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     Steve (A Villager's Night) 
Soooo, remember when the Avocado Animations version of Willy Wonka was proposed and it led to an extremely divisive debate? Well, after seeing a comment mentioning this series and, more importantly, remembering the things that didn't make Wonka so divisive, I think this character is at the very least worth the discussion even if he's rejected.

Also the series isn't over yet, but it's been around 1 year and 8 months since the last episode released and it'll likely be a long time before the series is finished, so I think it's fine to discuss him now.

What is the work?

A Villager's Night is a series of Minecraft animations made by Avocado Animations, a YouTube Channel most known for making Velma Meets the Original Velma and videos that parody other YouTubers like Mr. Beast and SSSniperwolf.

The series centers around Herh, a Villager who wakes up one night to find his village being attacked by the evil Steve, who slaughtered several of the villagers and enslaved some of the others. In the period after the attack, Herh decides to set out into the wild in his quest to avenge his fellow villagers and the Iron Golem, who served as the village's defender and Herh's best friend.

Who is Steve and what has he done?

Steve is the person behind the attack on Herh's village, a nasty owner of Villager slaves and a far cry from the blank slate Player Character that is his original counterpart.
  • Steve first appears launching an attack on Herh's village. During his attack, Steve kills and maims the villagers by shooting them with arrows and slicing them with his sword. As a result of said attack, some of the villagers start fleeing, with a baby villager crying while there's fire all around the village. The Iron Golem that serves as the village's defender tries to stop Steve, but he is defeated by the menace and ultimately killed. It is noted within Part 2 that, during this attack, a dozen villagers were maimed by Steve, with several other villagers being killed.
  • Beyond the Villagers who died or were maimed during Steve's attack, there were also a few Villagers missing. As it turns out, these missing villagers were kidnapped and enslaved by Steve. Steve locked them into cells and forcing them to make items for him. If the villagers make the items for him and deliver them on time, then Steve grants them an Emerald. The villagers that don't have an item for Steve, well.... they undergo a different fate, a worse one.
  • When Steve comes to collect his items from the villagers within his dungeon, Steve passes by a Villager who couldn't make any items for him due to her hand being injured, but she pleads to him to give her 2 more days to make the items for him. Steve decides to respond to the Villager's pleading.... by dumping lava on her, causing the Villager to burn to death.
  • After coldly murdering the female Villager with lava, Steve passes by Larr's cell. Larr, in rebellion to Steve's slavery and desiring death, crushes the lantern he was forced to make for Steve and accepts his molten fate. Steve is not pleased by Larr's resilience and frowns towards him, but he doesn't kill him by dumping lava on him. Unfortunately for Larr, Steve instead decides to press the button above his brother Beehr's cell out of spite, dumping lava on him, leading to Beehr's death. Larr is horrifed at his brother's murder as Steve drops his Stoic expression as Steve starts smiling towards the horrifed Larr. After this Steve leaves his dungeon a sharp weapon with blood on it as he approaches Larr's cell, seemingly intent on harming or killing Larr.
  • And that's all of Steve's actions within the series up until now, as the series isn't over yet and it's been around 1 year and 8 months since the last part released with no indication that the next part of the series will come out soon.

Any redeeming qualities? Freudian Excuse?

There are a few things that need to be discussed regarding redeeming traits.
  • While Steve does not kill his slaves and gives them emeralds when they make him items, I doubt that this is meant to be redeeming as the only alternative for the Villager slaves is to suffer A Molten Date with Death and he never shows any signs of kindness towards the slaves that make his items. I'd personally say that Steve only gave his slaves emeralds to prevent them from rebelling.
  • While Steve doesn't kill Hehr when passing by him during his attack on the village and only stares at him, there isn't any indication that this moment is meant to be redeeming, as Steve retains the same Stoic facial expression he wears most of the time and doesn't say a single word towards Hehr that would imply he's sparing Hehr as a Pet The Dog Moment.
Unlike Wonka, canon redeeming qualities aren't an issue as Steve is a blank slate Player Character within the original game and Minecraft doesn't have a proper plot anyway.

On another note, Steve doesn't have a lot of characterization, given that he has no dialogue and retains the same facial expression for most of the series, but I'd there's enough here to evade him being a Generic Doomsday Villain. Steve frowns towards Larr for destroying his lantern, spitefully murders Beehr as retribution for his defiance, and subsequently smiles towards the shocked and horrified Larr, giving the indication that Steve is a sadist who takes pleasure in Larr's shock and grief.

Now that we've looked at all the other stuff, let's talk about the Elephant in the Room: comedy. I can understand why some would be concerned about this, as the concept of Minecraft Steve being a psychopath who slaughters and enslaves Villagers is a little silly and the series is made by a channel that produces a lot of Black Comedy videos. However, I personally believe that comedy isn't an issue for Steve, as the concept is played entirely seriously without there being any proper comedic moments in the series outside the sponsorship segments, which are not canon to the main series anyway.

Furthermore, there's a lot of effort put in the series with it featuring actually dramatic moments and engaging character interactions, so the work isn't shock value and has a substantial enough plot in my eyes. With all that in mind, I'd say the series is closer to something like The Bikini Bottom Horror (which was originated in a Subreddit for horror-themed Garfield art and has a premise that is a little silly, but taken entirely seriously) than a Dorkly video (which are entirely Played for Laughs with rarely any attempt to tell a serious story).

Is he bad enough?

The other villains within the series are a Spider and Skeleton, who only attack Hehr, so Steve sets the heinous standard. The baseline isn't an issue either, as Steve slaughters at least 3 villagers and the village's Iron Golem onscreen during his attack. Dialogue also states that Steve maimed dozens during his attack, with some of the surviving villagers being shown to be injured and several bodies are seen cremated at the beginning of Part 3.

Furthermore, Steve has also enslaved some of the villagers and is shown killing a female Villager who fails to give him an item by bathing her in lava and spitefully murders Beehr in the same way, just because Larr destroyed his lantern in his rebellion against Steve.

Final verdict?

The concept is a little silly, but taken entirely seriously, so comedy ain't an issue in my eyes. I am a "yes" to this version of Steve, but please keep the discussion civil.

     TBA 

What is the work?

TBA

Who are they and what have they done?

TBA

Any redeeming qualities? Freudian Excuse?

TBA

Are they bad enough?

TBA

Final verdict?

TBA
Other stuff
     Writeups 
  • A Villager's Night (link): Steve is the one behind the attack on Hehr's village and is shown to be worse than his original counterpart. Launching an assault on Hehr's village, Steve maims a dozen villagers, slaughters several others, kills the Iron Golem and captures the village's workers. Locking the captured villagers in his dungeon, Steve forces them to make items for him in exchange for emeralds and kills a female Villager who fails to give him an item by bathing her in lava. When Larr rebels against Steve by destroying a lantern he had to make for him, Steve instead kills his brother Beehr out of spite by giving him a lava bath.

     Quote suggestions 
Potential replacents for page quotes
"As much as I would relish blasting you all into pieces, I think I have something better in mind. I think it would be far more satisfying to leave you alive, and stranded. So you may live with your failure, and know that all that follows is your fault! For without your blundering, I never would have found the Storm Amulet. I leave you to ponder that, until the seas rise up, and swallow you all!"
Kalmaar, "The Storm Amulet"
Trimaar: You deny sinking their vessel?
Kalmaar: Oh, that. No, that part is true, I admit it. I've sunken many of their ships. Something you should have been doing, father, if you took your duties as king more seriously.
Trimaar: We live in peace with the surface. We do not bother them, and they do not bother us.
Kalmaar: This world was once ours. Then they came and despoiled the Endless Sea with their lands and their foul presence. But with the power of Wojira, I can correct this wrong!
"I have decided a demonstration is needed to show my true power over this mountain! For too long, the Geckles and Munce have resisted my rule, but when they witness your destruction... When all hope is lost, they will submit. [...] You will perish at the talons of Grief-Bringer!"
Skull Sorcerer, ''The Upply Strike Back"
(Quotes I'm keeping in reserve if these characters end up counting once their story is over)
"He can't hear you. You shouldn't have looked for me. Because now I see you. Now we can all see you. You let us in. And now, you are going to have to let us stay. Don't you see? All this time, we've been building it! We've been building it for you. All that work. All that pain. All of it for you. And now it's time. Time to end it. And we're going to end you. And when you are gone, we are going to end your friends. And then we are going to end... everyone."
The Mind Flayer speaking through Billy, Stranger Things, "E Pluribus Unum"
"He burned us to the ground... SLAUGHTERED our brothers... and MURDERED.... Our one protector..."
Hehr on Steve', A Villager's Night, "Part 3"
     Images 
Re-add this when Sugar Man gains a reproposal':
Magnificent Bastard Proposals
     TBA 

What is the work?

TBA

Who is the candidate and what have they done?

TBA

How are they Magnificent?

TBA

How are they a Bastard? How are they not too bad?

TBA

Final verdict?

TBA.
Other Stuff
     Writeups 

     Quote Suggestions 
Kai: What does Harumi want with the Weapons of Spinjitzu?
Skylor: We don't know. [The Crystal Council] didn't say. But, knowing Harumi, something bad.
Cole: Whatever her plan is, she's had a lot of time to put it together.
Kai: She's been shadowing us for years.
Jay: Yeah, and Harumi is not the kind of person you want to give a head start to.

Other stuff

     The Ages Of Super Hero Comics remaining wicks 

     Other Sandboxes 

     Miraculous Ladybug Character page Restructuring 
I did some byte checks for Miraculous Ladybug pages to see which character specific pages we can merge back and which ones we can keep.

Byte checking the CSPs

Heroes page and related byte checkAs one of our new guidelines is splitting a page into further groups instead of creating a CSP, here's a byte count for every section of Miraculous Ladybug: Heroes to create new subpages:

  • General Miraculous Hero tropes (9,534 characters, totaling 9,536 bytes)note 
  • Paris Champions (25,418 characters/25,430 bytes)
  • Team Miraculous section note  (176,378 characters/176,900 bytes)
  • International Heroes:
    • Heroes Unitednote  (18,768 characters/18,774 bytes)
    • China (7,836 characters/7,847 bytes)
  • Order of the Guardians (27,437 characters/27,465 bytes)
  • Historical holders (5,440 characters/5,440 bytes)
  • Alternate Universe (18,069 characters/18,074 bytes)

Character Page stuff

SiIvaGunner Character Page

    New HOBaRT XL OLED Edition 
A talking Hobart mixer, different from the one seen in King for Another Day, who assists Takane and Wood Man into tracking down the cursed before the Fallen Angel and her goons can claim them.
  • Identical Stranger: To the HOBaRT from King for Another Day. Justified since they are both Hobart mixers. The main difference being that this one speaks.

    The Astronaut in the Ocean 
Leitmotif: Astronaut in the Ocean
An astronaut inhabiting a space station "rolling down" in the depths of the ocean. It serves as the In-Universe representation of the "Astronaut in the Ocean" meme and is the second of the cursed encountered and obtained by Takane's group in Curse of the Fallen Angel
  • Stylistic Suck: Initially, all the rips using "Astronaut in the Ocean" were off-sync mashups.
    Jerma 985 
Jerma985.

Other

     Image Pickin' Suggestions 
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ccc_e8_nozomi_vs_joe.png
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ccc_e11_grand_dad_punches_voice_hq.png
     Trope Entries 
For Recap.SCP Foundation SC Ps 5000 To 5999:
  • Continuity Cavalcade: All of the burial chambers currently and formerly within in the article are of rewritten or deleted SCPs that are (or were) still referenced on the site.
    • "The Curse"
    • "Hell"
    • Fishmonger's works
    • "The Devil Machine"
    • "Promethean Alloy"
    • "Lillith"
    • "Jack"
    • "PSR B0531+21"
    • "Debra Salazar"
    • "Epon"
    • "Mr. Brass"
    • "Things Lost".
    • "Job 10:10"
    • "Unidentified Flying Object" was a former SCP-5981. The third investigation report in SCP-7755 obliquely referenced it when the UIU catches a UFO in flight. This burial chamber was removed after the final crosslink to the old SCP-5981 was removed from SCP-7755.
    • "Chaos" was The Insurgency, A SCP-001 proposal that focussed on the Chaos Insurgency that revealed that the Insurgency. It was referenced in Volume 1 of Project Isoropia, the extended testlog to Keter Duty, before being removed and is currently alluded to within SCP-8399.
    • "No More"
    • "Nostalgia" is pre-rewrite SCP-332, the Kirk Lonwood High School Marching Band. While the first offset of the rewrite is mostly identical to the original, it removed the auditory cognitohazard that hypnotized people who hear SCP-332's music into joining and marching alongside the band until they pass out from exhaustion and hunger. The original incarnation of this SCP is still referenced within Kalinin's Proposal.
    • ''Mr. Soap" is pre-rewrite SCP-1908.
    • "The Full Man" is pre-rewrite SCP-103,
For Ninjago - Villains
  • Evil Chancellor: He serves as the Ice Emperor's advisor and convinces him to commit his various crimes, like the genocide of the Yetis and the freezing of the Formlings' village. It's revealed that he attempted to become this to Grimfax in the past by manipulating him into attacking the Formlings and is also responsible for the Ice Emporer becoming evil in the first place wiping Zane's memory and manipulating the Ice Ninja into thinking that he's the real ruler of the Never-Realm.
     Quotes 
Haltmann: Years worth of work… all my planning… all of it. Gone.
Santa: Did you really think you could toy with technology, with reality, like this? Did you really think you could create of copy of a man, steal someone else's life force to do it… and get away with it? You've become nothing but a worthless man who's betrayed everyone he's ever known. And trust me, as the father of Christmas, I'd know. You think your daughter would be proud to see her father now?

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