-based RPG. Their narratives are story-driven especially starting from the Camelot Singularity of the Observer on the Timeless Temple.
The Story starts with Observer on the Timeless Temple, where the protagonist alongside their servants and Staff members of Chaldea have to do anything they can to resolve the singularities and prevent the incineration of humanity.
The story then continued in Epic of Remnant where Chaldea has to deal with the surviving antagonists of the Observer on the Timeless Temple.
Cosmos in the Lostbelt is the newest part of Fate/Grand Order's storyline where the surviving members of Novum Chaldea have to do anything they can to destroy the titular Lostbelts to take back their future.
The Candidate
For those who have encountered "DAYBIT, HELP ME!" memes and don't know what that kind of meme is about, it is about this character.
Daybit Sem Void is one of the Crypters - the seemingly former members of Team A originally sent to resolve the singularities. At the start of Observer on the Timeless Temple, he had to be cryogenically preserved due to sustaining injuries from the explosion which damaged his coffin. By the time of Cosmos in the Lostbelt, he became one of the Crypters with duties to grow the Fantasy Trees, putting him at odds with Novum Chaldea. His lostbelt is Nahui Mictlan, located in South America. He chose this location because the Ultimate One of the Oort Cloud / ORT resides there, which is crucial to his plans against the Foreign God...
Daybit was first shown in the prologue of Cosmos in the Lostbelt during the Crypters' meeting as their advisor. In Yuga Kshtera, he appeared to save the protagonist and Scandinavia Peperoncino before instantly figuring out the way to defeat Arjuna Alter in the fourth lostbelt. In Nahui Mictlan Lostbelt, he plans to awaken ORT in order to destroy CHALDEAS. He initially planned to use Izcalli and the Deinos as a sacrifice. When the Foreign God fell, he did not hesitate to have his Servant rip the Foreign God's heart out then using it as a backup plan. After the heart was ripped out, Daybit planned to keep the heart alive to fool the Foreign God for at least two days. When the plan to sacrifice Izcalli failed, Daybit then proceeded with the plan to offer the Foreign God's heart instead. When Chaldea confronted him, he offers the explanation of his motives against CHALDEAS in order to allow Novum Chaldea in order to gain a chance in oppossing CHALDEAS should his ORT plans failed before proceeding with the Foreign God's heart instead, waking the Ultimate One up once more.
Episode 0 of Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia has him trying to threaten Marisbury to shut down CHALDEAS. Before the prologue of Cosmos in the Lostbelt, he had to go through the Foreign God's simulation of singularities, which he successfully finished without any assistance.
The Candidate's Brilliance and Charm
Daybit has been playing the Long Game to stop Marisbury's plans even before the plot of Fate/Grand Order begins. When Marisbury committed suicide to prevent CHALDEAS being shut down, Daybit shifted his plans to using ORT to destroy CHALDEAS instead, fully aware of the Ultimate One's capabilities. At the end of the Nahui Mictlan Lostbelt, this plan fell apart with the death of ORT. However, one critical factor that keeps his magnificence is that the death of ORT lies in Kukulkan — ORT's heart having gained sentience — being on Novum Chaldea's side, something which can be considered far beyond his control.
Daybit's charm lies in not only his capabilities, but also his courage. Daybit is one of the only characters brave enough to intentionally wake ORT up where almost everyone is not thrilled on this idea considering ORT's otherworldly nature and Reality Warper abilities even when compared to Beasts — inconceivable beings capable of ending the humanity in their own right. Before the prologue of Cosmos in the Lostbelt, he successfully finished Foreign God's simulation of singularities without any assistance. The flashbacks of Nahui Mictlan Lostbelt has him going toe-to-toe against Camazotz, who has become the Beast of Oblivion at this point, on his own albeit having to expend one Commannd Spell. This is notable as he cannot summon any servant due to not being from the Human Order and had to rely on the power of the land to summon Tezcatlipoca. In present day, he ordered Tezcatlipoca to make a flee with Izcalli while engaging Kadoc, Goredolf, and Koyanskaya — the latter being a former Beast — on his own. For a bonus, he succeeded in getting past them before engaging the Protagonist, Mash, and the Foreign God himself. Daybit also takes his loss gracefully especially after his final duel alongside Tezcatlipoca against Ritsuka Fujimaru and is willing to tell Novum Chaldea the clues on their true enemy to give them a chance to take back the future. Said final duel is to merely settle the score and satisfy his curiosity on how he will fare against Fujimaru as a Master.
His competitions are as follows:
- Novum Chaldea, whom he personally acknowledges for resolving the seven Singularities.
- The "Foreign God", whose heart he had Tezcatlipoca rip off then implant to himself as a backup plan. Conning the "Foreign God" alone is not a small feat at all considering her feats in Tunguska Sanctuary chapter. It is also noteworthy that by proxy, Daybit is also competing with Kotomine Kirei — one of Foreign God's apostles — who is also an approved MB.
- His true enemy aka Marisbury Animusphere and the Foreign world, CHALDEAS. These two are the true masterminds behind the Lostbelts.
The Candidate's Bastardry
Nahui Mictlan Lostbelt revealed that Daybit is the self-proclaimed "True Enemy of Humanity" willing to unleash ORT to devour CHALDEAS and destroy the Humanity. In order to do so, he sacrificed the kind-hearted and pacifistic Deinos, making him a definite Bastard. What prevents him from being too much of a bastard is his reasoning that from his cosmic perspective, CHALDEAS' success will brand humanity as the worst intelligent species in the universe which will warrant a horrific future for them. Daybit greatly prefers their extinction to this fate, seeing this as a species-wide Mercy Kill. There is no hint of prejudice, god complex, or search for amusement from this motive.
Aside from his willingness to do so, Daybit is shown to not indulge in inflicting horrific deaths unlike Beryl. He also cares for other Crypters, as he felt a sense of loss from the deaths of Ophelia and Akuta Hinako. He also considers Scandinavia Peperoncino a friend and Kirschtaria Wodime the true genius (and agrees with the latter to tell Novum Chaldea about the true nature of CHALDEAS should one of them dies). In addition, he acknowledges Novum Chaldea's effort and is willing to give them a chance to face the true mastermind — Marisbury and CHALDEAS — provided that they successfully defeated ORT.
Potential Issues
- Social-wise, Daybit is never interested in understanding and being understood by other people. He can be very blunt and is always concise in his speeches. This may taint his magnificence, but his courage and acknowledgement of Wodime and Chaldea more than compensates for me.
Final Verdict
Daybit has truly earned his memetic reputation as one of the ultimate badasses of Nasuverse even if Zelretch overshadows him.
In another words, yes for me.
- Daybit Sem Void is a Crypter who gained a cosmic insight when he was ten years old. After joining Chaldea and listening to Marisbury Animusphere's plans, he threatened the latter to shut down CHALDEAS to prevent humanity from becoming the worst intelligent species in the universe. After Marisbury committed suicide, he switched his plans to awakening ORT — An Ultimate One and one of the ultimate human killers — in order to destroy CHALDEAS. After seemingly being killed by Goetia in the beginning of the game, he singlehandedly finished Foreign God's simulations without any assistance, freeing him from Foreign God's debts. Coming back to life, he then set up his Lostbelt to cover ORT's location then underwent the trials of the lostbelt's underworld, singlehandedly fighting Camazotz, Beast of Oblivion, to a standstill in the process before summoning Tezcatlipoca then setting out to sacrifice the pacifistic Deinos and Izcalli to ressurect ORT. He later indirectly assisted the other Crypters and in Yuga Kshetra lostbelt, rescued Scandinavia Peperoncino and Ritsuka Fujimaru from the lostbelt version of Ascelpius after Arjuna Alter leaves. Daybit later figured out the way to defeat Arjuna Alter then passed on the clues to Peperoncino. In Nahui Mictlan, Daybit had Tezcatlipoca ripping out the Foreign God's heart then implant it to his body, preventing the latter from assimilating ORT. He then handed over critically important items for the underworld trials to Ritsuka and told the imprisoned Sion Eltnam Sokaris and Kadoc the true meaning of Sirius light. When Ritsuka and the Foreign God made friends and set out to rescue Kadoc, Sion, and Leonardo da Vinci, he ordered Tezcatlipoca to show the future where ORT gets unleashed. He then set out to the lowest layer of the underworld alongside Tezcatlipoca and Izcalli. Intercepted by Kadoc, Koyanskaya, Goredolf, and Ninkigal, he singlehandedly engaged the former three while creating a distraction to allow Tezcatlipoca and Izcalli pass on undetected. After Ritsuka and the Foreign God's party defeated Tezcatlipoca, he engaged them while marching on to ORT's pit then provided the information of CHALDEAS' situation and true nature before falling to the pit, waking ORT once more. Meeting Ritsuka after the latter defeated ORT, Daybit then engaged them in one last duel in order to settle the score and satisfy his curiosity on dueling Ritsuka as a Master. Daybit is one of the villains if not the closest to their victories.
Complete Monster Proposal Lists
Character Name
The Work
This is a brief summary of the work you're going to discuss. We don't need a full plot summary here, just however much we need to understand going into the discussion — it can even be as simple as quoting the summary on the work's page.The Candidate
This is essentially the character's biography — who they are, their story, the crimes they commit, and, preferably (though not required), what happens to the candidate at the end. It does not have to include every single thing they ever do — for some villains, we'd be here all day if that was the case — but it should include the highlights of their journey.The Candidate's Redeeming qualities and Freudian Excuses
This is where any potential redeeming characteristics or tragic backstory should be discussed. Do they have a tragic past? Do they show that Even Evil Has Standards or Even Evil Has Loved Ones? Maybe a Pet the Dog moment or two? This is where these should be discussed in full. Not every potential redeeming moment is a clear-cut disqualifier, but we should hear of any potential issues to ensure the character is discussed in full.The Candidate's Extents of Villainy
A Complete Monster has to be particularly vile by the standard of the work they appear in. Therefore, you should look at what the character does compared to similar characters in the same work. This takes into account things like:- Their resource level (a human Serial Killer can't stand up to an alien Omnicidal Maniac, but they can be bad by the standard of other human serial killers)
- The amount of time they have to work with (such as a one-shot character versus long-running antagonists)
- The quantity vs. quality of their crimes compared to others (someone with a lower victim count but far more visceral and personal crimes could be considered as equally bad overall as someone with a higher body count but less horror involved)
